The Luddite will have you at the top of the gadget class with reviews and articles on the latest gadgets and technological products that are hitting the stores.

Samsung Galaxy S4- Life Companion

By Sam Richardson

Although the look of the new model is very much similar to the previous model, Samsung has improvement nearly every other aspect of the device. But how much of an improvement has been made and will it be enough to lift the new phone above the competition?

Design

First up is the design. Colour wise there is a choice of ‘White Frost’ and ‘Black Mist’- pretty much the standard choice you get with all other smart phones on the market. The handset itself measures up at 5.38x 2.75x 0.31 inch, despite still having to pack in a 5 inch Full HD screen.

That means it will have a larger screen but smaller casing than the S3- hugely impressive on Samsung’s part seeing as all of the other phones in the market seem to be getting larger!

Like its predecessor though, the plastic casing of the S4 will not appeal to all. It feels very lightweight and dare I say tacky. Compare it to the stunning HTC One and it does feel a bit cheap.

Interface

The big change within the interface is through the innovative insertion of registering your finger hovering over the screen up to two centimetres away, so a small beam of light will follow your finger as you unlock. It’s somet...Read More

PlayStation 4- Game Changer?

By Sam Richardson

Sony held their PlayStation 4 event earlier this month and although we didn't get a look at the actual console, we found out a lot about the specifications of the console, and had a look at the redesigned controller.

With both the PS3 and the PS2 Sony held an event early in the year, then another in annual gaming conference E3 in June to provide more details and get a first look at the console. With this early year announcement it seems that we can expect similar.

Sony are aiming for a 'Holiday 2013' release. Apart from the obvious reason of being on everybody's Christmas w...Read More

Samsung Series 3 Chromebook

When Google decided it would create its own operating system, the angle it took was surprising to many. Instead of building a fully featured, cutting edge system to rival Mac OSX or Windows; Google chose a simple release capable of running just a web browser. Since the launch of the original models in 2011, Google has upgraded the system a little but the essence is still very much web focussed.

The model I’m looking at- the Samsung Chromebook which is priced at just £229, is a nice looking notebook with silver plastic casing. The device is very light and the surprisingly large keyboard and touchpad make...Read More

Spotify Oddity

By Sam Richardson
 
Spotify is a super slick music-streaming service with a huge catalogue of songs. It is available as a standard desktop program and with a premium account can be used across most smartphone platforms. Personally I have used the service since it launched in 2008 and have recently upgraded to a premium account.
 
Spotify offers three different account option- Free, Unlimited and Premium. The free account allows users to listen to the millions of tracks available but with a limit of 10 hours per month usage. There is also a 5 plays per month for each individual song ...Read More

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