Month: September 2006
IFA 2006: LG's latest phones
We talk to LG's mobile phone marketing manager, Katherine Murray, about the company's latest mobile phone handsets….
Samsung K5 music player in action
Samsung sent us this video demo of the K5 music player in action. There's no sound unfortunately, but you can get a good idea of what how the player looks and how it all works as well. Oh, and it's…
IFA 2006: LG unveils super 3G U830 clamshell handset
With some of the HSDPA networks in place already and the rest to follow in the next few months, it's no suprise to see the super 3G phones making their mark at IFA, including the U830 from LG. It's a…
IFA 2006: Samsung's October Blu-Ray launch
Samsung has revealed more details about the launch of its debut Blu-Ray disc player, the BD-P1000. Available from mid-October, the BD-P1000 – which went on sale in the US in July – plays content at native 720p, 1080i or 1080p…
IFA 2006: Philips' second generation wireless hi-fi – the WACS7000
Being a sad old music lover with a huge pile of CDs I was naturally the core target market for Philips WACS700 wireless music center which debuted last year. Although I thought it worked well, I had a few…
IFA 2006: Samsung launches BD-P1000 – Europe's first consumer Blu-ray player
More from Samsung at the IFA, this time with the unveiling of the BD-P1000 Blu-ray player – the first Blu-ray player to be available commercially in Europe The BD-P1000 plays content at native 720p, 1080i or 1080p video resolutions,…
IFA 2006: Samsung's stylish K5 music player with slide-out speaker
We gave you a peak of Samsung's new K5 touch screen music player last month – now it's had an official launch at this year's IFA. It's a very stylish – and small – device with one particularly eye-catching…
Top 10 Tech Digest interviews from August
It's early days for our Tech Digest interviews, but they've already covered a range of subjects, from blogging and smart clothing through to super-fast mobile downloads, motion capture and, er, how Cud fans are getting into social bookmarking. See below…
Sony launches NV-U81T and NV-U80 nav-u satellite navigation devices
Sony has launched two new satellite navigation devices under the nav-u banner – the NV-U81T and NV-U80 – both of which feature Position Plus technology, to keep your location on-screen, even when the GPS signal is compromised. Sony's Position…
Verballs – novelty talking Skype telephones
Unless you've got one of the new cordless models, chances are you're say staring at a PC when you make a VoIP call. Which is where the Verballs can help. The five Verballs available are novelty Skype phones that…