August 2008 Archives

Aug 18, 2008

Google’s Set Top Boxes offer Android TV

Posted by Mike Evans in Coming Soon, News No comments

Google have recently begun expanding beyond the world of the Web to the more portable world of the mobile phone, with their imminent new platform called Android. Designed to compete with Windows Mobile, Symbian and Apple’s iPhone platforms, Android is part of Google’s strategy to expand the Web beyond its current desktop-bound existence.
However, it [...]




Aug 15, 2008

Tiny travel speakers with a whole lot of bass

Posted by Daniel in Audio No comments
X-Mini Speakers

Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand the X-Mini is set to revolutionise the world of portable audio. The X-Mini capsule is the first pocket sized speaker with bass support and a built in rechargeable battery. Neil over at Spoken Like a Geek brought one into the office and showed us it [...]




Aug 14, 2008

Top alternatives to an iPod Touch

Posted by Daniel in Featured, Lists, MP3 Players, Portable Gadgets No comments
iMovie the iPod Touch alternative

The world has been in awe of the iPod Touch for too long now. It was innovative and slick when it first came out but Apple has not moved the technology on much since then. There are rumours of a new version of the iPod Touch coming in the near future but the changes proposed [...]




Aug 13, 2008

Top Ten MP3 Players show the iPod has lost its touch

Posted by Mike Evans in Lists 1 comment

This week’s top ten best-selling MP3 players show Apple’s iPhone struggling to keep up with it competitors, with Cowon in particular doing surprisingly well. The iRiver Clix 2 (above) gets the top spot, then its Cowon all the way down through to number 5. The iPod only pops up in tenth position, and [...]




Aug 13, 2008

Freewheeler speakers for the crazy in you

Posted by Daniel in Audio No comments
SYMBIO Alien Speakers

If you liked the crazy dancing Sony Rolly mp3 player you are going to love this new addition to the world of mad speaker design. The Freewheeler speakers created in collaboration with designers Ron Arad and Frances Pellisari certainly make you raise one eyebrow and mouth, “what” when you first see it.




Aug 13, 2008

Maestro turns your Nokia into a remote control

Posted by Daniel in News, Technology No comments
Media Maestro

Media Maestro LSX is a piece of software that enables you to control the media on your PC from hundreds of different devices.  The Media Maestro LSX family has just received a new addition in the form of Media Maestro Mini, a free download as part of the Media Maestro LSX solution. The Media Maestro [...]




Aug 12, 2008

Mumu iPearl: a touch of pink from RAmos

Posted by Daniel in MP3 Players No comments
Mumu iPearl by RAmos

The Mumu iPearl by RAmos is, as you might guess, aimed at the female half of the word. It is not often that you get a device designed from scratch to be for ladies, the companies normally just dunk a current player in pink paint a declare it fit for a female.
RAmos is trying very [...]




Aug 11, 2008

Want a Bluetooth MP3 player? Here are dozens…

Posted by Mike Evans in Bluetooth, Featured, Lists, MP3 Players, Manufacturer, Media Receiver, Portable Gadgets 4 comments

A Bluetooth MP3 player transforms the way you listen to your tunes, but finding a good one from the thousands of ordinary MP3 players on the market can take days of tedious research.
So we’ve done the hard work for you and compiled a list of the top Bluetooth MP3 players on the market today, together [...]




Aug 8, 2008

Video: TuneWiki for Android phones, an MP3 player unlike any other

Posted by Mike Evans in News No comments
TuneWiki MP3 Player software

TuneWiki is a new type of MP3 player originally designed for the Apple iPhone that has now been ported to the new Google Android range of phones. To say it’s a new type of MP3 player, though, is a gross understatement. TuneWiki is so radical in its approach, so innovative and so feature-rich, it [...]




Aug 7, 2008

Why the Samsung MediaLive is a missed opportunity

Posted by Mike Evans in Featured, Media Receiver, Video and TV No comments

Media streaming from PC to TV could finally be making its way into more people’s homes thanks to the new Samsung MediaLive. The MediaLive lets you stream just about any content you like from your PC to your HDTV either wirelessly or via Ethernet. Movies, tunes and images can all be streamed regardless [...]