Month: May 2004
Sony's lightest ever laptop
Here's the laptop us mobile warriors (well we make the occassional trip to Starbies) have been waiting for. We loved the 10inch Sony Vaio 505 when it debuted at the end of the last decade. We have a feeling we…
MP3 goes metal
Getting sick of cheapo MP3 players that looks like they have just dropped out of a cereal packet. At least the EZAV Xen EMP-200, which goes on sale this week via MP3 Plus, looks a little more swish. The £139…
Hemingway's Bug
Pure Digital has teamed up with Red or Dead design guru Wayne Hemingway to produce perhaps the oddest looking digital radio so far. Available in white or graphite-metallic, the Bug (www.thebug.com) is, however, more than just a design statement. Its…
Battle of the handhelds
This year's E3 games show has so far been dominated by the unveiling of two new next generation handheld consoles. While the Sony PSP is impressing visitors to the LA gaming expo with its sleek looks and impressive spec, there's…
Sony's 'iPod' goes on sale
For details on Sony's NW-HD1 iPod killer click here So how do you beat the iPod? Well this is how Sony plans to do it. Due on sale in Japan early next month, with no plans yet for a…
Highest storage MP3 player yet
How big do you need the hard drive on your MP3 player to be? We are personally fairly happy with the 4Gig on our Apple iPod mini, but for anoraks everywhere the 80Gig personal jukebox is on its way. Capable…
O2 reinvents the postcard
Sent any postcards recently? Probably not. Well O2 is hoping to use the camera phone to resurrect the British tradition by offering personalised cards. Subscribers to the network can now send hard copies of their photos accompanied by a short…
Canon's top-end compact
Canon is hoping to tempt a few pro photographers to experiment with a five-mega pixel camera sporting many features that have traditionally been the preserve of digital SLR models. Due in June for £450 the PowerShot S60 includes a…
HomeChoice on demand telly is back
Must admit we thought we had seen the last of HomeChoice – the pioneering video-on-demand to a TV via ADSL broadband service. We tried it for a while a few years ago and while we loved the concept of being…
Text your tent
Really great story in the Mirror on Saturday Anyone who even wallowed in the mud at Glasto/V/Reading has been there, stagering home in the dark without a clue which of the thousands of tents in front of you is yours….