Australian Review: Huawei Watch Fit is a great competitor to Fitbit Charge 4
Huawei's new Watch Fit features a rounded rectangular face with a large 1.64 AMOLED display. The Watch Fit encourages users to get into new forms of exercise through a variety of animated fitness courses, workout modes and health tracking...
Australian Review: Fitbit Sense is basically Versa 3 plus ECG and Stress Sensor
The Fitbit Sense is their new top model. It's a new premium product line bumping Versa down into the mid range of Fitbit devices. The Sense features the world’s first electrodermal activity (EDA) sensor on a smartwatch to help...
Home review: Optus 5G home broadband is a speed demon*
It's been only a few days since I started using the Nokia 5G Home Broadband modem from Optus but I am already impressed with the Optus 5G speed, low pings (13-19ms) and low latency.
Setup is super easy and the...
Reviewed: Telstra NETGEAR Orbi 4GX Mesh Router with Satellite
The NETGEAR Orbi 4GX Mesh Router with Satellite (model LBK1220) is a dual band AC1200 Wi-Fi system that uses a Telstra 3G/4G mobile data SIM to provide you with Internet access, instead of via a cabled NBN connection. You...
Australian Review: Western Digital My Passport SSD 2020
It used to be the case that if you wanted to take a lot of files with you between two locations, you used a USB stick.
These days though the sheer number and quantity of files people need to transport...
Want fast stable FTTN NBN? D-link DSL-2888A modem/router is a great value solution
Are you a good distance from the nearest NBN FTTN node? Is your FTTN phone line old, poor quality copper?
If your home or business has a NBN Fibre to the Node (FTTN) connection there are several factors which can...
Ausdroid Review: LG Velvet 5G has style but does it have substance?
The Velvet is LG's new 5G high mid range phone which they hope will be attractive for young social media sharers and creators who value what a phone looks like more than raw performance. It's a change in...
Australian Review: Dual SIM TCL 10 Pro (T799H) is a strong midranger that faces...
For many years TCL's Alcatel brand has been king of the budget and burner phone market. Now TCL has unveiled the 10 Pro their first entry into the competitive upper mid-range phone market.
I've been testing the 10 Pro for...
Australian Review: Samsung A71 4G is a solid affordable mid range phone
Samsung's A series phones are very popular in the budget to mid range market. The A71 4G is a great example of why. If you've got $699 to spend and need a good phone it's a no risk solid...
Australian Review: Amazon Eero mesh wi-fi 3 pack
A few weeks ago Amazon launched their eero brand mesh Wi-Fi systems in Australia. eero is a mesh Wi-Fi system that replaces your existing Wi-Fi router and aims to extend Wi-Fi coverage seamlessly throughout your home, with setup taking...
Review: $10 Connect SmartHome cool warm changeable white light bulbs
Australian company Laser has a history of selling value for money consumer electronics exclusively through particular retailers.
In this case they recently cut the price of 10W smart white bulbs for screw in E27 or twist in B22 light sockets...
Hands On: Kobo’s Nia e-Reader confronts the base level Kindle with the guts of...
In Australia we only have two choices of ebook reader manufacturers: Rakuten's Kobo and Amazon's Kindle.
Amazon has a few more famous authors you can buy but you can only buy books from Amazon and they don't work with Australian...
Australian Review: Facebook Portal TV is the best way to video call family and...
For $229 the Facebook Portal TV enables you to seamlessly make Facebook Messenger/Whatsapp video calls and enable "telepresence" with your family and friends in a way that used to cost many many multiples of that price.
After I used the...
D-link COVR-C2202 Mesh Wi-Fi Triband AC2200 Review
The D-link Covr C2202 is a AC2200 Mbps tri-band Wi-Fi mesh system with builtin McAfee Secure Home Platform protection which blocks access to malicious sites, enables parental controls etc.
The C2202 supports 11ac Wave 2 with MU-MIMO which should in...
Socially Isolated Review: UE Hyperboom Party Speaker
In early March 2020 UE's new huge Hyperboom portable bluetooth party speaker capable of 3x the loudness and more than 6x the bass of UE Megaboom 3 started being sold in Australia.
Unfortunately for UE their timing couldn't have been...