Month: May 2004
Three mega pixel camera phone
Here in the UK we are still agog at the one mega pixel images taken by camera phones like the Sharp GX30 and the Samsung D710. It is a different story over in Japan where phones with cameras capable of…
RSS on your SPV
Fancy having the latest news one click away on your smartphone? Tech Digest recently saw a demo of software from Teleca that enables microsoft smartphones (Orange's SPV, Motorola MPx200 etc) to access news feeds via RSS (Really Simple Syndication). Sure…
Sony's media server
It has been a very busy month for Sony with the unveiling of its PSP handheld games console, its iPod rival the Vaio Pocket VGF-AP1 and its music download service Connect. However it is important not to overlook its innovation…
Sharp TM100 review
Over at The Guardian there's the first review of the T-Mobile's Sharp TM-100 slider camera phone. While the handset shares its 240×320 pixels and 256K colours screen with the wonderful Sharp GX30 available from Vodafone it lacks that model's Bluetooth,…
Water wonderland
What with a dodgy PlayStation-obsessed goalkeeper and a pair of strikers that spend more time on the treatment room than they do on the pitch Euro 2004 is sure to be a very stressful time for England fans. So what…
iPod gets a new PAL
Well you certainly can't blame Tivoli for shamelessly trying to cashing in on the iPod phenomenon. It has just announced a new PAL (portable audio laboratory) radio called, wait for it, the iPAL (wonder how long it took 'em to…
Designer wi-fi lamp
Express your or your partner's mood with this new wi-fi enabled lamp named Dal. Designed by French company Violet, it changes colour depending on messages it receives via e-mail or the phone. For example, Dal can change colours according to…
Free broadband games console
Mystery console, Infinium Labs' Phantom, has a release date. The Phantom launches in the US on 18th November. And it features a highly unusual business model. The console comes free when you sign up for a two-year contract, and it…
Kiss DivX DVD player
Earlier this week Intel unveiled its plans for video over the net (see story below). Now Danish firm KiSS has announced it is planning to introduce a new DVD player that can play high def DivX video files downloaded from…
High def video on the net – coming soon
OK we might not have high definition broadcast TV here in the UK, but the day when we can all stream, or at least download, high resolution movies (legally of course) from the net may have just got closer. Shown…