1st October 2007 Archive

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Epsionage gadgets spied online

Keep it under your hat

The kind of gadgets created by Q in the James Bond films are coming to consumers. Online retailer Brando has begun selling devices for listening in on and blocking other people's telephone calls, helping every wannabe 007 get a little closer to MI5. Sim Card Spy Ear: the phone that listens in Slot your SIM card into the …

Gadgets and Gizmos 1 Oct 2007, 08:07
MS makes, sells 65nm 'Falcon' Xbox 360s

Cure for the Red Ring of Death?

Microsoft has begun selling Xbox 360 consoles equipped with 65nm chips - parts that pump out less heat than the 90nm silicon found in older 360s - according to buyers who've been poking around inside their new machines. MS' 65nm Xbox: the new heatsink, as shot by JWSpeed The first 65nm consoles? The Halo 3 limited edition …

Consoles 1 Oct 2007, 08:50
Nvidia ready to roll 'tri SLI'

Three-card trick

When Nvidia launched its nForce 680i SLI chipset in October 2006, some boards based on the part were seen to sport three PCI Express x16 graphics card slots. A year on, it now seems that Nvidia may at least be ready to release three-way SLI on the world. A confidential Nvidia presentation slide posted last week by Chinese- …

Bits 'n' Chips 1 Oct 2007, 09:21
Vertu motors in with £12,600 mobile phone

Limited supply

If you're looking for a handset with more bling than the iPhone then consider Vertu's latest creation. Its ultra-exclusive Ascent Ferrari 60 phone costs €18,000 (£12,600/$25,530) and has been designed to celebrate the sportscar company's 60th anniversary. Vertu's Ferrari 60: worth the price? The back of the handset is …

Phones 1 Oct 2007, 10:50
Koreans promise WiMax gaming handheld for Xmas

Coming soon to a basestation near you?

A Korean manufacturer has created a WiMax-compatible games console which it claimed is the world's first online games console. Perhaps it forgot about both the Sony PSP and the Nintendo DS... Ppsbro's G100: no WiMax? Try Wi-Fi or Bluetooth The G100 will use the 2.3GHz and 2.5GHz bands when it's released later this year, …

Phones 1 Oct 2007, 11:00
LG KG271 and KG275 budget phones

Review Two not-half-bad cut-price handsets. But when will the UK see them?

We at Register Hardware were enthusiastic fans of Motorola's Motofone F3 - reviewed here. The very simplicity and purity of design seemed to us altogether worthy and estimable. Rather like the Mini - Sir Alex Issigonis' 1959 classic, not the BMW ersatz retro foisted on us today - the very lack of frill and fancy seemed possessed …

Phones 1 Oct 2007, 11:02
HTC adds real, virtual keypads to second-gen Touch

3G Touch Dual launched

HTC has introduced a version its Touch smartphone - reviewed here - this time with the company's trademark slide-down keypad. HTC's Touch Dual: slide-out keypad on board The Touch Dual sports the regular Touch's finger-operated user interface, updated with a full-size soft keyboard to augment the mobile phone-style keypad …

Phones 1 Oct 2007, 12:20
BenQ touts 3G-less Window Mobile 6 smartphone

Not the smartest smartphone

BenQ has taken the wraps off its latest phone. The E72 opts for quad-band GSM/GPRS/Edge connectivity instead of 3G but it can connect you to five instant messaging networks. E72: entry-level Windows Mobile BenQ's chosen to bundle multoi-network IM client Mundu, which connects the E72 to Yahoo!, Google, ICQ and AOL. The …

Phones 1 Oct 2007, 13:58
HTC names Windows Vista handheld release date

Get a Shift on

HTC will release the long-promised Windows Vista-running Shift sub-notebook in Europe and beyond during November, the company said today. The same timeframe will also see the arrival of the follow-up to the S710 Qwerty slider phone. HTC's Shift: very small, still runs Vista HTC unveiled the Shift way back in March this …

Phones 1 Oct 2007, 14:04
Sony Ericsson, Vodafone to offer Havanas for Xmas

One new phone and two re-sprays

Sony Ericsson has become all chummy with Vodafone. It's created a Havana range exclusively for the network provider, which includes the launch of its new V640i phone and re-sprays of the Walkman W880i and W910i handsets. Sony Ericsson/Vodafone's Havana V640i (left) and Havana W910i Walkman In addition to HSDPA 3G, the …

Phones 1 Oct 2007, 14:49
Sony talks up 'world's first' OLED TV

Small screen, very big price tag

Sony demo'd a series of OLED-based TVs at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this past January. Today, it said one of them go on sale on 1 December - the first ever commercial OLED TV, the company claimed. Sony's XEL-1: million-to-one contrast ratio Dubbed the XEL-1, the 11in screen contains a display panel that's …

HD 1 Oct 2007, 15:25
Which NAS box is best?

I'm after a NAS box to use at home but I'm confused by all the options out there and can't figure out if there is one that actually meets all my needs... Here's what I'm looking for: 500GB, expandable via USB port(s). Print server. Secure access via the interweb so I can share contents with friends & family in far away …

Q&A 1 Oct 2007, 16:28