Sony Xperia X Compact review: Small, but not quite as mighty
Jonathan Bray3 hours 45 min agoPrice when reviewed 360 Until recently, Sony’s smartphone strategy was clear and easy to understand. It would typically release a new flagship every six months, and a...
View ArticleBrainwavz BLU-100 review: Bluetooth headphone brilliance for £30
Cliff Joseph10 hours 30 min ago Brainwavz may not be a household name like Sony or Bose, but if its little BLU-100 in-ear headphones are anything to go by that’s all set to change. For £30, these...
View ArticleAmazon Fire HD 8 (2016) review: A great budget tablet
Nathan Spendelow4 hours 43 min agoPrice when reviewed 90 Last year’s Amazon Fire HD 8 was a fairly decent cut-price tablet, but it struggled to stand out against its even cheaper Fire 7 sibling, or...
View ArticleHP OfficeJet 250 review: A truly portable multi-function printer
Simon Handby8 hours 30 min agoPrice when reviewed 230 We’re all used to computing on the move, but if we want to print, scan or copy a document it’s usually time to head home. Where that’s really not...
View ArticlePS4 Pro vs Xbox Project Scorpio: Is it worth waiting for Microsoft’s VR-ready...
Thomas McMullan4 hours 24 min agoThe wheels have fallen off the console conveyor belt. Since the emergence of home consoles in the mid-80s, generations have tended to come in cycles of around five to...
View ArticleThe benefits of having a single device
David Ludlow3 hours 32 min ago Before I switched to the 2-in-1 Samsung Galaxy TabPro S, I used a separate laptop, tablet and desktop. That all feels like madness now: moving to a single device makes so...
View ArticlePorsche teams up with British hi-fi firm for trio of new audio products
Jonathan Bray2 days 31 min ago British hi-fi company KEF has announced a series of new audio products, produced in collaboration with German design studio Porsche. It’s not the first time the two...
View ArticleSony Xperia XZ review: Fast, gorgeous, and flawed
Katharine Byrne1 day 6 hours agoPrice when reviewed 540 So much for the 4K smartphone. After painstakingly squeezing a 4K screen on its previous flagship, the Xperia Z5 Premium, its latest...
View ArticleLenovo Yoga 500 review: Short on power
Nathan Spendelow1 day 5 hours agoPrice when reviewed 353Lenovo’s been on top form with its 2-in-1 hybrids recently, but the Yoga 500 stops that record short. It’s soon to be replaced by the Yoga 510,...
View ArticleAmazon Echo review: The best smart home assistant yet?
Katharine Byrne1 day 4 hours agoPrice when reviewed 149I've never been particularly trustworthy of digital voice assistants. Whenever I've used Siri, Cortana or Google Now, they either don't work...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy Tab E review: Cheap, but ancient
Katharine Byrne7 hours 10 min agoPrice when reviewed 140Originally released in June 2015, the Samsung Galaxy Tab E is getting on a bit now, but this cut-price, big-screened Android tablet is still...
View ArticleSamsung UE49KS7000 review: A great 4K HDR TV for just over a grand
Katharine Byrne1 day 6 hours agoPrice when reviewed 1099 There's a lot to be said for going all out and buying a 4K TV this year. Movies are finally available in 4K Blu-ray, there’s now a choice of...
View ArticleIPVanish review: A brilliant VPN for technical users
Darien Graham-Smith10 hours 49 min ago Where some VPNs think small, IPVanish takes the opposite tack. It opens in a big multi-tabbed window, showing a map of where you’re currently connected to,...
View ArticleAKG Y50BT review: Wireless, wonderful and well worth buying
Cliff Joseph10 hours 49 min agoPrice when reviewed 124 AKG’s Y50BT headphones have actually been around since 2015, but don’t let that put you off. A reduction in the price means that you can now pick...
View ArticleGoogle Home: UK release date, price and features
Nathan Spendelow2 hours 22 min ago Digital voice assistants in the home are on the up. We’ve already seen Amazon Echo come to our homes recently and, while we’ve sort of known of its existence for some...
View ArticleBest stand mixers: Get your bake on with KitchenAid, Sage, Kenwood and Swan
Caramel Quin6 hours 9 min ago While some appliances are more hassle than they're worth, a stand mixer saves you valuable cooking time without adding to the dishes load. After all, you were going to...
View ArticleGoogle Pixel and Pixel XL review: Hands on with Google's answer to the Galaxy S7
Katharine Byrne2 hours 8 min ago Google has finally lifted the lid on its new pair of Pixel phones, which are the next evolution of its lauded Nexus handsets. Simply dubbed the Pixel and Pixel XL,...
View ArticleGoogle Chromecast Ultra review: Hands on with Google's 4K media streamer
Katharine Byrne1 hour 8 min ago If two Pixel phones, a VR headset and an Amazon Echo-like home assistant wasn't enough, Google also announced a brand-new model of its Chromecast media streamer at its...
View ArticleDaydream View is Google’s VR headset – and it’s just £69
Ian Betteridge2 hours 18 min ago Google has launched the hardware part of Project Daydream, it’s move into the world of virtual reality (VR). Daydream View, as the headset is known, works only with the...
View ArticlePaper Mario: Color Splash review: Wii U's last hurrah
Katharine Byrne5 hours 2 min agoPrice when reviewed 40 As the last big Wii U game for 2016, Paper Mario might seem like a rather flimsy choice to see out the year with. It's no Zelda: Breath of the...
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