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OnePlus Watch 3 Shocks the Smartwatch World with a 120‑Hour Battery (Is It 2025’s Best Wearable?)

OnePlus Watch 3 Shocks the Smartwatch World with a 120‑Hour Battery (Is It 2025’s Best Wearable?)

Key Facts Design and Build Quality The OnePlus Watch 3 makes a bold first impression as a sleek yet substantial timepiece. It retains the round, classic look of its predecessor, resembling a traditional dress watch more than a sporty gadget techradar.com. OnePlus has doubled down on premium materials: the Watch 3’s frame is stainless steel, now accented by a harder titanium bezel for extra durability (an upgrade from the all-steel bezel on the Watch 2) techradar.com. Covering the 1.5-inch AMOLED display is a sapphire crystal lens, rated 8 on the Mohs hardness scale, which significantly boosts scratch resistance oneplus.com techradar.com. These high-end materials
29 August 2025
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Creative Pebble Nova: The $280 Desktop Speakers Shaking Up PC Audio in 2025

Creative Pebble Nova: The $280 Desktop Speakers Shaking Up PC Audio in 2025

Key Facts Market Availability and Pricing Creative clearly intended the Pebble Nova to bridge the gap between cheap PC speakers and true bookshelf speakers, and this is reflected in its pricing and market position. With an MSRP of $279.99 in the U.S. techradar.com (and roughly £239.99 in the UK/AU$499.95 in Australia), the Nova costs several times more than any previous Pebble model. By contrast, the popular Pebble V3 launched at around $40–$50, and even the feature-rich Pebble Pro was about $60–$80. In fact, before the Nova, Creative’s Pebble X (released in 2023) was the priciest of the series at ~$89
26 August 2025
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Audioengine A2+ Matte Green – Limited Edition Desktop Speakers That Are Selling Out Fast (2025 Review & Updates)

Audioengine A2+ Matte Green – Limited Edition Desktop Speakers That Are Selling Out Fast (2025 Review & Updates)

Key Facts Availability and Pricing The Audioengine A2+ (Matte Green) is available as of 2025, but in extremely limited supply. Audioengine designated this color as its “2025 Color of the Year” and produced only a one-time batch gearpatrol.com gearpatrol.com. According to the company, Matte Green units are being sold directly on Audioengine’s website and through select retailers (for example, B&H Photo and Amazon have stocked it) gearpatrol.com gearpatrol.com. Importantly, the price remains $279 – Audioengine did not charge a premium for the special color; it costs the same as the standard A2+ in Matte Black, Glossy White, or Red gearpatrol.com.
26 August 2025
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Seiko “Arnie” SNJ025 vs Timex Expedition Atlantis vs Casio Pro Trek PRW-3500: Comprehensive Outdoor Watch Comparison

Seiko “Arnie” SNJ025 vs Timex Expedition Atlantis vs Casio Pro Trek PRW-3500: Comprehensive Outdoor Watch Comparison

The Seiko Prospex SNJ025 “Arnie” is a solar-powered analog-digital dive watch (Caliber H851) that runs ~6 months on a full charge, up to 21 months in power-save, with ±15 seconds per month accuracy. The Timex Expedition Atlantis T5K463 is a 100-meter water-resistant digital watch with ~5–7 years battery life on CR2016 and a weight of about 30 grams. The Casio Pro Trek PRW-3500-1 uses Tough Solar with Multi-Band 6 atomic timekeeping, and after a full charge its battery lasts about 23 months in power-save mode with automatic radio time synchronization. The Seiko SNJ025 is an analog-digital hybrid with a 12
23 August 2025
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Apple iPad Mini 6 vs Xiaomi Pad SE vs Amazon Fire HD 10 – Ultimate Tablet Showdown 2025

Apple iPad Mini 6 vs Xiaomi Pad SE vs Amazon Fire HD 10 – Ultimate Tablet Showdown 2025

The iPad Mini 6 runs on Apple’s A15 Bionic with a 6-core CPU and 5-core GPU, paired with 4GB RAM, delivering Geekbench 5 multi-core around 4450 and about 61 FPS in 3DMark Wildlife. The Xiaomi Pad SE uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 with 4GB RAM, supports microSD expansion up to 1TB, and can run lighter games like Genshin Impact on low settings. The Amazon Fire HD 10 (2023) relies on a MediaTek MT8186A octa-core chip with 3GB RAM and is described as sluggish, the slowest of the three. Storage options differ: iPad Mini 6 offers 64GB or 256GB with no
20 August 2025
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Everything You Need to Know About the COROS Nomad: The Game-Changing Adventure Watch

Everything You Need to Know About the COROS Nomad: The Game-Changing Adventure Watch

The COROS Nomad, a rugged GPS multisport watch, launched in August 2025. Priced at $349 USD (about £319/€369), it undercuts many competitors while offering full-color offline maps, voice notes, and music playback. Battery life runs to up to 22 days in everyday use, about 50 hours in GPS mode, and around 34 hours with dual-frequency GPS. It features a 1.3-inch Memory-In-Pixel display at 260×260 with an always-on, high-contrast panel for sun readability. Build specs include a 47.8 mm case diameter, about 61 g with a silicone band (49 g with nylon), a dual-layer aluminum-reinforced polymer bezel, hardened mineral glass, and
19 August 2025
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Battle of the Telescopes: StellaLyra 8″ & Apertura AD8 Dobsonians vs. Vaonis Vespera II Smart Scope (2025 Comparison)

Battle of the Telescopes: StellaLyra 8″ & Apertura AD8 Dobsonians vs. Vaonis Vespera II Smart Scope (2025 Comparison)

StellaLyra 8″ f/6 and Apertura AD8 are both 203 mm (8″) parabolic-mirror Dobsonians with a 1200 mm focal length (≈ f/6). Vaonis Vespera II uses a 50 mm f/5 quadruplet apochromatic refractor with a built‑in camera and a Sony IMX585 sensor (8.3 MP). The StellaLyra and Apertura are manual Dobsonians on wooden alt-az mounts, while the Vespera II is a motorized GoTo system with auto‑initialization and tracking. The Vespera II offers a native field of view around 1.6° × 0.9°, enabling large targets to be captured on its screen. Visual observing with the 8″ Dobs delivers real-time eyepiece views, whereas
10 August 2025
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3 Urban E-Bikes Battle for 2025’s Best Commuter — The Results Will Surprise You

3 Urban E-Bikes Battle for 2025’s Best Commuter — The Results Will Surprise You

Specialized Turbo Vado 4.0 uses the Turbo Full Power 2.0 mid-drive with 250W nominal output and 70Nm of torque, enabling up to 28 mph Class 3 assistance. Trek FX+ 7S uses a TQ HPR50 mid-drive delivering 250W continuous (about 300W peak) and 50Nm of torque, also supporting up to 28 mph. Gazelle Medeo T10 HMB runs a Bosch Performance Line mid-drive with up to 65Nm of torque and Class 1 20 mph assist, while the Medeo T10+ version offers up to 28 mph with roughly 85Nm torque. Specialized Turbo Vado 4.0 features a 710Wh integrated downtube battery, rated for about
9 August 2025
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Ultimate Mechanical Keyboard Showdown: Keychron Q1 Pro vs GMMK Pro 2 vs Logitech G Pro X TKL Lightspeed

Ultimate Mechanical Keyboard Showdown: Keychron Q1 Pro vs GMMK Pro 2 vs Logitech G Pro X TKL Lightspeed

Keychron Q1 Pro is a 75% keyboard (81 keys) with an all-aluminum CNC chassis weighing about 3.8 pounds (1.7 kg). It uses a gasket-mounted design with foam dampening and a polycarbonate plate for a cushioned, bouncy typing feel, with stock K Pro switches in Red (45g linear), Brown (tactile), or Banana (tactile) and tall KSA-profile PBT keycaps. It is fully hot-swappable with 5-pin MX sockets, allowing switch changes without soldering. It offers three wireless/wired modes: wired USB-C at 1000 Hz, Bluetooth 5.1 with multi-device pairing up to 3 devices, and 2.4 GHz wireless via a dongle, with wireless polling at
4 August 2025
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Color E‑Reader Showdown: Kindle Paperwhite Color vs Kobo Libra Colour vs PocketBook Era Color – Which One Wins?

Color E‑Reader Showdown: Kindle Paperwhite Color vs Kobo Libra Colour vs PocketBook Era Color – Which One Wins?

All three color e-readers use a 7-inch Kaleido 3 display with a base 1264×1680 (300 ppi) monochrome resolution and an effective 632×840 (about 150 ppi) when displaying color, supporting up to 4,096 colors. Kindle Paperwhite Color (Colorsoft) offers two color modes (Standard and Vivid), a brighter front light, lacks an accelerometer, is IPX8 waterproof, and promises up to about 8 weeks of battery life, with the Signature Edition adding wireless charging and 32 GB of storage (launched October 2024). Kobo Libra Colour uses a 7-inch Kaleido 3 panel with 300 ppi monochrome and 150 ppi color, measures 161×144 mm, weighs
4 August 2025
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2025 Ultrabook Showdown: MacBook Air M4 vs Dell XPS 13 vs Asus Zenbook S 14

2025 Ultrabook Showdown: MacBook Air M4 vs Dell XPS 13 vs Asus Zenbook S 14

The MacBook Air M4 measures 1.13 cm thick, weighs 2.7 lbs, is fanless, uses 100% recycled aluminum, and adds Sky Blue as a new color option. The Dell XPS 13 (9345) features an all-aluminum unibody with InfinityEdge bezels, two USB-C (Thunderbolt 4) ports, and a capacitive, tactile-free function key row. The Asus Zenbook S 14 (UX5406) is about 0.50 inches thick, weighs 2.65–2.7 lbs, passes MIL-STD-810H, and features a plasma-ceramic lid called ceraluminum with two finish options. The MacBook Air M4 uses a 13.6-inch Liquid Retina LCD with 2560×1664 resolution, 60 Hz, up to 500 nits brightness, True Tone, and
3 August 2025
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Thermal Vision Revolution 2025–2026: Comparing the Hottest Infrared Devices in Every Category

Thermal Vision Revolution 2025–2026: Comparing the Hottest Infrared Devices in Every Category

Sonim XP Pro Thermal 5G smartphones integrate a FLIR Lepton 3.5 thermal camera (160×120) with MSX overlay, a Snapdragon processor, a 5000 mAh battery, and 5G connectivity, launched in 2025. Doogee Fire 6 Max is a rugged 5G phone with a 120×160 thermal imager upscaled to 240×240 and a 20,800 mAh battery, released in 2025. Ulefone Armor 28 Ultra (Thermal Version) uses the ThermoVue T2 thermal module with AI upscaling to 640×512, an AI sharpening of 17×, 16 GB of RAM and 1 TB of storage on a MediaTek 9300+ platform, released in 2025. Teledyne FLIR One Edge Pro is
31 July 2025
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