So your friends told you, and the salesman in the shop convinced you, that you must have a 3D full-HD LED TV. So you set off for home with the new TV on the back seat, rush to set it up and connect your trusty DVD player, ready to watch your movies like you’ve never seen them before.  But, as the first DVD starts playing you feel somewhat cheated: the image is just not what you saw in the shops. ...

Are you in the mood for another input device? Perhaps the best one yet, according to fervent Gearburn reporter, Steven Norris. The Logitech Wireless Touchpad is more than a replacement for the mouse, it's the answer to many nagging issues with the mouse has imposed on users over the years. It's ambidextrous, clean, smooth and highly responsive. Can the Logitech Wireless Touchpad evolve user input in ways once thought unimaginable, or is it simply yet another fancy peripheral with nothing to ...

Time for a short story about a 10-inch Windows 8 tablet from Nokia and Microsoft courtesy of "upstream component suppliers." Come the final quarter of 2012, a tablet PC rocking Qualcomm's dual-core CPU is expected to land. The machine will be outsourced by Nokia to global computer makers, Compal Electronics. According to sources, there’s going to be an initial shipment of 200 000 Nokia/Microsoft Windows 8 tablets. No further details regarding the tablet have been released. This isn't the first time Nokia has ...

Instagram co-founder, Kevin Systrom, revealed at SXSW yesterday that the Android version of Instagram is coming very soon and "in some ways, it’s better than our iOS app." It's no secret that the world's favourite photo social network is headed for Android, but we seem to be getting very close to an actual release. Systrom showed off Instagram for Android running on a Galaxy Nexus at SXSW yesterday, but didn't give a full demo. During a Q&A session, Systrom promised the Android ...

As a new initiative for Gearburn I’ll be doing a review of the iOS game of the month going on the ratings of aggregator site Metacritic February has just wrapped up so it somehow makes sense to start there, and so with a whopping 93 out of a possible 100 our February iOS game of the month is the rhythm-based puzzle game Beat Sneak Bandit. Game developer Simogo’s latest offering is so cheesy it shouldn’t be accessible. With Beat Sneak’s polished, yet ...

Memory sticks litter my desk like spent cartridges. Size is unimportant; a quick fix to copy over Gossip Girl and 350Mbs is all I need. I clumsily rifle through these little black fingers of data and grab hold of the 8GB model from SanDisk. The SanDisk Ultra Backup will do, for now. What’s so special about it? Is it the retractable USB port? The “backup” button which doesn’t seem to do anything? Or is it the orange light which glows like ...

Holy moly, it’s here people. Starting tomorrow, March 10th, the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade will become available for the Samsung GALAXY S II. According to Samsung’s FAQ, you’ll need to make sure you’re running KIES 2.0 as 1.5 won’t support upgrading to ICS, although an over-the-air update will also be rolled out. Samsung highlights the following standard ICS improvements: Face Unlock and Android Beam. New mobile network data usage function. Improved applications, usability and multi-tasking. Samsung warns, however, that ICS drops the High ...

Happy days for Jailbreakers. iOS hacker MuscleNerd has sent out a tweet confirming that iOS 5.1 has been jailbroken. For die-hard non-A5 JBers only, redsn0w now supports a tethered 5.1 jailbreak.See update #1 is.gd/4D1FSK — MuscleNerd (@MuscleNerd) March 8, 2012   A few issues though: it’s a tethered jailbreak (for now) and only works with non-A5 devices such as the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4. To the hack we go! So, qualifying A4 iDevices include: iPhone 4, the original iPad and iPod touch (both third and ...

The new iPad launched last night, cleverly renamed as the "iPad" and it’s a potential gaming powerhouse. With a new Retina Display of 2048x1536, the iPad's display is better than 1080p (Full-HD). And the A5X dual-core CPU with a quad-core GPU is said to be more powerful than the Tegra 3 and on par with most modern consoles, but that’s yet to be proven. We could wax lyrical all day about the new hardware, but imagine the possibilities. A full console ...

Is the new iPad "more personal"? Are the graphics now "truly stunning"? Will the iSight camera deliver decent photos with its "state-of-the-art optics?" Let various talking heads from Apple's clutch decide for you as they explain away the new apps, the pin-sharp retina display, the dual-core power and how the new iPad features "the best display you've ever seen." Or, you can decide for yourself if the new iPad is next on your gadget purchase list. View the video and enjoy ...