Review: LG ND 8520 and Norton 360 Multi-device

LG ND 8520
Price: Rs 20,990
Very Sound

A very stylish looking music dock, the LG ND 8520 undoubtedly sports one of the most radical designs. This Rubik's Cubelookalike is actually a dock for the iPhone, iPod and iPad with AirPlay as well as Bluetooth.

You can also play songs from a pen drive or tune in to the FM. The device has a touch-based smart square for control and navigation. The sound quality is good, a bit louder than you would expect. It sounded a bit partial to bass, but then lot of people like their music that way.

There is an equaliser with four presets, but it can be accessed only with the remote. With everything going wireless, this fruit cartonsize speaker could be the answer to all your musical needs.

+ve: Out-of-the-box design Multiple inputs
-ve: Airplay is hard to set up Limited controls on device

Norton 360 Multi-device
Price: Rs 4,189
Super Security Guard
With connected devices proliferating, Norton 360 Multi-Device provides a unique means of protecting all of them together. It comes with a single licence to protect up to five different devices, whose operating systems could be as diverse as Windows for one, Mac OS X for the next and Android for a third. It protects from all kinds of threats, and without slowing the devices down, which many other such solutions still do. But the real advantage is the dashboard that lets you check and control the security of all the devices running the software. The management tab in the software shows you the devices on the same licence and their current status. It also lets you install Norton programs remotely on these devices.

+ve: One licence for five devices Dashboard to control all devices
-ve: Limited use on iOS

Nandagopal Rajan