TECHNOLOGY
Gadgets
By Charles Boffard
Boost your productivity and have some fun with
these new tech tools.
LENOVO HELIX ULTRABOOK
R27 800
lenovo.com/za
If you like Lenovo’s clever new “rip and flip” convertible, you won’t have to choose between a laptop and a
tablet. The Helix is a high-specced Windows 8 business notebook, with Intel Core i7 Ivy Bridge processor,
4GB RAM and 256GB solid-state drive that will wake it from standby mode in under seven seconds. Flip
its 11.6 touchscreen display into “stand mode” for presentations; detach it and you have a powerful
tablet with five hours battery life (and another 5 hours when docked to the keyboard).
SAMSUNG GALAXY S4
Charles Boffard is a tech journalist and editor of Business Class magazine.
R8 500
samsung.com/za
If you’re using a Galaxy S3 you’re probably very happy with it.
But Samsung’s upgraded and so can you. What’s improved?
Samsung’s managed to fit a bigger, 5-inch Full HD Super AMOLED
screen onto a smaller phone, with less power consumption and a
bigger battery than the S3’s. The same generous storage options
and microSD slot, plus an infrared sensor and a barometer for,
um, perhaps, for night flying.
SONY XPERIA Z
R8 000
sony.co.za
Sony have really got it right this time. The Xperia Z’s sleek
design, razor-sharp 5inch/12.7cm display with Sony’s Bravia
image processing, performance and outstanding cameras should
make it very successful. Multimedia, sound quality and the 13Mp
rear-facing camera are outstanding, as you’d expect from Sony.
And it’s waterproof.
EDITOR’S
CHOICE
SWIFTKEY 4
R44
swiftkey.net
Even if you don’t know it, your Android
virtual keyboard is probably holding
you back. Swiftkey’s gesture-based
typing allows faster, easier scr