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Ask Us: Is it worth buying GPS navigation for the iPhone?
Derek Fung weighs up the pros and cons of trying to get your iPhone to double as a GPS unit.
Ask Us: Is it worth buying GPS navigation for the iPhone?
Derek Fung weighs up the pros and cons of trying to get your iPhone to double as a GPS unit.
Reviews
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Acer Extensa 5635Z
The Extensa is a business laptop with no particular frills. That's not a bad thing per se, but it's tough to get too excited about it, either.
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Acer Aspire 5536
The Acer Aspire 5536 is a little light on battery, but it's a good all-rounder for anyone seeking an affordable laptop with a big screen and keyboard.
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Acer Aspire One D250
For the price, it's hard to find fault with Acer's even cheaper version of the 10.1-inch Aspire One, as long as you're not expecting top-of-the-line features.
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Dell Latitude E6400
Dell's Latitude E6400 is a full featured business laptop that delivers on performance, battery life and price in one neat bundle.
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Acer G24 LCD Monitor
While its gaming performance is stellar, due to its ultra-glossy and reflective screen its viewing angle is unforgiving. It's also not the most ideal monitor for colour accuracy.
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Acer Aspire Timeline 4810T
Since when did vendor battery claims actually represent the truth? Acer's Timeline notebook just keeps going and going and going, but it's a pity that it's otherwise underpowered and hampered by Windows Vista.
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Dell Latitude 2100
The Latitude 2100 is an interesting answer to customising for the needs of schools. As a by-product, Dell has created a robust little netbook that can just as easily be tossed around by any techie who likes to work roughly.
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Vodafone Compass
Compass makes an excellent navigation tool for casual users looking for directions a few times a month or year. More frequent users should look to something more robust.
Features
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Best portable GPS navigators
All brand name GPS units will get you safely from A to B, but some do it better than others. We nominate a clutch of navigators we'd junk our Gregory's or Melway for.
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Best GPS-enabled mobile phones
While it could be argued they're not as robust as in-car sat-navs, these GPS-enabled mobile phones can help you find your bearings when you're on the move.
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Laptops with backlit keyboards
Backlit keyboards are fast becoming a top requested feature list. We check out some notebooks that make typing in the dark a cinch.
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Best mid-weight laptops
Ten mid-weight laptops for the discerning mobile user.
News
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Microsoft dabbles in hardware
Taking a page from arch-rival Apple, Microsoft has teamed up with hardware-maker Acer to deliver a Windows 7 laptop created to its specifications.
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Google Maps with turn-by-turn navigation coming soon
Google Maps with built-in turn-by-turn navigation is coming soon, but so far this has only been confirmed for phones running the new Android 2.0 platform.
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Acer's first Android phone impressively specced
Acer's first Android-powered smartphone is a processing powerhouse, with a 1GHz Snapdragon processor under the hood.
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Eee PC maker Asus goes gadget
Taiwanese company, Asus, finds itself smack in the middle of a transition from components maker to serious contender in PCs and accessories. Could Asus be an Acer in the making?
DIYs and How-to
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GPS buyer's guide
Prices for GPS devices and apps have come down in the last year and many of us are looking at jumping on the bandwagon. We take a look at how it works, why you should (or shouldn't) buy a GPS, as well as key features to look out for.
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GPS navigation on mobile phones
Is there a mobile phone / PDA that has inbuilt GPS navigation that I can use in my car?
Downloads
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Netpas Distance
Calculate your port to port distance and point to point distance to find the shortest route.
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AVG LinkScanner
Get protected against poisoned Web pages.
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Deluxe Menu
Create CSS navigation systems for your Web sites and Web applications.
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Xupport
Swiss army knife of system tools.
The Explain Series
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Get (laptop) smart before you buy
Win the numbers game and get the laptop that's perfect your needs as well as your budget!
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Microsoft Windows® 7. Your PC, simplified.
Windows® 7 has been designed to be more reliable, more responsive, and to make the things you do every day easier.
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Whereis® maps
If you’d like to get to know more of Australia, and do it safely, then check out Whereis® maps.
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Commonwealth Bank Mobile Banking
Bank anywhere, anytime. Learn more.
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Nokia Navigation
The introduction of GPS adds a new dimension of 'social navigation'.

























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