Info Exame is a high-popular Brazilian technology magazine. Its name was Exame Informática formerly, a reference to its creation as the technology supplement for Exame, a business magazine. It is popular with technology non-experts because of its simple-language approach to IT-related topics.

Main Topics

• Zap!: fast news;
  • Mashup: about last-generation products;
  • 360^o: an analysis about one high-technological product, usually with high cost in Brazilian market;
  • Bugs S.A.: news about bugs (software problems);
  • Data Info: charts and numerical information;
  • Columnists: usually three columnists talk about any technological subject;
• IT (Industrial Technology): this topic contains the main reportings of the magazine;
  • Zoom: a better look about the month's latest technological novelty;
  • CIO (Chief Information Officer) of the Month: homage for some person who detached itself in technology companies;
  • Career: about IT jobs;
  • New Enterprises: about new rising business;
  • Software: new software in the market;
  • Little Companies: about interesting little and rising enterprises. The company Google
    Google
    Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
    
    was part of this topic in 1999, when it was a little search company;
• Personal Technology: technologies for domestic use;
  • Tech Dreams: expensive and high-technological products that are the "consumer's dreams";
• Solutions: explains how to solve common problems in computers, software and etc.;
  • Office: usually explains how to organize your own office or to choose the best office software for a company;
  • Internet: problems with the Internet connection;
  • Arquive 10: explains how to use advanced tools of popular programs, like Photoshop or Illustrator;
• Info 2.0: fast reviews about common products, usually not to expensive for Brazilian consumers;
  • Web: software and gadgets for your company's website;
  • PC & Company: about desktops, laptops and palmtops and its extensions (audio phone, pen drive...);
  • Talking About "Micros": an extended article from PC & Company;
  • Hardware S.A.: about unusual products, usually for industrial use;
  • Radar: short and low-detailed reviews for different products;
  • Final Clique: a comedy page about hilarious bugs and products.

Info Laboratory

Is a special magazine's team destinated to test the last-generation products bought by the magazine before their market release.

Grade System

It is a system used by the laboratory's team to classify the products reviewed. This grade system was announced in 2002 and it's the official grade system until nowadays:

• "IMPECCABLE" (10): it's the highest level possible, but it has never been reached by any product in the magazine's history;
• "Excellent" (9 - 9.9);
• "Very Good" (8 - 8.9);
• "Good" (7 - 7.9);
• "Intermediate" (6 - 6.9);
• "Regular" (5 - 5.9);
• "Weak" (4 - 4.9);
• "Very Weak" (3 - 3.9);
• "Terrible" (2 - 2.9);
• "Bomb" (1 - 1.9);
• "JUNK" (0): it's the worst level that any product can reach. Fortunately, this level has never been reached before.

Yearly Review

On December of every year the magazine makes a special edition with 30 pages or more only with reviews about the products that will be released in the following year.

Historical Products

Here is a list of the wordly best-selling products that passed through Info Laboratory before getting huge fame:

• Palm III
  Palm III
  The Palm III was a personal digital assistant made by the Palm Computing division of 3Com. It went on sale in 1998 as a replacement for the PalmPilot handheld. It was the first Palm handheld to support infrared file transfer and a Flash ROM-capable operating system...
  
  : the first palmtop to sell more than 3 million of units, it was fifth creation from Palm, Inc;
• iMac
  IMac
  The iMac is a range of all-in-one Macintosh desktop computers built by Apple. It has been the primary part of Apple's consumer desktop offerings since its introduction in 1998, and has evolved through five distinct forms....
  
  : the most powerful and well-succeeded computer's line from Apple Inc;
• Treo 600
  Treo 600
  Treo 600 was a smartphone developed by Handspring, and offered under the palmOne brand after the merger of the two companies. It has a number of integrated features and it is possible to check the calendar while talking on the phone, dial directly from contacts list, take pictures or send emails...
  
  : it was the first generation of the Treo smartphone's line. It was created by "Palm, Inc";
• BlackBerry
  BlackBerry
  BlackBerry is a line of mobile email and smartphone devices developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion since 1999.BlackBerry devices are smartphones, designed to function as personal digital assistants, portable media players, internet browsers, gaming devices, and much more...
  
  : the most popular smartphone in the world got a good general review (7.5/10), but failed in the graphics review (4/10) because of his low-resolution;
• iPod
  IPod
  iPod is a line of portable media players created and marketed by Apple Inc. The product line-up currently consists of the hard drive-based iPod Classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the compact iPod Nano, and the ultra-compact iPod Shuffle...
  
  : it was the first generation of the iPod's Classic Line, with only 5GB;
• iPod Touch
  IPod Touch
  The iPod Touch is a portable media player, personal digital assistant, handheld game console, and Wi-Fi mobile device designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The iPod Touch adds the multi-touch graphical user interface to the iPod line...
  
  : the iPod's last generation reached third best review of the magazine ("VERY GOOD") in the general review (8.5/10);
• iPhone
  IPhone
  The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
  
  : Apple's mobile-phone reached the same level ("VERY GOOD") of its "iPod brother", the iPod Touch, with the grade 8/10.

External links

• Info Exame's Official Website
• Editora Abril's Official Website