Month: April 2005
Akai releases budget 30-inch LCD TV
A promising budget TV is out from Akai. This 30-inch flat screen, LCD TV, dubbed the LM-H30CJSA, is set to retail for a very reasonable £799.99. In a neat little add-on the TV can also function as a 1280×768…
The Shawshank Redemption released for Mobile Phones
Those of you out there owning phones with MMC slots might be pleased to hear that Nokia, Granada Ventures and ROK Player have teamed up to start releasing films on memory card. The first to come out is the…
Sony releases Silver edition of Slimline PS2
Sony Playstation fanatics may have heard rumours of a new slim line PS2 silver edition after Argos mistakenly posted it prematurely on their website. Well, it won't surprise you to find out that the rumours are true, and the…
Griffin release iPod battery backup
iPod meister Griffin has rolled out a surprisingly practical new addition for everyone's favourite MP3 player, the iPod. The Griffin Tunejuice employs a single 9V battery to give an extra power boost to your iPod: 8 hours of additional…
Bloggers chase the Mongolian Death Worm
It sounds like a pitch for a bad Blair Witch project spin-off, but a group of intrepid zoologists are going to go hunting for the mythical Mongolian Death Worm in the harsh Gobi desert. While they're there, there going to…
Samsung release the MP3 friendly E720 phone
Samsung has released the new MP3 friendly E720 phone. Apart from featuring an intergrated megapixel camera with a 4x zoom, an internal 260k TFT screen measuring176x220 pixels and an external 65k one measuring 96×96 pixels, the phone will feature an…
The seven metre tall WEEE man
The WEEE man isn't so wee. What is he? A seven-metre tall tall human figure made of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE, for those of you who hadn't guessed). The WEEE man, unveiled by Canon Europe and the…
Bags more sound for your iPod
Japanese company BrightonNet has joined in the iPod cash-in frenzy with the release of two new iPod bags: these vinyl bags have special slots for your iPod and feature integrated speakers. Although these bags do broadcast the presence of your…
Water out of thin air
Hippyshopper has found an interesting little toy: a water cooler that dehumidifies the air, purifies it and the gives it to you in the form of drinkable water. This product from Pure Water Technology claims, amazingly, to be able to…
Wristwatch MP3 player/recorder
Looks like that James Bond fantasy is a little closer with help from Thanko Corporation's new Analog MP3 watch with voice recorder. Released in Japan, the watch features a mîcrophone that can record monoaurally in 64kpbs, 16kHz audio. The recordings…