Author: Katherine Hannaford
Play songs from your iPhone to your car radio with Griffin's iTrip Autopilot with Smartscan
My goodness, this is a great product. It’s rare that I rave about sub-£100 products, but having used an iTrip for iPods in the past, I can only guess the iPhone version will do the job just as well.
Now, my car is old, the cassette player barely works, and a CD player? Fuggedabbait. The iTrip charges your iPhone and allows you to control it at the same time, plugging into the 12V power port on your dashboard. You’ve probably used something similar in the past, but this is the first product compatible with the iPhone…
Measuring 13.4", would YOU carry this Epson electronic newspaper with you?
Epson doesn’t just make printers, you know. They just showed off this 13.4″ electronic paper, which as you can see is designed to replace print newspapers. You can hear e-book reader manufacturers sniggering into their small newspaper-replacements, can’t you?
With a pixel count of 3104 x 4128, and 385ppi definition, it was created using electrophoretic electronic ink and polycrystal Si-TFT, if those words mean anything to you. Does lugging one of these…
NSFW! Video shows Vavoom knickers, which contain front pockets for storing a vibrating phone!
NSFW! NSFW!
The Reg has pointed us to a rather saucy video advertising Vavoom ‘Call Me Panty’ knickers, which are “special panties for that special someone. Simply turn your phone to vibrate”. As you’re suddenly realising, as the blood drains from your head, these pants have a little pocket on the front for holding your mobile phone, just as long as it’s set to ‘vibrate’. Finally, a way for your BlackBerry to really come in between you and your loved one, and for only $8.95 as well…
New MacBooks to contain LED backlit screens, boost Greenpeace's opinion on Apple
Added to the multi-touch trackpads, slimmer and lighter frames and potential new aluminum casings, MacBooks will soon be outfitted with LED backlights.
According to DigiTimes, a Taiwanese BLU manufacturer Kenmos Technology will provide Apple with the LED units for their new MacBook range, in addition to the MacBook Airs and Pros which already feature the technology. Little else is known about the deal, however this is one step closer to the birth of a new, green Apple, with LED…
Nokia patent application shows a Wii-like inspiration for gestured-controlled input
All has been quiet on the Nokia Tube front of late, something of which I’m blaming Lily Allen and her jubblies for – how much more column inch does she need?! Ahem.
A patent application has been flying around, showing Nokia’s plans for a ‘touchless’ user interface, meaning users wouldn’t actually have to touch the display, they’d merely have to gesture in front of it. Take that, iPhone!…
Fancy becoming a games writer? NMK is holding an event just for you!
Ever fancied being the next Charlie Brooker? Kieron Gillen? N’Gai Croal? Or even our very own Gary Cutlack? Read on…
It’s always been a hard industry to crack, unless you know the right people, or have the right opportunities presented to you – like New Media Knowledge’s writing for games conference. Held at a central London venue, on June 17th at 6pm, you’ll learn all about the industry, how to get your foot in the door, and whether GTA IV is better on the Xbox 360 or PS3. Ok, I made that up, but it’s bound to come up in conversation.
It costs just £25, otherwise if you’re a freelancing baked beans eater, student, or general unemployed gamer, you can get a discounted…
Shiny Video Review: budget camcorder from Flip
Georgia and Susi have been really busy of late, trying out the Flip camcorder. Of course, that involves filming people in the office doing silly things, hence we’ve all taken to wearing paper bags over our heads to avoid embarrassing ourselves any further.
Have a look above at their opinion…
YouTube Hits: What if Nintendo made Halo 3?
It’s a dangerous question to ask, and I’m surprised the comments over on the video at YouTube aren’t laced with more vitriol!
I think a better question to ask would be ‘what would Wii Fit look like if it was made for the PS3?’ Anyone else think it would involve reaching forward 3cm and flicking the switch on the side of the PS3 waffle grill?
Transfer songs easily from your PC to mobile's microSD/SDHC/M2 memory card with SanDisk's Mobile Ultra
Speaking of memory, the industry’s darlings SanDisk have shown off a clever way of transferring data to and from your phone, the SanDisk Mobile Ultra.
Offered in microSD/SDHC and M2 forms, the kit comes with a USB adapter which you can slot the teeny cards into, and transfer the data to and from your PC via the USB port. They’re not fooling around with the storage capacities either, advertising 2GB, 4GB and 8GB varieties. With prices ranging…
Opinion: why Napster can't fail with their new DRM-free venture
Katherine Hannaford writes…
Can we call 2008 the heady days of digital music yet – can we? Can we? Sure, 2007 had its fair share of digital movers and shakers, with Radiohead pioneering the music release formula, but with today’s news that Napster is going DRM-free, surely things can only pick up in speed?
Beginning life as an illegal P2P service in 1999, it was acquired by Roxio in 2003 after numerous legal battles with the RIAA and, err, Metallica. I’m sure there’s a generation of kids who only know of Metallica as those baddies who shut down their favourite way of downloading 50 Cent.
Napster’s move to go DRM-free, and offer MP3 file formats encoded at 256kbps, has led a lot of people to draw even more comparisons between them and iTunes and Amazon. However, there’s no ignoring the facts, that iTunes currently has just EMI feeding them DRM-free tracks, and whilst Amazon, like Napster, has support from the four big record labels, it doesn’t have anywhere near the size of catalogue as Napster, who can also boast all the indie labels in addition to EMI, Warner, Sony BMG and Universal…
