Of all of the Windows Phone 7.5 Mango smartphones in existence, the Focus Flash is the best if you’re on a budget. That is outright my opinion on it in a sentence, but since reviews cannot be condensed to a single sentence (unless you’re trolling your audience and the companies who make said product), the review after the break will take you on a brief journey on what makes the Focus Flash both amazing, its faults, as well as its uncanny performance. Confound it, I think the review was just completed in a single paragraph. Full review after the break. (more…)
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Samsung Focus Flash Review: A Great Budget Windows Phone
Ogio Bandit Backpack Review
“I dare you to touch my Ogio.” — Kilo, the German Shepherd
This is the first backpack I’ve had the opportunity to review. After reviewing thousands of dollars worth of technology, I though it was finally time to review something to hold all of these pricey luxuries in. So, in came the Ogio Bandit backpack review unit at my doorstep. Frankly, I was skeptical: it felt too light to be something of quality.
However, it’s a charming backpack, is waterproof, has dedicated slots of glasses, phones, pens, notepads, passports, up to 17″ laptops, car keys, and even a dedicated iPad/eReader/ultrabook slot. It contours to the spine and supports itself admiringly. Carrying 20 pounds of technology and books (something I don’t recommend on a daily basis; that’s just something I’ve done for the review) is no hassell, because the outline and straps of the Ogio Bandit reduces weight — at least that’s what I felt, but I’m told I’m a flexible 15-year-old, and after playing tennis for a few years at a tournament level (and now taking martial arts lessons) it can certainly be concluded to be fact. And despite costing quite a bit — $109.99 — if you’re serious about your spinal cord’s condition, or if you carry considerable loads of technology or books with you often, it’s worth the investment. Like, you’re only making sure to not cause yourself (possibly) irreparable damage to your spinal cord and muscles. Just saying.
But enough about your’s truly: the Ogio Bandit is a fantastic backpack. Plus, in the “fracture” color scheme, the red accents look really awesome. It’s nearly perfect, as I haven’t had any real complaints to mention of in my month-long test of it. And heck, both Kilo and I give it the “top pick” award.
Score: 9.8/10
LG Nitro HD Review
A 4G LTE smartphone on AT&T? Why, yes of course. The LG Nitro HD contains some top-of-the-line specs, including a 4.5-inch 1280 x 720 AH-IPS display, dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm APQ8060 processor and 1.3 front-facing / 8 megapixel rear cameras. With all of this coming together for a higher than the average $250 on a new 2-year agreement with AT&T, there’s quite a spot to be filled. In fact, the only thing the Nitro HD should be is exceptional, and our evaluation of it should prove if it is. That being said, the review is after the break.
HTC Amaze 4G Review
First the sensation, then came amazement. It is a pretty awful pun on the Sensation 4G being the former to the Amaze 4G, but it stands perfectly on its own. What the Amaze 4G has done is simply raise its HSPA+ data speeds to 42MBps, a faster 1.5GHz dual-core processor, new styling, and a better sensor in the 8 megapixel camera, capable of 1080p HD video recording (same specs for the camera, just better quality on the Amaze). To top all of that off, the Amaze 4G has a fantastic design reminiscent of the Sensation 4G (obviously), but alos the HTC Legend, an Android handset so old (by Android’s standards) that it is only a legend by now. Sorry, HTC just makes it easy to make puns out of the names of their products.
Full review after the break. And it’s the last LM review for 2011.
Gunnar Optiks Edge Onyx Brief Review
This is the same awesome lens technology used in the Anime Onyx glasses I reviewed a few months ago. The only difference? The lens and frame design. This may be the shortest review I’ve ever written. The idea here is that the Edge Onyx just looks more sporty than the classical and professional Anime Onyx. So the review score is the same: buy it, it just depends on your style. And since I’ve started wearing prescriptions with the same tech in them, I don’t need any more Gunnars on my desk.
Samsung Stratosphere Brief Review: Worth The Cost In 4G LTE Goodness
The Samsung Stratosphere is a little bit of the Droid Charge and the Galaxy S II handsets. It’s got a speedy 1GHz Hummingbird single-core processor, 4G LTE data speeds, a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, 5 megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording, and a 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera. It’s some pretty decent hardware, and right off the bat uses Android 2.3.5 on Touchwiz 4.0 (a special ROM for this device, apparently) and operates smoothly under most circumstances. The data speeds are awesome, usually clocking in at above 12MBps for download speeds (up o the 20s) and up to 10MBps upload speeds (and then some). The 5-row, slide-out QWERTY keyboard that also lights up is a lot like the Epic 4G’s that I reviewed and mostly liked, and overall gets the job done, much the like the Droid Charge, which I also reviewed several months back and shares much of the same specs.
The 5 megapixel camera is decent enough to take the kinds of photos you’d post on Twitter, Facebook, or Google+, and the video is reasonable. The front-facing camera is your usual 13 megapixel front-facing with a few grainy pixels here and there, but overall is clear.
For a mere $149.99 on a 2-year agreement, it makes getting into the 4G LTE relm pretty easy for a consumer who doesn’t want a entire 5-star, dual-core package and doesn’t want to spend the equivalent amount.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Review
There isn’t a reason for me to go on and on about Skyrim in a review (because I’d just stop and start playing the game). There are sites dedicated to this sort of thing, like this one. Once you start off, you are bound (literally). Through some initial combat, you are then thrust into a beautiful full HD world with both dangers, disease, beauty, temples, forts, castles and castle-towns, cities, colleges, wilderness, tundras, and even the game’s version of heaven. Skyrim feels almost limitless. As the Dovahkiin (translated from the game’s dragon language as Dragonborn), you possess the soul of a dragon, but are a mere mortal. At the very beginning of the game you can specify what race, gender, and cosmetic features you will posses. I am a Nord, a hearty and tough human race in Skyrim, the lands of which you will explore in Tamriel. We Nords have the power to use a Battle Cry, which works like the first Dragon Shout you acquire in the game, but is considerably weaker. We also have the ability to withstand tough winters, but other races can breathe underwater, or be immune to certain diseases.
It’s a fascinating fantasy RPG world. And the rest of the (somewhat lengthy) LaptopMemo review is seen after the break.
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Geeky Tyvek Wallet Micro-Review
It’s made out of Tyvek, a stubborn material. It won’t rip so easily or even burn so easily. And now, it’s in the origami-like form of a wallet for $15. It’s capable of holding some credit cards, business cards, and cash. And in this case, the design is all about Pi, or 3.1415926535 (and continuing, of course) for you geeks and math nerds. So it is pretty awesome. And since it is made out of the same material of FedEx shipping packs, and is even stronger, it makes for a formidable and somewhat discreet wallet. It measures 3 3/8 inches wide by 10 inches long, open.
And best of all — it works and is now my primary wallet. Available at ThinkGeek. Score: 9/10
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