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9th March 2006 Archive

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  • Benq intros GPS-enabled Wi-Fi smart phone

    CeBIT P50 updated for Siemens era

    BenQ Mobile has launched the follow-up to its long-touted yet only recently shipped P50 QWERTY keypad-equipped smart phone. Due to ship in July, the P51 adds GPS satellite navigation to the package and bumps the built-in WLAN support to 802.11g. The P51's spec largely matches that of the P50 with minor tweaks - it now has the …

    Phones 9 Mar 2006, 10:30

  • Panasonic points to Autumn Euro Blu-ray debut

    CeBIT Makes blank BD media pitch too

    Panasonic will ship its first Blu-ray Disc player in Europe in the Autumn, the consumer electronics giant said today, providing a timeframe for the next-generation optical disc format's roll-out in the Old World. It also announced single- and dual-layer recordable and rewriteable blank BD media, all designed to work with 2x …

    HD 9 Mar 2006, 12:21

  • Panasonic preps 4GB SD HC card

    CeBIT Based on SD 2.0 spec

    Panasonic will this Summer ship a 4GB SD card which will meet the SD High Capacity (SDHC) specification - also known as the SD 2.0 standard - which paves the way for cards capable of holding up to 32GB of information. You can already get 4GB SD cards based on the 1.1 spec, of course, but for the new version it's a start. SD 2 …

    Storage 9 Mar 2006, 12:43

  • Fujitsu Siemens dangles wireless lappy for €1

    CeBIT Strings attached, naturally

    T-Mobile has teamed with Fujitsu Siemens to sell a UMTS/HSDPA notebook for €1 for customers prepared to tie themselves into a two-year data plan. The service is initially restricted to Germany, though the companies are pondering a wider rollout, and Fujitsu is talking to other potential partners, including Vodafone in the UK …

    PCs 9 Mar 2006, 13:15

  • Samsung readies 10mp, satellite TV phone

    CeBIT SCh-B600 does it all

    Samsung today unveiled its first ten megapixel camera phone, pledging to ship the handset in Q2 - in plenty of time to pick up World Cup broadcasts on the device's built-in digital satellite TV tuner. The SCH-B600's hi-res camera is augmented with 3x optical zoom and a flash - a spec akin to many compact digital cameras. …

    Phones 9 Mar 2006, 13:34

  • Logitech Cordless Desktop S530 for Mac

    First UK Review Something for your Mini, sir?

    It's been some years since I used a desktop Mac so as a PowerBook user, I've grown accustomed to working on a flat keyboard without the benefits of a numeric pad and a full array of function keys. Having used Logitech's new wireless S530 keyboard and mouse combo, however, which not only granted me the freedom to sit back from …

    Gadgets 9 Mar 2006, 14:02

  • Not CeBIT

    Tech Digest Sod the techie stuff - the iPod shower system is fun!

    Not fussed about the CeBIT techfest? Well, here are some fluffy and friendly gadgets - courtesy of Shiny - that you may well not see in Hannover: Fido Robot Luggage We've all experienced the joys of hauling luggage across busy streets/tube stations/airports. It's enough to put you off the whole holidaying experience (if it …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 9 Mar 2006, 15:27

  • Panasonic adds Skype to DECT cordless phone

    CeBIT Landline or VoIP - it's your choice

    Panasonic today brought a new twist to the old-fashioned cordless phone market by announcing it will ship a set of Skype-compatible handsets in the second half of the year. The phones will connect through regular DECT base-stations into the public phone service and via a broadband internet link to Skype's P2P network. The KX- …

    Phones 9 Mar 2006, 21:37

  • Apple TV: wait and sue

    Analysis Why bother with work?

    For worse, the online media market continues to fracture into the haves and the have nots - those that have partnered with Apple and those that have not. Media companies baffling the public with their ineptitude is nothing new. Apple had to drag the labels kicking and screaming to iTunes. Now, Apple has had to show the mogul …

    Media players 9 Mar 2006, 21:41