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The niche-finding NX100
B Magazine, Richard Mcleish, Published on 06/03/2011
» As electronics manufacturers flesh out new gadget frontiers, a new breed of camera has emerged on shelves that sits somewhere between compacts and DSLRs. They offer a compact chassis, due to the elimination of the mirror system, as well as DSLR quality with the inclusion of an APS-C sized sensor. Recently, manufacturers began adding interchangeable lenses to them, enhancing their functionality and marketability _ calling them MILs (mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras).
Battle of the platforms
B Magazine, Richard Mcleish, Published on 06/02/2011
» While manufacturer brand loyalty dwindles in the mobile phone market, new allegiances are forming as users are beginning to align themselves instead with operating systems.
Gadgets VS Gimmicks
B Magazine, Richard Mcleish, Published on 30/01/2011
» Although tablets have stolen the tech spotlight of late, notebook sales have continued to tick over. They offer users more power under the bonnet, similar screen dimensions and way more functionality than their tablet rivals, not to mention more bang for the baht.
Massive & Mobile?
B Magazine, Richard Mcleish, Published on 16/01/2011
» As the tablets begin to rain down from the tech heavens, it seems that even smartphones are heading the way of their larger-screened brethren. HTC is spearheading this drive with its new HD7, a slate of a phone that sports a 4.3-inch screen and the new Windows Phone 7 operating system.
3G Whizz
B Magazine, Richard Mcleish, Published on 09/01/2011
» Much has already been said about Apple's iPad release of last year that is being swished around cafes, offices and private homes across Bangkok. And the topic of 3G in Thailand, or lack thereof, has been bandied about in geek circles plenty as well. But when the two were combined and finally released last month in one gadget _ the Apple iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G _ a new can of digital worms was opened.
The forgotten Art of photo printing
B Magazine, Richard Mcleish, Published on 02/01/2011
» With so much digital media building up on everyone's storage devices, a question has arisen as to what to do with it all, other than just jam it on Facebook or forget about it in countless folders and sub-folders. Bill Gates presented one solution by hanging digital photo frames on the walls of his house in the US, but this was done at no small cost.
Compact charisma
B Magazine, Richard Mcleish, Published on 05/12/2010
» The compact camera market has evolved to the point where the quality of new models has started encroaching on the professional camera market.
Battle of the smarts
B Magazine, Richard Mcleish, Published on 21/11/2010
» Nokia and LG have each released a new model for the Christmas rush in the hope of regaining some of the ground lost to the Apple iPhone of late. The two manufacturers are no slouches when it comes to the smartphone market, and they are approaching the challenge from different angles.
Finding touch
B Magazine, Richard Mcleish, Published on 14/11/2010
» The Apple iPod touch has been the clear leader in the portable media player stakes since its release in 2007, so it might have been an opportunity for Apple to invest its resources elsewhere more recently. But the new touch 4G indicates that the manufacturer has been doing anything but resting on its laurels.
The torch has landed
B Magazine, Richard Mcleish, Published on 31/10/2010
» In the smartphone race, a large number of new models have been released in the run-up to Christmas, with almost all the major manufacturers putting in a contender to challenge the position of the Apple iPhone 4 that has stolen the spotlight. Research In Motion is in the chasing pack once again with the release of the new BlackBerry Torch 9800.