Smart Tech That Can Reduce Your Household Bills

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....

December 24, 2022 · 10 min · 2022 words · Mary Lipsitz

Sony Confirms Next Gen Vr Headset For Ps5

In a PlayStation Blog post, senior VP of platform planning & management Hideaki Nishino confirmed that a “next-generation VR system will be coming to PS5, enabling the ultimate entertainment experience with dramatic leaps in performance and interactivity” and teased a more immersive virtual experience than ever before. The kicker? It’s not coming out anytime soon, with Nishino reiterating earlier comments made by Jim Ryan in a 2020 WaPo interview, stating that “there’s still a lot of development underway” and that the next-gen VR headset “won’t be launching in 2021”....

December 24, 2022 · 3 min · 507 words · Mathew Defosses

Sony Mdr Ex110Ap Budget Headphones Review

Apart from the glossy red finish of these headphones, the Sony MDR-EX110APs are as nondescript as headphones get – a pair of tiny drivers with black rubber grommets and a small, single-button remote dangling from the left-hand cable. The audio cable is thin – compared to the fabric used on RHA’s MA450i headphones – and feels like it might not stand up to much abuse. Also see: 6 best budget headphones See also: The best headphones The remote control is a welcome sight, and on our test iPhone it had no problem picking up our side of a voice call and relaying it down the line....

December 24, 2022 · 3 min · 469 words · Denise Kuhl

Sony Xperia 1 Launch As It Happened

It also unveiled the Xperia 10 and 10 Plus. You can read about the Xperia 1’s price and release date, and find out our first impressions of the phone in our first-look preview. Best in Show – See our MWC 2019 Award Winners! It has a huge 6.5in OLED 21:9 screen with a 4K resolution and HDR support. It’s the first time Sony has used a triple rear camera like the Samsung Galaxy S10....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 270 words · Virginia Matthews

Sony Xperia Xa Review

Who is the Xperia XA for, and should you consider buying it over other Sony phones or its competitors? Here’s our Sony Xperia XA review. Sony Xperia XA review: Price, availability and rivals The Sony Xperia XA is available at the time of writing in the UK for £219.99 SIM free from Carphone Warehouse, which is much lower than the Xperia X, which retails for £469.99. Rivals to the XA in terms of price are the Samsung Galaxy A3 (£249....

December 24, 2022 · 6 min · 1218 words · Betty Kidd

Sony Xperia Xz2 Compact Review Bigger Doesn T Mean Better

The Compact packs a smaller screen (no surprise there), but the rest of its specs are impressively close to the bigger version. We’ve tested the phone out ourselves, and here’s what you’ll get when the XZ2 Compact arrives later this year. Price and availability The XZ2 Compact is now on sale in the UK at £529/$499, just £30 more than the XZ1 Compact launched at last year. That’s a decent chunk less than the £699 XZ2, which boasts a bigger screen and a glass back, but mostly the same internal specs....

December 24, 2022 · 9 min · 1878 words · Edward Maciel

Sony Xperia Xz2 Vs Iphone X

Price and Availability The Sony Xperia XZ2 costs £699 and is available to buy now, with early customers able to bag a free PS4 or PlayStation VR. This is roughly £100 more than the XZ1, but still substantially less expensive than other rivals like the Galaxy S9 and indeed, the iPhone X. It costs $799 in the US. The iPhone X retails at £999/$999 for the 64GB version, and a spicy £1,149/$1,149 for the 256GB version ( buy it here)....

December 24, 2022 · 5 min · 1005 words · James Rivera

Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet Review

This is a well-priced device. As we’ll discover in our review, the Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet is a high-class Android tablet, most closely comparable to Apple’s iPad Air. The starting price is the same as Apple’s 16GB Wi-Fi-only iPad, and the 32GB Sony tablet is cheaper by £30. The 16GB LTE Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet costs the same as Apple’s equivalent iPad. Shop around and you can get the Xperia Z2 Tablet cheaper, too....

December 24, 2022 · 9 min · 1893 words · Jeff Mitchell

Starlink Battle For Atlas Review

After missing out on the genre’s first wave, the French gaming giant is hoping to single-handedly bring it back to life with Starlink: Battle for Atlas, an arcade-y open-world shooter that lets you mix and match pilots, ships, wings, and weapons to create a toy – and in-game craft – that’s unique to you. As with any toys-to-life game, the opening hurdle is the price. When it launches on 18 October, the starter set for every platform is £64....

December 24, 2022 · 8 min · 1560 words · Mary Evans

Talktalk Super Router Review

To clarify, the Super Router is actually the second 802.11ac router from TalkTalk, with the HG635 model preceding it (a higher model number makes things even more confusing, but the HG633 is indeed the later router from TalkTalk). One major difference between the two is that gone are the gigabit ethernet ports – you get only 100Mbit/s fast ethernet with this model. Although a USB 3.0 port is included at the rear (an improvement over USB 2....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 420 words · Jeffrey Jones

Tesco Hudl 2 Review Budget Android Tablet

Update 24 November: Although Tesco has discontinued the Hudl 2, it’s miraculously back in stock a day before Black Friday. If you’re quick you might be able to grab one for just £69 in one of the two colours available. There’s a lot of competition to make the best cheap tablet and Tesco is one of the more successful non-tech brands to make a budget Android tablet in the Hudl 2....

December 24, 2022 · 8 min · 1669 words · Basilia Smith

Tesco Hudl 2 Vs Ipad Mini 4 Comparison

Hudl 2 vs iPad mini 4 comparison: UK price and availability The Tesco Hudl 2 is one of the best budget tablets you can buy, currently available for a brilliant £99. That’s compared with the iPad mini 4’s £319 price tag, so you’re looking at an additional £220 if you opt for Apple’s tablet. You could buy three Tesco Hudl 2’s for the price of one iPad mini 4. See also: Best tablets of 2015 And we’re only talking about the starting price for the iPad mini, too....

December 24, 2022 · 6 min · 1231 words · John Shingler

The Best Android Keyboards How To Change Android Keyboard

Within this window you’ll have the choice to change your keyboard. However, if you do not have another keyboard installed, the option might be greyed out or won’t provide you with another option over Google’s stock keyboard. If you’ve recently installed a new keyboard, and you don’t see it in the Default Keyboard pop-up, tap the option again and tap on Configure input methods. From here, toggle your newly installed keyboard and it should now be presented in your keyboard inputs....

December 24, 2022 · 6 min · 1164 words · Theresa Hayes

The Best Drones For 2022 Reviews Buying Advice

These drones, which aren’t professional devices but are aimed at enthusiastic consumers, are roughly on a par with the cameras you’ll find in the latest phones for photo and video quality. These drones, which aren’t professional devices but are aimed at enthusiastic consumers, have built-in cameras that are roughly on a par with phones for photo and video quality. Aside from the aerial perspective, many drones employ ‘gimbals’ to ensure video is smooth and stable, and the results can be stunning....

December 24, 2022 · 9 min · 1749 words · Amy Jarrell

Tile Pro Review 2018

Older Tiles were great: they did the job they were supposed to do – let you track down your lost keys or wallet – but once the internal battery died, you had to buy a new one. At around £25 /US$25 a pop, with a small discount for ‘re-Tiling’ it meant plenty of people felt the disposable nature was bad for the environment, as well as their wallet. The new range changes all that, allowing you to pop in a standard coin battery when the original runs out....

December 24, 2022 · 6 min · 1118 words · Thomas Stevens

Trackvue Dv300 Review

Note that the video above has been processed by our video hosting service and its quality has been reduced. To see a closer approximation of the original footage, watch the video on our YouTube channel. (YouTube re-processes the footage, and there’s no way to prevent it.) Read more car dash cam reviews: • Asus Reco Classic review • Nextbase 512G • Cobra CDR 840E review • Dome D201-1 review • Transcend DrivePro 200 review TrackVue is the sister brand of BlackVue and is devoted to more affordable dash cams without the frills that most people don’t need....

December 24, 2022 · 4 min · 812 words · Gary Colburn

Tronsmart Spunky Beat Review

Price & Availability Like many Chinese tech products, there are international vendors that can supply to the UK. On this occasion we found the earbuds for £24.14 on Geekbuying, which helpfully allows you to choose the location of the warehouse from which the package is shipped. We selected Europe and were pleased to see a P&P of only £1.22. US customers have the option of several vendors on eBay, with prices usually around the $30 mark, or Geekbuying for $29....

December 24, 2022 · 5 min · 1036 words · Joy Corder

Up To 35 Off Ring Video Doorbells Cameras And Bundles

Right now for the Black Friday weekend and Cyber Monday, Ring are offering up to 30% off site-wide on a number of its products. One of the biggest savings is on the Ring Video Doorbell Pro, which is currently going for £149, down from £229. For this bargain price you get 1080hp video quality, four interchangeable faces and Ring Chime, a notification that comes through on your smart device if you can’t hear the actual bell....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 270 words · John Mcdonald

Watchos 9 Un Seguimiento De Tu Salud Como Nunca Antes Hab As Visto

Es un nuevo sistema que trae bastantes novedades: además de nuevas esferas (lo que no es tan novedoso, lo sabemos), trae consigo mejoras en las apps de Entrenamiento, con nuevas mediciones para runners y nadadores/as, nuevas métricas también para ofrecer un seguimiento del sueño más detallado y la posibilidad de llevar un registro de tus medicamentos y suplementos. Te contamos más sobre watchOS 9 a continuación, así como su fecha de lanzamiento y modelos compatibles....

December 24, 2022 · 4 min · 678 words · Nicole Baker

Waze Shows Off A Brand Refresh And New Moods For Drivers

The project to revamp Waze has been led by the company’s first ever head of creative Jake Shaw. “Waze is home to the world’s largest community of drivers, and we’ve always used the power of our people to transform the road into a happier, more humane place, “ said Shaw, who added, “This brand refresh encapsulates that unique Waze experience visually, with a new grid format based on our map, new Moods to capture the infinite array of emotions we all feel while driving and a lively colour palette that celebrates the joy that we always try to bring to the road....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 231 words · Renee Ashley