The new Sony VAIO E is about as far away from a conservative business laptop as you can get with its bright, patterned case, but if you can cope with a garish shade, this 14-inch machine makes a surprisingly good choice for the commute. Read on for our Sony VAIO E review, and find out why it’s such a sell for frequent travelers.
At 14-inches, the smallest Sony VAIO E laptop screen size is an unusual one, sitting in a niche between more traditional 13.3-inch and 15.6-inch rivals. Don’t be fooled though by its ultra portable aspirations: it’s sporting some surprisingly impressive specs, and is a more than capable multimedia choice. Can it compete with larger machines when it comes to home entertainment? Read our Sony VAIO E review to find out.
Does the HP Envy 14 look familiar to you? The latest addition to Hewlett-Packard‘s aluminium laptop Envy line looks even more like a MacBook Pro than the models before it, thanks to a backlit keyboard, and a DisplayPort connector. The main differences: it runs Windows, costs well under a thousand pounds, and has 3G built in. Read on for the photos and the details.
It’s almost time to start work, but before you do, take a minute to catch up with all the latest gadget gossip you missed while in the land of nod. It’s all gathered up and crammed into one post for you right here, so read for it in your techie breakie!
The Intel Moorestown mobile chip’s not exactly been a secret, ever since we saw it shoved inside a chunky LG prototype back at CES in January, but now the silicon giant’s given us an in-depth demo of its skills. The tech – officially known as the Atom Z6 series – will power both Android and MeeGo phones, and well, let’s just say it makes them fast. Read on for the photos to see what your next Google phone will be capable of.
Get your bunting ready and balloons on standby: we’re about to throw the world’s fastest party with the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. It’ll turn you into the world’s best connected social butterfly, and does so at speed. There’s no better way to throw an impromptu get together, and spread the word to everyone you know in just a few seconds.
See, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 doesn’t just store your mates’ phone numbers, it’s tuned into their Facebook updates, Twitter posts, e-mails and text messages to you, keeping you in the loop and delivering an instant overview of your social network. Follow our guide, and we’ll show you how this Android smartphone flexes its social media muscle to make soirees easy to set up and host in under a minute.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is the perfect phone to curry favour with your friends on Facebook: it’s armed with a cutting edge 8.1 megapixel camera that’s great at grabbing group shots and shoving them online in an instant for all your friends to giggle over. What’s more, its smile detection abilities means your mates will always look their best, no matter how shaky your shutter finger.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10‘s photographic abilities don’t stop there though: a stack of unique software options features help you frame, fire off and pick the perfect shot before uploading it straight to the web. It’s near impossible to come away with a bad picture, and since it’s so speedy, you can grab a full gallery’s worth of snaps in under a minute.
Put down that OK! mag and cancel your Hello! subscription: the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 will put you in the loop with all the latest gossip as it breaks, with no delays thanks to its messaging smarts and 3G speed.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 puts all your communication in one place with its unique Timescape app. E-mails, Twitter updates, Facebook alerts and, yes, good old text messages and phone calls – they’re all covered, with instant updates meaning there’sno need to wait for the news to trickle through the digital grapevine. We’ll show you how the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 can have you clued in on the latest gossip in under a minute.
Speed things up with Exchange
Keep on top of your mates' chit-chat with the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 using Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync. It's a clever bit of tech which gets the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10's inbox playing nice with your work's email system, letting you read e-mail on your phone as if you were at your desk. Its push technology means that any gossipy e-mails arrive on your phone just seconds after your friend hits send.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 doesn't just sync emails though. Tap in your login details once, and ActiveSync will keep your contacts and even your calendar events paired up with your PC, so whether you're on the bus or chained to your desk, you'll know straight away when a friend sends out an invite and sticks a date in the diary.
Use Google tools to stay in touch
If you keep your online life stashed on Google instead of an Exchange server, you're in luck too. The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 runs Android, Google's powerful and nippy mobile OS, which weaves your Gmail inbox, calendar and Google Talk chats straight into its interface. There's no need to dive into apps to see updates or messages sent to your Google e-mail address, just feed the Xperia X10 your username and password, and you'll be alerted when your inbox has a new e-mail, or your calendar receives an invite. You'll get all the benefits of Gmail on your computer too, like stars for flagging up must read gossip, and just like with ActiveSync email, it pulls in messages the moment they get sent.
Check Facebook and Twitter for tittle-tattle
It's easy to keep your ear to the ground with the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, since its Timescape app includes Twitter and Facebook updates. Timescape pulls in all the latest from the Twittersphere, so whether Stephen Fry's just spilled orange juice on his iPod or Richard Branson's in outer space, you'll be the first to know. Facebook statuses find their way to your phone automatically too, so you'll see your friends updates as soon as they post them. Because it's custom built, it runs seamlessly in the background on the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10's zippy 1GHz processor, and loads as soon as you tap the homescreen.
Don't stop gossiping!
ActiveSync and Google will make sure your inbox is up to date, but you can catch up with your friends through texts and phone calls using Timescape too. Tap the infinity button on a contact, and you'll be able to see every piece of communication you've had with that person. Before long, your buddies will believe you've got the memory of an elephant. In fact, all you need is a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10.
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