Month: October 2003
Orange's Black Bluetooth car
With a ban on using a mobile phone handset while driving set to come into force on December 1, Orange has teamed up with car manufacturer Smart to produce a motor for the safety-conscious driver who wants to talk…
Sanyo's MPEG4 cam
It appears that very soon no self-respecting camcorder will reach the stores without an MPEG4 option for creating low res videos you can e-mail or use on your website. Spotted at the CEATEC exhibition in Tokyo this week was…
Siemens joins 3G club
Siemens has become the latest manufacturer to promise a 3G handset for the UK. Its new phone, the U15, will launch in November via the Three network in November. Strangely the model is not quite as new as it…
More microsoft phones
A few months ago we were ready to write off microsoft's chances in the smartphone market. Now it appears to be mounting a real challenge to the Symbian operating system (as used by Nokia, Siemens and Sony Ericsson) with…
Nokia 3650 becomes 3660
As we predicted Nokia is giving its odd-shaped 3650 smartphone a second chance to impress the punters. Except it has rechristened it the 3660, ditched that awful circular keyboard and improved the screen quality. Other features include an integrated…
Fujitsu robot shows off goalkeeping skills
At CEATEC in Japan it seems the machines have finally taken over, as several manufacturers brushed off their intelligent robots. Fujitsu showed off two models – its miniature HOAP-2 humanoid robot, which impressed visitors with its footballing and dancing…
Wrist-watch TV unveiled
The trend for cramming as much technology into small, portable items as possible continues apace. Looking like something out of The Jetsons, the V@mp TV watch, shown at CEATEC by Japanese-based company, NJH, incorporates a 1.5in TFT display with a…
Sanyo's digital TV mobile
Just as we're getting used to camera phones, Sanyo has gone one step further and introduced a moby with built-in digital TV. Demonstrated at the CEATEC show in Japan, the TV phone features a 2.2in TFT high resolution display…
Dual Layer DVD – 16 hours on one disc
The DVD+RW Alliance, including Sony, Philips, Thomson and Yamaha, announced the launch of a dual layer DVD+R disc at the CEATEC show in Japan. Demonstrated by Philips, the dual layer technology will allow you to record DVD quality video of…
Thinnest camera returns
One of our favourite digital cameras of recent times was the Fuji Eyeplate, a budget snapper that really was credit card thin – well almost. Now the comany which manufactured the Eyeplate, SMaL Camera Technologies is back with a…
