Articles by Alistair Charlton

Alistair Charlton is based in London and has worked as a freelance technology and automotive journalist for over a decade. A lifelong tech enthusiast, Alistair has written extensively about dash cams and robotic vacuum cleaners for TechRadar, among other products. As well as TechRadar, he also writes for Wired, T3, Forbes, The Independent, Digital Camera World and Grand Designs Magazine, among others.

Articles by: Alistair Charlton

Android Auto: Google's head unit for cars explained

By Alistair Charlton published 20 July 18

Updated Google Maps is over a decade old. For the next ten years, it's hitting the road and bringing car apps.

Frederique Constant Hybrid Manufacture review

By Alistair Charlton published 22 June 18

Frederique Constant's Hybrid Manufacture has a long name and high price, but could this be your next stylish and smart watch?

Tag Heuer Connected Modular 41 review

By Alistair Charlton published 28 May 18

The Connected Modular 41 delivers more performance for less money than the 45, but Swiss luxury still doesn’t come cheap.

Misfit Command review

By Alistair Charlton published 10 May 18

The Misfit Command is a hybrid smartwatch with a commanding view of notifications and more.

EVs explained: everything you need to know about electric vehicles

By Alistair Charlton published 10 April 18

In depth Ready to buy an electric vehicle? Here's all of the information you should know beforehand.

Fossil Q Commuter review

By Alistair Charlton published 5 January 18

Packed with extra smarts, Fossil has made the Q Commuter a great looking and useful hybrid smartwatch.

Three MiFi E585 review

By Alistair Charlton published 19 July 10

Three has recently launched the new MiFi E585 Wi-Fi modem, replacing the E5830 as iPad users' must-have accessory.

Acer announces world's slimmest LCD displays

By Alistair Charlton published 16 July 10

Acer has this week announced its new S1 Series LCD displays, ranging from 18.5 inches to 23 inches and measuring a tiny 13mm to 15mm thick.

New Xbox 360 S lands in the UK

By Alistair Charlton published 16 July 10

The Xbox 360 Slim comes to UK shores today and brings a larger 250GB hard drive, built in Wi-Fi and a new, smaller form factor.

Tic Toc - for the fashion-centric fashionista in your life

Samsung announces new fashion MP3 player, the Tic Toc

By Alistair Charlton published 14 July 10

The Tic Toc is Samsung's attempt at making a fashion-themed MP3 player with motion control, aimed at "young women who want the latest fashion gadgets".

Microsoft Bing reaches 12% of search market

By Alistair Charlton published 14 July 10

In its first year Microsoft's Bing search engine has claimed 12.7 per cent of the internet search market, according to figures released by ComScore.

Bejewelled: one copy sold every 4 seconds

One Bejeweled game is sold 'every four seconds'

By Alistair Charlton published 14 July 10

Dave Bishop of online games outlet PopCap has disclosed Bejeweled's incredible success story in a talk at the Develop conference.

Microsoft releases wireless Mobile Mouse 1000

By Alistair Charlton published 14 July 10

Microsoft has this week released a new wireless mouse aimed at those who want a compact but high quality notebook mouse.

BlackBerry 6 OS: 8 things to know

By Alistair Charlton published 13 July 10

BlackBerry 6 OS is the latest instalment for the mobile operating system from RIM and promises to offer many new features to bring BlackBerry well and truly into the touchscreen world.

iRiver Story ebook reader gets WiFi update

By Alistair Charlton published 7 July 10

Kindle rival goes wireless

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