Reviews Round-up: Google polishes its Chrome
Video phones are making a comeback, we take a shine to Google Chrome, Nokia churns out another business phone in the form of the E52 and we are impressed by the speed and cost of a SAS storage appliance.


Video phones might seem like an 80s concept that never came good, but its true to say that it's a technology that's now come of age. Polycom is one of the biggest names in videoconferencing, and you can see why with this impressive video deskphone.
Google's Chrome impressed us with its speed when it first came out a year ago, and it's already up to version 3. We find that, while it's still fast as a cheetah, it's still got a bit of growing up to do.
Nokia has been producing efficient business phones for some time, and the E52 does the job and with some style. But the Symbian OS is starting to show its age and it's just a bit too slow for our liking.
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Access to SAS technology has traditionally been beyond the reach of smaller businesses primarily due to cost. But guess what? It's coming down in price, as this very well built, superbly fast, and reasonably affordable box from Thecus demonstrates.
Benny Har-Even is a twenty-year stalwart of technology journalism who is passionate about all areas of the industry, but telecoms and mobile and home entertainment are among his chief interests. He has written for many of the leading tech publications in the UK, such as PC Pro and Wired, and previously held the position of technology editor at ITPro before regularly contributing as a freelancer.
Known affectionately as a ‘geek’ to his friends, his passion has seen him land opportunities to speak about technology on BBC television broadcasts, as well as a number of speaking engagements at industry events.
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