Meredith Williams

Hi Symon,

The reviewed SKU was the K52F-SX156X. As you've noticed, there are many K52F's on the market, with different processor, RAM and hard drive specs.

In general, steer clear of the ones that include the Pentium processor, and you've got the chance to grab a model with 4GB RAM, we'd take it! As far as we can see from www.staticice.com.au, it should still fall under the AU$1000 mark.

Cheers,

Craig

Hard to say, we haven't seen the Samsung for review. If it's using the same generation of DisplayLink technology, one could argue the same performance caveats would apply, with perhaps the display panel offering better colours. Still, I wouldn't want to be dragging an 18.5-inch monitor around with my laptop.

No trophies at this stage, and Minis need to be ported by the developers, like Age of Zombies has been.

I saw that bit of news on Ausdroid about Canadian Telus branded Nexus S handsets working on the Telstra network. There are a number of Aussie phone importers who already sell a Next G compatible Nexus S if you're looking for one.

Maybe this wasn't presented clearly enough, but each of these apps are developed for multiple sports, which are listed and linked to at the bottom of each page. For example, if you're looking for soccer apps, see Soccer Clipboard HD (p2), Playbook for Soccer (p3), iPlaybook Soccer (p4) and Soccer Whiteboard (p7). You'll find apps for other "Aussie" sports like rugby and netball too. Hope this helps.

It's true I didn't consider the SE announcements either the best or the worst of the show, but I'm certainly not biased against them. The Xperia Arc (Anzu) is old news from CES and the Play just didn't grab my attention when I used it.

Gesture controls are a different control metaphor to what we are all used to. It's hard not to look at a device like this and wonder where the "Home" button is. But once you start using it, I found it is a much faster and convenient control scheme than even the single button on the iPad.

Late nights in Barcelona. Typo now fixed.

I'm so jealous. I had my tonsils removed as well, and it reduced my nightly incidents by about half, but this still wasn't sufficient. Has anyone tried using the mouthguard still alternatives? I'm very curious to try one for myself.

Things aren't so great on that front:

http://www.tuaw.com/2011/01/08/vlc-app-removed-from-app-store/

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/19/is-cinexplayer-for-ipad-struggling-to-deliver-on-its-xvid-playin/

Hey Videsa,

MacBooks are great, we really like them (I have one!). Sadly on score alone they *just* miss out on the list this year.

I've got a feeling though that now the time consuming task of pushing out the first iPad is over, Apple has a little more time to focus on the MacBook division. 2011 will be a good year!

Whoops, good catch Andy. 5.5 pounds, which would be 2.49kg. Corrected!

No word yet, but my guess is the middle of next year.

I use SwitchPro, same idea and same price. I wanted to highlight free options for this article, but these "almost" free apps are much better if you're willing to play.

And the postage is?

Oops, you're right there Davo, I've confused myself. Updated now.

Sorry campers! The Apple legal dept has now stepped in and said the figure is a no-no, claiming the company "did not consent to the use of Apple's copyrights and trademarks". MIC has heeded the legal heat and discontinued the product.

Still waiting to see an Envy -- should be getting one of the new Beat Editions soon I hope.

I'm not sure assessing a piece of software is ever as simple as writing a list, and I'm not sure all of the shortcomings listed are dealbreakers for most smartphone users. I would definitely trade off Bluetooth file exchange for a system which is responsive and reliable.