Month: November 2003
Digital TV for £40
It looks like Freeview boxes have finally reached give away prices. Purveyors of, ahem, competitively priced AV equipment, Richer Sounds is offering the Grundig GDT1000 box for just £39.95. It also has the Goodmans GDB1 for a tenner or…
Asda takes up DAB radio
Another indication that digital radio looks like being one of the must haves this Christmas. Supermarket retailer Asda has just announced it is to sell the excellent Pure Digital Evoke-1 DAB radio in 10 of its stores, reports ERT…
Hitachi, Morphy Richards and Cambridge Audio go DAB
The explosion of DAB digital radio devices look set to continue with several new products slated to reach the UK early in 2004. We will be looking forward to seeing Hitachi's take on a DAB endowed hi-fi system, which…
Journo Wi-Fi disasters
There's a 'funny if it wasn't so sad' article by Chris Partridge over at VNUnet about how he failed to find a working Wi-Fi hot spot on a recent press trip to France. We know what he means too after…
Bluetooth MP3 players promised
Next year's must have feature in personal audio is set to be a Bluetooth wireless headset. With Bluetooth users will be able to listen to music even if their player is in their pocket or several feet away in…
Exeter is UK's Wi-Fi capital
I am sure they will be partying in Exeter this weekend for Intel has named the city the UK Wi-Fi hot spot capital. Apparently it has more public access Wi-Fi hot spots per person than anywhere else in the…
A monitor that's twice as good
This would be top of our Xmas shopping list were it on sale in the UK. It's an innovative monitor from a start-up called Doublesight called the DS1500 that consists of a pair of 15inch LCD monitor stitched together….
Samsung camcorder phone
Another top new phone from Samsung. Available only in Korea, but with a worldwide launch of sorts a strong possibility, the SCH-V410 is a clamshell handset with a camcorder and the ability to store up to two hours worth…
60 years of Christmas gadgets
Rather neat little press release from the Carphone Warehouse. Its PRs have delved back into history to come up with sixty years of gadgets. The more astute of you will notice that many years don't have an entry (1943-58…
Sporty MP3 player
If your new year's resolution involves getting into shape take a peek at the £200 Dual Sports MP3 player available from MP3 Plus. It is designed for sporty types as it features 256MB of flash memory (no moving parts…