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The OWC Envoy, first unveiled in April, is one of many USB portable SSDs on the market. However, it manages to be unique by coming in an ultra-compact and rugged design, among other things. At the current street price, which starts at $129 for 1TB, the OWC Envy can be …
Today, Micron announced the Crucial P310 2280 PCIe 4.0 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD (a.k.a. Crucial P310 2280). If the name rings a bell, that’s because there was recently the shorter 2230 version of the same drive. The numbers indicate the physical design of the NVMe SSD. The first two …
The Orbi 770 series, first announced in June, is NETGEAR’s second major Wi-Fi 7 mesh system, and it’s totally different from the first, the 970 series. As a matter of fact, as the first tri-band hardware without a dedicated backhaul, it’s unlike the rest of the Orbi family. Here’s the …
Today, NETGEAR announced the availability of its latest mobile hotspot, the Nighthawk M7 Pro (model MR7400). It’s not the company’s first 5G cellular mobile router—there have been at least the M6 Pro and M6—but it’s the first to feature Wi-Fi 7. The support for the latest Wi-Fi can be a …
If you’re looking to build an advanced DIY Wi-Fi mesh system, here’s some good news. Today, TP-Link announced the availability of its Omada Cloud Essentials as an option for those who want to build the system without a local controller. Specifically, if you want to start a Wi-Fi system using …
If you want a UniFi console but are taken aback by the UDM-SE or the UDM-Pro Max‘s sizeable rack-mount physical appearance, the UniFi Cloud Gateway Max (UCG-Max) is the answer. It’s a compact eye candy. Still, the cool design is the least exciting thing about this thing. At the suggested …
The U7 Pro Max is Ubiquiti’s top-tier Wi-Fi 7 access point for prosumers and a minor upgrade to the U7 Pro. At the core, though, it’s similar to the company’s previous UniFi APs, including the U6 Enterprise. Here’s the bottom line: At the suggested retail price of less than $280—the …
