Portable gaming has been around for decades, starting with Mattel’s light based handhelds back in the Seventies. Things really started to take off in the late Eighties with Nintendo’s original Game Boy, followed a little over a year later by Sega’s more technologically advanced Game Gear, and even though the Game Boy sold significantly better, this marked the slow start of technological progression of handheld consoles.
Technology never stands still, something twice as true for the mobile world. Smartphones, especially, are expected to see performance increases greater than any previous year as well as new features that rival even science fiction. To put this into perspective, it’s generally accepted that processing power doubles every one and a half to two years. In terms of raw processing power, this year’s smartphones will be more than twice as fast as last’s. But enough techno babble; let’s get straight to the phones.
The digital age is well upon us, and has been for some time. We’ve seen music digitized by CDs, movies digitized by DVDs, mail digitized by E-Mail, and film digitized by digital cameras, so it should come as no surprise that books have been digitized as well. In e-book form, the average book is only about 20MB in size, meaning a MicroSD card the size of your thumbnail could easily hold millions of novels, and with an E-Book Reader, you can literally carry a library of books right in your pocket. The current e-book readers on the market offer all sorts of different features, so we decided to take a look at some of the most popular.
The internet has penetrated nearly every aspect of our lives, so it’s only fitting that televisions start featuring internet connectivity. Vizio got its start offering the latest HDTV features at a much more appealing price than its competitors, while still delivering a quality product. It’s no surprise that with Samsung introducing the Internet@TV models and Sony now shipping the first Google TV products, Vizio has been quick to create its VIA brand, standing for Vizio Internet Applications. Still, we have to wonder, does the VIA platform hold up against the competition?
Your monitor is the most important peripheral device you have for your computer (the mouse and keyboard are up there pretty high too though). Without a monitor, your desktop computer is just a whirring box that might beep from time to time, so it makes sense that you’d want to invest in a good one. Here’s a look at some of the highest ranking monitors on alaTest.com. Read the rest of this entry »
Whether we like it or not, tablet computers are going to start dominating the mobile market this year. Our ever-growing thirst for data connectivity everywhere we go is quickly outpacing the capabilities of our Smartphones. We want bigger screens to watch our HD videos and browse the web, more powerful hardware for extra productivity, and the battery life to make it through the day. Tablets meet these demands, and that is why there will be nearly hundreds to choose from by the end of the year. But in case you don’t want to wait, there are tablets available today; however, can they hold up against the new tablets of tomorrow?
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It’s no secret that the winter holiday season is by far the biggest shopping season of the year. In the United States alone, consumers spent nearly $600 billion this year. With all that money flying about, you can’t help but wonder just what exactly people are buying, so we decided to take a look at some of the more popular items this year.
Everyone does a lot of traveling over the holidays, and likely realized that “Over the river and through the wood” aren’t the best directions to Grandmother’s house; however, with the advent of things like Google Maps, obscure directions are becoming less and less necessary. But even with Google Maps, you still have to write down or print out the directions. That is, unless you have a GPS. Read the rest of this entry »
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