Computer Review: HP Pavilion p6720f

The HP Pavilion p6720f offers a neat design, speed, space, and room to upgrade. It can serve as a great game computer, work computer, or even a home-family computer.

The processor is a speedy 2.9GHz AMD Phenom II X4 840T, with a tremendous 6GB of memory. It also contains a 256 MB ATI Radeon HD 4200 graphics chip, a 1TB hard drive, a 10/100 Network card, and a Wireless-n network adapter. To top it all off, it comes preloaded with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit!

This computer offers lots of room for future upgrades, with a PCI Express graphics card slot, and even three 1x PCIe slots, for a sound card, for example. With a quad-core AMD processor, multitasking with this computer is a breeze.

The only downside of this computer is the power supply. It is only a 250-watt. For a high-fly graphics card or multiple hard drives, I would recommend at least a 350- or 400-watt power supply.

My rating of this computer: 8 out of 10.

The iPhone will be available with Verizon Wireless

Earlier this month, Verizon Wireless announced that it will be adding the iPhone to its roster. What does this mean? It means that after February 10, 2011, the iPhone 4 will be available to all Verizon Wireless customers starting at $199. Pre-ordering online will start February 3. A data package will need to be purchased also, but the price was not available yet.

Here's a few FAQ's.

1. Will it be be CDMA or LTE? CDMA is the 3G network, and LTE is the 4G network. Unfortunately, the iPhone 4 will run on the CDMA interface, only providing slower 3G speeds.

2. Will it have a mobile hotspot capability? Yes! It can share its 3G speed with up to 5 wireless devices.

3. Can you transfer an existing iPhone to Verizon? No. AT&T uses a different interface than that of Verizon, therefore the transfer is impossible.

4. Does the new Verizon model fix the iPhone's antenna problem? Yes and no. Apple has already fixed the antenna problems in the later editions of the iPhone 4, and this change will carry over to Verizon's model. So as far as I'm concerned, the antenna problem is fixed.

For more information on the iPhone, click here.