Category: Top stories
Blu-ray bigwig: "Toshiba sealed HD DVD's fate with $99 pricing…"
The high-definition war is all over bar the shouting (and trust me, the Blu-ray camp is doing plenty of that). At least, it’s over until Blu-ray comes up against digital distribution, which may wipe the smile off their faces.
LinkedIn goes mobile with new WAP site
There’s been a lot of talk about mobile social networking in recent months, but it’s mostly focused on the big consumer sites like Facebook, MySpace and Bebo. However, business-focused social network LinkedIn has just announced its move into mobile, with a new WAP site.
Japanese engineers diss the MacBook Air
POW! Apple’s MacBook Air has a “perfect, sophisticated external appearance, but its insides are full of waste.”
MWC 2008: Hands on with the Readius rollable e-ink phone
It was at last year’s 3GSM show in Barcelona that we first clapped eyes on Polymer Vision’s Readius e-book display. The show’s name may have changed to Mobile World Congress, but Polymer Vision was still there this year, showing the latest version of the device, which is now a fully-fledged mobile phone, as we recently reported.
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: First picture of the LG MusicStation Max music phone
Remember the big news yesterday about LG’s MusicStation Max handset, which they’re working on with Omnifone? You know, the one that you buy, sign up to a monthly contract, and then get unlimited music downloads for the duration of your contract? Pretty cool, eh?
LG says Chocolate / Shine successor coming in May, plus new Viewty
Here’s a nugget from my interview with LG’s Jeremy Newing that I thought was worth spinning off as a separate story. It seems it’ll only be a matter of months before LG releases the next phone in its Black Label series, following the Chocolate and Shine handsets (latter pictured).
LG's MusicStation Max handset offers free unlimited music as part of your tariff
LG has revealed that it’ll be the first handset maker to launch a phone with Omnifone’s new MusicStation Max service built in. What’s that? It involves buying a phone on a monthly contract from an operator, with free, unlimited music downloads bundled into the tariff.
MWC 2008: NVIDIA shows off iPhone-busting concept phone
NVIDIA has a big stand at Mobile World Congress, including a concept handset showing off a user-interface powered by the company's new APX 2500 mobile CPU And I'm not getting over-excited when I say it looks awesome. Scrolling, zooming, transparent overlays, the works. Check the demo running on a big screen:
Fancy a $6 million home cinema system?
Look, there’s no point me going into the details of this home cinema system created by a bloke called Jeremy Kipnis. I could tell you about the projector, the screen, the various video sources, speakers, amplifiers and comfy sofa that go into it.
RIP Grange Hill: Here's 10 YouTube clips to say goodbye
Those bastards at the BBC! They've cancelled Grange Hill! How could they? Even though nobody who's eagerly joining the 'Save Grange Hill' Facebook groups has actually watched it in the last, ooh, ten years. Anyway, with those rose-tinted glasses firmly affixed, it's time for a trip down memory lane with ten of the best classic Grange Hill clips on YouTube. Starting with…
