Author: Andy Merrett
HP announces Mini 1000 and Compaq Mini 700 netbooks, including designer option
Just a couple of days after the leak, HP has announced details of the Mini 1000, in both standard and designer editions, as well as the Compaq Mini 700.
The HP Mini 1000, at 25.2mm thin and weighing 1.1kg, features a 10.2-inch widescreen display, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, either 8GB or 16GB SSD, webcam/mic, WLAN, and Bluetooth. Depending on operating system configuration, you can choose from 512MB or 1GB of RAM (XP Home) or 1GB/2GB (MIE Linux).
Bundled with the hardware is HP’s new Mobile Internet Experience software and HP MediaStyle, for “one-stop entertainment through a single interface”. In other words, it’s a dashboard interface which lets you play music, watch videos, visit favourite web sites, read email, and so on. Great for the everyday consumer, perhaps, but those wanting a stripped down netbook might want to turn off the “always on” applications…
LG launches W2284F 22-inch widescreen monitor
LG has announced its latest 22-inch widescreen monitor for the UK market. The W2284F has won an iF Product Design Award, because apparently it’s an outstanding example of design perfection.
Before we get to the specifications (which in my opinion is what really counts), let’s dwell a little on LG’s design ethos — the soft blue power button beneath the screen was inspired by a drop of morning dew, while the rest of the monitor is glossy black — inspired by a grand piano, perhaps?
Harman Kardon brings DMC 1000 media centre to the UK
Harman Kardon has announced that its DMC 1000 media centre is now available in the UK.
The DMC 1000 incorporates a 250GB hard drive and will happily consume all your CDs to create a digital jukebox, as well as featuring a DVD player and optional iPod connection…
Pure intros EVOKE-2S portable stereo DAB radio
Pure has launched yet another model in its line of EVOKE portable radios, claiming that this is the best yet.
The EVOKE-2S features both analogue FM and DAB radio, and boosts sound thanks to PURE’s Clearsound technology, a completely digital system incorporating Class D amplifiers, digital audio shaping technology, and custom-tuned speakers…
HTC Touch HD coming to UK on Orange in early November
Orange has announced that it has exclusive UK rights to the HTC Touch HD, arriving here in early November.
Featuring a 3.8-inch high-res (480 x 800) widescreen touch screen, it’s built for multimedia. It offer access to Orange’s own mobile TV service, comes with a five megapixel auto-focus camera, has a full Internet browser, and uses HTC’s TouchFLO 3D user interface (bolted on to Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional).
Other features include a second VGA camera, 512MB of internal memory and SDHC/microSD expansion card slot, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS…
Yamaha's teaching trumpet can banish brash brass players to near silence
Yamaha has launched its EZ-TP electronic teaching trumpet, allowing any would-be Wynton Marsalis to practice more quietly without driving other members of the household (and neighbours) potty…
Dell's Inspiron Mini series gets a bit bigger: the Mini 12
Dell seems quite content to put its new 12.1-inch screen computer in the Inspiron Mini category, even though there are plenty of standard notebook computers with similar sized screens.
An upgrade in size and specs from last month’s Mini 9, it features an Atom Z520 running 1.33GHz or Z530 at 1.6GHz, 1GB of RAM, 60GB hard drive, and Vista Home Basic operating system…
Clapped-out Fiat 126 becomes Flat Out Fiat 126
It’s the sort of thing you’d expect Clarkson, Hammond and May to attempt on Top Gear, but this low-down vehicle is the work of car designer Andy Saunders.
So infuriated was he that his 1985 Mini Claustrophobia lost the world record for “lowest car” to another that he decided to literally mash up a 1989 Fiat 126…
Denon shows off super-high-end DVD-3800BD Blu-ray player with "wonder" DVD upscaling
If you thought standard Blu-ray players were still a bit pricey, wait ’til you see Denon’s DVD-3800BD, which comes in at a cool £1,600.
For that, you do get some superior technology, including reference-standard Blu-ray disc playback offering Denon’s best pictures to date, with fantastic audio reproduction to match.
Denon is the first manufacturer to use the 10-bit Silicon Optix Realta chipset, as well as HQV video processing, digital noise reduction, and 12-bit/297MHz video DAC…
Tech Trumpet: Mr Do! Mix
Welcome to another ’80s-inspired Tech Trumpet.
Relax, you’re safe from another rickrolling, because this TT pays tribute to my favourite video game character — Mr Do…
