Devices devices devices... every month it seems like something new has to come up, more or less similar to the latest version but with a new price, of course, and new marketing campaigns saying the ultimate version is the best possible. Ever! Having said that, it is clearly that the mobile phone industry will make no rebate to the trend, eversince the industry is developing so quickly, at such an incredible speed.



Taken as a standard of where technology has gotten us to, the iPhone is probably the world's must known smartphone and ever since its first release in 2007, has broken many hearts and has led to an incredible amount of copies, replicas or similar devices sold worldwide. Some of the latest smartphones released were inspired by the Apple's iPhone design and features, and by studying its technology, big companies came up with similar models to the Mac tool.



A very popular comparison between phones has made between the LG Dare, Samsung Instinct and the iPhone products, all consisting in similar designs and features.

On July 3rd 2008 the newest LG model, the LG Dare hitted the market worldwide and was in retail for a price of about $250 US, which is, by far, less than the Apple device which costed up to 600 USD. The Dare is smaller than the iPhone (and is missing the iPhone’s built in storage), but it does have some features that the iPhone itself lacks. For example, it has a 3.2-megapixel camera with flash. The main selling feature of this phone is the high-quality video recording; this records 640-by-480 video at up to 120 frames per second. It also features a "full HTML browser" and works with the 3G technology. None of that, however, changes the fact that if you purchase a LG Dare you’ll be walking around with a phone that looks like a knock-off of Apple's iPhone.



Also, the LG Dare is a re-worked LG Prada which is a touch screen phone that came out right before the iPhone did. If one takes a quick view over the Prada, you can easily see that its design is quite different from the Dare model, and to start with, it has unique icons that do not look like they were copy/pasted from the Mac OS X. I think they should have limited themselves to the Prada version which is much more simple, cute and doesn't look like an uglier twin of the iPhone.

Your choice over a phone, however, will entirely depend on what you are looking for from a smartphone device. If we refer to the quality (as in features)- price standard, purchasing the Dare would be the best option, also due to its 3.2 megapixel camera and 120fps video recording. Still, if it's about everything else, the iPhone 3G and the latest 3G S remain the most viable options on the market so far.

Apple iPhone 3GS is the latest model of iPhone from Apple and it looks exactly like the previous one – the iPhone 3G. But the look is not all they have in common, because the Apple iPhone 3GS has almost the same features as Apple iPhone 3G has, the only difference is the speed of iPhone 3GS, a feature that will amaze you.


Have you ever wondered why the phone is called 3GS and not 3GV (V for video) or 3GC (C for compass)?  Because the S in the name stands for Speed and this is the most important feature of the new Apple iPhone 3GS.

Most of the reviews online say the same thing about the new iPhone - that speed is the central upgrade of the new Apple iPhone.

Upgrading to the new Apple iPhone 3GS is like buying a faster car or a bigger TV; you will get the same features but with new specs that make the case faster or the TV better than the old one.



The Apple iPhone 3GS is more reflective than the 3G because it comes with a new fingerprint resistant coating. This coating works great preventing a lot of face grease or fingerprints, allowing you to have a smooth and fingerprint-free smartphone for a longer period of time. This feature also makes the iPhone 3GS easier to clean and the “sticking” in some areas is gone.

When you browse the Internet you will see the speed of the iPhone 3GS is action. Email and Safari load a lot faster than on the Apple iPhone 3G and also the booting of the iPhone 3GS takes less time than on the iPhone 3G. The speed is not all about the Internet, because applications like Sims 3 of other games like this load much faster and run better.

Everything on this new Apple iPhone is faster and works better, the applications look the same and they have the same features, but they load faster and that is great.

Other new features of the iPhone 3GS are the video recording and auto focus, so the quality of the images you take is better than with the iPhone 3G. The video quality is also good, for a mobile phone because the recording is not that great in low light.

The Voice Control is a cool feature of Apple iPhone 3GS that actually works. All you need to do is to know the right words or commands like “dial” is you want to dial a number or “call” if you want to call a contact.



If you want to upgrade to iPhone 3GS from the iPhone 3G, you should know that the shape and the size are the same, so your accessories will work on the new phone. If you want to read more reviews of this new Apple iPhone, you will find them on PCWorld or Engadget.com.

The latest iMac models have very powerful processor Core i5 and Core i7, they are very powerful machines and they were the first iMacs to use quad-core processors. On Apple Store you will see that there are 4 standard iMac configurations, they come with different types of processor and storage capacity.



The top-of-the line iMac is the 27-inch Core i5 iMac with optional Core i7, this is the best and the fastest iMac model ever. The price for this machine is $1.999 with Core i5 processor and $2.199 with Core i7 processor. This iMac review is for those of you who want to find out more information about it and the way 27 – inch Core i5 iMac works.



The first thing you should know is that iMac uses a technology from Intel called Turbo Boost. What is special about this technology is the fact that the cores work independently but also together when you need more power. Let’s say, for example, that you run an application that uses only one core and the rest of the cores are in idle mood. The computer will shut off the idle cores and the active core will speed up for more power. This technology allows the processor the run very fast under heavy workloads.

One down side for this iMac model is the fact that Apple Remote is not included and the reflections and the glare from the screen may frustrate some customers, but this aspect could be resolved with an anti-glare film (they actually work great for all Apple MacBook and iMac models). The default brightens of this computer is a bit much and if you don’t like it this way you can always turn it down.

This computer looks great, the aluminum case is nice and the display is amazing. You can forget the incredible and impressive speed this computer has and the image quality is great at any angle. Other cool features of the new iMac are the following:  new SD slot and the improved speaker system.



The storage capacity for this model is huge – 1TB hard drive. This is enough for everything you need to save and when we thing that average computers come with a hard drive of 320 GB, the 1TB looks enormous. The ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics processor does it job very well because the games and the HD movies look great in rich and vivid colors.

The new iMac is faster at performing basic tacks, importing photos and a lot more because the quad-core processor provides up to 2x faster performances than the previous models. The keyboard and the Magic Mouse are the same, nothing has changed here.

All the iMac reviews we have read say the same thing about this great computer that is the fastest and the best performing computer Apple has ever made and if you can afford it, you should purchase it.

If you travel a lot and you want to keep your MacBook Air running for a long period of time, the best solution is to purchase a portable battery for your laptop. You will find many portable batteries on the market, but the careful because a lot of them could damage your laptop’s battery and also your laptop.



The best on the market is the HyperMac which you will find it on Hyper Store.com. This is the world’s fist and only external battery that works with all Macbook models. The battery is available in 4 sizes and you can also charge your iPhone 3G S, iPhone 3G and other mobile USB devices. Depending on the size you choose from: 60Wh, 100Wh, 150Wh and 200Wh, you can charge for MacBook Air for more than a day or if you choose one for your iPhone, you can recharge it for 52 times.

The HyperMac External Battery comes with a USB port so you can charge also your iPhone while you are charging your MacBook Air. The laptop will see this portable battery as a connection to its original adapter, so HyperMac provides the power your device needs and also recharges the internal battery. You can check the battery level of HyperMac by looking at the lighted indicator.

With this external battery you can extend the life span of your laptops internal battery which is a very important thing considering that the latest MacBooks have built-in batteries and if something goes work with the battery you cannot changes it by yourself, you need to pay a service to do that.

These external batteries come with one year warranty and can be recharged up to 1000 times. They also look great with their nice aluminum housing that match the color of your MacBook and they come with different cables for all Macbook models. They have the capacity to determine which MacBook is connected to them and adjust the charging power.

On the website mentioned above, you will also find HyperMac Nono which is the perfect portable battery for your iPhone and iPod. This comes with a built-in charging cable, so you don’t have to carry with you the original cable from your device. These external chargers come in all iPod’s colors, which means that you can choose from 9 nice colors the one that matches your device.

HyperMac Micro is an external battery that provides more time for your device than HyperMac Nano. This one is also available in 9 different colors and it works with iPod, iPhone and other USB devices. HyperMac Mini is the largest external battery for your iPod or iPhone and you can find it at a price of $119.95. All these products are manufacturer by Sanho Corporation located in Sunnyvale California (United States of America), a company which makes IT accessories.

Macbook has a nice design with a lot of great features, but is still an expensive laptop and not all the programs and the applications work on it. We know that comes with state-of-the-art technology, great battery life, multi-touch trackpad and nice uniboby closure, but if you want to try a MacBook competitor, you should try HP TouchSmart.



In our opinion this is the best MacBook competitor because is looks better than MacBoook and it has a lower starting price at $899.99. HP TouchSmart is more than just a simple laptop because it is also a tablet PC. The laptop lets you twist the screen, so you can write on it with a digital pen and comes with exclusive TouchSmart software that lets you interact in a better way with it.

This laptop, even if has a display of only 12.1 – inch, is loaded with great features like the fact that is runs on Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium and it comes with a sophisticated and nice aluminum chassis. The display comes with integrated touch screen feature which makes it easy to draw or write. This is a laptop designed for mobility and it is very easy to use: you can navigate with your fingers on the screen, you can control objects, make selections and scroll web pages which means that the screen supports finger gestures. With this nice feature you can play touch games and you can also experience other web applications like Netflix and Twitter in a better way.

If you like this laptop, you should know that you have a lot of choices when it comes to graphics, memory, processor and hard drive. As we said above, the lowest price for this laptop is S899.99 which means that it is less than MacBook that has a starting price of $999.99. The best processor you can choose is an Intel Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz and 512 MB ATI Mobility Radeon Graphics. The processor is not as powerful as the processors you find available for MacBook, but if we thing about the price this is good enough. You can choose the internal memory between 3GB DDR3, 4GB DDR3 and 8GB DDR3 and you can also choose the storage capacity from 320 GB and 500 GB. The laptop comes with a built-in camera, Bluetooth and wireless technology.

The battery life for this laptop is up to 9.75 hours, we didn’t test it, but this is the time that the manufacturer says. We don’t know if this is true, but we do know that a MacBook doesn’t run 7 hours on a single charge if you do the basic stuff like chatting, web browsing or just typing. This is in our opinion the best MacBook competitor and if you don’t share it, please tell us because there could be a lot of other great laptops on the market which can compete with MacBook.