Month: September 2005
US HDTV fans wanted
Hi. I am looking for a three or four US HDTV fans to do a quick emial interview with for a UK magazine. I will email you five questions and I'll need answer from you fairly quickly. If you can…
Wireless cameras arrive in UK
Looks like its digital camera goes wireless month in the UK. On sale from now are the £349 Nikon Coolpix P1 and £279 P2 – the company's first Wi-Fi enabled snappers. The theory being they can send images from…
World's skinniest phone reaches UK
Remember that ultra skinny NEC camera phone we tipped you off about last week? Well apparently the L1 is on its way to the UK. Luxury retailer Bamford and Sons has apparently scooped a load of the handsets, which…
Mobile Choice Awards: Samsung wins Phone of the Year
I was at the glitzy Mobile Choice Awards last night in Old Billingsgate Market. The lovely Bill Bailey was on hand to present the awards. He did a great job and took delight in mocking us ("right, better get on….
Fujifilm's new top-end compact camera
Fujifilm's FinePix F10 Zoom certainly lived up to its billing and was one of the key compacts of last twelve months. So it'll be interesting to see how its successor, the FinePix F11 Zoom, which was announced today, fares….
Tosh's new LCD Freeview TVs
Toshiba is the latest big name maker to unveil its latest range of HDTV friendly LCD TVs. Headline features for the new WLT58 series are a slimline speaker design and, for the first time for Tosh, integrated Freeview digital…
Nevada's roll-up piano
The trouble with choosing a piano, as opposed to taking up say the trumpet, is that it isn't exactly purpose-built for off the off the cuff musical interludes. So while your guitar savvy mates can happily sit around the…
BBC's video on demand over web service
The BBC is claiming it has had a really good response to its calks for volunteers to road test its new iMP (integrated Media Player) a piece of software that enables viewers to watch TV programmes via the web…
Microsoft and Intel back HD DVD
Well it is the news that Toshiba, and its ever so slightly beleaguered HD DVD format has been waiting to hear. The twin big boys of the PC world, Microsoft and Intel have today confirmed they will join the…
Samsung's hand warming mobile
Samsung was also parading a few protos yesterday including this little gem which it is billing as 'literally the hottest phone on the market.' Developed in Russia, in the Ural State Academy to be precise, the handset features a…