Acer Aspire 1691WLMI
The Aspire is a very good unit with several features which enhance its usability. It will suit on-the-go entertainment and productivity, at a price that won't burn your wallet.
Asus W5000
Stylish and packed with features, it is not the cheapest 12 inch notebook available. This said, if you simply must have the features on offer inside this 'book, then this notebook does it all with style.
BBP Global
Type: Soft phone service
Web: www.broadbandphone
BenQ FP71V+
The FP71V+ is another 17in TFT from BenQ, but the real selling point of this monitor is the super-fast 5ms response time.
Broadband Phone IP Network Phone
Type: VoIP service with IP phone
Web: www.broadbandphone.com.au
Price: $199 plus monthly charges
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
The control is simple.
Chat-Cord
Type: Phone adapter
Supplier: OzVoIP (02) 9016 3844
Price: $45
City of Heroes
The world is Paragon City, in which costumed heroes patrol the skies or walk the streets.
Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil
A familiar plot – meddling with forces beyond our control – and some new weapons greet you as you once again enter the Mars UAC facility.
Empire Earth 2
Gone are the innovations introduced in the first game – allowing the player to upgrade specific unit traits via the unit itself; the exciting feel of progressing from one epoch to another and general playability.
Firefly
Type: Type: Soft phone
Web: www.freshtel.net
HP Instant Cinema ep9012
There are many things that are given the 'instant' moniker, but usually products from the IT world are not among their number. Slow PC boot times (whatever happened to instant-on PCs?) and a whole mess of configurations takes the instant gratification out of most technology...
I-Rocks MP3 Car DJ FM transmitter
Implementing an in-car MP3 player can often mean an expensive overhaul to your audio system, or at the least buying a fiddly, cable-strewn cassette adaptor for an existing MP3 player like an iPod. This assumes that you do have an MP3 player already though.
Introducing VoIP
We've traversed the acronym laden landscape of VoIP for you, and present you with the PC Authority guide to VoIP: what it is, what kinds of services you can find, what savings you can expect to make and how it is that you can go about setting up VoIP for yourself at home.
Let's Chat IP Phone
Type: Handset
Supplier: OzVoIP (02) 9016 3844
Price: $41
Mailvoice
Type: ATA/Router
Price: TBA
Supplier: TBA
MyNetFone
Type: VoIP service with ATA
Web: www.myfone.com.au
Price: $149 plus monthly charges
Netcomm V40 USB VoIP handset
Type: Handset
Price: TBA
Supplier: Netcomm
Netgear Broadband Voice Adapter TA612V
Type: ATA/Router
Price: TBA
Supplier: TBA
Octtel Voip Gateway
Supplier: Octtel
Web: www.octtel.com.au
Price: $299
Polyview V293
LCDs are finally hitting the sweet spot for price and quality, which means we can all safely cast aside our CRTs.
Samsung D500
It's not often that a company releases a product that is as functional as it is stylish, and can wow the masses in droves. Samsung's D500 does just this, combining the looks of its last generation E800 slide phone and a feature set to rival anything currently on the market.
Skype
Type: Soft phone
Web: www.skype.com
Stronghold 2
There are few boys, and likely some girls, too, that aren’t attracted to the idea of building a castle.
Swat 4
The emphasis is placed on careful investigation of each environment and the wise selection of appropriate weapons and tools.
Toshiba Tecra A4
Widescreen is still one of the flavours of the month for notebooks and plenty of users are opting to banish boring old 4:3 aspect ratio LCD panels to the land of wind and ghosts.
Unibrain iZak
The iZak is at first glance nothing more than a transparent plastic portable hard drive. It has all of the hallmarks - small form factor, a single power LED at the front and a few nondescript ports at the rear.
VoIP product roundup - part 1
Part 1 of our VoIP product and services roundup includes: MyNetFone, Broadbandphone, Skype, Firefly, BBP Global and Chat-Cord.
VoIP product roundup part 2
Part 2 of our VoIP products and services roundup includes: MailVoice, LetsChat, Netgear TA612V, Netcomm V40 and Octtel gateway.