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 LG BD-570 Network Blu-ray player
Christo van Gemert
Multi-format media
Part of the original specification for the Blu-ray disc format was internet interactivity. >>Read More
 DiVoom UPO-1
Theo Boshoff
Porta Party
DiVoom, one of the newer companies providing multimedia audio systems, has wowed us in the past with its super-affordable speaker kits.
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 Yamaha YHT S400
Christo van Gemert
Bite-sized soundbar
We've had single-speaker solutions on test before. In fact, one of those we've had was from Yamaha – its massive and very capable YSP-4000. Most of these devices have had a big soundbar containing many little drivers used to produce a convincing surround sound effect. Sound would appear to come from all over the room, no matter how hard we tried fixing our mind on the one speaker under the television.
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 Sanyo CG100
Theo Boshoff
Double the fun
Making home videos might never have been high on your list of things to do, as you prefer to stick to photography, but the new Sanyo Xacti CG 100 could possibly be the device that changes all that.
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 Motorola Milestone
Theo Boshoff
Heavyweight
Motorola is finally back in South Africa and the first device on offer is the Milestone smartphone, also known in the US as the Droid, running on the Android 2.1 operating system.
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 Sony Ericsson Experia X10
Theo Boshoff
Sleek and sexy
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is the company’s first Android phone and is one of the sexiest phones on the market today.>>Read More
 Olympus Pen EPL-1
Christo van Gemert
Lens-swapping lightweight
It’s been about a year since we first looked at the Olympus Pen EP-1, the company’s retro-styled, not-quite-an-SLR camera.
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 Samsung Wave
Theo Boshoff
We were thrilled when we got the Wave smartphone to review, as we have heard so much about this phone and its debut bada operating platform. We were not disappointed.
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 Griffin iTrip Auto
Universal plus
Theo Boshoff
So your car only has an old sound system with no iPod dock or connection and you are not into what’s playing on the radio and would rather be listening to your music or podcast selection on your iPod. What to do?
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 Nokia MD-9 mini speakers
Theo Boshoff
It has been a while since we checked out some original cellphone accessories from phone makers, so getting our hands on the Nokia MD-9 mini speaker was inspiration enough to do a review.
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 LG GW 300 phone
Theo Boshoff
A bit too limited
The LG GW 300 phone is obviously more for the teen market, focussed more on text messaging, than on features for high-powered, always connected users.
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 LG Home Bakery HB205CJ
Christo van Gemert
It’s a tough job being a tech-savvy, internet-obsessed computer junkie. With all the Facebook, Twitter, FourSquare and podcasts going around, there’s hardly enough time to even go out to the shops and get bread and milk, nowadays.
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 Twisp eGo e-cigarette
hard drive
Theo Boshoff
There are usually two reasons why people want to quit smoking: health reasons take the number-one spot and the cost of smoking is number two. Enter the e-cigarette.
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 TomTom GO 750
Theo Boshoff
With today’s state of the roads and all the changes happening, not only for the World Cup, but general upgrades to the road system, coupled with having to travel far and wide for either meetings or parties, having a GPS is almost a must-have.
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 Divoom iTour-20 speakers
Theo Boshoff
We got to play with the new Divoom iTour-20 second generation speaker, and it let us down a bit.
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 LG Slim XD3 external
hard drive
Theo Boshoff
This little, and we mean little, portable hard drive is perfect for the traveller who needs storage space for any digital content while away from home.
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 Logitech Lapdesk N700
Christo van Gemert
Laptop users have it easy and convenient, most of the time. Their computers don’t die when the power goes out and there’s also that matter of mobility. These two (admittedly good) advantages do come at the price of having a computer that’s more fragile than the average desktop and – thanks to the compact design – a bit more difficult to keep cool. >>Read More
 iPod Nano 8GB
Christo van Gemert
It's arguable the single most ubiquitous modern device around. It plays music and is synonymous with white earphones. It’s the iPod. >>Read More
 Canyon's egg photo frame
Nafisa Akabor
Canyon’s mini digital photo frame is a fun, inexpensive and thoughtful present.
Weighing only 0.08kg and measuring 3cm x 1.2cm, the egg-shaped photo frame doesn’t take up too much space on your desk. It has a 1.5” display and comes with 2MB of flash storage, which holds up to 138 photos (128x128). >>Read More
 Grace Laptop stand
Theo Boshoff
The Grace Laptop Stand was devised to address those aches and pains regular computer users tend to get when sitting for too long at a PC. The stand addresses the user’s posture. Maybe I didn’t use it for long enough, because I didn’t really notice any changes. I still felt tension in the neck and shoulders.>>Read More
 TuneUp Utilities Software
Theo Boshoff
This software is for anyone who needs their Windows-based PCs to perform better and all without needing a science degree.
After installation, which is easy as can be, users simply choose from the menu categories what they want to do, such as increase performance, free up some disk space, better and clean up Windows. >>Read More
 Kaspersky Mobile
Security 8
Theo Boshoff
With cellphones evolving so quickly, and now being able to act as an office away from the office and even a banking device, protecting access to it and the data stored on it has become a must-do.>>Read More
 Simp Q Mini Photo Studio
Photo Finish
Christo van Gemert
Put simply: it’s a photo studio in a suitcase. The Simp Q, as its name tries to suggest, aims to simplify photography. Specifically, packshots and macro photography (close-up photos of static subjects).>>Read More
 Meccano Spykee
Double-O Robot
Christo van Gemert
All those childhood dreams you had of a robot pal who could move, talk and see are sort of realised in the Spykee. Through a standard wireless network and some nifty software it'll move around on its tank treads - quite quickly if you use the turbo mode.>>Read More
 PowerMonkey - Classic
Christo van Gemert
You're out on the road, your last phone call drained the cellphone's battery to within an inch of its life. The car's power socket is powering the GPS and you're 100km from the nearest power outlet. Whip out the Power Monkey, attach one of the eight supplied power tips and you're good to go. If the device's connector isn't in the pack, simply mail Wintec Solutions and they'll post the one you need.
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 Logitech Professional Presenter R800
Christo van Gemert
When you are doing lots of stand-up presentations to a room full of people, the old-school pull-out-car-areal-type stick or whatever it is called won't do anymore.
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 LG GM750 phone
Size does matter here
Christo van Gemert
I was really surprised at the small size of this smartphone and, to be honest, I wanted something bigger. I know things are getting smaller and it’s 'cool' to have small, but in some cases smaller isn't always better. >>Read More
 Lenovo T400s Thinkpad
T for Tough
Christo van Gemert
For as long as we can remember, Thinkpads have been "the bomb". That was back when they were still made by IBM, but as proof of how tough they are: we still have a working model from the pre-Lenovo era. >>Read More
 Epson Photo P6000
Christo van Gemert
You don't have your PC with you on the camping trip in the deepest bushveld and your 4GB memory card has filled up on day one of your seven-night bush safari. You also can't really see on your camera's display which of the photos to keep and which to delete to make space to take more pics. What do you do?>>Read More
 Popcorn Hour C200
Christo van Gemert
You know that guy in the office, the one who always has a hard drive with some movies and TV series on it? Well, chances are he uses something like the Popcorn Hour C200 to play those files.>>Read More
 Sony Ericsson Yari
Theo Boshoff
A lost gesture
Yes, we know the name sounds funny, and more like that of a Greek boy fishing off the shores of Mykonos, but the Yari phone from Sony Ericsson is far from funny.
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 Samsung B3310
Theo Boshoff
Made for messaging
The Samsung B3310 is a really small-sized handset with a fair amount of capabilities locked inside. It has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard that slides, like almost all phones with QWERTY keyboards these days, to the side.
What might be a shock to some and seem unconventional to most is the numeric keypad on the front of the phone. >>Read More
 Lenovo Thinkpad Secure Hard Drive 160GB
Christo van Gemert
Lenovo loves giving its customers ways in which to keep their data out of harm’s way. If it’s not the near-invincible range of Thinkpad laptops, it’s data redundancy in the form of built-in RAID storage.>>Read More
 Divoom IRIS-02 speakers
Theo Boshoff
Not only do the Divoom IRIS-02 portable speakers look smashing, they also pack a powerful sound punch for their size. The blast comes from the two 2.5Watt RMS units (5Watt RMS in total) and the sound quality is very respectable, although does tend to distort a tad at the top volume mark.>>Read More
 Apple Magic Mouse
Christo van Gemert
Apple has come a long way since the single-button hockey puck that was shipped with the first iMacs. A while ago it gave us the corded Mighty Mouse, its first multi-click mouse with a multi-directional scroll wheel, which also offered a touch-sensitive right-click. >>Read More
 Solar Charger i1300S
Theo Boshoff
When travelling the globe, it can be stressful not knowing when you are going to find a power socket to charge all your tech gadgets, like your cellphone, iPod, portable gaming console, etc.>>Read More
 Logitech C500 Webcam
Theo Boshoff
We know that not seeing friends and family who live in exotic and faraway places like Upington or Pofadder can be soul-destroying. But that’s why we have video-calling.>>Read More
 Buttkicker LFE Kit
Christo van Gemert
The problem with subwoofers is that they’re loud. Okay, that’s not the problem – but turn up the volume on your home theatre subwoofer, start watching the mansion fight scene in Matrix Reloaded and try act surprised when your neighbours show up asking what all the commotion is about.>>Read More
 Canyon Chat Pack CNR-CP8
Theo Boshoff
This year you must, if you are not already doing it, get with the programme and do the video communications thing. It is simply fantastic to stay in touch with people this way.>>Read More
 iPhone 3GS 16GB
Christo van Gemert
More of the same, right? Another year, another Apple product gets refreshed and sold as “new”. Well, that’s what the cynics want you to believe. >>Read More
 Casio Exilim EX-FC100 camera
Theo Boshoff
Not many Casio digital cameras have come our way in the past, so we at Digital Life were all too happy to get our hands on the Casio EX-FC100>>Read More
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