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Barry de la Rosa

Barry de la Rosa has written various articles on a range of topics covering everything from TVs to mobile phones.

Recent articles by Barry de la Rosa

PC Nextday Zoostorm XXXX
PC Nextday Zoostorm 3377-4400 review
PCs

The Zoostorm is unusually capable of running 3D games at this price, but almost everything else suffers

£550 inc VAT
Eclipse Matrix i25z68
Eclipse Matrix i25z68 review
PCs

Eclipse's overclocked Matrix i25z68 has a decent set of components and room for expansion, but it's outclassed by similarly priced PCs with bigger monitors and Blu-ray drives

£550 inc VAT
Aria Gladiator Proteus 550
Aria Gladiator Proteus 550 review
PCs

Aria's choice of an AMD processor means it can add some interesting extras, but performance suffers, power drain is excessive, and the Edge10 monitor is disappointing

£550 inc VAT
CyberPower Infinity Apollo Elite
CyberPower Infinity Apollo Elite review
PCs

Despite a dedicated graphics card, 3D performance isn't great. The budget could have been better spent on the monitor and other components

£550 inc VAT
Archos 80 G9
Archos unveils Android tablets with 250GB storage and optional 3G dongle
Tablets

New 8in and 10in models run Honeycomb and include standard Android apps

Ginger 6 G6 Nexus
Ginger 6 G6 Nexus review
PCs

Ginger6 has put together a decent package with the G6 Nexus, but it looks underspecified compared to other PCs at the same price

£550 inc VAT
Palicomp Phoenix i5 Laser
Palicomp Phoenix i5 Laser review
PCs

We can't recommend buying the Phoenix i5 Laser with its poor 22in monitor, but the PC on its own is great value - as long as you don't want to play games

£550 inc VAT
CCL Little Devil
CCL Little Devil review
PCs

CCL's Little Devil is a cute alternative to the ponderous black boxes we're used to seeing but the tiny case won't take many upgrades and the 22in monitor is uninspiring

£550 inc VAT
Arbico eXcel i2561 CS
Arbico eXcel i2561 CS review
PCs

A fast processor, large hard disk and excellent 24in monitor make the eXcel i2561 CS very good value, but there are still better deals available

£550 inc VAT
HTC ChaCha
HTC ChaCha review
Mobile phones

The ChaCha is perfect for heavy Facebook users, but the small screen makes it trickier to surf the rest of the web

£214 inc VAT