HP Spectre x360 keyboard turning off; problem solved!

I recently bought a new notebook; the HP Spectre x360, a 13" convertible ultra-slim notebook PC. It is a really nice piece of hardware, chiselled from solid aluminium with great battery life, decent performance and a pretty usable keyboard. When the laptop is folded back it automatically converts to tablet mode, wherein the keyboard is automatically turned off so that the keys are not accidentally pressed while using the touchscreen interface. ...

November 14, 2015 · 2 min · Simon

Review of the Onyx Boox M96 eReader, one year on!

Introduction Last July (nearly a year ago) I bought a larger format eReader that is manufactured by a chinese company named Onyx under the branding “Onyx Boox”. The model, the M96, was an upgrade to their previous one, the M92, and I had been waiting patiently for a while, desperate to have a larger eReader for textbooks. The screen is 9.7 inches diagonally. This doesn’t sound much of an increase on a 6 inch screen, but consider that this gives 2.56 times the surface area (see comparison below). ...

April 17, 2015 · 8 min · Simon