With the release of the Parrot ZIK touch-activated Bluetooth headphones, the company has come up with what’s easily one of the most advanced pairs of eardrum blasters on the planet. You’ll be rolling with not only a pair of top-tier deliverers of sound for your head, you’ve got a set of futuristic controls and connections
Samsung Galaxy S 4 Active Review
Posted in: Today's ChiliSamsung either has an addiction or a compulsion: whatever the reason, the company can’t help pumping out Galaxy S 4 variants, like the Samsung Galaxy S 4 Active. A waterproof, dust-proof version of the flagship Android smartphone, the Active model toughens up with a butch new casing and a few tweaked features. Still, though, at
OS X Mavericks Preview
Posted in: Today's ChiliApple promised us a software-rich WWDC this year, and the company delivered. While iOS 7 looks set to be the biggest change in the company’s mobile offering since the original iPhone, OS X Mavericks teased the latest refinements to Apple’s desktop platform. Not so flashy as iOS 7, perhaps, or as sweeping in its changes,
Apple’s value-proposition for the 2013 MacBook Air is simple: the same sleek ultraportable notebook as before, but lasting much longer. A switch to Intel’s latest Haswell processor architecture and a slightly larger battery takes runtime up to twelve hours versus the seven hour estimate of its predecessor, while a new type of flash storage promises
The Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon 27, “Table PC” as they call it, is easily one of the most unique PCs we’ve seen in the past several years. This machine works with a massive display that sits on a hinge holding it up – or allowing it to lie flat – for tablet gaming with touch. It’s
HP Slate 7 Review
Posted in: Today's ChiliHP’s first go-around with a tablet didn’t actually go so well. The webOS-based TouchPad didn’t last long and was quickly discontinued. However, the company is back with another slate, only this time it’s running the more widely-adopted Android operating system, and it seems as though HP wants to give tablets another whack with its first-ever
Nokia Lumia 925 Review
Posted in: Today's ChiliNokia is on a roll with Windows Phone 8 – when it comes to filling out its range, anyway. The Finnish company has spent 2013 slotting a Lumia into almost every possible gap in the market, and now has a third flagship-spec model in the shape of the Nokia Lumia 925. The latest to bear
Acer Aspire R7 Review
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe Acer machine you’re about to see is rather unique – it’s got what the group calls an “Ezel” hinge, made to expand the units abilities beyond that of the average notebook or desktop. Here we’re using Windows 8 in combination with Acer’s hardware to add another chapter to the unofficial List of Touchscreen Computer
Verizon BlackBerry Q10 Review
Posted in: Today's ChiliBlackBerry’s rolling the dice this year, with a complete overhaul of their operating system and releasing all new devices. We’ve taken a look at both the BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 in full, with the latter being a 2013 version of a classic BlackBerry device that we’ve grown to know. All four major carriers have signed
LG ET83 Touch 10 LED Monitor Review
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe 23-inch Class 10 point touch LED IPS monitor from LG going by code-name 23ET83V-W is more than just a mouthful in name: it’s a rather fine piece of equipment made for today’s Windows 8-friendly computing universe. The LG ET83 has been working hard on our review desk for more than a week, becoming more