The Vado budget camcorder is confirmed by Creative, Disgo sobs quietly to itself

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Creative has confirmed that poorly-kept secret that did the tour of the tech blogs a few weeks ago, and announced their low-end camcorder, the ‘Vado’, which is sure to stick a knife in Disgo’s, err, USB slot…

An inbuilt USB stick enables easy transfer of video files from the 2GB of internal storage capacity, to your PC for uploading to your various social networking sites, where your friends can leave witty and insightful comments on them like ‘dude that makes me rofl so bad!’

Taking a closer look, the 90g camcorder has a…

Shiny Video Review: four best PMPs for watching Lost on, from Archos, Creative, Apple and Sony


In case you haven’t been suckered into it, Lost has left our screens for a four-week hiatus, so I thought it was high time to review four of the best PMPs for storing the last four seasons of the addictive show onto, for watching when you’re on the train to work, at the football, or waiting for your colleague who’s in a sex shop.

Take a look above at the video, which we just filmed on the streets of London’s Soho district, for our thoughts on the Archos 605 Wi-fi, Sony PSP, Creative Zen, and Apple iPod Touch….

Date confirmed for Creative Zen and Zen Plus MP3 players with inbuilt speakers

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We’ve known of this update for a few months now, so it’s refreshing to be able to write the words “THEY’LL BE AVAILABLE FROM MARCH THE 1ST”. That should sate the Creative fanboys’ appetites for a few more weeks, methinks.

As you know, the colourful range will now feature inbuilt speakers so you can annoy everyone within proximity with your incessant death metal. Actually, come to think of it, owners of these Zen Stones will probably be listening to Justin Timberlake, but I’d like to think someone out there is cranking up the Rob Zombie.

The black 2GB model will be £29.99, the 2GB Stone Plus will be available in black, champagne, pink and blue for £37.99 and the 4GB Stone Plus in black will be £49.99. Yes, that’s official – THEY’RE CHEAPER THAN IPOD SHUFFLES. Get…