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11th July 2006 Archive

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  • Apple moving to metal iPods?

    MacBook Pro-like design?

    Apple may be planning to ship its upcoming higher-capacity iPod Nanos in iPod Mini-like metal casings, it has been claimed. The move is said to be all about making the product less susceptible to scratching and to make the line-up more colourful. The claim comes courtesy of AppleInsider, which reckons the new Nanos will be …

    Media players 11 Jul 2006, 09:22

  • Microsoft 'iPod clone' makes an appearance

    Allegedly

    Is this the face of Microsoft's alleged own-brand iPod clone? That's certainly what a number of gadget websites are claiming. It's said to be codenamed 'Argo' and to have the go-to-market name 'Zune', but there's little else that can said about it. There's not much to go on. Past rumours had said the machine has wireless …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 11 Jul 2006, 09:44

  • Pebble micro MP3 player renamed 'Oomi'

    Who, me?

    UK digital music device specialist Advanced MP3 Players has updated its tiny Pebble player, boosting the gadget's storage capacity to 2GB, adding support for DRM-protected WMA-encoded tracks and changing the name to Datasafe Oomi. The Oomi boasts a 64 x 48 blue-on-black OLED screen and a 12-hour playback duration on a …

    Media players 11 Jul 2006, 10:06

  • Seagate readies SOHO-friendly 1TB NAS box

    Shared storage

    Seagate will ship a 1TB version of its twin-drive, RAID-enabled Maxtor Shared Storage II network-attached storage (NAS) box later this month, the company announced yesterday. The box contains a pair of 500GB 7,200rpm disk drives which can be configured either as a 1TB data store or as a 500GB RAID 1 array for greater data …

    Networking and Wireless 11 Jul 2006, 10:37

  • LG, Samsung clamshells coming for O2's i-mode

    Low-end handset line-up extended

    Two more handsets - from LG and Samsung - are coming to bolster UK carrier O2's i-mode phone line-up later this month, Reg Hardware has learned. LG's offering first: its L343i is a clamshell device with a 262,144-colour screen, Bluetooth, a 300,000 pixel camera, speakerphone and tri-band network connectivity. The Samsung SGH- …

    Phones 11 Jul 2006, 10:59

  • i-Steroid 2 valve amplifier and speakers

    Review Old-style sound for your new-look iPod

    The i-Steroid promises the warm sound quality you only get with old-style valve amplification, and there, clear for all to see, plugged in and powered up is the speaker set's single valve, glowing with sheer thermionic joy. The question is, does it make a difference to the sound, or is it simply there for show? The i- …

    Media players 11 Jul 2006, 13:09