Month: November 2005
Jamo jumps on iPod speaker bandwagon
Another day, another iPod speaker system, it seems. This one is from Danish hi-fi specialist Jamo and incorporates three white speakers: a large 150Watt powered sub-woofer plus two much smaller magnetically shielded satellite speakers. Provided with the package is a…
Orange's latest SPV arrives
The SPVs have always been popular around the Tech Digest office as they are among the most compact smartphones to use Windows Mobile and actually make for surprisingly manageable web browsing. The latest, the SPV C600, is a very similar…
Averatec 1050 gets festive
Ultra-portables: mobile computing made practical or the laptop version of a Mazda MX5? This would probably make a decent, if not particularly romantic, present for a girlfriend or wife because Averatec has ensured that a lot of the design emphasis…
Samsung unveils world's largest flexible LCD
In a great breakthrough for portable LCD technology Samsung has released details of the largest Transmissive TFT LCD screen ever created. In layman's terms transmissive TFT can be considered as 'bendy' and thus far more suited to more physically demanding…
Jabra JX10 Bluetooth headset
Even though Jabra has been striving to turn Bluetooth headsets into fashion accessories for some time now, I can’t say I particularly agree with its description as “the ultimate in headset design and beauty”. But whether you think it’s possible…
PURE DAB CHRONOS
Pioneer of digital radio and abuser of capital letters, PURE, has launched its latest creation just in time for Xmas. This time the company has set its sights beyond the kitchen and the CHRONOS takes the form of a stylish…
Magic Joy Box
Of the current generation of consoles (current for the next 3 days anyway) the question of which has the best control pad is a subject of regular debate especially around the Games Digest office. Personally I think that, in spite…
N-Gage slips away
Nokia has announced that it is planning to withdraw from the mobile gaming scene for a couple of years and that the N-Gage itself will be receiving no new incarnations. I'm left with mixed feelings about this development; though nothing…
Sky adds HDTV channel and more
Sky has added the first of its so-called 'third party channels' to its HD line up. The network has confirmed that National Geographic HD will be available to HD viewers from early next year. It joins six other Sky…
Happy 1st Birthday Shiny
• 1.5 million page impressions • 1 million unique visitors • Second Telewest Shiny Awards Shiny Media celebrates its first anniversary today with the news that November is on target to be our biggest and best month so far….