http://www.ecoustics.com/latest/reviews Latest product reviews, updated every five minutes http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/reviews/6731 HTC's sophisticated Hero hits a home run with all the features missing from earlier Android efforts. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:57:29 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/look/343 The line between cameras and cell phones is blurring, while somewhat ironically, the pictures these hacked-together hybrids take keep getting sharper and sharper. We've seen manufacturers cram higher and higher resolution into the same tiny cell phone cameras for years now, but Samsung's SCH-W880 may be one of the first to breed real point-and-shoot optics into a cell phone.Rather than merely shoehorning an image sensor into a smartphone, Samsung has borrowed aspects of both familiar form factors for the W880, making it look like the true lovechild of a camera and a...Read | Permalink | Linking Blogs Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/reviews/6730 Bose's QuietComfort 15 headphones stomp out ambient noise without sacrificing sound quality. Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:52:23 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/reviews/6729 Sony's Alpha 850 checks in $700 below competitors, but snaps stunning shots right on par with them. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:10:43 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/reviews/6728 Logitech's Z523 desktop speakers shake off their inexpensive price tag and boom with the big boys. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:10:04 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/look/341 Come one, come all, to the carnival of oddities that is Honda’s R&D division. Witness Asimo: the humanoid robot, and the tragedies tragedies that sometimes befall him. Shield your children from the assisted walking system that looks straight from the pages of science fiction. Gawk at the motorcycle with an airbag. And recoil in terror at the UX-3, a unicycle that balances itself.Or laugh.Taking a cue from the Segway, Honda&rsq...Read | Permalink | Linking Blogs Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/look/342 Apple’s late-summer announcements have come and gone with nary a peep about the much-talked-about tablet, but in the meantime, plenty of other companies have been quick to run for their boards and ride the wave of tablet interest that has surged up with the mere rumble of one from Apple.Toshiba hopped in with the Journe Touch, Archos pushed things a step further with its...Read | Permalink | Linking Blogs Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/reviews/6727 Optoma's Pro 250X projector delivers specs suitable for pie graphs or American Pie. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:39:04 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/reviews/6725 Large as they may be, Sennheiser's top-of-the-line HD800 headphones embody audio perfection. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:17:21 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/reviews/6724 LG's LX370 sports a lofty smartphone price tag without smartphone muscle, but snaps great photos. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:19:54 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/reviews/6723 The PanTouch Clear delivers exceptional photo quality and a generous sprinkling of extras for $130. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:58:29 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/reviews/6722 Insignia's L42X-10A loads on features from further up the price ladder with minimal compromise. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:35:23 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/reviews/6721 Onkyo rushes headlong into digital with HT-RC180, but leaves too many analog devices in the dust. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:19:28 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/look/340 Not a photo frame, not a computer, not a television. The HP DreamScreen defies easy description, except perhaps for this: It’s like a Chumby you wouldn’t ashamed to bring to work.The 10.2-inch or 13.3-inch screen could pass for a simple photo frame, but inside the slender black frame, there’s a lot more silicon horsepower than it would need to simply rotate some JPEGs. The Dreamscreen will play full-screen videos, stream music from a connected PC, HP SmartRadio, or Pandora, and even ding you with sta...Read | Permalink | Linking Blogs Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/reviews/6720 Logitech's Performance Mouse MX works on glass, mirrors, and just about anything. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:11:51 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/look/339 HP Envy 13Hewlett Packard’s marketing arm undoubtedly intended the brand name “Envy” to refer to the emotion the notebooks stir up in adjacent coffee drinkers down at Starbucks. But given the direction HP has taken the Envy name, it might more appropriately refer to the company’s own envy of Apple.After chasing the MacBook Air with the original Envy 133, HP has now returned with the Envy 13 and 15, which look like sisters – maybe even twin sisters – to Apple’s MacBook Pros. Aluminum...Read | Permalink | Linking Blogs Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/reviews/6510 Microsoft's take on the iPod Touch hits hard with video capability, but falls short on multitasking. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:54:18 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/reviews/6718 Microsoft's take on the iPod Touch hits hard with video capability, but falls short on multitasking. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:51:49 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/reviews/6719 Sony's TX1 amazes with its svelte profile, and disappoints with inconsistent picture quality. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:24:21 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/reviews/6717 Logitech's Harmony 900 strikes an ideal balance between features and price, for a superb value. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:22:48 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/look/338 Fall in the love with the look of a Motorola phone, learn to tolerate the software. That’s always been our approach to Motorola’s undoubtedly stylish but hard-to-live-with phones. Even when the company hit it out of the park with the original Razr, the phone’s operating system drove many early adopters crazy in the ensuing years of ownership.Which is why were elated to hear Motorola has embraced the Android operating system with the upcoming Motorola Cliq for T-Mobile, mating the company’s own knack for design with one of the most exciting mobile platforms....Read | Permalink | Linking Blogs Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/reviews/6716 We dragged JVC's compact GZ-HM400 through the streets of Berlin to test its high-def prowess. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:07:16 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/reviews/6715 Epson's NX515 scans and prints for cheap, but not every blade on this Swiss Army Knife is sharp. Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:33:05 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/look/337 The Asus name may not be the first that comes to mind when you think of high fashion meeting consumer electronics, but not for lack of trying. With the Eee Seashell, the notoriously budget-focused Taiwanese company put aside its focus on price and injected some much-needed style into otherwise bland devices. And now it’s taking the same approach to monitors.The Designo MS discards the basic black bezel other monitors routinely don in favor of a design th...Read | Permalink | Linking Blogs Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/reviews/6714 Kerchoonz's K-box portable speaker boasts a novel concept, but atrocious, ear-rending sound quality. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:25:07 -0400