Tag: video
Shiny Video Review: Samsung F700 touchscreen phone with QWERTY slider
With a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, the F700 from Samsung is like a business-minded Croix mobile, but what are Alex’s thoughts on the handset? Take a look above to discover…
VIDEO: Can you work from in the garden?
It’s the dream. The ultimate fantasy for the home-worker. Working from the garden! But is it possible? Are humans ready to emerge blinking from the office or home and work productively from our gardens?
With summer on the way, I thought I’d continue my investigative home working video series and try to find out IF you can work from in the garden. So, can you? Work? From in the garden?
Shiny Video Review: top five best camera phones reviewed, up the London Eye
The things I do to review camera phones for you lot! I’m a tad bit scared of heights, yet I just went up the famous London Eye to test five of the best models money can buy you. Featuring the Nokia N95, LG Viewty, Samsung G800, Sony Ericsson K850i and Apple iPhone, which do you think will succeed in taking the best shot of the Houses of Parliament?…
Shiny Video Review: Vye MiniV UMPC
It’s more video fun from The Susi And Katie Hour, today looking at the MiniV UMPC device from Vye.
At a sliver under £800, does the 120GB of storage capacity, 800MHz Intel A110 processor and 1GB of RAM warrant the price? Or should…
YouTube Hits: Intelligent Dance Music using sounds from Windows 98 and XP
It’s Windows Music Video time! You thought the ‘Windows 95 Sucks’ video from last Tuesday was clever? Wait until you see the video above, which has been created entirely using alert noises from Windows 98 and XP. My sources tell me Richard D. James from Aphex Twin is running scared…
Shiny Video Review: Nokia 8800 Arte Collection
Zara recently risked life and limb, when she reviewed two of the 8800 Arte Collection handsets from Nokia, one retailing for £750, the other £850. What did she think of the Vertu rivals? Check it out above…
Shiny Video Review: RIM's BlackBerry Pearl 8110
Haven’t caught wind of the new 8110 Pearl handset from BlackBerry? Well, lucky for you, our very own Katie Lee has put together a short review of the Blue Slate mobile, and pitted it against the original Pearl, which she’s already very fond of.
She also touches on the new price plans from T-Mobile, just recently announced, which include instant email for only £5 a month…
VIDEO: What's best? Working from home? Or working in the office?
Thanks to working for the very forward-thinking and modernist Shiny Media, I’m often afforded the luxury of being able to work from home.
But is it all it’s cracked up to be? Is the relaxed nature of home working beneficial, or do you end up slacking off more? Does the stricter office environment force you to work harder, or does the diversion of other people actually slow you down? What’s best? Home? Or office?
Let’s find out via a video comparison!
YouTube announces live video will be offered by end of 2008
In the video above (courtesy of the lovely Sarah Meyers from Pop17), the rumour about YouTube offering live video is confirmed, by none other than YouTube co-founder Steve Chen himself.
Chen claims it will happen in “2008. We’ll do it this year” and that “live video is just something that we’ve always wanted to do, we’ve never had the resources to do it correctly, but now with Google, we hope to actually do it this year.”
With YouTube to offer live video later in the year, that puts a lot of pressure on live-streaming platforms, such as Justin.TV, Ustream…
Shiny Video Review: Griffin Evolve wireless speakers
Opinions were split with these wireless speakers from Griffin, with Susi loving them, but Katie being quite unsure about their consistent quality. Nonetheless, if you happen to side with Susi in the video review above, pick them up for £200…