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Jan
19

Following our highlights from CES Las Vegas 2011, here are a couple of pictures taken at the CES last week by Colin Ryan from our New York office.

The Consumer Electronics Show is the world’s largest technology conference and trade show. Each year, the event gathers companies promoting the latest innovations in segments such as audio, computer hardware & software, digital imaging, electronic gaming, lifestyle electronics, etc.
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Jan
17

The International CES is at the forefront of the electronics world, bringing new and improved products that are set to hit market within the next five years. Luckily for alaTest, their New York based US Sales team had the privilege of attending this year to spread the gospel of alaTest and possibly try their hand on the tables as well (but don’t tell Arie). Read the rest of this entry »


Jan
07

This time of year the Internet is crawling with articles, lists and reviews all trying to come up with what was (2010) or what will be (2011) the world’s BEST product. ‘Pointless’ or ‘Great’, you may say? Perhaps, we at alaTest say. It all comes down to who you are, what needs you are trying to satisfy and what budget you are on.

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Dec
02

alaTest.com is the reference in consumer electronic product reviews. We have a unique way of gathering, processing and filtering data we scrape from the web in order to give our users the most objective product reviews and help them in their purchasing decisions. We also give products an alaScore which a simple rating scale, ranging from 0 to 100. It provides you with a quick and simple method to compare similar products on alaTest websites (more info about alaScore).

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Smartphones Comments Off

Sep
15

Tablet computers have burst onto the scene solely based on the popularity of Apple’s iPad, and it seems like everyone has to have one. Tablets offer a new compromise between portability/convenience and performance. They have screens that are large enough to make watching movies and reading e-books a pleasure, but don’t weigh you down like a laptop or even a netbook. They also offer full Web browsing capabilities, multi-media, gaming, and more.

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Aug
25


The Android operating system has evolved into one of the ‘Big Four’ mobile phone operating systems, along with Apple’s iOS for the iPhone, Blackberry’s creatively named Blackberry OS, and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile.  The release earlier this year of Android 2.1, and the recent Android 2.2 update just last month, have reaffirmed the popularity of this operating system, and several new phone models have been released to take advantage of these advances:
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Aug
18

Without a doubt, 3D is the next big innovation in home entertainment.  3D is an old technology, but the recent success of films like Avatar and Clash of the Titans has brought renewed interest… and today’s advances mean that the quality and level of immersion of 3D images is better than ever.  Early reports are very exciting, and note that 3D television tends to draw the viewer into the image landscape, rather than duplicate the “bursting from the screen” effect that is common with theatrical 3D.  Either way sounds pretty good to me!
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Jul
07

As usual, the recent E3 2010 gaming convention had something for everyone: new games, new consoles & accessories, and there was even a automotive showcase that gave us a look at the cars and automotive technologies that we’ll see introduced in the next few years… as well as having an ultra-cool TRON lightcycle on display!

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