Last month, I was invited by GM Canada up to Alaska to try out the 2011 Chevy Volt ahead of the Canadian launch happening this fall. My first encounter with the Volt was during the 2010 Winter Olympics when I got to drive a pre-production model on a test track. Earlier this year, I also…
I recently purchased a new compact point and shoot digital camera, a Nikon P300. I had high hopes for it’s small size and unique features. Sadly, I wasn’t that impressed with it after using it for a little while and returned it. My iPhone is just too good of a point and shoot camera. So…
I’m a huge retro videogame fan…I play all the new games and consoles but always go back to my childhood games from the 80s. Every time I get a new gadget or computer, usually the first thing I do is see what emulators can run on it. This has also lead to me re-buying the…
This morning I had an opportunity to check out the new tablet on the block, the Blackberry Playbook from Research in Motion. Of course, I had to try the camera(s) on the Playbook (shot with the rear camera in low light): It has a 3mp front facing camera and a 5mp rear facing camera which…
Recently, my friends at LG loaned me a couple of their new smartphones running Microsoft’s latest mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7. The one on the left, the LG-C900B (aka the LG Quantum) has a slide out keyboard and the one on the right is the LG-E900h (aka LG Optimus 7) which is a full…
I’ve been shooting with Olympus’ new Micro four thirds camera system, called the PEN, for a few months now. I started with the E-PL1 camera and then in early February, got my hands on the E-PL2 camera. I was even able to get E-PL2’s for my entire team to use while on our SXSW roadtrip….
I’ve been really enjoying the GoPro HD camera I bought a few months ago. But one thing that I’ve been waiting for and that has been lacking for it is the newly released, LCD BacPac which gives the GoPro a much needed rear LCD screen: The GoPro by itself is tiny and great for all…
During the holidays, I came across a boxing day deal for the Eye-Fi Pro X2 8GB wireless SD card. I’ve written about these Eye-Fi cards before but this is a much newer version with some key differences that address the previous model’s shortcomings. These memory cards are unique in that in addition to being memory…
After pining away for one for ages, I finally bought a GoPro HD HERO camera: It’s a tiny little HD camera with an amazing wide angle lens (170 degrees @ 720p!) that comes with a myriad of attachment options. One of the first things I shot with it was the Thrill the World event and…
Today I had the chance to get a sneak peak at Sony’s new Move Motion control system for the Playstation 3. Similar to the Nintendo Wii’s Wiimote, it’s a wireless controller that you use to control various types of videogames. Today, we got to play beach volleyball. Unlike the Wii though, the Playstation controller also…