Kyocera DuraSport 5G Review With the $579.99 Kyocera DuraSport 5G UW, Kyocera made a phone that survives drops of 5 feet onto concrete. The DuraSport survives mild soap, running water, and disinfectant wipes. Did the phone fall in mud? Rinse it off in the nearby creek. Dusty construction site or extracting fossils in the desert. No problem. And if any of that … [Read more...] about Kyocera DuraSport 5G UW Review: Did Kyocera Make All the Tough Choices?
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STM Goods Dux Studio Review: Â 360-Degree Protection That Occasionally Gets in the Way
It becomes harder with each iPad Pro case to find differentiation. I no longer collect any cases on the market. I look to those of significant quality that I have found particularly useful over the years, or emerging cases that offer some form of innovation that makes this better than the average iPad case. I am reviewing the STM Goods Dux Studio because Australia’s STM … [Read more...] about STM Goods Dux Studio Review:  360-Degree Protection That Occasionally Gets in the Way
Creative Outlier Air V3 Review: Budget Earbuds That Sounds Like a Million Bucks
Creative Outlier Air V3 Review What does it mean to "sound like a million bucks"? What it means is I'm exaggerating, but doing so in honor of Creative's very impressive Outlier Air V3s. Creative's engineers delivered outstanding sound but kept the earbuds affordable. Their apps, while they could be better, offer enhanced value not found in similarly priced earbuds. A million … [Read more...] about Creative Outlier Air V3 Review: Budget Earbuds That Sounds Like a Million Bucks
HP Elite Dragonfly Max Review: A Thoroughbred Laptop Designed to Make Executives Look Executive
HP Elite Dragonfly Max: Overview and Evaluation Criteria Results HP’s Dragonfly laptops aim at the sophisticated mobile user, with the latest modeling leaning into the work-from-home, hybrid work needs of those users. Dragonfly laptops are thin and beautifully engineered. They also tend to underperform for their price. But the Dragonfly was not intended to be the fastest; it … [Read more...] about HP Elite Dragonfly Max Review: A Thoroughbred Laptop Designed to Make Executives Look Executive
Acer Enduro Urban N3 Review: A Durable Urban Laptop That’s a Little Big for Its Britches
Specialty computers are the hardest to evaluate. Designers often make trade-offs that probably make sense as individual choices, but when they all arrive in a device they don’t add up to a device that makes sense. The Acer Enduro Urban N3 is a good example of an interesting idea that works well enough but doesn’t offer a compelling value proposition except for a small number of … [Read more...] about Acer Enduro Urban N3 Review: A Durable Urban Laptop That’s a Little Big for Its Britches