Sony Vaio E Series pictures and hands-on
Everyday laptops
The Sony Vaio E Series laptops are designed as everyday laptops, with a fresh new “wrap around” design for 2012. This reminds us slightly of the folded design of the Sony Tablet S and it’s a design we like.
Separating the E Series from models higher up the Vaio range, like the S Series, these [...]
Lego creates exclusive Team GB Olympic minifigs
Going for gold
The Great Britain Olympic team has been bestowed with a prestigious honour even before the London 2012 games has kicked off. The athletes have been immortalized as Lego minifigures.
There are a total of nine Team GB Lego minifigures to collect. These include a brawny boxer, a stealth swimmer, relay runner, judo fighter, tactical [...]
Sony Vaio S Series pictures and hands-on
13-incher fondled
The updated Sony Vaio S series ushers new Intel hardware into a body that’s constructed from premium materials giving you a slim and portable powerhouse.
The starting price sets it close to the asking price of the Sony Vaio T13 Ultrabook, but the S series offers a lot more potential for customisation and configuration. For [...]
Leica M9 Hermes pictures and hands-on
A snip at ?18,000
As well as the Leica M9 Monochrom, Pocket-Lint was also lucky enough to get a hands-on, well a “gloves-on”, with the latest Leica M9-P Edition Herm?s.
Limited to just 300 products, each etched with its own unique number code, boxed with a book and a 50mm f/1.4 ASPH lens, the M9-P is, clearly, [...]
Leica M9 Monochrom pictures and hands-on
Will you beat your wallet black and blue to buy an M9 Monochrom?
A flurry of Leica launches last week caught our attention, not least thanks to the addition of the Leica M9-M Monochrom – the first rangefinder camera with a dedicated, full-frame black and white sensor. Heck, from what we can recall it’s the first [...]
Sony introduces new VAIO S Series laptops
Portability and power
Not content with enhancing its VAIO E Series array of laptops, Sony has now added to its S Series range too.
Consisting of a 13.3 and a 15.5-inch display models, both laptops feature an uber-svelte waistline which Sony claims makes them ideal for people who work on the move.
Despite the skinny waistline the Sony [...]
Sony adds 15 and 17-inch displays to its VAIO E Series range
Bigger is beautiful
Sony has added a few extra inches to its VAIO E Series range with a 15.5 and 17.3-inch display models.
Following in the footsteps of the Sony VAIO E Series 14, both laptops feature the same “wrap-around” design while the 15-inch model sports a VAIO Display and the 17-inch model ups the game with [...]
Lenovo unveils the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Ultrabook
“World’s lightest 14-inch Ultrabook”
Lenovo has been showing off its new ThinkPad X1 Carbon laptop adding some bold statements to boot.
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon is the follow up to the original ThinkPad X1 only it’s bigger and lighter. That may sound like a contradiction of terms, but though Lenovo has increased the screen size to [...]
Birds tweet at Peckingham Palace
Luxury bird house features “Tweetdeck”
A bespoke metre-long bird box has been commissioned by garden woodcare specialist Cuprinol in time to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. As well as eerily representing Her Majesty’s London residence, it features a “Tweetdeck”, allowing visiting birds to post their movements on Twitter.
Peckingham Palace showcases five shades of Cuprinol’s limited edition?Jubilee [...]
Samsung Notebook Series 5 550P arrives with multimedia and Ivy Bridge at its core
Power at your fingertips
Samsung has unveiled the latest member of its Series 5, the 550P, and it is available with either a 15- or 17-inch display.
With a display of this magnitude, Samsung is billing the Series 5 550P?as a multimedia demon, and reading the features list it has got the specs to back it up.
Powering [...]
