Learning to Fly whilst Reviewing RC Electric Planes

Written by Joe Baker | 01 June 2010
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Apprentice 15e

This is going to be an in depth trainer/expert comparison review on six highly rated RC electric airplanes.  They will include the new E-GO 500 Class, E-Go Cessna 182, Hobbyzone Champ, Mini Super Cub, Super Cub LP, Apprentice 15e and Trojan T28 - all tested over a set regime base.

After seeing the huge performance improvement of the brushless motor and Li Po battery in remote controlled cars, we thought we would check it out from “wo to go” in the RC electric plane area.

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Vengeance2 (V2) and Road Eagle (GRL) Radar/Laser Detectors

Written by Joe Baker | 03 March 2010
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Vengeance 2 and TMG GRL 300 Radar Laser Detectors

SCOOP ! Reserve demerit points low and need some assistance? 

Look no further than the Vengeance 2 and the TMG GRL 300 Series radar/laser detectors that we are about to review courtesy of www.radars.com.au.

Already reputed as being a very high end radar/laser detector, and in fact, the only one designed with specific enhancements for Australia, the offer to review the Vengence2 has got us pretty excited.  But imagine how “spun out” we were when we were also offered the latest and greatest GPS based, TMG GRL series 309. This is one of the most innovative and sophisticated road safety monitoring systems in the world today and it is in the final testing adjustment phase for Australia as this goes to print.

                                Now Reviewed - See Automotive  - 20th April 2010

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Qstarz Unleash High Speed BT-Q1000eX GPS Lap Timer

Written by Paul Moons | 25 January 2010
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Qstarz BTQ-1000eX

Featuring a 5Hz log speed, the new BT-Q1000eX, the BT-Q1000eX is aimed at people who want an easy and relatively inexpensive way to create detailed logs of their hot laps. Other than a built in GPS lap timer, the BT-Q1000eX also features 8MB memory on board and a battery life of up to 42 hours.

For more information on this extreme GPS logger, visit the QStarz website or check back in the coming weeks and read our full review.

Ricoh CX2 and Ricoh GXR Digital Cameras

Written by Joe Baker | 23 December 2009
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Ricoh GXR Digital Camera

With Ricoh taking out the “Compact Camera” of the year using the CX2 digital camera at the Camera Magazine Imaging Awards, we were understandably excited to be getting one for a review.  But what really fired us up was to be told that we will also be getting the newly released “State of the Art” revolutionary Ricoh GXR camera.  With both of these top quality digital cameras in our hands at the same time, we’ve pretty much got the whole field of photography covered.  From compact “point and shoot”, to the latest in innovative technology for the semi professional and professional there is not much more you could want..

We will compare them against each other in a single article with two co-related reviews published at the same time and give reasons in the conclusions, to justify where we believe the award winning Ricoh CX2 application finishes and the high end Ricoh GXR starts.

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Quite a Promise: ZERO

Written by Martin Regtien | 17 December 2009
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Promise ZERO prototype

Sometimes getting (a) ZERO isn't too bad... and when it comes from Promise Technology, whose NAS products have been a favourite on our editorial team, this will be a box to look out for.

Particularly if all that NAS and RAID stuff is too finicky to set up for you as the ZERO stands for zero configuration! The picture on the left shows a prototype when it initially was still called SmartStor SNS -- Simple Network Storage.

We'll see if that is really true in a few weeks time.

In the meantime, Promise have just released the NS4600 SR1. That stands for Service Release 1, by the way, which means better performance and lots of new features. We may expand on our NS4600 experiences sometime later as well.

miniHomer Key-Chain GPS Position Finder

Written by Ashleigh | 16 December 2009
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miniHomer GPS

Being the type of person that gets lost all too easily and does more laps of the carpark than I'm willing to admit - the miniHomer Key-Chain GPS Position Finder looks like a valuable contribution to my keyring.

We'll be reviewing this high-tech, reverse navigation system that claims it can navigate you back to a previously marked location in any weather condition -  so stay tuned for the full write up.

UPDATE: The miniHomer has arrived at HeadQuarters -- review to follow soon (if we don't get lost doing other things in the meantime...)

See the full review now as published on 23 March 2010.

Jabra Cruiser Review -- First in Australia?

Written by Martin Regtien | 16 December 2009
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Jabra Cruiser

With a bit of luck we might have the pleasure of reviewing another bluetooth speakerphone for your listening pleasure...

Indeed, not just for phone conversations but also glorious stereo music via the built-in FM transmitter on the Jabra Cruiser.

Can it do this job where so many other devices have failed?

Stay tuned -- literally -- for this review!

Cornea 42" / 107 Cm FULL HD LCD TV & HD Digital Tuner & LG Panel

Written by Marcel Regtien | 15 December 2009
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With this product being supplied by corneatech.com.au, not only are we going to review the product but we are going to also interrogate the Managing Director, and produce an in depth Editorial on just how hard it is to set up an online store and break into the internet field.

CORNEA 37" / 94 Cm FULL HD LCD TV & Digital Tuner

Written by Joe Baker | 15 December 2009
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CORNEA 37

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