Month: August 2005
Toys battle it out for Santa's approval
Apparently its already time for the marketing war machines to start rumbling towards the Xmas battleground as contenders for this year's hottest toy begin to emerge. Last year Robosapien took Hamley's approval and filled the stockings of some 1 million…
Sharp/Vodafone's three mega pixel phone
Fancy a sneak preview of the next Vodafone/Sharp mega pixel 3G camera phone? Well the pair has just taken the wraps off a new handset in Japan which we are sure will be landing in the UK very shortly….
Today's top tech stories from the US
Five techno-treats from the stateside blogging community. Mopah: the iPod powered scooter (Engadget): The word 'hideous' is such a dramatic understatement. Finally, another flash-based PVR that has video-out (DAPReview): Hoorah for video outputs. Adidas and Polar – Your Heart Rate…
SIM2 C3X 3-Chip DLP home cinema projector
It's to hard combine the terms 'competitively priced' and 'projector' into the same sentence at the best of times, so it feels slightly weird trying to make out that a £11,000 home cinema device is a bargain. SIM2 has…
Canon EOS 5D rumours circulate
Here's something that should grab the attention of serious digital photographers and anyone who is just wowed by the awesome power of digital SLRs. For the last few days rumours have been spreading about what might be unveiled in a…
Bush offers a more affordable pocket DAB
There are many varying opinions on the merits of DAB (especially around the Tech Digest office) but it gets difficult to justify the extreme cost of buying digital radio systems especially when many of the very same channels can be…
Has the UK sold out of PSPs already?
A few weeks before the launch of Sony's PSP handheld games console and there are already rumours that an iPod style famine could be on the cards. According to Games Digest leading retailer GAME has already announced it has…
Promise.tv website launched
A couple of weeks back we brought you news of an interesting take on a DVR from Promise.tv. Now the company has set up a new website revealing more details of the system. Basically Promise.tv technology lets you continuously record…
Sony Ericsson W800i Walkman phone review
It's a big day today for Sony Ercisson for as from midnight you will be able to rush down to Carphone Warehouse, or at least a couple of its central London branches, and buy the company's first Walkman branded…
Sony's HD assault
Sony has been ramping up its HDTV set output in the UK with a range of new plasma and LCD models. For the time being we'll focus on the top-end W series ( for the rest check out the…
