Month: December 2003
JVC's ultra-portable with wi-fi
Want to surf and slurp, but don't want to have to lug a hefty laptop around? JVC has announced a new ultra-portable PC that looks like it's ideal for checking your e-mail/surfing the net while enjoying an espresso at…
Bluetooth digital camera
Digital cameras with integrated Bluetooth so you can wirelessly zip the image from your snapper to a PC have been talked about for quite some time with only Sony offering models. Now a little known far eastern company is…
New Motorola smartphone
There may be a good reason why Orange is offloading the Motorola MPx200 clamshell Windows powered smartphone for nothing. And that's because its successor, the MPx220, is being groomed for a Spring launch. Apparently the new handset keeps the…
LG's 2004 phone blitz
LG is hoping to repeat fellow Koreans Samsung's success in the UK mobile phone market by launching a huge range of new handsets next year. It will include a 3G handset the U8100 (click here for more) a version…
The top 100 gadgets Stuff style
Last week we highlighted the top 100 gadgets as voted for by readers of T3 magazine. This week it is the turn of rival gadgets mag Stuff, which has unveiled its top 100 gadgets in the January issue. Unlike…
Christmas tree comes to UK
Remember that Christmas Tree Light for your PC that is powered by a USB socket that we told you about in November? Well it has finally arrived in the UK and is available for £9.95 from Firebox. And before…
Nokia 3G phone on sale in UK – sort of
Quite possibly Nokia's oddest handset so far, and believe me it has some serious competition, has finally arrived in the UK. The 7600, the company's entertainment packed style phone that was announced during October, has gone on sale in…
The new text messaging?
The Guardian is wondering what is likely to be the biggest thing in mobile phones next year? 3G? Camera phones? It concludes it could well be a technology imported from the US called Push To Talk (PTT) which enables…
Year's best mobile phones
Now it is December expect the newspapers to be swamped with best of the year retrospective features detailing everything from 2003's best movie to its top new garden centre. The Guardian has got in there early this week by…
Girly Gadgets for 2004
Forget boys and their toys, what about girls and their gadgets? OK we may not phoar over them, but we do enjoy the occasional electronic purchase along with a small glass of white wine. Not that you'd realise if…