Month: April 2004
Etch a sketch on your TV
Forget IFA and CES. The real wacko gadget action takes place at the Hong Kong Electrical Fair, which takes place twice a year. Our spies were out in force at the show and noted a number of bizarre products…
Air-con mouse
Must admit sweaty palms isn't something we are particularly prone to (maybe after the odd marathon sesh of Championship Manager), but if we were we'd be cock-a-hoop at the arrival of the world's first PC mouse with an integrated…
Coco Pods!
Here's yet another rival for the Apple iPod. The CocoPod (wonder where they came up with that name) is around the same size and weight as its Apple rival, features a 20Gigabyte hard disk, has an on board FM…
Text Message Tower
Great story from Ananova (thanks to the Daily Star's Peter Jenkinson for the tip off). A 10 metre tall beacon of light that changes colour when certain words are texted (ie. boro or blue) has gone in display in…
The end of the road for TAG McLaren Audio?
TAG McLaren, once the shining hope of the UK audio industry, has been sold to the International Audio Group (IAG) reports Brit trade magazine ERT. The deal will apparently allow TM to make a honourable exit from the business…
Moto updates its mini smartphone
We know that Motorola has another new phone in the offing as there's a press conference already in our diary for late May. Yet there are no clues yet as to what it might be and the company is…
Airline meals you cook yourself
These days you can get everything on planes from wireless Internet access through to live TV channels. But as us Transatlantic jet-setters are so painfully aware one thing you just can't get is a meal at the temperature you…
The iPod car
smart is claiming to be the first car manufacturer to offer an integrated iPod playback and charging station in a car. Those who fancy buying a motor to match their music player can check out the limited edition smart…
Germans outed as text maniacs
A new report by the Global System for Mobile Communications has crowned the Germans as the world's top texters. Apparently they send in the region of 200 million messages a day – three times more than the second place…
Nokia 7200 clamshell phone review
The Guardian has one of the first reviews of the Nokia 7200 – the company's first clamshell camera phone. Overall the handset, which is aimed at women and stylish blokes, gets the thumbs up. Although the paper does suggest…