If you’ve got Fibre NBN, D-Link WiFi can help get decent speed on all...
After so many years of living in Australia's Internet backwater, I'd not really paid an awful lot of attention to how higher performance home networking had evolved and how it mattered to getting a good experience. After all, when...
Nokia 8.3 5G Review – A smartphone to last
Nokia's latest smartphone offers 5G connectivity with a decent value proposition. It's a huge device with lots of great features built in, and the promised ongoing support makes it even more recommendable.
What is it?
The Nokia 8.3 5G is a...
Bose Sport Earbuds — in-ear buds with great audio and a great fit
Earbuds and I have a funny relationship; most of them don't fit in my ear very comfortably, and those that do are usually fairly "boring". Most of the fun technology seems to end up in buds which won't end...
Asus Zen Wi-Fi XT8 review – Mesh Wi-Fi with everything you need now and...
You can still get a plain old broadband router, but if you’ve even got a hint of Wi-Fi coverage issues in your house you should consider mesh as an option. It’s not just because of the better coverage, it...
D-Link DCS-8630LH Review — DIY home security made very easy
DIY home security is a growing space and will continue to do so. D-Link has delivered some great options over the last couple of years and continue to grow in that space. Recently they announced two new devices, the...
Need to keep an eye on things at home? D-Link’s Weather Resistant Full HD...
With increasingly available fast internet access in Australian homes, keeping an eye on your house when you're not there has never been easier. Once the domain of expensive CCTV systems -- that may or may not have been monitored...
Review: Amazon Echo Dot with Clock — the smaller Echo just got better
Yesterday we reviewed the Amazon Echo thoroughly because that fourth generation was a large change from the third generation but the Echo Dot is but a small change from the third generation. The biggest change has come in...
Ausdroid Review: Vivo X50 Lite – is it more OPPO-tunistic than Vivo-lution?
Vivo, a relative new entrant to the Australian market, has been pushing more into the mobile market from the budget to the mid and high end range, with specs to prove they can take on its competitors.
Vivo has launched...
Xiaomi Black Shark 3 Pro Review — A monster of a phone with beastly...
Man, this thing is a monster of a phone! So much so that when it arrived I was quite hesitant to transfer my SIM over to it. But when I started to actually use the Xiaomi Blackshark...
Blueant X5 portable speaker review — It brings some serious beats and new tricks...
The evolution of portable Bluetooth speakers continues and the X5 from Blueant is an interesting one. The obvious comment first; this isn’t for everyone for a number of reasons but primarily the physical size of it. It’s...
Vivo Y20s – Beauty on a budget
For those of you who have never heard of them (as I had not), Vivo is a phone manufacturer based in China with production facilities in India, Indonesia and the US. In terms of retail, they are well established...
Review: Bose QuietComfort Earbuds, noise cancelling in an earbud like never before
A couple of years ago we tested out Bose's first attempt at true wireless earbuds and were left fair under-whelmed with their size and lack of performance. To say we expected more from such a big name in...
Review: OnePlus 8T — their mid-range just got even better
Earlier this year we reviewed the OnePlus 8 and found that while it was a good phone it didn't lack the star power to not just justify its price but also to justify not paying the extra couple of...
A couple of weeks with Google’s Chromecast with Google TV — the best and...
For the last couple of weeks - in what little time I get between work and sleep - I've had a Google Chromecast with Google TV hooked up to our living room television and I've let the family have...
Review: OPPO Watch, not just another clone
OPPO announced their first smartwatch earlier this year, with the Wear OS version arriving not long after. Unfortunately, it took a few months to land here in Australia but now that it is here we are seeing not just...