Tag: philips
Opinion: Digital photo frames, are they really worth the cash?
Now Sony has entered the er, frame, in manufacturing digital photo frames, the Editor-in-Chief posed the question of does this now mean they are serious bits of techno kit.
Well, with so many on sale now, ranging from the £50 cheap to the £200 expensive, they have – in recent months – become best-sellers on many high streets. In fact, recent sales figures show more than a MILLION of them were sold last year…
CES 2008: The Philips Streamium, now with internet radio
An updated Philips Streamium has been revealed at CES, with the added extra of internet radio. So now not only can you rip music and stream it around your house, you can also pick up obscure radio channels and play them to your neighbours too. Susi shows off the kit below…
CES 2008: Video Diary – Panasonic and Philips at CES
We’ve been rolling out the news stories, but if you don’t quite have the time to trawl through all the new product releases, then this…
Philips' Xenium 9@9 mobile phone has a battery life of two months, apparently
We’ve all been there, on a night out, when your mobile phone dies right as you’re trying to phone for a taxi. You can try and carry around a gizmo like Proporta’s emergency charger, but what are the odds you’ll remember to charge that up? The only reasonable answer lies with Philips.
They’ve developed a confusingly-named Xenium 9@9 mobile, which has TWO MONTHS OF BATTERY LIFE. That…
Top 5 Gadget Sparklers for Bonfire Night
Remember, remember the 5th of the November – that's how the saying goes. Now Guy Fawkes, there was a man who knew a thing or too about making a statement. If only he'd have done it with his gadgets though and shown off his status with some bling, rather than trying to blow up the Houses of Parliament.
So, as it's Firework Night today, what better way to mark it than with five top sparklers from the techno-world. Unfortunately, not all of them can be waved around in the air and they don't make pretty colours in the smoke, but with gold and crystals on them, each one definitely costs more than a penny for the guy…
Shiny Video Preview: Philips' dynamic, eco-friendly mood lighting for the office
Still at the Philips Simplicity event, Hippyshopper Editor Abi checks out their dynamic lighting, which can be adjusted to mimic daylight, create a more intimate, relaxed ambiance or promote concentration. It’s made from eco-friendly technology, as it relies on a modernised…
Philips launches SPD5130 1TB hard drive with fast eSATA interface
Philips has announced the availability of its SPD5130 hard drive, boasting a massive one terabyte of storage and able to connect to a computer using either USB 2.0 or the new eSATA interface. eSATA is around six times faster…
Shiny Preview: The Philips concept bench. Seriously.
If it’s not pinned down, Philips will stick some colour changing LEDs on it. So concludes Katie, who checked out this cardboard concept park that Philips had created at their annual Sense and Simplicity event. Check…
Shiny Preview: Philips cheap/luxurious/confusing hotel rooms
We had to retire Shiny Katie the other day, since she went to the Philips Sense and Simplicity concept show Tuesday morning. It comes round but once a year, but she never fails to be completely mesmerised by the whole experience and end up a quivering wreck at the sheer conceptness of it all.
In this video, she looks at the Philips hotel room, which is actually due to see a real life unveiling at several airports around the world including Schipol in The Netherlands. It’s a kind of European…
Philips intros SA9345 portable media player
Philips has released its compact SA9345 flash MP4 player, capable of playing MP3 and WMA audio, 320×240 resolution WMV9 video at up to 30fps, and other video formats using the supplied converter software. It's 9cm long, weighs 48g, and has…
