Nokia Lumia 1020 Video and Photo Shoot Preview

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Nokia has been trying hard to play catch-up in the smartphone race for a long time now, and as Microsoft's strategic partner with the Windows Phone operating system and ecosystem, they've got their work cut out for them, with a gridiron full of Android and iOS devices offering compelling and powerful solutions. And so, Nokia, perhaps more-so than any other smartphone manufacturer in the game right now, needed to find a way to make something special. The new Nokia Lumia 1020, though it sports essentially the same internals and display as Nokia's Lumia 920, most definitely is different, and perhaps even a very attractive alternative, depending on your specific needs.

41 megapixels of resolution, floating image stabilization and a powerful camera app to back it up, will make the Lumia 1020 pretty "special" to a lot of people, some of whom might be considering a Windows Phone for the first time as a result. We're quickly working up a detailed review on Nokia's new Lumia 1020 but wanted to give you our initial impressions of the device and its camera performance, here in this quick-take preview.

First, we'll give you our nickle tour and hands-on demo of the Lumia 1020, then we'll let some pictures we took with the phone weigh in with their worth of a thousand words or so.

SanDisk Extreme II Solid State Drive SDSSDXP Review

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In this article Benchmark Reviews tests the 240GB SanDisk Extreme II SSD, model SDSSDXP-240G-G25, against the leading competition. This slim 7mm solid state drive is advertised to reach 550 MB/s reads and 510 MB/s writes with its Marvell 88SS9187 SSD processor, while also reaching 95,000 IOPS for random reads. SanDisk then goes beyond simple transfer speeds and TRIM garbage collection by including proprietary nCache non-volatile write cache technology for its 19nm Toggle NAND Flash.

CM Storm Pulse-R Gaming Headset Review @ Overclockers Club

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A headset is quite the key element in communication during game play – nothing is worse than "that guy" who tries to type talk in the middle of an epic battle to ask for a health potion. He dies and you let him go – his fault for refusing to "chat." Okay, that may be a little cruel, but really it doesn't take much to have some type of mic plugged in for play. If you can get a headset with some serious sound behind it and a mic that doesn't sound horrible for just a bit a coin; I'd say it's worth it.

Today I will introduce you to the Pulse-R headset from Cooler Master, which I"ve had the blessing to play with for the last couple weeks. It's been so pleasant, I nearly forgot to write up something for you to read. The headset is of the usual CM quality and somehow it comes out to be more affordable than my last favorites at just $89.99 MSRP. Everything about it, spoiler alert, made me fall madly in love with it – you can't have mine, go buy your own. Now get to reading to find out why this headset is definitely worth saving up a few bucks to buy it.

Kobo Aura HD E-Book Reader @ MEGATech

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Even though so many of us have come to rely on our smartphones and our tablets for just about every practical mobile purpose known to man, those displays aren’t exactly the best things for our eyes, especially with extended sessions. We’ve also run into all sorts of frustrations when it comes to mobile battery life too. So, if you’re the kind of person who likes to do a lot of reading on the go, a dedicated e-reader is still a very viable product to consider. The e-reader market is increasingly competitive and while it may feel like it’s a race to the bottom in terms of pricing, companies like Kobo are still trying to elevate their game. One of the newest additions to the Kobo family is the Kobo Aura HD, an e-ink reader that boasts some of the best specs in the segment.

Workstation Graphics Card Comparison Guide and more

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Here a roundup of the latest reviews and articles, including Workstation Graphics Card Comparison Guide, MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate Motherboard Review, Fujifilm FinePix HS50 EXR Review - Taking on Simplicity at the Niagara Butterfly Conservatory, SoundWave II Bluetooth Speaker Phone Review, and Phanteks PH-TC90LS Low Profile CPU Cooler Review