Month: January 2004
Phones of the year 2004
The Guardian has listed what are likely to the biggest new phones for 2004. Among its contenders are the Nokia 7200, Sharp GX30, Siemens SX1, HP iPaq h6300 and 3G phones from Sony Ericsson and LG. Read it at…
Online betting reaches for the skies
Betting company Ladbrokes is the unlikely architect of one of the best uses of the Internet we've seen for quite a while. It has teamed up with the Conservation Foundation and the Tasmanian state government to stage an environmental…
Scalextric goes online
Scalextric fans will soon be able to race against fellow drivers anywhere in the world via an online version of the classic game. The Scalextric Sport World System employs hardware and software to let racers compete against each other…
Voq phone coming to UK soon
Sierra Wireless has confirmed that its innovative Voq Professional smartphone, which we have featured before, will debut in the UK later in the spring. The device, which runs microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system, has a USP in that it…
Orange to debut Push To Talk in UK
The Guardian has an in depth look at the first push to talk service, Orange's Talk Now , to launch in the UK. The system, which some pundits are predicting could be the next text messaging, has two main features….
Another new games console
Fancy playing PC games on your TV? Apex Digital, best known in this country as purveyors of inexpensive DVD players available from supermarkets, is to launch the ApeXtreme, a games console that allows users to play PC games on…
Philips adds budget MP3 player
The Guardian has the latest on Philips second foray into the hard disk personal audio jukebox market, the HD060 (on the left) , is scheduled to reach the stores early next month. A rival to the Apple iPod mini…
Nokia's 3G phone hits UK, but how 3G is it?
It doesn't just look weird. The story surrounding the launch of Nokia's first 3G phone for the UK is quite bizarre too. On the plus side the 7600, with its tear-shaped design is certainly one of Nokia's most iconic…
Nintendo fights back
Not surprisingly, given the competition it is likely to face in the handheld gaming market this year from Sony, Nokia, Gametrac and others, Nintendo has announced a new gaming gadget called the DS. The device's key innovation is that it…
Dream gadget
Keep waiting for that dream of two busty blondes mud wrestling to come true? Well, pretty soon it just might. Japanese company Takara has invented a new gadget that, it claims, will enable you to decide exactly what you…