Month: October 2003
Orange 3G delayed
Orange is to delay its 3G launch in the UK and France, according to reports from 3G.co.uk. The launch will now take place Autumn 2004, not next summer as initially promised. The delay is apparently due to technical problems with…
microsoft delays video personals launch
Bad news for the personal video market. It appears microsoft has shelved the launch of its Media2Go devices (hard disk based personal video players) that was scheduled for later this year. It has now rechristend the devices Portable Media…
Rio brings MP3 players to UK
Good news for MP3 fans. Rio, one of the companies that were first to deliver MP3 players, is set to re-launch in the UK next year. It has a strong selection of models including a model that has been…
Personal Video Players – a market review
Archos has one, so has Thomson, Sony will have one soon and Apple and microsoft are both sizing up the market. We are referring to personal video players, handheld devices tipped to be the next big thing in consumer…
New Nokia phones
Breaking news Nokia has launched three new handsets today. All are due in early 2004. More news and gossip from Nice later in the day. Nokia 7200 Firstly the Vuitton style phone the Nokia 7200. It features an integrated camera,…
BT's broadband on the move
For those who can't stand being without broadband wherever they are, BT announces BT Broadband Traveller – a package that unites BT Broadband, BT Home Networking and BT Openzone services (for surfing from wireless hot spots). It's perfect for customers…
Bush DAB for the bedroom
With over 100 radio stations now broadcasting digitally and with 85 per cent of the population expected to be covered by early 2004, it looks like Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) is finally set to enter the mainstream. At least…
Tosh turbocharges wireless systems
Toshiba's wireless R&D labs, based in Bristol, has come up with a low cost 100 Mbps WLAN – and apparently has even faster systems on the cards. It claims that the first 1Gbps wireless systems for homes and businesses is…
Motorola A835 and Sony Ericsson P900 reviews
Over at The Guardian there's a double hit on two of the most-talked about phones of recent weeks. First the Motorola A835, Three's big 3G hope for the Christmas period, gets the thumbs up (with the usual reservations about…
Budget cams keep coming
Here's another inexpensive MPEG4 video camera. Japanese brand D'zign has just unveiled its DV-4 an MPEG4 video/digital still camera. Features include 2.1 mega pixel stills camera 4x digital zoom 1.6inch LCD screen 32Mb Secure Digital card No MP3 playback…