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Issue 111
December 2012
ISSN 1726‒3358
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DStv Mobile
Awesome mobile TV solutions
Awesome mobile TV solutions
Acer Aspire S7
The greatest Acer yet?
The greatest Acer yet?
The best of 2012
This year's hottest smartphones,
tablets and notebooks!
This year's hottest smartphones,
tablets and notebooks!
The Best Buys Issue
The Best Buys Issue
December 2012
22
TOP 5
6
8
12
10
33
The tech ways of 2012
6-10
2012ʼs Top 5
W
ith another year almost done and dusted, we once again had a good
We’ve been through a number of hot products this year. So which
smartphones, tablets and notebooks made it into our annual top 5? The big
reveal starts on p6.
time compiling our annual Top 5 notebooks, smartphones and
tablets, which starts on page 6. Unfortunately, we did not have the space
to include the top 5 tech news stories, but we will feature this online at
www.techsmart.co.za. Our top 5 news includes the local introduction of
much faster LTE networks; the rise of Cell C under new CEO Alan Knott-
Craig; Apple’s mapping problems and the new found popularity of 7"
tablets. Microsoft also features, since not only did they release Windows 8
(and Window Phone 8), but the company also ventured into hardware
territory with their Surface tablets.
Personally, I’m perplexed by Windows 8 – more specifically, Microsoft’s
decision to drop the Start menu. It’s a bit like designing a fridge but not
including a handle, and it was only after the Start menu disappeared that I
found out how often I actually use it. Still, it’s early days for Windows 8,
and quite a long way off till Service Pack 1, which personally I’ll wait for
before making the switch.
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DStv Mobile: The choice is yours
If you need a mobile television solution in time for the festive season, the
selection oered by DStv Mobile is second to none. Check out their range
of products on p22.
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Acer Aspire S7: The best Acer yet?
Acer’s touch-friendly Windows 8 ultrabook, the Aspire S7, did a lot to turn
heads here in the TechSmart oce. Is this the best notebook that the
company has produced yet?
33
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Another Xmas, another Call of Duty. Will Black Ops 2 be the game you’ll
find yourself plonked on the couch for this holiday? Read our review on
p33 to find the answer.
Have a peaceful festive period and here’s to an awesome 2013,
Mike (michael@techsmart.co.za)
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NEWS
Top Tech Titbits
Hot New Products
Samsung flexes smartphone
sales muscles
Samsung’s Galaxy S3 flagship snagged
the title of world’s best-selling smartphone
model for the first time during Q3 2012.
According to analytics company, Strategy
Analytics, Samsung shipped more than 18
million Galaxy S3 smartphones worldwide
within Q3 2012, overtaking Apple’s iPhone
4S and its estimated 16.2 million
shipments tally. The triumph might be
short-lived, with the new iPhone 5
expected to reclaim the top spot during
Q4 2012.
2013 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4
Roadster
Lamborghini’s top of the line supercar goes topless just in time for
summer, allowing drivers to soak up the sun and enjoy the orchestral
notes of its high-revving 6.5 litre V12. This powerplant churns out
515 kW at 8 250 RPM and 690 Nm at 5 500 RPM, translating into
the sublimely styled Italian stallion galloping to 100 km/h in just three
seconds, on to a Metrocop eat-my-dust top end of 350 km/h.
Stateside you can place an order for the drop-top Aventador for
$445 300.
African mobile subscriptions to
pass 750 million in Q4 2012
According to forecasts by market research firm,
Informa Telecoms & Media (IT&M), the number of
mobile subscriptions on the African continent will
exceed 750 million during Q4 2012 and increase to
more than a billion before the end of 2015. The company
stated that Africa’s growth potential remains high, since the continent’s
mobile penetration rate was only 67.55% at the end of September
2012, marking the lowest rate among major world regions and
significantly lower than the world average of 91%.
Fender Squier USB
Stratocaster Guitar
Windows division head leaves
Microsoft
The prayers of tech-savvy
musicians on the hunt for the
perfect axe have been
answered in the form of the
Fender Squier from Stratocaster. This guitar sports a built-in mini-USB
connector that enables users to plug it in directly into an iOS-running mobile
device (iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch), PC or Mac, to record their ris via
Apple’s GarageBand or other software. All the respective cables including the
mini-USB to iPod connector are included. As with any other Stratocaster guitar,
you can plug this instrument into any amp. RRP: $200 at iStores Stateside.
The quick departure of the ‘face’ of Windows,
Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft’s Windows and
Windows Live president, just weeks after the
launch of Windows 8, raised some eyebrows.
Although rumours of a troubled relationship with
other senior executives, including Microsoft big
boss Steve Ballmer, abound, Sinofsky stated
that the end of his 23 year Microsoft career was
a personal and private choice.
LGʼs 84" class Ultra
HD 3D TV
BlackBerry 10 launching early
2013
Sick of the new iPad putting the
resolution of your HDTV to shame?
Trade it in for a new 84" Ultra HD
3D TV which boasts a resolution of
3 840 x 2 160 that is four times the
pixel resolution of full HD (1 080p).
Available locally for a
recommended R180 000.
BlackBerry fans can mark 30 January 2013 on their
calendars. This is when RIM (Research In Motion) is
launching its new BlackBerry 10 (BB10) operating
system. RIM will not only reveal its new smartphone and
tablet platform, but will also unveil the first two BB10
powered smartphones, with the specs and availability of
these devices only being announced during the event.
Omega Seamaster
Planet Ocean 600M
Nokia now HERE
Not a fan of Nokia’s phones, but in need of a class-
leading mapping and location offering? Then you
are in luck, as the Finnish phone giant has
introduced its new mapping and location-based
service for multiple mobile platforms, dubbed
HERE. Under the HERE banner, Espoo is offering
relief for Mapplegate sufferers, courtesy of its new
map app for Apple’s iOS-based devices, while an
Android SDK (solutions development kit) will enable
companies to bring Nokia’s location services to
Android in 2013.
Omega’s timepieces have been
part of James Bond’s gadget
repertoire ever since Pierce Brosnan
strapped on a Seamaster Quartz
Professional 300M for
GoldenEye
in
1995. For Bond’s 23rd silver screen feature,
SkyFall
, Daniel Craig dons a
Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M, which features a solid steel bracelet that is
stylishly contrasted by the black dial and bezel. This dial is protected by
scratch-resistant sapphire crystal that has been treated with an anti-
reflective coating for enhanced visibility in direct sunlight. The cost of
strapping on Bond’s watch? A cool $7 000.
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