Month: March 2004
O2 unveils the X2
It was one of the most controversial phones of last year. The X1, available exclusively through O2, was a budget clamshell with an integrated camera available free to the network's pay as you go subscribers. While it sold by…
Seriously smart MP3 player
Another week, another iPod rival. Only this week's entrant really can give the Apple player a run for money in the design stakes. We first saw the Cowon iAudio M3 at the CES show in Las Vegas in January…
Muggers target iPod owners
British police are warning Apple iPod owners to be on their guard, as they fear that muggers are targeting them for their music player. According to a report in The Metro thieves note the distinctive white headphones that accompany…
A mousepad – of sorts
Cheers to Gizmodo for bringing this to our, and now your attention. Apparently the extras provide a place to rest your wrist. Not sure where you get them from – thankfully….
Killer robot invades UK in June
When we first clapped eye on it at the CES exhibition in January we were scared, very scared. Now our knees are even more of a tremble as TD can exclusively reveal that the world's hardest robot – the…
Get ready for Roomba
It's been available in the US for a while. But now European European manufacturer VIP Domotec is introducing the Roomba here, writes ERM magazine. The UK's first truly affordable robot vacuum cleaner with a retail price tag of £299.99,…
Goodmans goes into PCs
Mass market manufacturer Goodmans is to enter the PC market with a line up of affordably priced desktops and laptops, according to this week's ERT Weekly magazine . Bundled with movies, music, games and educational software, the products will…
Hovercraft vacuum cleaner
A Glasgow-based company has developed a new type of vacuum cleaner that rides on a cushion of air, gliding over carpets and hard floor surfaces like a hovercraft, writes ERM magazine. The Airider, which has taken eight years to…
Apple delays UK iPod mini launch
Occasionally we do get things right Apple has just announced that it is postponing the worldwide, including UK, launch of the iPod mini until July, just as we predicted it would – see here The press release cites unprecedented demand…
Panny's pop up phone
Clever stuff from Panasonic. It claims to have re-invented the form factor of the camera phone by offering a model sporting a pop up LCD screen just like they have on camcorders. According to the company the screen makes…