What can you get for $10 these days? Not much really, but if you check over at Wireless Ground you can get a Bluetooth headset for $9.95! is it worth it? Well maybe it is, that is if you’re looking for a throwaway type headset and not too worried about sound quality and comfort. The …
Hello, today I‘ve got another CPU cooler for review. It’s the Transformer 4 from Evercool, and it’s huge but it performs very well. This cooler is one of the best I’ve tested lately and it’s also one of the quietest as well. The Transformer 4 can be a bit tricky to install, and if you …
We haven’t done many CPU cooler reviews here on TestFreaks, but I hope to change that, at least add some more from time to time. Evercool sent me two for review recently and that first I’ve got for you is the Buffalo that’s compatible with LGA1156 and LGA1136 platforms. The Buffalo is a rather small …
Up on the review block today I’ve got the Grace Digital Micro System that works over your wi-fi network to bring you music right over the internet or your network. The system consists of a head or base unit and two bookshelf style speakers that combine to make decent little audio system. It’s also an …
The mouse is the one thing that most of use take for granted, not for how it’s used but for what can happen to you with long terms usage. For those of us that use a mouse everyday for hours on end we can be susceptible to RSI or repetitive stress injury. Sure there are …
Individual device chargers are notorious for taking up space whether it is on the counter or in a drawer. Assorted plugs and cables can make the neatest areas look cluttered. Todays review item – the IDAPT i4 helps address this issue by providing charging capacity for up to four devices at once. It uses an …
Today for review I’m back with the final of three wireless keyboards from our friends at Koribo. This one is called the Vivar and it features a trackball as the mouse along with thirteen multi-media keys, scroll wheel and two sets of mouse buttons to round it all off. It has a nice soft rubberized …
As a reviewer I wonder which is harder – to make a good iPad case or finding a unique name for your company and/or product. New to the iBranding world is a company called iChair. One would assume they make Apple targeted seating, but in reality they create cases for iDevices. Thankfully, they were kind …
Mousepads are designed to make interacting with computers more efficient. Although there are mice designed to work on any surface such as the Logitech Darkfield Laser enabled models, most optical and laser mice still need a proper surface to function at an optimal level. Mionix who are known for their gaming accessories have released a …
One question I get asked frequently by my non-tech inclined friends is how to stream video from their computer onto their HDTV? The answer to this question is sometimes complicated and often leads to blank stares on the questioner’s part. Today’s review item may help solve this problem. Veebeam is a company that I met …
Today for review I’ve got another keyboard from Koribo called the Leira. It’s a wireless keyboard that features a laptop style touchpad and a full set of multi-media keys. It’s made to be used with an HTPC, but you can use it for your desktop computer of course, but with an HTPC is where it …
Keyboards are an integral part of our life and they come in many shapes and sizes and some have specialized uses. A little bit ago I was contacted by a new company and they asked me to review a few of their products, specifically wireless keyboards. Today for review I have a small and unique …
Speck loves the term ‘Pixel’. I have reviewed numerous Pixel dubbed items, mostly for the iPhone and iPad. Today we will look at a laptop carrying sleeve case designed for up to 13” laptops called the PixelSleeve. It can fit most 13” machines including the newest Apple MacBook Air 13” revision. Although Speck recently released …
Ever hear of Coloud? I didn’t until one of their sets of headphones appeared on my doorstep for review. Their new line is called Colors and they’re aptly named as you can get them in many different colors. Today I have the Blue Coloud Colors for review, they’re inexpensive and they have an in-line microphone …
Hard drive enclosures can be play an important role in our computer centric lives, they’re great for taking stuff with you. You can get them in big and small sizes and they certainly come in all shapes and designs. Today for review I’ve got the latest enclosure from Thermaltake called the Max5G that uses USB …
Before reviewing the Das Keyboard Model S Ultimate I believed all keyboards were created fairly equally. The main difference in my mind was the addition of optional features such as multimedia controls or the addition of macro keys. Little did I realize that the “feel” and sound of a keyboard can make a huge difference …
I’ve got a few monitors and I’ve been meaning to get a mount or arm for them so when I was contacted by PI Manufacturing about reviewing their products which included desk mounts I jumped right in. Today for review I’ve got a simple but very useful product that a lot of people overlook when …
Ever want to access your files from a distance, but just don’t want to deal with networking issues or leaving your computer possibly open to the internet and all its evils lurking out there? There are ways to be able to access your files while you’re away like a NAS box or setting up remotes …
Perusing through the 2010 end of year “Best of” lists for the Mac, I noticed one application or app as Apple now calls them, to be on several of these lists – TextExpander 3 from Smile Software. It is designed to expand user customized short snippets into longer text. It is a handy utility for …
With the recent announcement of the Verizon iPhone 4 there will be more than a few Blackberry users making the switch over to the Cupertino created phone. One thing they may be missing with the iPhone 4 is the physical keyboard. Well there’s an app for that, actually there is a case for that. Today’s …
Ok, we’re back with another Wii game review, this time it’s Cookie’s Counting Carnival! I posted the review of the Elmo game, and I have to say my son likes Cookie’s game much better, but he still like Elmo too. Cookie’s Counting Carnival is all about counting, but thrown in are things like patterns and …
I’ve got another Sparkle video card for review today, no it’s not another GT240, it’s the GT430. It’s a small low-profile card so it would work great with an HTPC, or a small, basic gaming system. You’re not going to be playing Crysis on it but it can handle some other light gaming and as …
Today I’ve got another laptop for review, this one though is from HP and it’s the 8740w mobile workstation and yes it’s a big laptop, big and heavy. It has a Corei5 520 CPU which is a dual core, but it runs four threads so it appears as a quad core, but that’s not the …
Ok, so it’s another Sparkle video card for review. Yes it’s a GT240, but this one is the overclocked edition, or plus edition as it’s labeled, but it’s really not. The box says it is but the core and clock speeds are the same as the other GT240 cards. It does feature 1024mb of DDR5 …
Kris, my editor will be the first to say that I am an Apple fan boy; which I guess is accurate as between my family we have an iPad, iPhone 3G, iPhone 4 and numerous iPods within our household. All these Apple devices need to be charged and on long trips need to be recharged …
Hey, hey, looks it’s another Sparkle video card review. This time it’s another GT240, but it’s the low-profile version meaning that it’s made for smaller cases like an HTPC for instance. That’s doesn’t mean though that it can’t be used for light gaming and anything else a video card is used for. The box looks familiar, …
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, Elmo’s World! Yep it’s Elmo for review today or his latest game for the Wii called Elmo’s A-to-Zoo Adventure. This is obviously a young children’s game so I enlisted the help of my 5yr old son Vincent to play it for me and tell me how he likes it. I observed him playing …
Today for review I’ve got two cards from Sparkle, they’re both the GT240 but one has 512mb of ram while the other has 1024mb of ram. So this review is a review yes, but it’s also a comparison of what 512mb is worth when compared to 1024mb of ram on a video card. I was …
Let’s take a break from all of the CES news and mix a review in here with it all. Today for review I’ve got an excellent GPS navigation program for Android based devices called Navigon MobileNavigator and it can certainly get you form one place to another quickly and easily. MobileNavigator has plethora of features …
Today for review I’ve got another Denon product, another set of headphones only this time it’s their AH-D510R Over-Ear Headphones. Normally these aren’t my style, I much prefer in-ear ear buds but regular headphones like these have their place especially for gaming. These headphones though sound amazing, and they have very comfortable ear pads. I …
Up on the review block today I’ve got another set of ram from our friends at OCZ Technology. When it comes to your computer, at least in my opinion, it pays to have the best and OCZ is what you want in your system if you want to have the best performance from it. The …
Denon is an excellent audio company, I’ve had personal experience with their products, good experience I might add so I’m very happy to have one of their products for review today. The product is the Mobile Elite AH-C560R In-Ear Headphones which just sound amazing truly. They come with several sizes and styles of earbuds and …
There are many choices for wireless broadband out there, but none, at the moment, as fast as the new 4G service that Verizon Wireless is now offering. Today for review I’ve got the new Pantech UML290 4G USB Modem and it’s fast, seriously fast, it gives you the speeds you want when and where you …
It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed any USB drives here on TestFreaks so today I’ve got one that Patriot has sent over. The drive is the Xporter Rage 32gb version or XT as it’s called. The drive features a quad channel configuration of four nand chips that work together simultaneously to provide enhanced performance …
If you’re a gamer then you know the video card is probably the most important part of your system, without a decent one you won’t be able to play those games that you love so much. The problem with good video cards is that they cost a lot of money, and a lot of us …
There are many versions of the Droid out there now and Android phones but none are really aimed at business people, that is until Verizon and Motorola introduced the Droid Pro. It’s a world phone that comes with a sim card and a power supply with adapters for different countries that you may travel to …
As a reviewer I have tested several products from Speck; primarily iPhone and iPad accessories. Besides those products Speck also makes laptop bags; so for today’s review we will check out the CorePack Fly, which is advertised as a TSA friendly bag. This means the TSA provided bag makers with guidelines to expedite travel through …
Over the past few weeks I’ve taken a look at two Otterbox cases for the Samsung Galaxy S Captivate, the Impact Series and the Commuter Series and today I’ve got another one. The case is the Defender Series of cases and it offers the most protection for the Captivate out of all the cases and …
Futuremark is well known for their benchmarks, and now they’re also known for their games too. The most popular of their software is the 3DMark series, and now the newest one is here. They were kind enough to send me over the newest in the series for review, 3DMark 11 Advanced Edition. As with all …
Mophie has built its reputation on its external battery charging solutions for mobile Apple devices. Surprisingly they also make other Apple peripherals such as the mophie workbook for iPad. It is designed to protect the iPad while being functional at the same time. This folio style case was created to be fully adjustable so it …