Author: Shinychris
John Lewis announces exclusive on Zeppelin Mini
We’ve written about the beautiful new Zeppelin Mini before
But now we’re pleased to announce it is finally available exclusively through John Lewis, in time for Chrimbo of course.
The perfect partner for your iPod and a stylish addition for any home, B&W claims the Mini offers the same fantastic sound quality as the original Zeppelin iPod Speaker but in a more compact design. Designed for the bedroom, kitchen or study, the compact Zeppelin Mini features an updated docking arm for optimum sound quality and allows users to move the click wheel of the iPod just as they would in their own hand. The docking arm also rotates to 90 degrees for flicking through your album artwork and watching music videos.
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Nokia E55 now available on line
Now available online in the UK, the E55 is Nokia’s smallest messaging device. Claiming to provide the best possible email experience in your pocket, the Nokia E55 comes with the latest email user interface, Nokia Messaging. The device is now available at www.nokia.co.uk/shop for £299 SIM free.
Key features include:
* QWERTY keyboard
* Three-step email setup
* Fast internet connections with 3G, HSDPA/HSUPA and WLAN
* Nokia Maps and assisted GPS with integrated 3-month license for turn-by-turn navigation
* Integrated N-Gage for gaming
* A secure encrypter and reliable connection via integrated Nokia Mobile VPN
* Advanced voice features including noise cancellation
Lambretta launches Quadrophenia bike
Just look at this absolutely gorgeous retro-chic Lambretta. Brought to you by Fisher Outdoor Leisure, the world’s first Lambretta Bicicletta (Li126) is modelled on the Lambretta driven by Jimmy in cult film Quadrophenia and will be launched to the public at the London Cycle Show 2009 at Earls Court, 8-11 October.
Every one of the 500 £599 limited edition models is individually numbered and comes with its own certificate of authenticity. Rather fittingly number 1 of this limited edition model is owned by the self-styled ‘modfather’ himself, Mr Paul Weller.
Comments Fisher Outdoor CEO Richard Allmark: “We are very excited to be launching the Li126 Lambretta Bicicletta. We are huge fans of Lambretta, and as such have been faithful in our efforts to create a bicycle with style and class, that is in keeping with the brand heritage.”
Though the brand is vintage, Lambretta claims the Li126 is a thoroughly modern bicycle incorporating the latest developments in bike technology and design to create a beautifully honed and high-performing ‘city cruiser’ bike. Further models in the Lambretta Bicicletta range will be announced in Spring 2010.
Mini Digital TV from IWOOT for under £100
New from I Want One of Those is a Digital TV and Multimedia Player for under £100.
OK it’s only got a teeny, tiny 3.5inch screen but for use out and about this seems great – no idea what picture quality is like yet. Thanks to a digital tuner you can watch all the Freeview channels, though you will need to hook the device to your TV aerial first to download all the available channels.
Using the SD card the gadget also doubles as a video or digital audio (MP3 player)
Design your own Sennheiser headphones
To celebrate the launch of the new HD 400 headphone range, Sennheiser announces a global headphone design competition.- Each winner gets an HD 418 pair of headphones made to their winning design. There are 45 prizes overall with 15 to give away during September, October, November. Sennheiser will choose the 30 best designs from all ideas submitted and these will subsequently be presented in an
online gallery. Everyone who has registered will be able to vote and decide which
of the 15 headphone designs should be produced as a unique model. To help you, Sennheiser offers a web-based Online Design Editor package with 70 different background designs – from bright pink, to classic black all the way to hearts and leopard
skin patterns. The Design Editor also includes 200 design elements such as shapes
and icons. Alternatively it’s possible to use your own images or lettering. Easy preview allows users to see what the finished design will look like. You can get started here.
Gear 4's video buddy
New from Gear4 is the
‘VideoBuddy’, a clever dongle for watching videos filmed on the new iPod nano on the big screen. Simply connect the dongle to your iPod nano dock and then link it up to the TV with the included RCA/phono cable for instant results.
Incorporating a new authentication chip from Apple that allows video (both recorded and downloaded), photos and movies to be played directly from the more recent iPod models. Older video connectivity solutions are not compatible with the newer iPod models for this reason.
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How tech has become cool, says Superbrands
No surprises that the iPhone was voted coolest and most desirable brand in Britain, according to the CoolBrands annual survey announced yesterday. But what is surprising is just how far tech has come in terms of being seen as desirable.
Of the top 10 brands named in the list, all but one are from the world of tech including Blackberry, YouTube, Bang and Olufsen, Playstation, Nintendo as well as obviously Apple, the iPod and the iPhone. Aston Martin, last year’s number 1, slipped one place to number 2, while the next highest non-tech entries are, bizarrely, Tate Modern (12), Dom Perignon (13), Virgin Atlantic (14) and Ferrari (15).
Bad news for Facebook which dropped out the top 20 and Twitter which failed to make the top 20 but is listed in the top. Good news for the BBC iPlayer which is a new entry at Number 20.
Cool Brands 2009/2010
AQA's sex survey reveals just how legless its users really are
I must admit I can’t think of a single reason why you would use a texting service like AQA 63336 – unless that is you are really, really shit-faced and fancy a giggle at the answer they come up with (though I think there are cheaper ways of having fun personally).
So to find out that people are texting in asking if eating a polo mint prevents you from getting pregnant or if eating a banana helps you maintain an erection doesn’t really surprise me. Apparently, according to the press release, AQA 63336 (no, I have no idea what the numbers stand for either, though I’m sure it’s significant), ‘researchers’ have found that half of the sex-related queries it receives come between 9pm and 2am. No shit, Sherlock. Honestly I would be worried for the state of the nation if they were during the 9am and 2pm unless the survey was carried out among students, that is.
Even more revelationary is that the with the most popular time to ask
questions about sex is 12.37am. And that 60% of these sex texts to AQA
63336 come from men – wow you don’t say. So you see, as I said pissed blokes.
Microsoft's secret 'pink phone' unveiled by Gizmodo
Over at Gizmodo there are pictures of what it claims are two of Microsoft’s ‘Pink’ phones. No that’s not the colour of the phone, it’s the secret code name. Well, not so secret anymore – but we wonder how long the pictures will remain there before someone at Microsoft asks them, and now us, to remove them.
The fact that Microsoft has been working on a phone to rival the iPhone has been widely reported for the last few months. The idea is that the handset would be based on the Zune and would have its own app store. How very original.
Pictured are two of Microsoft’s ‘pink’ phones, codenamed “Turtle” and “Pure”.
One of the pictured devices (The Turtle) resembles the chubby, ovoid, Palm Pre while the Pure – which looks more like an HTC device – comes with a keyboard and a decent-looking screen.
Vodafone 360 adds Facebook/Windows Live Messenger connectivity
From Vodafone comes a new suite of internet services for mobile phone and PC that will enable users to access communities, entertainment and personal favourites (music, games, photos and videos etc.) all in one place.
Similar to services already offered by other mobile phone operators, such as Orange’s Social Life package, Vodafone 360 works across a range of mobile phones, including the new, exclusive Vodafone 360 phones and syncs automatically with your PC.
At its heart, Vodafone 360 offers a personal address book – Vodafone People – which brings together all your contacts from the mobile phone, social networks and other internet accounts. At launch Vodafone 360 will work with Facebook, Windows Live Messager and Google Talk. It will also soon be compatible with Twitter, Hyves and studiVZ.
Two tailor-made Vodafone 360 mobile handsets, manufactured by Samsung, have been designed to give the best customer experience of the services including the unique 3D contacts display, driven by Vodafone’s ‘proximity algorithm’ which brings the most frequently contacted people closer to the front.
The Vodafone 360 H1 by Samsung boasts a 3.5inch multi-touch, high definition OLED screen, 16GB memory, WiFi, a maximum talk time of over 400 minutes (3G) and a 5 megapixel camera. It will be followed shortly by a second Samsung handset, offering customers a range of colours and price points.
At launch four Nokia Symbian smartphones will also come pre-loaded with Vodafone 360 and part or all of the service will be available to over one hundred popular phones via download.
At its heart Vodafone 360 has the most personal address book available, bringing together all of the contacts from the mobile phone, social networks and other internet accounts. It works across a range of mobile phones, including the new, exclusive Vodafone 360 phones, and synchs automatically with the PC
The 2009 launch in Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the UK will be followed by launches in a number of other countries in 2010, including India, Turkey, South Africa, New Zealand and Romania and in France through SFR. through MTS in Russia, and through Vodafone Hutchison Australia.
