You can get the Note 20 at this cheap price in either Mystic Bronze, Mystic Green or Mystic Grey colourways. It’s the 4G model with 256GB of storage with IP68 waterproof rating and, of course, comes with Samsung’s S Pen stylus. With an RRP of £899 and not even nine months old, you’re getting a real bargain here on one of the best big screen phones around. You get a 6....
Thankfully, the design fairy has come to sprinkle some magic dust over Schenker’s new XMG C703 this Christmas, resulting in what the company claims is ‘the world’s slimmest and lightest 17-inch gaming laptop’. Razer might have something to say about that, but they’ve still not sent us their slimline Blade laptop to review so we’re happy to give Schenker the benefit of the doubt on that claim. Despite its 17....
How much do consumer electronics cost to run? Kettle: 1.39p per boil Smartphone: 0.23p per three-hour charge iPad or tablet: 0.46p per three-hour charge LED TV: 0.92p per hour 4K TV: 1.54p per hour Games console: 1.39p per hour Best energy monitors Your first step should be to know exactly how much energy you are actually using each day. Energy-usage monitors – also known as home energy monitors or electricity monitors – are your friend....
Now in production and expected to make it to devices by the first half of 2017, the Snapdragon 835 is exciting because it’s the processor expected to be used in the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone, and likely a whole host of other flagship phones in 2017 including the HTC 11, OnePlus 4 and LG G6. See also: Best smartphones 2016. Or at least it was, with Forbes now reporting that the LG G6 (which will launch earlier than the Galaxy S8) will not be allowed to use the chip because Samsung (which is helping Qualcomm build the chip) has first dibs....
Standout specifications include 3GB of RAM, 32GB of built-in storage, and a high-quality 23Mp camera. Read on for full details. Sony Xperia X Compact UK release date: When is the Sony Xperia X Compact coming out? Sony Xperia X Compact release date: 25 September 2016 (US) Sony has yet to confirm the UK release date of the Xperia X Compact other than to say it will be available in September....
Parents will always be concerned about the safety of their children online, so we’ve put together a guide to keep your children as safe as possible when they’re using the internet. The survey reports that children prefer screen time to sugar and sweets, and that almost a quarter of British children were online more than their parents – with them being more likely to be using a screen than playing outside....
Within the Synology’s catalogue are seven different dual-drive solutions to choose. So what makes the DS218 a NAS enclosure that’s perfect for your needs? Price and avilability T he UK price of the DS218 is £246.55, a little more than the DS218Play at £223.80 and the lower specified DS218J ( reviewed here) for £208.99. It’s $249.99 in the US. These are all without drive prices, so you’ll need to budget for a couple of NAS friendly storage devices to go along with the cost of the Synology hardware....
The Dock410 is a universal USB-C docking station which is designed to be used with the new generation of laptops that have USB-C ports. Since the connection to the laptop must be with a USB-C cable, the Dock410 can’t be used with older laptops that don’t have USB-C. Note that USB-C isn’t exactly the same as Thunderbolt 3, although they look identical and are compatible with each other. But USB-C (Gen 2 v3....
That said, we’re looking forward to seeing what Apple does with the Apple Watch 2 as we suspect it will have held back some good stuff in order to avoid peaking too soon. There’s a long wish list of things we’d like to see in the next model including better battery life, GPS, built-in Wi-Fi, improved fitness tracking and most of all, a round option. Read more about the Apple Watch 2....
The Two Types of Public Wi-Fi There are basically two kinds of public Wi-Fi networks: secured and unsecured. Unsecured networks can be connected to within range and without any type of security feature like a password or login. A secured network requires a user to agree to legal terms, register an account, or type in a password before connecting to the network. It may also require a fee or store purchase to be made to gain access to the password or network....
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt review: Storyline and side quests Witcher 3 starts, as many games do, with a tutorial that introduced us to the mechanics of the game and the combat system. Despite being a bit slow to start, with conversations that you want to skip to get into the action, the tutorial gave us a taste of what was to come – and we liked it. It also introduced us to the main characters in Witcher 3: Geralt, Yennifer and Ciri, which is great for those of you (like us) that didn’t play Witcher 1 and 2 because there are more characters in Witcher 3 than you’ll be able to remember....
Kuo also says that the first computers to use the new architecture will be a 13in MacBook Pro and a redesigned iMac (via 9to5Mac). The analyst, who is usually right about these things, thinks these new products will launch between Q4 2020 and Q1 2021. He expects performance improvements of 50-100% on older Intel chips. If this is possible, it could prove transformative for the Mac line, which has lost ground to Windows machines in sales, design and performance in recent years....
While Devolo has surged ahead with its gigabit Powerline in the form of the Devolo dLan 1200+ adapters TP-Link is sticking with the less-speedy but probably all you need 500Mbps systems that are becoming an increasingly popular way of creating fast home networks for smart TVs, games consoles and Sky+ and Tivo boxes that all are enhanced with a wired Ethernet network connection. Setting up a Powerline home network is so easy it’s hard to believe....
The game follows the first two official UFC titles which were solid attempts at emulating the UFC in a video game. Happily, this third title takes several steps forward with changes to the combat system, and a career mode that is much more fleshed out. However, EA can’t seem to pull themselves away from some fairly gross microtransactions which are sadly now a staple in EA Sports titles, and this can’t help but leave a bad taste in your mouth....
Who doesn’t enjoy those GoPro videos of crazy extreme sports action? Sadly we’re as unlikely to be jumping out of planes, biking along cliff ridges and paragliding off ski slopes as we are able to cough up the £200-£400 for the camera. And if we can afford a GoPro I doubt we’d entrust it to a bunch of reckless or clumsy kids rushing off to the park, skateboard under arm....
Microsoft announced the return of PowerToys in 2019, as an enhanced set of tools aimed at maximising productivity and adding customisation to your experience. What are PowerToys? PowerToys are a series of subtle UI tweaks aimed at improving productivity and enhancing the user experience. They mainly consist of shortcuts and workaround, but also offer extensive scope for customisation. PowerToys were originally introduced back on Windows 95, before being dropped with the move to Windows 7 in 2009....
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Bixby was originally introduced with the Galaxy S8 in 2017, but without Bixby Voice (an English version of which came later with the Note 8) it was difficult to see why you might want to use it over the Google Assistant that is also built into Samsung phones. Now that we’ve seen it as it was intended, Bixby does have some genuine use cases over the Google Assistant. Not only is it tightly integrated to the Samsung-specific features within the company’s handsets, but it also supports useful features such as Bixby Vision....
This was widely expected to change in 2021, with the big ‘Sun Valley’ update bringing wholesale changes. Many of these features arrived, but in a brand-new version – Windows 11. It’s a free upgrade, too, making the prospect of Windows 10’s 21H2 update far less exciting. It’s officially live now for all users, but there are only three minor changes to talk about – that’s the same as the May 21H1 update from earlier in the year....
The company has built a dedicated subsystem within Windows 11 to enable it, which is available across all platforms – every Intel, AMD and Qualcomm-powered device will be supported, provided it’s compatible with the new OS. Microsoft is also trying to make it easier for developers to create mobile apps for Windows 11. Tools for debugging and testing early versions of apps are also being previewed. However, it’s not clear when we’ll see support for other third-party app stores such as the Epic Games Store....
