Month: November 2006
Denon D-F103HRDAB Hi-Fi with hard disk recorder, internet radio and home networking
Hi-Fi manufacturers are starting to realise that many of us have home networks – and introducing systems that take advantage of it. Denon's D-F103HRDAB isn't the first, but it;s certainly one of the best equipped mini systems. Features include…
Nokia World: Geek TV crosses Miami Vice and Dom Joly with YouTube and, er, breasts
Mobile TV isn’t just about simulcasting existing channels, thankfully. There’s a number of companies looking to produce new made-for-mobile TV stuff, blending existing brands with user-generated content (i.e. your video clips). One such firm is Player X, which launches its…
Review: Olympus SP-510UZ
The propaganda As one of the bulkiest members of Olympus’ digital camera line-up the SP-510UZ bridges the gap between an SLR and a compact. The ‘UZ’ part stands for Ultra Zoom because the part of the camera’s increased bulk…
Nokia World: Hands On Mobile talks football, mobile advertising and its Mobizines rival
I wrote about Refresh Mobile and its award-winning Mobizines mobile application yesterday, but it looks like it’s got competition. Another company exhibiting at the Nokia World conference is Hands On Mobile, which you might know from mobile games like Call…
Nokia World: Fancy a 100GB mobile phone with a built-in projector?
What will mobile phones be like in 2010? Ask Tero Ojanperä, Nokia’s chief technology officer, who did the final keynote speech at the Nokia World conference today. And he's not short of ideas: 1. “A navigation device in 2010 will…
Nokia World: Refresh Mobile talk about their award-winning Mobizines
You might have read Andy's earlier story about Refresh Mobile scooping a Developer Of The Year award at the Nokia World conference. The company makes a product called Mobizines, which lets you get bite-sized versions of your favourite magazines and…
Website of the Day: Geekrant
Today's Website of the Day is Geekrant, a great collection of slightly more technically-focused articles on everything from data security to Linux to games to technology culture. I actually wrote for it quite some time ago when I was but…
Refresh Mobile wins Nokia "Developer of the Year" award
Refresh Mobile, a London-based company that runs the Mobizines service allowing users to access 'snack sized' versions of their favourite mags, web sites and brands via their handsets, has won Nokia's prestigious "Developer of the Year" award, beating off competition…
Google axes its Answers service
One of Google's longest running projects, Google Answers, has been axed. The service which linked up us ordinary folk with the boffins who could provide us with the answers to complicated questions is being archived and won't be updated. The…
Nokia World: Next-gen N-Gage to work on 5-7 phones from Day One
Interviewed at Nokia World, the company's games chief Jaakko Kaidesoja said that when Nokia's N-Gage 2.0 platform launches next year – and no, they're not calling it that, I'm just trying desperately to coin a phrase – it will work…
