Month: August 2009
Canon's top-end HD flash camcorder – the LEGRIA HF S11
Canon's LEGRIA HF S1O was one of the best received high definition, but still vaguely affordable, camcorders of recent times. Now it has put its successor in place n the guise of the LEGRIA HF S11 which is set to…
Canon's slimmest wide-angle camera – the Digital IXUS 120 IS
Apparently designed for pockets and handbags the IXUS 120 features a 28mm wide angle lens, 4x zoom and 12.1 Megapixel image sensor. Shots can later be reviewed on the camera's 2.7 inch PureColour LCD II screen.
Canon goes touch screen with the Digital IXUS 200 IS
There has been touch screen facilities on cameras for quite a while now so it is a bit surprising to lean that Canon has only just debuted its first ever digit-screen friendly snapper.
Orange launches Social Life for Facebook, MySpace and Bebo
Orange has announced a service that enables its mobile phone customers to access social networks on the move. Called Social Life it lets users view and post updates, upload photos etc. from one single log in.
Accessible from Orange World, Orange's mobile internet portal, Social Life allows customers to view and post updates on Facebook, MySpace and Bebo. Other social networks and 'Web 2.0 sites' will be added later in 2009.
Pay what you want for Championship Manager 2010
Following in the footsteps of Radiohead's launch of In Rainbows, Eidos is offering a downloadable PC version of Championship Manager 2010 for just 1p (plus £2.50 admin charge) from now until Midnight September 10th.
Mobile phones – Better than sex and chocolate?
A survey carried out on behalf of unified communications provider Lumison (no I've never heard of them either – which perhaps explains why they've done this survey) claims that Brits would rather give up chocolate, alcohol or sex than surrender their mobile phone handset.
Kids spend 10 hours in front of screens – you don't say
npower survey shows that Britain's youngsters spend 10 hours a day in front of TVs, computers, phones and videogames
Star Trek record player
Alas it is just a concept which is based on the NCC-1701 from the latest Star Trek movie.
Tom Tom sat nav for the iPhone arrives
The company claims that the app bears all the hallmarks of its popular GPS systems. It includes Tom Tom's IQ Routes technology which the maker claims is the fastest and most accurate route planning system available.
TV in the bathroom? Aquavision says now you can have any size you like
Each of the models is protected by a specially made glass panel which not only keeps the TV dry (the maker says they will stay bone dry even in a sauna), but also apparently enhances picture quality too.