Tag: Wifi
Slacker G2 – properly personal radio on the move
Okay, close your eyes and relax your mind. Think about nothing – just a grey backdrop. Now allow an MP3 player of your choice to float in. iPod, Zune, whatever. Doesn’t matter. Now, from the other direction, float in Last.fm, or Pandora, or any other personalised radio service. Allow yourself to get a little cross-eyed as the two objects merge in your head and you visualize a portable device that streams a mix of songs to you based on your listening habits – your likes and dislikes.
Remember when iPods just played music? Apple rumoured to be working on new iPod Touch and Nano
The relentless onwards march of technology looks set to continue apace as rumours have surfaced about the next iPods – an upgraded iPod Touch and Nano…
The Tech Chair deck chair looks ill-equipped for British summers
Experts from the computer retailer PC World have created this concept of a new breed sun longer; one designed for the modern gadget-dependent consumer.
Chrysler plans to make cars into wireless 'hotspots'
Car manufacturer Chrysler is unveiling a new system that will transform its vehicles from mere petrol-guzzling modes of transport into the internet hotspots of the road.
3G/WiFi combo ADSL/dongle router by Billion
The idea behind Billion’s wireless router that works on ADSL and 3G…
mycloud: The Cloud launch a simpler solution to mobile WiFi access
UK WiFi providers The Cloud have announced a new social networking-come-internet access service today imaginatively titled “mycloud”…
Bluetooth & touchscreen unlikley in the standard PMP of the future – so say iSuppli
Figure 2.0 (that’s the graph above but I’m trying to sound all matho-analytical about it – just play along) Figure 2.0 shows the projections for the trends in the portable media player market…
Shiny Video Preview: Archos GPS In-Car holder
Announced two days ago, the GPS In-Car holder from Archos has been given the once-over treatment from Zara. Have a look…
Fancy streaming web TV and radio on your Archos PMP? Or downloading porn? Now you can…
In addition to yesterday’s In-Car Holder GPS unit for the 605 WiFi, Archos announced a couple of other additions to their popular PMP, including a firmware update allowing for Adobe Flash Player 9 support, Windows Media Video 9 compatibility, a plug-in enabling access to Web TV shows and radio stations, an update to Archos TV+, and a content distribution deal with Paramount Pictures and Deutsche Welle. Phew!
Touting their 605 WiFi and 705 WiFi models as being the market’s only PMP supporting Adobe Flash Player 9, the upgrade for both that and WMV 9 can be downloaded for free if you already own one, however if you buy one now, you’ll find it’s automatically loaded with the update. These two supported…
Archos announces GPS In-Car Holder for the 605 WiFi PMP
Archos is holding a launch event in London this afternoon, however I think we’ve discovered ahead of time what they’re announcing, due to all the US blogs reporting on…the new GPS In-Car Holder for the 605 WiFi!
You may remember the 605 WiFi is the PMP that wowed Gary and I in our video group test the other week. Archos’ new GPS In-Car Holder enables you to connect the PMP to your car windscreen, and update you on GPS information, including…
