Shiny at IFA 2008: Shiny Preview – Sony ZX1 – the thinnest LCD ever

Sony has announced a size 0 TV here at IFA today, claiming the crown of Thinnest LCD TV At This Current Place in Time (Sharp's press conference is on now....). It's called the ZX1, and it's going to be available throughout Europe from December, although we currently don't know the price. At just 9.9mm thick…

Demi Lovato, Sennheiser and the Jonas Brothers burn it up on tour

Up until an hour ago, I'd never heard of Demi Lovato ("Demi who?"). As always, a quick trip to trusty source Wikipedia cleared all that up. I can now tell you she's an American actress, singer and songwriter who has starred in Disney movie Camp Rock alongside the Jonas Brothers. She's also due to star…

Shiny at IFA 2008: Trekstor to launch not one, not two, but three MP3 players

Trekstor call themselves 'the leading manufacturer of high quality MP3 players', but has failed to impress me in the past. This could all be about to change with the release of three brand spanking new MP3 players currently on show at IFA - the vibez Flash, i.Beat organix and i.Beat Nova. First up, the vibez…

Shiny at IFA 2008: Compositor media streamer

As the guy on the stand took great pleasure in telling me, the UK are the biggest consumer of digital photo frames. We can't get enough of that stuff. The idea behind the compositor system is that you can stream all your media - photos, videos, even DivX movies, to these photo frames, which you…

Shiny at IFA 2008: Griffin Evolve add ons and more

We loved the Griffin Evolve wireless iPod speakers when we reviewed them, and now Griffin have launched additional speakers, so you can go wireless mad. They've also released those 4 iPod charging docks, for the mentalists that own 4 iPods. *hangs head in hypocrisy*. More IFA coverage here

Pure grabs a piece of the internet radio pie

Those radio manufacturers over at Pure have been providing us with nicely designed, quality sounding radios for a while now (give or take a few ugly ducklings). The latest radio to join the group is the retro looking Evoke Flow DAB digital radio. Not only is it a rather dashing piece of radio equipment, it…

Hi-Tec say bye bye to water with ion-mask technology

This is a very strange concept to explain. On one hand it's incredibly simple, but on the other hand you have to see it to believe it. I've been lucky enough to experience it firsthand with a morning at London Aquarium testing manta-rays patience by dunking things in their pool. And what was I dunking?…

Hands-free cigarettes

If you were thinking this post is about some kind of lazy/technological way to smoke cigarettes without the use of your hands, you'd be wrong (but wouldn't that be great). It's actually about a headset shaped and decorated like a packet of Marlboro Reds. One for the smokers me thinks. It seems unlikely any non-smoker…