Month: July 2006
Shiny's Premiership football blog: Who ate all the pies? launches
INCOMING! A few months ago we launched Who Ate All the Bratwurst, the only World Cup blog with a bigger football brain than Teddy Sheringham's. Until Bratwurst burst onto the international scene, Teddy was owner of the world's biggest 'football…
Maxfield MaxMovie – hands-free music and movies on the move
Following on from their range of portable music players, German electronics firm Maxfield has launched MaxMovie, which combines a music/video player with photo display and audio recorder, alarm clock and FM radio all in one small unit – and…
InVoca voice-activated remote control
For some people, about the only exercise in life is getting out of bed and reaching for the remote. Well, not for much longer – InVoca can cut out the remote bit by making channel changing as simple as…
Fujitsu Siemens Pocket LOOX N100 – GPS meets portable music player
Looking for a portable music device that doubles up as a GPS navigation system? It might be worth holding on for a few weeks to consider the Fujitsu Siemens Pocket LOOX N100, which should hit the stores around the…
Review: new Vodafone Simply VS4 handset
Vodafone Pay As You Talk customers are feeling the love at the moment. Not only has Vodafone launched a new Free Weekends tariff (spend £5 during the week and you get free weekend calls, £2.50 and they'll give you…
Review: Alienware Aurora ALX
In a month when laptops outsold desktops for the first time, it's a brave move to launch a desktop that weighs more than your fridge. The Alienware Aurora ALX is a no-compromises gaming PC which turns up in a box…
Universal and Wippit to launch download-to-own film site
Universal Pictures and Wippit have announced a download-to-own (DTO) partnership that will allow visitors to the Wippit site to download recent and new release film titles to their PCs on the same day as the DVD release. Titles available…
Panasonic SDR-S150 – a camcorder to withstand the elements
Pitched as the camcorder ideally suited to the adventurous or sporty type, Panasonic's SDR-S150 records onto SD memory cards, allowing the company to trim down the video camera so it's small enough to slip into a pocket, as well…
Samsung's SGH-i320 "BlackBerry-beater" heads to Europe
Samsung has announced it is to bring the BlackBerry-like SGH-i320 Windows Mobile 5.0-based phone to Europe later this month. Weighing in at 95g and measuring 11.1 x 5.9 x 1.2cm, the tri-band phone with EDGE support features a 2.2-inch,…
Sony launches Micro Vault Tiny drives in Europe
Sony's amazingly small Micro Vault Tiny drives were highlighted over at Shiny Shiny when they hit the Far East market, but the good news for European consumers is that Sony is bringing them over here. The Micro Vault Tiny…
