16th March 2007 Archive

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Mio marches on with new GPS launches

CeBIT Four new personal navigation products announced

Three products in the new range - the C320, C520 and C520t - feature a 4.3in widescreen display and split-screen view, while the entry-level C220 retains a standard 3.5in screen. All four products feature the MioMap 3 software, in addition to speed camera alerts and 20 channel SiRFstarIII GPS receiver. The 2cm-deep …

Gadgets and Gizmos 16 Mar 2007, 10:27
CeBIT Acer sends mini PC into the living room

Acer is to offer a living room-friendly version of its business-oriented mini PC, the Veriton 1000, the manufacturer revealed today. The standard Veriton is a compact, slimline system designed for call-centre desks and the like. But an Aspire-branded version with the management features swapped out for consumer-targeted …

PCs 16 Mar 2007, 10:50
iLuv woos with DVD-playing add-on screen for iPod

iLuv wants you iPod owners to open your heart to its i1055, a gadget that transforms Apple's icon music player into a big-screen portable movie viewer. No videos on your iPod? Don't worry, the i1055 is a DVD player too. The i1055's display is a full seven-incher, placed alongside the unit's controls. The iPod docks …

Media players 16 Mar 2007, 11:11
Rock rolls out Meivo VoD HD TV

Vista inside

We've heard of big-screen PCs with built-in TV tuners, but here's an attempt to do it the other way round. Notebook specialist Rock has put the PC into the TV, and is pitching the hybrid as a handy way to view web-sourced video-on-demand content. Meivo clips a Core 2 Duo-based Windows Vista computer on the back of a 22in, 1, …

HD 16 Mar 2007, 12:01
Ubiquio 701 ultra-mobile PC

Review The UMPC finally beats the laptop?

It's almost a year since Intel and Microsoft launched the Ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) as a new category of handheld computer. Chip maker VIA touted an early reference design, but its offering was quickly eclipsed by Samsung's Q1 UMPC. But the VIA machines didn't disappear entirely and has now popped up again, this time as the Ubiquio …

PCs 16 Mar 2007, 12:02
Readers win with Reg Hardware

Last week, Register Hardware offered its readers the chance to win a Nokia E65 smart phone... We've already announced two of the winners - Philip Taylor and Sanjit Sousa. They'll be receiving their E65s shortly. So too will Wednesday's winner, Dave Hayzen-Smith, along with Hans-Ulrich Kuhn and Jenny Price, whose names came …

Phones 16 Mar 2007, 12:16