Month: November 2006
Tesla Roadster: sexiest electric car ever?
Picture it: a fireapple red convertible two-seater Tesla Roadster with — well, you don't have to picture it, it's pictured above. What you don't see is: it's electric, but it can still crank up to oh-my-god-we're-going-to-die speed in four…
Sony puts the music in you with body-wired headphones
Current wireless headphones typically use infrared, radio spectrum, or Bluetooth, all of which are prone to casual disruption. Sony aims to change that with their body-wired headphone patent application. Their headphones would basically use your own body to carry…
Venturi Eclectic: An "Energy-Autonomous" Vehicle
The eclectic part of the Venturi Eclectic (alas, still in the concept stages) refers to how it automatically fuels itself. A catholic consumer of whatever solar or wind (or, if need be, mains) power happens to be handy, it's…
Goombah music discovery community goes live today
A new community driven music discovery service called Goombah has come out of its beta testing phase today and is now live to sign up to. It's a free desktop application for both PC and Mac that analyses your iTunes…
HP launch Media Vault home network storage solution
HP have made their Media Vault home backup solution available in the UK. It's a multifunction network storage device for those with more than one PC who want to backup and access their data centrally. It's designed to manage, protect…
Arcam DV139: latest DVD/Universal Audio player
HDTVUK covered the Arcam DV137 back in May, and now Arcam have stepped up a gear with the introduction of their DV139 DVD/Universal audio player that they claim is their best ever. Arcam really aren't buying into the whole…
Nokia 2626 mobile phone for 'emerging markets'
From what I understand, the new Nokia 2626 announced today is aimed more at emerging markets, so I'm not sure if or when we'll see the phone in the UK. It's a dualband EGSM phone based on the Series 40…
Nokia 6290 smartphone announced
Nokia's announcement of new mobile phones continues with the Nokia 6290 smartphone which they say is "advanced technology made brilliantly simple" It seems to be aimed at the professional. Dimensions are 94 mm x50 mm x 20.8 mm (L x…
Nokia 6086 GSM/UMA camera phone
Nokia's announcement today of four new mobile phones includes the Nokia 6086. It's a UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access) handset designed to allow its users to stay in touch whatever their environment. It's a quad-based GSM and UMA camera phone with…
Nokia 6300 thin and compact monoblock mobile
Amongst Nokia's new phones announced today is the stylish Nokia 6300, a thin and compact mobile phone with some decent specifications. Size wise, it's just 13.1mm thick, 106.mm high and 43.6mm wide, with a stainless steel design, and weighs in…
