One of the biggest problems with all mobile and portable gadgets of any form is their batteries, which tend to run annoyingly flat at the drop of a hat. Intel, though, thinks it’s solved the problem. It’s working on a series of technologies that effectively means mobile and portable gadgets will be able draw [...]
Most wireless music players, such as the Logitech Squeezebox, are sleek, futuristic-looking boxes. Not so the Sanyo R227 wireless music player, which the company’s just announced. This little beauty does many of the same things as the Squeezebox, but it’s all packaged in a gloriously retro design.
The Sony DAVDZ260 is a Sony DVD receiver that’s chock full of features, but is now available at a bargain price. A DVD receiver is simply a home theater system with a DVD player and radio built-in. Sony takes this concept one step further with the Sony DAVDZ260 (which I’m struggling not to [...]
There’s a new Buffalo Network Storage device just been released, which has one or two neat tricks up its sleeve. The Buffalo LinkStation Quad is Buffalo’s new Network Attached Storage (NAS) device,which is designed to store all your media in one handy box.
Now media files, if you’ve ever looked, aren’t exactly small, so Buffalo [...]
The blogosphere is currently awash with rave reviews about the new Spotify music streaming service. Spotify is a new take on music downloading in that you don’t download music at all - you stream it onto your PC.
Now I’m usually skeptical about such things, but Spotify is different - it’s bloody brilliant!
Nokia, best known for being the world’s number one mobile phone manufacturer (and mapping company, and camera manufacturer, and…well, you get the idea!) have amazed the world today with the announcement of a new media streamer. Nokia have not exactly been visible in the music device market, but the new Nokia Home Music streamer [...]
This is the Sony BDP-S350, a new Blu-Ray from the people who invented the format. You’d think, given that Blu-Ray is a Sony technology, that the company’s Blu-Ray players would be up there with the best of them - but no, they’ve traditionally been over-priced and under-featured.
Digital photo frames have become increasingly popular over the past few years, so I thought I’d give one a closer look. The Cibox C107 is the one I’ve chosen to review as it seems to be quite representative of the field. Indeed, looking at the digital photo frame market, it seems they’ve all become [...]
I’ve been sent the Pure Digital Flip to review, and was looking forward to writing many words about this small toy-like camcorder. Upon receiving it, though, I have a feeling this review might be a shorter than I intended! The Flip, you see, is a camcorder, pure and simple.
In fact, simple is the operative word. [...]
I know things are tough in the retail sector at the moment, but it seems the January sales have already started! Gadget etailer IWantOneOfThose.com are already having a Christmas sale!
With gadgets such as a USB Podcast kit, a Freeview DVD tablet, travel speakers for your iPod, a USB speaker hub, waterproof iPod Nano speakers, and [...]