Month: August 2006
Sony Ericsson unleashes the Z610 3G clamshell mirrored handset
Another handset for the fashion conscious, this time from Sony Ericsson, which has introduced the colourful Z610 3G clamshell handset with mirrored finish and a hidden OLED display that can only be seen when in use. The 128 x…
Pentax launches new 10 megapixel Optio A20 digital camera
As well as the M20, Pentax has also introduced the new Optio A20, with 10 effective megapixels, plus the latest optics and shake reduction technology. The Optio A20 has a 2.5-inch low reflection LCD display and 3x optical zoom…
Pentax introduces the 7 megapixel Optio M20
The latest model in the Pentax Optio M series is the new M20, now with 7 megapixels and an extended battery life. Aimed at the family camera market, the M20 features a 2.5-inch low reflection LCD display and 3x…
Buy Tommy Steele's Mini on eBay
Okay, so this piece of technology found by Bayraider is, ahem, 30 years old. So it's not exactly cutting-edge, although your grandad probably will find it more exciting than an iPod. It's comedian Tommy Steele's old Mini, which is…
MobiBox MP410 personal media player
Another gadget to cause you eye strain, the MobiBox MP410 personal media player can playback video and record from your TV as well as being a digital audio player. Available in either black or white, the MobiBox MP410 is…
YouTube Video of the Day – Diet Coke and Mentos experiment
We've all seen the 'diet coke and mentos' skits right? (If not, search for 'diet coke mentos' in YouTube). Well, surely someone must have eaten some of the offending sweets and had a swig of the terrible pop at the…
HP launches D7360 and A618 Photo Printers
Two new printers have been intorduced by HP – the Photosmart D7360 Photo Printer and the Photosmart A618 Compact Photo Printer. The D7360 doesn't need a PC – it features a large 3.4-inch screen so you can insert your…
New Screens Make Better Blues
According to a report in New Scientist researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have developed a new polymer screen technology that can generate the full spectrum of colours in visible white light. Existing display technologies cannot produce…
Improve Legibility on Larger Displays
You may have noticed that larger screens and higher resolutions can make things harder to read. One of the more obvious problems is typing in web addresses in Internet Explorer; the text is so small that it’s easy to…
PlayStation 2 price drops below £100
With the pink PlayStation 2 probably not being everyone's cup of tea and the PlayStation 3 likely to give new meaning to the word scarce this Christmas, there might yet be some life left in the standard PlayStation 2….
