17th May 2007 Archive

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'Media monster' Motorola mobile hits UK

World's first 'kick-slider' phone

Motorola came to London yesterday - part of a world tour taking in stops in New York and Bangkok - to demo and announce the UK availability of the all-singing, all-dancing Z8 - first seen at the 3GSM show, as we reported in February. A quite frankly unbelievable list of specs and features include video capture and playback …

Phones 17 May 2007, 08:02
Acer debuts ProFile pro-laptop look

Looks tough, weighs next to nowt

Acer not only sketched out its plans for new look "nature-inspired" consumer-oriented notebooks this week, it also drew attention to its new-style "ProFile" business machines, the first if which is the ultra-portable TravelMate 6292. According to Acer, the ProFile design brings to mind the words "concrete, protective and …

PCs 17 May 2007, 09:02
Consumers more excited by GPS than mobile TV

Not getting lost more important than Lost

Mobile TV is getting a lukewarm reception among consumers, with more mobile users expressing an interest in getting their phone kitted out with GPS technology. According to Canalys' new consumer mobility survey, some 51 per cent of those surveyed in Europe said they were interested in mobile TV - as long as there was a …

GPS and Satnav 17 May 2007, 09:14
Capcom uploads DirectX 10 game demo

DirectX 10 games may be very thin on the ground - let's be honest, they're non-existent - but at least you can try a demo. Capcom has released a sample version of Lost Planet: Extreme Condition for folk who've bought an Nvidia GeForce 8-series processor. The title's a port from the Xbox 360 games console - which ironically …

Bits 'n' Chips 17 May 2007, 10:12
Samsung shouts up 'first' 8GB MicroSD card

Need a high-capacity MicroSD card for your phone? Samsung today slipped out what it claims is the world's first card of that kind with a capacity of 8GB - big enough for five DVD-quality movies. Unwilling to stop quoting big numbers, Samsung also said the card has a peak read speed of 16MBps, falling to 6MBps when data is …

Storage 17 May 2007, 10:37
Freeloader portable solar energy charger

Review One thing to fuel them all...

The temperamental English weather makes testing a portable solar charger like the Freeloader a tad difficult. Luckily, we were able to grab a day or two of glorious sunshine before the heavens opened and the onslaught of April showers began... in May. Yup, it's all change up there in the atmosphere and as the world warms up, you …

Gadgets 17 May 2007, 11:08
Alba outs ultra-budget Freeview DVD recorder

Why take a DVD recorder and a Freeview set-top box into the living room, when you need only take one? And Alba's DVD382STB will only set you back sixty quid, too. The bugdet consumer electronics company's slimline machine handles all the usual CD and DVD formats for recording and playback, and it's got an on-board digital …

Media players 17 May 2007, 11:36
Updated LG takes a Shine to touchy-feely music player

LG will next month bring its Shine-like digital music player, the Touch Me, to UK consumers looking for an iPod alternative. The name comes from the gagdet's 2.4in touch-sensitive display. The player packs in 2 or 4GB of Flash storage ready for MP3, WMA and Ogg tracks; JPEG piccies; and MPEG 4 and WMV 9 videos - all played …

Media players 17 May 2007, 13:59
Metal Gear Solid 4 delayed until 2008?

No Snake in the grass this year

Arguably the game that the PlayStation was made for and certainly the most eagerly-awaited game for the PS3, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots has apparently had it's release date pushed back to next year. Reports allegedly from major US games retailer EB Games have now indicated a March 2008 release. That claim comes …

Consoles 17 May 2007, 15:40
Fujitsu LifeBook FMV-U8240 ultra-mobile PC

Hands-on preview Miniaturisation gone mad?

Japan continues to live up to its reputation for miniaturisation. This week, Fujitsu unveiled a family of small PCs, sized only slightly larger than a hefty PDA, known as the U Series, where the U is taken from Ultra-mobile PC. Aimed at the corporate user on the go, the unhandily named FMV-U8240 features a desktop operating …

PCs 17 May 2007, 16:32
Gates predicts death of the office phone

Video for Office users

Bill Gates has been banging the communications convergence and new media drum for business leaders, telling chief executives the PC is the phone of the future. Opening his company's annual CEO Summit at the Redmond, Washington, campus Gates envisioned the death of the desktop phone, as PCs take on phone-like functionality and …

PCs 17 May 2007, 19:29