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Phones

Review: Nokia Lumia 800

Smartphone

Thursday, 17 May, 2012 Nokia's flaship Windows Phone 7 device, the Lumia 800 is a gorgeous mix of polycarbonate and Gorilla Glass wrapped around a high-spec interior.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 4.5

Review: HTC One X

Smartphone

Wednesday, 9 May, 2012 If you like Android, the HTC One X is the phone you should lust after. It’s packed with features, has extremely powerful hardware, and is beautiful to behold.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 5

Review: Nokia Lumia 710

Smartphone

Monday, 2 April, 2012 | 1 comment The Lumia 710 may look different on the outside, but it's innards are almost identical to the Lumia 800 -- so how does it perform for $350 less?

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 4

Review: Motorola Atrix 2 with lapdock

Smartphone

Friday, 30 March, 2012 | 2 comments The Atrix 2 appears to be Motorola's attempt to converge the tablet, PC and smartphone.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 3

Review: Samsung Omnia W

Smartphone

Monday, 19 March, 2012 With the Omnia W, Samsung joins the likes of HTC, LG and Nokia in offering a Windows Phone 7 (WP7) smartphone in the New Zealand market.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 4

First impressions: Nokia Lumia 800

Smartphone

Thursday, 8 March, 2012 Nokia hardware and Microsoft software: a marriage made in heaven? The quick answer is yes.

Review: Sony Ericsson Xperia arc S

Smartphone

Wednesday, 8 February, 2012 If you’ve seen the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, you already have a good idea of what the Arc S looks like. However, this updated version has a few neat upgrades and additions.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 4

Preview: Sony Xperia Ion

Smartphone

Wednesday, 11 January, 2012 | 4 comments The Sony Xperia Ion has some pretty drool-worthy specs: a 4.6-inch display, HDMI-out with a TV launcher interface, and a super thin design. Oh--and a 12-megapixel camera. Yep, you read that right--a 12-megapixel camera. And it is pretty darn good.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Active

Smartphone

Wednesday, 7 December, 2011 | 1 comment The Xperia Active is designed to be an aid to an active lifestyle – it’s got apps to help you with fitness tracking and, to a certain point, it’s ruggedised.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 3.5

Huawei X1

Smartphone

Wednesday, 7 December, 2011 The Huawei Ideos X1 is made to be cheap, no question. We have to make certain allowances when we look at it – okay, it has a slow processor. Okay, it doesn't have a lot of RAM. But it's a smartphone worth less than $200, so how much can we complain?

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 2.5

Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman

Smartphone

Monday, 28 November, 2011 Sony Ericsson’s Live with Walkman phone has the orange detail of old cassette-based devices, a dedicated button to open the Walkman music player, and like the old music players, is short and stout in design.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 4.5

Review: Nokia N9

Smartphone

Thursday, 24 November, 2011 | 5 comments In a world of metal and plastic smartphones, the polycarbonate unibody of the Nokia N9 is like a fashion model among marathon runners.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 3

Review: Apple iPhone 4S

Smartphone

Monday, 14 November, 2011 | 5 comments Consumers may be disappointed that the iPhone 4S is not a redesigned iPhone 5, but it's not really surprising that Apple stuck with a design that was universally lauded when first unveiled last year.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 4.5

Review: HTC ChaCha

Smartphone

Monday, 26 September, 2011 When we first got the ChaCha into the office, we thought it was a pretty snazzy little phone. It’s BlackBerry-like, with Facebook integration that’s even deeper than we’ve seen on Windows Phone 7.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 4

Review: HTC Sensation

Smartphone

Tuesday, 20 September, 2011 | 2 comments Late in June, HTC entered the New Zealand Android market with the compact Wildfire S and high-powered Sensation.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 5

Blackberry Curve 9300

Smartphone

Tuesday, 6 September, 2011 | 1 comment BlackBerry’s Curve 3G 9300 is a successor to several previous successful Curve models, with the addition of 3G.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 4

Review: Nokia E7

Smartphone

Monday, 29 August, 2011 | 19 comments The E7 may be one of Nokia's last Symbian-based smartphones, with a top-shelf price - but does it have top-notch performance to match?

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 2

Samsung Galaxy Mini

Smartphone

Thursday, 25 August, 2011 Entry-level Android phones are now relatively common. Samsung’s newest entry in the sub-$400 category is the Galaxy Mini.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 3.5

BlackBerry Torch

Smartphone

Wednesday, 10 August, 2011 | 1 comment The BlackBerry Torch could be accused of trying to be a jack of all trades – it has a touchscreen, a slide-out keyboard and BlackBerry services, all rolled into one.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 4

Telecom R54

Mobile Phone

Monday, 1 August, 2011 At PC World, we left 'feature phones' behind a fair while ago for the more productive pastures of the smartphone domain. However, we're taking a brief detour back to look at Telecom's R54: a rebranded ZTE device that makes calls, sends and receives texts and is surprisingly hard to destroy.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 3.5

Tablets

Review: Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime

Tablet

Monday, 2 April, 2012 | 13 comments The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime is a 10.1-inch Android tablet, sold with a matching keyboard that it can be docked with to form an ultra-portable laptop.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 4.5

Review: iPad (3rd Generation)

Tablet

Monday, 26 March, 2012 | 3 comments Is the new iPad an iPad killer? We deliver our verdict.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 5

First impressions: iPad 3

Tablet

Friday, 23 March, 2012 Apple's third generation iPad is on shelves today all over New Zealand, and PC World has had hands-on time with the device.

Review: Samsung Galaxy Note

Smartphone

Monday, 5 March, 2012 | 2 comments Is it a smartphone? Is it a tablet? Does anyone really care as long as it works? We review Vodafone's upcoming in-between device, the Samsung Galaxy Note.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 4

Review: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

Tablet

Tuesday, 13 September, 2011 | 1 comment For a small gadget, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has certainly caused a lot of controversy in its short existence. Zara Baxter takes a look to see whether it's worth the injunctions.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 4.5

Review: HP TouchPad

Tablet

Tuesday, 23 August, 2011 | 2 comments It's going to be in New Zealand only very briefly, but if you get the chance to buy one, here's our guide.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 3.5

Motion CL900

Tablet

Monday, 1 August, 2011 The CL900 is a business-focused Windows 7 tablet with a rugged, outdoor-friendly exterior.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 3.5

Archos 70

Tablet

Monday, 1 August, 2011 The Archos 70 claims first and foremost to be an ‘Internet Tablet’ with an ‘Android user interface’ -- but there are caveats to both of those descriptions.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 3.5

Review: Motorola Xoom

Tablet

Thursday, 21 July, 2011 | 3 comments How does the Motorola Xoom stack up against the iPad? Not bad, actually...

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 4

Apple iPad 2 retrospective

Tablet

Thursday, 14 July, 2011 | 4 comments Now that we've had chance to handle the other tablet devices on the market, in the full range of sizes, operating system and designs, the elegance of the iPad 2 becomes even more apparent.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v

Tablet

Tuesday, 12 July, 2011 | 5 comments If you’re after a Honeycomb tablet and you want one with 3G as soon as possible, the Galaxy Tab is going to be your only choice for quite some time. Expect to pay for it, though.

BlackBerry PlayBook review

Tablet

Thursday, 7 July, 2011 Blackberry's PlayBook feels like a BlackBerry smartphone, but it has the touch interface and feel of a tablet, too.

Acer Iconia A500

Tablet

Tuesday, 5 July, 2011 The Iconia is a lot of tablet for your money: the features of a laptop – minus the physical keyboard – on a device that can fit in a satchel.

Samsung Galaxy Tab review

Tablet

Thursday, 30 June, 2011 Samsung's Galaxy Tab is a cute little tablet, with a white back and a 7-inch form factor.

ViewSonic ViewPad 7

Tablet

Tuesday, 28 June, 2011 At first glance, you might think the ViewPad 7 tablet is somebody’s appointment book; it’s small and comes wrapped in a fold out faux-leather case.

ZTE V9 Light

Tablet

Thursday, 23 June, 2011 | 2 comments Telecom's first offering for the tablet market is astonishingly affordable, compared to some of the other tablet devices we’ve reviewed.

ViewSonic ViewPad 10s

Tablet

Tuesday, 21 June, 2011 We reviewed ViewSonic's ViewPad 10s, a 10-inch tablet running Android 2.2.

E Readers

Review: Sony Reader Wi-Fi

eBook reader

Wednesday, 14 March, 2012 The Sony PRS-T1 is a six-inch, tablet-style eBook reader with a touchscreen interface.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 4

Kobo Touch

eBook reader

Monday, 7 November, 2011 | 4 comments New Zealand PC World editor Zara Baxter reviews Kobo's latest e-reader.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 4.5

GPS

Garmin ForeRunner 210

Fitness Wristwatch with GPS

Thursday, 26 January, 2012 | 1 comment In the melange of multifaceted fitness gadgets, the Garmin ForeRunner 210 is a simple and straightforward gadget that aims to do one thing, and do it well. It tracks your activities.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 4.5

TomTom GO LIVE 2050

In-car GPS

Wednesday, 18 January, 2012 | 3 comments Top of TomTom's Go Live range, the 2050 offers live traffic updates, voice control and comprehensive road maps for both New Zealand and Australia.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 4

Garmin Montana 650t

Outdoor GPS

Monday, 5 December, 2011 | 1 comment Garmin’s Montana 650t is a high-end outdoor GPS aimed at hikers (trampers, in New Zealand parlance) and off-roaders, sold pre-loaded with topographical maps for New Zealand and Australia.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 4.5

Garmin Oregon 550

Outdoor GPS

Monday, 1 August, 2011 The Oregon 550 from Garmin is an outdoor GPS unit with an integrated 3.2 megapixel camera.

Editor's rating: Editor's rating: 4