As the leading players battle it out for a position in the emerging TV mobile market, there might not be the market there they hope for, if a new survey is to be believed. According to a report by Ofcom, fewer people are watching television, with the biggest decline in the 16-24 year old age group.

Industry figures say DVDs and gaming, while others point to the growth of the internet. Here at Shiny Media, we think it probably is.  Let's face it, would you rather sit through an episode of Only Fools And Horses for the 14th time or any other of the tired old sitcoms the Beeb continually repeat or would you rather be reading something exciting you can interact with on the web?

At Shiny Media, we have everything from cool fashion to fab footwear, along with the latest in technology, the hottest gadgets for girls, the best from eBay, tips to keep your computer on top form and much much more.

And if you really have to go back to watching TV at any point, the team at TV Scoop can even find you something worthwhile on the box. Where would you be without us?

Via BBC

You may remember the Asono Mica MP3 player from last year? If not, it was a strange music player designed in Norway with a look that would make the iPod shuffle look busy, but with a price tag that would make most of us think twice. Well, it's back as a low cost version and re-branded as the Play.

Miminalism is the key here - the Play has no screen and just a single joystick for control. It plays MP3, WMA and ASF files for up to 12 hours on a single charge of its built-in battery, has five equaliser pre-sets and can support up to four playlists or play through randomly in shuffle mode.

The lack of screen means, rather bizarrely, that sound is used to help you navigate. A variety of "distinctive" sounds allow you to choose between settings, select your tracks and move between playlists. Confusing? Almost certainly.

If you want to stand out from the crowd with your minimalist music player, you can pick one up for around £67 for the 512MB version or around £88 for a 1GB model.

Via The Register

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Fujitsu Siemens has unveiled the Lifebook Q2010, which it claims is "the world's most desirable laptop". And just to make it even more desirable, they're limiting the number produced.

The Lifebook Q2010 is a Centrino-branded machine based on an Intel Core ULV processor and Intel's 945GMS chipset, which also provides the machine's graphics. It features a 1280 x 800, 12.1 inch display and up to 1GB of 400MHz DDR SDRAM on board, of which up to 128MB is used as video buffer. It also features Bluetooth 2.0 and 802.11g Wi-Fi, plus 3G mobile phone network connectivity and Gigabit Ethernet, a fingerprint scanner backed by a Trusted Platform Module for secure log-ins, SD and Express Card slots for expansion and a pair of USB 2.0 ports.

In terms of looks, it's just 2cm thick and the entire machine is finished in a "black piano lacquer".

If you want to get your hand on a Lifebook Q2010, it will set you back around £2,700 and is expected to ship in limited numbers in the second quarter of 2006.

Via The Register

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Lots of new product activity from Sony Ericsson today. After the excitement of the new Cyber-shot phones, the quad band W300i clamshell Walkman phone seems to have lost a bit of thunder - which is a shame, because it's quite a looker.

The W300i plays both MP3 and AAC music files, with up to 30 hours of listening on a single charge. As a music player, it has direct music keys, shuffle function, as well as an in-built FM radio with RDS. It's also shipped with a removable 256MB Memory Stick Micro (M2) expandable to 1GB, as well as a stereo headset, USB cable and music management software.

In addition to the music features, the W300 has a 128 x 160 262K color TFT main display with a second 1-inch 101 x 80 display for track info and caller display, a VGA camera with 4x digital zoom, 3D gaming and Bluetooth.

It's not the most feature-packed phone you'll ever see, but as a small and stylish music phone at the lower end of the price spectrum, it will definitely have mass market appeal

Expect to see it in the stores in the second quarter of this year, at a price of less than £200.

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Well, the Winter Olympics has ended and if you missed it, the UK won a silver for diving head first down a slippery slope, but we lost out in the curling, our only other chance of success until they introduce snowballing or slipping on an icy road to the event.

Apparently, viewing figures were higher than expected, despite our non-participation in most of the sports, so there could well be a ready market for this gem Bayraider has discovered on eBay - the Olympic torch. Actually I should say 'an' Olympic torch, as there were 386 of them used in the run-up to the Turin games.

It's your for a starting price of $5,000. Interested? Head on over to Bayraider to find out more.

If you like to snap away with your mobile, you'll want a closer look at Sony Ericsson's new Cyber-shot range of mobile phones, which pack a 3.2MP camera and allsorts of extras previously only found in a dedicated digital camera.

Both of the models unveiled today - K800 and K790 come in a "sleek black velvet" casing and feature a tasty 3.2 megapixel camera with flash and lens cover, dedicated shutter button, auto red eye reduction, printing without a PC with PictBridge, video and image stabiliser function and something rather impressive known as BestPic - press the shutter once and get 9 images, which are then available for you to browse and to select the best one(s). The phones are among the first to feature fully integrated Picture Blogging, which means you can create and update personal blogs directly from the phone in just a few clicks.

Oh yes, they're phones too. The K800 is dual-mode UMTS/GPRS while the K790 is tri-band EDGE. Both models have a two inch QVGA 262K TFT display, 64MB internal flash memory with Memory Stick Micro M2 expansion, Bluetooth, full HTML browsing with RSS feeds, support for standard push email, video recording and playback, a music Player supporting MP3/AAC plus FM radio and 3D gaming.

As yet, we have no exact release dates for either the K800 and K790, but we believe the phones will retail for around £300. We'll keep you posted on both.

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Is it a Sony PSP clone? Is it an update of Sega's Game Gear? It's neither - the GamesPower 50 from Logic3 is a handheld gaming device that takes its inspiration and gameplay from the past.

The GamesPower 50 is pitched squarely at the retro gaming market. An 8Bit gaming device with a 2.5" colour TFT screen, (fairly) small and lightweight and without the need to carry games with it because they're all pre-loaded. Yes, all 50 of them - driving, archery, racing, darts, pool, warfare and quizzes - from the days when gameplay was more important than flashy graphics. Which is just as well, as they didn't have flashy graphics. You can also connect it to your TV for a full-screen game via a standard TV-out cable.

Available in either red or blue and powered by three AAA batteries, you can pick the GamesPower 50 up for around £40.

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