Sandra Vogel
Sandra Vogel is a freelance journalist with a wealth of experience in the tech sector. Sandra has produced work across a diverse range of formats including long-form and explainer content, research papers, case studies, white papers, blogs, books, and hardware reviews.
At ITPro, Sandra has contributed articles on artificial intelligence (AI), measures that can be taken to cope with inflation, the telecoms industry, risk management, and C-suite strategies. In the past, Sandra also contributed handset reviews for ITPro and has written for the brand for more than 13 years in total.
Sandra’s other work includes being a main phone and laptop reviewer for ZDNet for many years till 2023, national newspapers, and many of the best-known technology websites. Outside the world of tech journalism, Sandra also has a strong interest in volunteering and consulting in the community sector. She was formerly head of information at the housing and homelessness charity Shelter and is currently a trustee of several organizations. She is a keen saxophone player.
Latest articles by Sandra Vogel
Windows Phone 7 review: email, calendar and Microsoft
By Sandra Vogel published
Reviews Microsoft may be aiming Windows Phone 7 at consumers, but there are plenty of features that will appeal to the business user. Sandra Vogel takes a sneak peek at the email, calendar and Office apps included with Microsoft's latest smartphone operating system.
Huawei IDEOS review
By Sandra Vogel published
Reviews The Huawei IDEOS is a remarkably inexpensive Android 2.2 smartphone, but its low cost may be a false economy. Sandra Vogel takes a closer look in our review.
Acer beTouch E130 review
By Sandra Vogel published
Reviews The Acer beTouch E130 marries a mini QWERTY keyboard and Android at a low price. For some it will be a match made in heaven, but others will want a quickie divorce. Read on to find out why.
Livescribe Echo Smartpen 8GB review
By Sandra Vogel published
Reviews The Livescribe Echo Smartpen is a pen that can capture written words and any accompanying conversations or ambient sounds, turn the result into a ‘Pencast’, and share it with others on open or closed web space. It can even run apps. Read our review to find out if it a useful, must-have business accessory or a bit of a gimmick.
Nokia E5 review
By Sandra Vogel published
Reviews The Nokia E5 smartphone’s dual home screens are designed to appeal to users who want business and personal configurations in one phone. But is this feature truly useful? Read our full review to find out.
Dragon Naturally Speaking 11 Premium review
By Sandra Vogel published
Reviews Is Dragon Naturally Speaking 11 Premium the best version yet of the popular speech recognition software? Read our review to find out if it really is an alternative to bashing away at a keyboard.
Iris IrisCard Anywhere 4 review
By Sandra Vogel published
Reviews The IrisCard Anywhere 4 business card scanner cleverly combines hardware and software to assist anyone who collects lots of business cards.
Motorola Milestone XT720 review
By Sandra Vogel published
Reviews We review the latest smartphone from Motorola. Is it good enough to stand out from other Android phones?
BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 review
By Sandra Vogel published
Reviews The latest BlackBerry is here. However, without the as-yet-unreleased OS 6, should anyone but serious email addicts even consider it? Read on for our verdict.
Acer Stream review
By Sandra Vogel published
Reviews Acer's latest Android smartphone is packed full of features, but features aren't everything as our in-depth review reveals.
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