Month: August 2008
Show how much you loathe radio with the iLuv FM transmitter
Drivers fed up of listening to the same recycled dribble on the radio while cruising will love this nifty little device. Why? Because you get to make the radio your little puppet, by making it play whatever you want it to play, that's why. This basically means playing songs from your ipod through your radio.…
Shiny at IFA 2008: Samsung X360 laptop – World's Lightest title swiped from Apple
Zara got face time with the new Samsung X360 laptop, which promises to break no backs, weighing just 1.27kg. It's unclear at this point how the Samsung folk felt about Zara throwing it about to demonstrate its weightlessness...
Shiny at IFA 2008: Harman-Kardon MS100 all-in-one audio system will make your iPod look tiny
As you've probably garnered from the picture, this is one behemoth of an all-in-one audio unit. It's not as attractive as those crystal-y speakers we saw earlier from Harman-Kardon, but it does pack some serious all-in-one audio goodness. This isn't some kind of lame trick from Harman-Kardon either, attempting to dupe you into buying something…
Have your morning cuppa with a bit of bling
This isn't the first time Nespresso has brought some red carpet bling to a coffee machine. This time it's added some pink sparklers to the Essenza coffee machine and will be releasing a bunch in October to coincide with Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Moving away from Harrods to an equally plush retailer, Nespresso will be…
Shiny at IFA 2008: Harman-Kardon releases crystal skull-esque GLA-55 loudspeakers
If these speakers from Harman-Kardon were released around the same time as the latest Indiana Jones movie (you know the one with the crystal skulls), it wouldn't be too far-fetched to assume they were some kind of unsubtle movie promotion to get our asses in those cinema seats. Ok, Indiana Jones stuff aside, these strangely…
Shiny at IFA 2008: Philips shows off their 42PFL9803 42" Flat TV
Gary Cutlack writes... Get ready for this, specification fans - the Philips Flat TV features a 2ms response time and a dynamic contrast ratio of 2,000,000:1. It does this by a very technically complex fashion to do with an LED LUX system the stops light leaking. I'll let Andy from HDTV explain. He's better at…
Shiny at IFA 2008: Sony speakers only 16mm thick
So you've got your 9.9mm LCD TV from Sony - it'd be a shame to spoil it all now with some fat speakers, wouldn't it? These new speakers from Sony are just 16mm thick, and were wonderfully codenamed 'Pocky' after that delicious Japanese biscuit/chocolate/confectionery thing. Officially and less imaginatively titled the BDV-IT1000, the main control…
Shiny at IFA 2008: Gear4 end radio tuning hell with their new iPod transmitters
iPod radio transmitters come under the bracket of 'great in theory, poor in performance'. Often no matter how carefully you choose a clear frequency, the signal between the iPod and the car radio will drop out. Gear4 hope that they've rectified the problem, however, with their Follow Me technology. Now, you an set a basic…
Shiny at IFA 2008: Creative lines up three GigaWorks models for audiophiles of all kinds
Creative announced the launch of three GigaWorks speaker systems today - the GigaWorks T20 Series II, GigaWorks T40 Series II and the GigaWorks T3. Based on the huge paragraph dedicated to the T3 and the 2 lines allocated to the T20 and T40 in the press release, it's fair to say the T3 is the…
Shiny at IFA 2008: Cowon launch new touchscreen PMPs
Cowon aren't necessarily a company you go to first for media players, but they've got some lovely looking players prepared to tempt you over. Both the L3 (right) and the S9 Curve (left) are touchscreens, and the S9 features an AMOLED screen. This means an ultra thin, ultra bright screen, but with minimal power consumption,…