Tunes for your social isolation? Bose Portable Home Speaker has your COVID-19 exile covered
Speakers are ... well ... speakers. Generally these days speakers come in about three broad varieties - super-smart speakers, like Sonos, which connect to cloud services, pair up in the home and do all manner of whizbang, Bluetooth speakers...
Synology RT6600ax review — It comes well-prepared
In mid-May, I wrote a news article about Synology RT6600ax, including some featured functions such as the SRM 1.3, new hardware, network security and mobile companion app. Synology was kind enough to offer an opportunity to review this highly...
Michael Kors Bradshaw 2 Review — WearOS delivered well in a gorgeous package
We, like many other publications, have been quite vocal about the failings of WearOS. The fact is that the wearable market is still pretty solid with the Apple Watch well and truly leading the pack. While some in the...
Firewalla Blue Review — Automatic protection for your family or business online, the easy...
In the current online environment, if you’re not at least mildly concerned about data security and the online safety of your family you probably aren’t paying enough attention. There are constant threats online from spam, phishing, malicious code...
Ausdroid Reviews: Ring Doorbell Battery Plus – ring ring, why don’t you give me...
Ring has been around for a while now and is now part of the bigger Amazon parent.
The Ring Doorbell Battery Plus has been revamped with the ability to now, with a wider field of view, an improved video quality...
Reviews: Alienware gaming gear – the 510K keyboard and the 610M mouse
The last few weeks I have had the opportunity to check out some new Alienware gaming products: the Alienware 510K keyboard, the Alienware 610M mouse and a couple of headsets, the 510H and the 310H.
All four accessories share the...
Razer Junglecat mobile gaming controller — Review
Gaming controllers for phones are becoming increasingly popular. As mobile only games get better, older games are ported onto mobile and with streaming ‘real games’ to mobiles on the very near horizon we expect they will become even more...
Reviews: eero 6 Wi-Fi Mesh Network keeping your smart home and Wi-Fi connected
With our homes becoming smart(er) and also our work from home offices, having a strong Wi-Fi network is pretty important and whilst stock standard normal Wi-Fi units we get through our telco’s can do some of the work they...
Razer Barracuda Pro headset review — Painfully close to perfection for all day use
Last year about this time, we got the chance to look at the Razer Barracuda X which was, although not the top end of town, a really good headset. But there were some problems with it if you wanted...
imoo Watch Phone Z6 — Australian Review
Growing up in the 1980s, the closest I could conceptualise to the smart watch of 2021 was from watching Dick Tracy, the crime-fighting comic detective with an incredible watch he could talk to.
Fast forward almost 40 years, and we...
Fossil HR Collider Hybrid smartwatch — Australian Review
The wearables market isn’t going anywhere. There is definitely a market for wearables, but no one has really hit on the perfect formula; this is certainly the state of play for smartwatches. There’s a lot of choice in the...
Foxtel IQ5 Review – Where Pay TV makes its case to the streaming generation
I still remember the joy of signing up to Foxtel when I was a teenager (or rather, when my parents signed up). Movies, cartoons, kids shows, music and news on demand was the promise, and for the monthly fee,...
Razer HammerHead True Wireless Earbuds – Review
In the world of wireless earbuds the competition is heating up. There are devices at almost every price point and many companies are looking for their point of differentiation. Razer is a popular gaming brand who have recently released...
TCL Ray-Danz Dolby Atmos Soundbar — Australian Review
I've never really thought of myself as someone that would bother with a soundbar .. or really anything fancy in our media unit. We don't watch an awful lot of television (much less movies) and so our setup is...
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...