Chris Hall News Archive 
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Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman pictures and hands-on
HANDS-ON Sweet beats hit Android 8 September 2011 13:49 GMT TweetWalkman has landed on Android in the form of the Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman. It’s an Android 2.3 device, compact, but not the sexiest phone that Sony Ericsson make, an accolade we give to the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S.
With a 3.2-inch...
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Sony Ericsson Mix Walkman pictures and hands-on
HANDS-ON The Walkman phone returns 8 September 2011 10:29 GMT TweetNestled in Sony Ericsson’s feature phone past is a rich history of Walkman devices, some good, some bad, all purporting to offer enhanced music features, something that many phones will now offer you.
The Mix Walkman is a Walkman feature...
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Canon Ixus 1100 HS pictures and hands-on
HANDS-ON IFA 2011: Touchy snapper poked 7 September 2011 15:00 GMT TweetThe Canon Ixus 1100 HS is the latest evolution of Canon’s touchscreen compact camera. It comes along offering a 12-megapixel backlit CMOS sensor, their DIGIC 4 processor and 12x (28-336mm in 35mm terms) zoom lens.
All this is packed into...
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Canon PowerShot SX150 IS pictures and hands-on
HANDS-ON IFA 2011: Affordable travel zoom 7 September 2011 13:49 GMT TweetCanon’s PowerShot range offers up some surprising models, from the S95 and G12 at the top end, down to larger, more affordable models at the bottom. In the "travel zoom” section you’ll find the great SX220 HS and a cheaper alternative,...
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Lenovo IdeaPad K1 pictures and hands-on
HANDS-ON IFA 2011: Honeycomb nugget? 7 September 2011 11:47 GMT TweetLenovo surprised us with the IdeaPad U300s, its Ultrabook that guns firmly at consumers. But we were also pleasantly surprised by the IdeaPad K1, its take on the Honeycomb tablet. It's been doing the rounds for the last few months and we managed to...
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Haier mind control TV won’t blow your mind
HANDS-ON IFA 2011: Makes our brain hurt 7 September 2011 10:08 GMT TweetHaier used its stand at IFA to show off some future technologies. It demonstrated gesture control on one device, which looked like something of a pour cousin to Kinect or the original Sony PlayStation Eye Toy.
Of more interest, perhaps, was...
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Acer Liquid Mini Ferrari Edition for the true racing fan
IFA 2011: Big red 6 September 2011 22:02 GMT TweetFerrari fans sit up, and pay attention. How do you show how much you love your favourite car brand? Why, you buy the Acer Liquid Mini Ferrari edition Android smartphone of course.
That’s right lovers of the prancing horse, you are now...
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Sony HMZ-T1 Personal 3D Viewer pictures and hands-on
IFA 2011: High-tech HMD 6 September 2011 21:33 GMT TweetWe first saw Sony’s head mounted display at CES 2011. Fast forward 8 months at it looks like this crazy device is coming to market. We caught up with it again at IFA 2011 to immerse ourselves in its experience.
The design from the exterior...
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INQ lands on Android Market: Facebook any Android phone
Facebook features for all 5 September 2011 16:26 GMT TweetDo you like the look of INQ’s Facebook integration on the INQ Cloud Touch, but would rather stick with your existing phone? Your prayers may have just been answered.
In a slightly surprising move, INQ has released a couple of apps to...
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Jarre AeroDream One hits iPod dock highs
HANDS-ON IFA 2011: 3.3m high, to be precise 5 September 2011 14:47 GMT TweetIf you were alive in the 80s, you almost certainly have a Jean Michel Jarre album lying around your house. Lately, Jean Michel Jarre has turned his musical hands to another domestic certainty: the iPod dock.
Of course this being Jean Michel...
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Android Sony Walkman prototype gets IFA showing
HANDS-ON IFA 2011: We go hands-on 5 September 2011 11:28 GMT TweetSony showed off a Walkman Mobile Entertainment Player on its stand at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin.
It was quickly pointed out to us that this was a prototype, but we can see where Sony are headed with this one, and that’s...
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ViewSonic ViewPad 7e pictures and hands-on
HANDS-ON IFA 2011: Gingerbread on the cheap 5 September 2011 10:00 GMT TweetWe knew that ViewSonic was going to pull the covers off another 7-inch tablet at IFA 2011 and that it was going to be a budget device.
Markedly different from their slick ViewPad 7x, the 7e is fairly chunky, features a resistive display and...
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 pulled from IFA following new injunction
IFA 2011: Latest twist in legal dispute 4 September 2011 20:58 GMT TweetThe legal dispute between Samsung and Apple has taken another interesting twist, resulting in the newly-announced Galaxy Tab 7.7 being removed from IFA following a second injunction from a Dusseldorf court on 2 September.
The court ruling...
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Samsung MV800 pictures and hands-on
HANDS-ON IFA 2011: Given a good screening 4 September 2011 10:39 GMT TweetSamsung hasn’t been scared to try different things with their compact camera range, and having rolled out a number of models with forward-facing screens, this is a slightly different proposition.
The MV800 (standing for MultiView) offers...
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S hands-on
HANDS-ON IFA 2011: Given the power it deserves 2 September 2011 14:46 GMT TweetWe loved the design of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, we loved the 4.2-inch 854 x 480 display, we loved the 8.1-megapixel camera and we even found that Sony Ericsson’s user interface wasn’t too bad. But what we were a little suspect of was...
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Lenovo IdeaPad U300s Ultrabook pictures and hands-on
HANDS-ON IFA 2011: Seriously slim and sexy 2 September 2011 10:21 GMT TweetLenovo doesn't have the most recognisable consumer PC business, but the tone of its press conference at IFA 2011 in Berlin, Germany, made it clear that the company has serious aims at cracking the consumer market.
This will likely be helped...
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Samsung NX200 hands-on
HANDS-ON IFA 2011: Righting the NX100 wrongs? 2 September 2011 8:13 GMT TweetThe Samsung NX200 is a serious looking compact system camera, arriving with an impressive run of specs. A 20.3-megapixel APS-C sensor lies at its heart, rivalling the newly announced Sony NEX-7.
Of course it doesn’t offer you a viewfinder...
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Samsung Wave 3 pictures and hands-on
HANDS-ON IFA 2011: Bada boy 1 September 2011 13:37 GMT TweetSamsung is still developing its own Bada platform, despite enjoying runaway success with its Android smartphones. Leading the charge for Bada 2.0 is the new Samsung Wave 3.
We’ve liked previous Wave handsets: they’re well put together...
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Samsung Series 7 Slate PC pictures and hands-on
HANDS-ON IFA 2011: Dockable Windows 7 tablet 1 September 2011 13:00 GMT TweetYou might scratch your head at the name of the Slate PC Series 7, but we can see the logic, even if it ends up being a bit of a mouthful. The idea is to separate this "slate PC" from Samsung’s existing line of Galaxy Tabs.
In reality,...
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Sony Tablet P pictures and hands-on
HANDS-ON IFA 2011: Is this clamshell tab bonkers? 1 September 2011 11:23 GMT TweetWhile the Tablet S sports a "folded magazine" design, the clamshell design of the Tablet P is likely to be more controversial. The fact that the Tablet P comes equipped with 3G as standard and not an option is a clear indicator of exactly where Sony...
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Sony Reader Wi-Fi pictures and hands-on
HANDS-ON IFA 2011: With pinch zooming 1 September 2011 10:31 GMT TweetIn the world of all-singing, all-dancing tablets, it’s easy to overlook the somewhat humble ebook reader. It’s no surprise, then, that Sony has thrown a lot at its Reader Wi-Fi, or PRS-T1, bringing with it a couple of innovative twists.
The...
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Sony NEX-7 pictures and hands-on
HANDS-ON IFA 2011: Pick of the NEX bunch? 1 September 2011 0:06 GMT TweetRecently announced, but previously unfondled, the Sony NEX-7 has made an appearance at IFA 2011, along with the latest and greatest Sony cameras. Never one to pass up a chance to fondle a new model, we got our hands on the range-topping compact system...
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Sony Tablet S pictures and hands-on
HANDS-ON IFA 2011: Designed to be different? 31 August 2011 18:56 GMT TweetThey may be arriving at the Honeycomb tablet game a little late, but you can never underestimate a company like Sony. Howard Stringer, Sony president and CEO, took to the stage at IFA 2011 to kick off a run of new product launches saying that it’s...
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Samsung Series 7 700Z premium notebook looks magical
High design, surprisingly affordable 31 August 2011 2:00 GMT TweetSamsung has announced a new Series 7 notebook, the 700Z, also being called the Chronos. The 700Z is a premium laptop designed for those interested in portability without sacrificing performance.
A wonderful brushed metallic chassis houses the...
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Samsung Series 7 700Z pictures and hands-on
HANDS-ON Premium like a MacBook Pro 31 August 2011 2:00 GMT TweetBy now we all know about the Samsung Series 9, the thin and light model that looks to challenge the Apple MacBook Air in the high-end stakes.
By the same logic the new Series 7 700Z takes on the MacBook Pro. Of course, we’ve seen the...
Nikon D800 pictures and hands-on Full frame camera in the flesh
Nikon D700 vs Nikon D800 New and improved?
BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 demoed, Bridge 2.0 gives remote control Coming in February