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Dell PowerEdge 1850
Care is needed when evaluating low profile rack-mount servers, as compromises are often made, both to fit the format and bring the product in at a reasonable price. However, we found few such compromises on Dell's PowerEdge 1850 (PE1850), a highly configurable rack-mount server that can be set up to handle a wide range of applications.
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i-mate SP3i
Dubai-based <a href="http://www.imate.com">i-mate</a> recently entered the UK market with the <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/handhelds/0,39023880,39175023,00.htm">i-mate JAM</a>, a handheld/phone combo based around Windows Mobile for Pocket PC Phone Edition, Second Edition. That has more recently resurfaced as the T-Mobile MDA Compact, which we will review shortly. The company also sells the i-mate SP3, which we know as Orange’s <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/mobilephones/0,39023925,39167162,00.htm">SPV C500</a>. The SP3i, reviewed here, is a new smartphone available from <a href="http://www.expansys.com">Expansys</a>, both network free (£294.95 inc. VAT) and with a Vodafone contract (£59.95 inc. VAT).
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Acer n35 GPS
At one time Acer offered both Palm OS- and Windows Mobile-based handhelds, but it has dropped the former and now seems to be firmly in the Windows Mobile camp. The company recently announced two additions to its range, the n50 (which comes in two configurations and which we will review shortly), and the n35, which has a built-in GPS receiver and is bundled with version 3 of the Destinator navigation software.
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Siemens SK65
Last August we got our <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/mobilephones/0,39023925,39162402,00.htm">first look</a> at Siemens’ SK65, a business-focused smartphone. At that time it was innovative, incorporating RIM's BlackBerry email solution and a unique twist-out keyboard. It took until February this year for Siemens to formally introduce the product, and it's now available from Vodafone, O2, T-Mobile and BT Mobile. It says something for Siemens' foresight that both the BlackBerry and keyboard features remain compelling in theory. Now we get to see how they work in practice.
19 years ago
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Sandra Vogel
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Smartphones
Fujitsu Siemens LifeBook E8020
Fujitsu Siemens is steadily building a reputation as a producer of high-quality notebooks, and it's no surprise that the company has been quick off the mark with a <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/notebooks/0,39023985,39184696,00.htm">Sonoma</a>-based notebook, the LifeBook E8020. This is a well-specified desktop replacement system that weighs in on the right side of 3kg, performs very well and only really disappointed on battery life -- something that should be fixed in final production systems.
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Tiko Classic 340
Although there are good reasons for liking the Tiko Classic 340, it does suffer from something of a split personality. Most of the time it’s a Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliance, but it also has pretensions to be part of an iSCSI Storage Area Network, or SAN. And it’s not particularly clear why you would want both in one box -- especially iSCSI, which seems to add little to the mix.
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HP Compaq nc6120
The HP Compaq nc6120 is a 'thin and light' mainstream business notebook with a smart new design, brand-new innards in the shape of Intel's second-generation Centrino platform (codenamed <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/notebooks/0,39023985,39184696,00.htm">Sonoma</a>) and a price that just squeezes in under the £1,000 (ex. VAT) barrier. It performs well, has a good set of ports and connectors, and manages over 3.5 hours of mains-free operation with a standard battery.
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F5 FirePass 4100
A relative newcomer to the world of SSL-based remote access, <a href="http://www.f5.com">F5</a> has been quick to absorb and extend the FirePass VPN appliance technology it acquired, along with the original developer uRoam, back in 2003.
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Security
MDaemon Pro
Popular with small to medium-sized businesses and beyond, MDaemon Pro is a fully featured SMTP mail server that can be further extended with a range of optional add-ons. Among these are an antivirus scanner and LDAP directory server plus MDaemon GroupWare, which adds Exchange-like collaboration features accessible both from the built-in Web client and via Outlook. MDaemon Pro costs £8.89 (ex. VAT) per seat for an installation of 100 users.
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Ipswitch Collaboration Suite
The Ipswitch Collaboration Suite is an amalgam of four existing products, starting with IMail, the company’s Windows-based SMTP email server. To this is added an antivirus mail scanner, based on Symantec technology, and WorkgroupShare, which provides collaboration features for users of Microsoft Outlook. You also get instant messaging, but the mix isn’t a happy one, with a general lack of integration and a lot of rough edges to contend with. Ipswitch Collaboration Suite costs £12.32 (ex. VAT) per seat for a 100-user installation.
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FTGate4
Very much a small business product, the latest FTGate4 email server from UK developer <a href="http://www.floosietek.co.uk/">Floosietek</a> provides support for IMAP4 folder sharing, instant messaging and a number of other useful collaboration options. Security is also enhanced in the new version, with optional SSL encryption and the previously separate UbeBlock anti-spam tool now incorporated into the main product. FTGate costs £5.15 (ex. VAT) per seat for a 100-user installation.
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Alan Stevens
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Developer
Nokia 9300 Smartphone
Compared to Nokia's high-end <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/mobilephones/0,39023925,39175163,00.htm">9500 Communicator</a>, the 9300 Smartphone is smaller, lighter and lacks a few of its features.
19 years ago
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Sandra Vogel
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Smartphones
Adaptec iSA1500 Storage Array
Like the curate’s egg, Adaptec’s iSA1500 Storage Array is good in parts. The good parts are the terabyte of storage space available on this iSCSI appliance which can be carved up and shared across multiple servers connected to a standard Ethernet network. Added to which there’s hardware-based RAID protection, the ability to take multiple point-in-time snapshots and assign extra capacity on the fly. The not so good parts, however, are the complexity of the solution and the extra hardware needed in order to match the performance provided by a conventional Fibre Channel SAN.
19 years ago
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Alan Stevens
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Storage
Dell 5100cn
Colour laser printers run the gamut in price, from the inexpensive <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/printers/0,39024000,39145387,00.htm">Samsung CLP-500</a> to the premium <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/printers/0,39024000,39175683,00.htm">Lexmark C762n</a>. Treading the middle ground is the Dell 5100cn, a sub-£500 (ex. VAT) colour laser printer with Ethernet capability, two-sided printing, solid paper handling and enough speed for an office workgroup. Although the Dell 5100cn doesn't have as many extras as Lexmark's C762n, such as usage tracking by account or trays for banner printing, the 5100cn's own stable of paper-handling extras cost much less. Except for its merely good black text, the Dell 5100cn's print quality is on a par with the Lexmark C762n's. So unless your office needs to print banners for corporate cake-cuttings or window dressing, the 5100cn should easily satisfy both your black-and-white and colour office-printing needs for less.
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Printers
O2 BlackBerry 7100x
Research In Motion’s (RIM) first mobile-phone-style BlackBerry, the <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/mobilephones/0,39023925,39175382,00.htm">7100v</a>, was released by Vodafone back in October 2004. Now O2 has joined in, augmenting its existing range of BlackBerry devices with the 7100x, which shares a more phone-like design with its Vodafone-badged rival.
19 years ago
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Sandra Vogel
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Smartphones
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