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  We’ve seen the Dell XPS 15 L502X before, but this P11F version adds a touchscreen display. We found this useful for entertainment, such as when watching DVDs, but not so much for general Windows operation. Although Windows 7 supports touchscreens, there are still too many fiddly menus to navigate. And there’s no getting around the fact that pressing a laptop’s screen doesn’t feel as natural as the same action on a handheld tablet or smartphone. It takes some getting used to, and we ultimately found ourselves using the keyboard and touchpad for most tasks.

  With so many manufacturers trying to emulate the iPad’s sleek black bezel and paper-thin form, it’s good to see a tablet that’s a little different once in a while. Enter the Packard Bell Liberty Tab, available in cherry-red or brown with a stylish chrome frame and Android 3.0 Honeycomb under the hood. Anyone familiar with an Android smartphone will start to feel at home with the Liberty Tab very quickly. There are five separate homescreens, all fully customizable with widgets and applications. Swiping between the different homescreens is fast and responsive and a quick tap of the capacitive, multi-touch  [ Read More ]

  Perhaps the most desirable camera in our group of suggested models, the Canon Ixus is as beautiful a compact camera as you’re ever likely to encounter. It comes in black, silver, purple, brown or red and is very slim, given the mechanics inside. The follow-up model to last year’s popular 220 HS, it’s a 12.1Mp compact with a 28mm wide-angle lens and an 8x optical zoom. Compared with the zoom range of some of the compact cameras we’ve tried, the Canon’s is modest. However, the HS in its name refers to its combination of high speed and high sensitivity  [ Read More ]

  The Brother Intellifax 4100 Fax Machine is easy to discern from looking at it, which keys will be necessary to complete a fax. The “Fax Start”, “Stop/Exit”. and “Hook” buttons are all very easy to find, and just as easy to use. Its fast fax transmission speeds, high paper capacity and ability to store up to 500 pages in memory make it a good choice for a busy office where faxing is an important activity. The Brother Intellifax 4100 Fax Machine has a laser-print engine that yields a high-quality of up to 203×392 dpi, and it also contains a  [ Read More ]

  The Epson V300 scanner also operates more quickly than its predecessor model. the V300 produces scans with very good color, clarity and quality, even on transparencies such as film and slides. For that purpose, it has a 35 mm film adapter with a six-negative or four-slide capacity.