Sony’s SRS-DB500 has a smart looking subwoofer. It looks huge, but is actually fairly light. The illuminated dial on the front isn’t just for show – it grows brighter the more you boost the bass, treble or volume using either the knobs on the subwoofer itself or on the wireless remote control. Do you interest [...]
Touch screen phones combining a QWERTY keyboard are becoming more common nowadays. This offers consumers a wider range of capabilities which appeal to text messengers. The LG Vu has been around for quite some time now on AT&T’s lineup which gave the Prada-like appeal to U.S. consumers. Building upon the success of the Vu, the [...]
The LG KG800 Chocolate has one large colour screen. Its menus are simply designed, and far less garish than those of many other phones here. It has a 1.3-megapixel camera with an LED light for taking pictures in darkness. It’s particularly easy to get photos on to your computer, as the KG800 works as a [...]
Dell’s Studio 1558 is a sturdy and attractive laptop with a 15.6in widescreen display. We were very taken by the rubber-textured metallic aubergine finish on the lid. Inside, it is more restrained, with a black bezel around the screen and a silver wrist rest. Unlike most of the 15.6in laptops we’ve seen recently, the Studio [...]
EyeSpy247 is an online security monitoring service that takes the hassle out of configuring and viewing your IP security camera over the internet. The EyeSpy247PTZ camera is designed to seamlessly integrate with this web-based monitoring system. It’s intended for indoor security use, and isn’t toughened for exposure to the elements. You can set this gadget [...]
The appearance of Seagate Freeagent Go series of portable USB hard disks hasn’t changed much since we last saw one a year ago. The 500GB model still has the same slender grey and white appearance of its processors with a spiral pattern at the front which lights up and acts as an activity indicator. Build [...]
Amazon’s Kindle, which has proved popular in the US, is finally available in the UK. It doesn’t look like other eBook readers, with a keyboard below the display, but more importantly it has a built-in 3G modem that hooks straight into Amazon’s Kindle Store. The mobile connection enables you to buy books, newspapers and magazines. [...]
The iRiver S10-2GB is one of smallest players in this group, and the only tiny player with a full-colour screen.This covers most of the player’s face, and can be clicked in four directions to navigate the menu system. Volume and power controls are on the sides of the player, while other functions, such as deleting [...]
Garmin’s nuvi 660 is a top-of-the-range satellite navigation system, and includes full UK and European maps. Garmin Nuvi 660 has a great screen and some useful extras, but it’s very expensive and its navigation software isn’t as comprehensive as the Navman N60i’s. The nuvi 660 is perfect for showing off, but the Navman N60i is [...]
Canon’s feature-packed Pixma MP640 has both wired and wireless networking, memory card slots, a CD-printing tray, two 150-sheet paper trays and an automatic duplexer. Occasionally, the MP640 took a half-minute pause for maintenance. Otherwise, it performed respectably in our tests, even though it’s not the fastest around. Print costs are lower than average for an [...]
