News for Sunday April 10th 2011

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Storage Related:

Verbatim Store’n’Go Netbook USB 16 GB

Link: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Verbatim/Store_n_Go_Netbook_USB_16GB

Brief: The Verbatim Store’n’Go Netbook USB drive is so small that you can plug it into your netbook and just leave it in there. So this is a dead easy way to expand the onboard storage – especially for those first or second generation netbooks with very limited and usually very slow internal flash/SSD storage.

Crucial M4 / Micron C400 256GB SSD Review @ Legit Reviews
Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1583/1/

"The Crucial m4 SSD will be available in several capacities from 64 GB to 512 GB and all should be available this month although pricing is MIA at the moment. Our 256 GB drive rated for up to 415 MB/s reads and 260 MB/s writes which is a little behind that of the Intel 510 Series drive which uses the same Marvell controller – although the m4 utilizes eight channels while the Intel uses ten. Obviously, the firmware employed by each differs and the benchmarks will bear out how they perform in comparison…"

Kingston HyperX DDR3 1800MHz 4GB Dual Channel Kit Review @ eTeknix.com

Link: http://www.eteknix.com/memory/kingston-hyperx-ddr3-1800mhz-4gb-dual-channel-kit-858/

Quote: Kingston are regarded as one of the biggest manufacturers of memory based products today and aim to cater for all types of systems from the likes of AMD and Intel, whether it be for the low-end market, high-end gamers or enthusiast/overclocking markets. They do it all.

Seagate GoFlex Slim 320GB Portable Drive.

It seems that Seagate are continuously pushing the boundaries of exactly what an external drive can be. Not all that long ago they released the GoFlex brand which instantly revolutionized the portable storage niche with its ability to change the interface it required with almost no effort. Then they pushed the limits of 2.5" capacity with their release of 1.5TB GoFlex beast and the competition trembled. Well Seagate are back again and this time they have their sites firmly placed on changing our expectations of how small a 2.5" hard drive based external storage device can be with their all new Seagate 320GB GoFlex Slim. Today we are going to see exactly what makes the GoFlex Slim special and whether or not it is worth your hard earned dollars!

http://www.everythingusb.com/seagate-goflex-slim-portable-drive-21088.html

Intel 310 Series SSD – 80GB miniPCIe Review @ HardwareHeaven.com
"Intel’s recently released 310 Series SSDs take a different approach to the other models in their product catalogue. The 310 series is based on a mini-PCIe technology, is a similar size to a laptop Wi-Fi adapter but still claims desktop like performance. Today we take a look at the 80GB model to find out what it offers the market in a selection of real world and synthetic tests against a standard 5400rpm laptop drive."

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1151/pg1/intel-310-series-ssd-80gb-mini-pcie-review-introduction.html

Verbatim Store’n’Go Executive Metal 8 GB

Link: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Verbatim/Store_n_Go_Executive_Metal_8GB

Brief: Verbatim packs the Executive Metal flash drive in a fancy dark grey metal shell, promises great read and write performance and offers up to 64 GB of capacity. We take a close look at this weighty flash drive to see if the brains equals the brawns of the storage device.

Audio / Video:

Steelseries Spectrum 5XB Review @ XSReviews.co.uk
Link: http://xsreviews.co.uk/2011/04/steelseries-spectrum-5xb-xbox/
Quote: "Not everyone that visits this humble review site is a PC gamer, some of them… actually play on consoles. I know I know, travesty, but what can you do? So since we’re good corporate stooges, today here’s a review of a console peripheral, the Steelseries Spectrum 5XB.

BENQ XL2410T 3D Monitor with 120 Hz @ Hardwareoverclock.com

Link: http://www.hardwareoverclock.com/BENQ_XL2410T_LED_Monitor.htm

Mobile Related:

Nokia C7: Beautiful = Forgivable @ InsideHW

Article link: http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Gadgets/Nokia-C7-Beautiful-=-Forgivable.html

It might seem that we were too harsh towards the last Nokia model we’ve reviewed, namely their flagship model N8. Yet we were as harsh as the phone deserved us to be. There can be no compromise with the flagship model; some things just aren’t forgivable. And while N8 had been hyped up beyond any justification more than six months before it actually hit the market, the press release concerning Nokia’s other three new models went rather unnoticed – C6-01, C7 and E7 didn’t seem to have caught anyone’s attention. The C-series has always been treated by Nokia as the “entrance” category, the initial step into the phone world. Roughly translated into numbers from the previous era, the C-series would cover models marked 1xxx to 5xxx. There’s even a division within the C-series itself, with models from C5 upwards being smartphones with the Symbian operating system. The currently leading model from the C-series, namely C7, is supposedly Nokia’s last model based on the S³ platform…

‘iPhone 4 Game of the Week – Final Fantasy III’
The Full Article can be viewed at http://tbreak.com/tech/2011/04/iphone-4-game-of-the-week-final-fantasy-iii/

Verizon iPhone 4 Review
Link: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Verizon-iPhone-4-Review/1237
Summary: Review of the iPhone 4 offered by Verizon. Let’s see how it stacks up against the AT&T iPhone 4.

Dell Venue Android Smartphone Review
http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Dell-Venue-Smartphone-Review/

Just a few years ago, virtually no one thought Dell would venture into the smartphone business. With the exception of a few stand-outs, Dell has always been fairly conservative with their products and had never really strayed too far from the PC and its associated peripherals and accessories, although they did make a few slick PDAs back in their heyday. Dell’s been mobile for years, however, and the Adamo XPS showed that the company’s design squad is certainly capable of producing some world-class, ultra-mobile hardware. But Dell smartphone? As strange as it may have sounded just a few years ago, the company has launched a full-on assault into the handset market, and not a minute too soon.

iHome iP3 Studio Series Audio System for iPhone/iPod Review

The iP3 Audio System from iHome is a fully featured iPod/iPhone dock, that does not need extra plastic inserts and shares a lot of features with the more expensive model, the iP1, like the Line in jack for connecting external sound sources, Component Video out connectors or the Bongiovi DPS Acoustics
http://www.madshrimps.be/articles/article/1000159

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Title: TechwareLabs Review: Magellan RoadMate 9055 GPS

LINK: http://www.techwarelabs.com/magellan-roadmate-9055-gps/

Quote: The RoadMate 9055 is one GPS that dwarfs most of the competitors due to the sheer size of the display. It’s not just big on size, but also additional features like Bluetooth for speakerphone calling. How well did it work for us? Find out.

Assorted Stuffs:

Funky Kit Article – Video Cards Explained

Everyone wants a video card with more ram, a faster frequency, more cuda cores, more stream processors, but do people often know what all of these things actually do? To most they are merely things you compare from one product to another in order to make a relatively informed decision, while not fully knowing what they are for. Sure a 950mhz core clock speed sounds good with 2gb of 5000mhz ddr5 ram, but what does that mean when comparing it to something on a completely different architecture? Read on and you will find out.

Read the rest of the article here … http://www.funkykit.com/articles/7956-video-cards-explained.html

This weekend, its a competition frenzy @ KitGuru. We have some incredible prizes, which are yours for the taking.

We have partnered up with Multiplay for the chance to win a 32GB iPad 2.

How do you win an iPad 2? It surprisingly easy – find out over here.

NZXT are also giving away some great prizes.

Find out how you win these over here. It will take only a few minutes and you have a good chance of winning some sexy new hardware.

Starting on April 1st, 2011 we will be looking through our forms for a case mod to be featured here.
We are taking this to the next level by picking a Mod a Month. Not only are you going to get Featured on the site but you will be getting Prizes too! All you have to do is post your worklog in our Modding Work logs section of the forums and hope that you get picked.
If you are lucky enough to get picked and featured in May of 2011 you will get the following prizes worth almost #300 USD!
Link: http://www.modders-inc.com/modules.php?name=NDFeatured_Rigs

2.4GHz Wireless Compact Keyboard Review @ FusionMods.Net
Link: http://www.fusionmods.net/index.php?theCase=viewThread&threadID=2202
Quote: "I get my hands on Iogear’s new compact wireless keyboard. Read the full review for my final judgment. "

Sapphire Edge Mini PC Review @ XSReviews.co.uk
Link: http://xsreviews.co.uk/2011/04/sapphire-edge-mini-pc/
Quote: "Well here’s an alternative to the HTPC and lounge media center, possibly the smallest full scale PC around: the Sapphire Edge Mini PC. It’s about the size of a DVD case and comes packing HDMI out, dual core atom CPU, a 512 MB nVidia ION 2 GPU, 2GB of RAM, 250GB of storage and gigabit ethernet. Should make for an interesting combination. Let’s see how it performs."

Tweaknews Month 2 (April) 10 Year Anniversary Contest
Article Url: http://www.tweaknews.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8307
"For April we are giving away a Zalman Z9 Gaming Case, a Xigmatek Aegir CPU Cooler and a Cooler Master CM Storm Sentinal Advance Gaming Mouse. Come on over and join and win some fantastic prizes."