Month: March 2004
T-Mobile summer 3G launch
T-Mobile has become the fourth UK mobile phone network to announce an impending 3G launch. Although the official news won't be broken until the CeBit show in Germany next week, the company's UK MD Brian McBride told journalists this…
PDD unveils Plan-b
One of the coolest products we've seen in some time debuted in a small corner of the 3GSM show in Cannes the other week. Plan-b is a prototype device manufactured by British design company PDD. The PDA-sized device works…
Sony's iPod-busting MD player comes to UK
Sony has confirmed that its revamped version of its MiniDisc format, which it is positioning as a rival to hard disk based MP3 players like the Apple iPod, is to debut in the UK in late spring. The new…
World's smallest MP3 player
We'd show you the MP3 player, but the battery got in the way! Yes Samsung has announced it is to deliver the world's smallest MP3 player, which it claims is only slightly larger than an AA battery. The YP-T5…
Twin screen laptop
In what could prove to be the most exciting development in laptop PCs in years, Chinese brand Lenovo has announced its intention of launching a twin screen model later in 2004. Codenamed Vela, the laptop sports two screens – a…
Olympus E-1 review
Over at The Guardian, they have been playing with Olympus new top-end digital camera the E-1. The camera is the first model with a removable lens system specifically designed for digital photography. Thanks to a standard called the Four…
Abrocour gives away MediaCenter PCs
Abrocour, a company specialising in kitting out wireless homes, is giving away 50,000 home entertainment systems, comprising Elonex MediaCenter PC and a whopping 32inch LCD screen. The catch? The Media Center PCs will only be given away to property developers…
Sony Ericsson goes mega pixel too
Well you didn't think that the Sharp GX30, which is released in about three weeks, would be the only mega pixel camera for long now did you? Sony Ericsson confirmed rumours that it had a 1.3 mega pixel phone…
Hit's £3000 42inch plasma
Remember when a decent plasma would have set you back about £10K? It wasn't that long ago. Thankfully they're now considerably cheaper. Hitachi has just announced a new third generation model, the 42PD5200, which is set to retail for…
More games for your mobi
So far mobile gaming hasn't quite taken off in the way that many pundits predicted – just ask Nokia which has already admitted that sales of its N-Gage gaming phone are way below expectations. At 3GSM in Cannes though several…