Month: August 2011
Sony's Reader Wi-Fi does what it says on the tin
Sony's new e-Reader, the Reader Wi-Fi or PRS-T1, has just been announced at IFA. Sony is dubbing it "the world's lightest e-Reader" and at a mere 168 grams no one's arguing with them just yet. As well as being light, it's super thin at 8.9mm and boasts Wi-Fi connectivity alongside the ability to borrow ebooks…
Sony Ericsson adds an upgraded Xperia smartphone – the Xperia arc S
There was a fair old buzz around Sony Ericsson's Xperia phone - especially its very impressive camera - so not surprisingly the company have chosen to update it. Due very soon is the Xperia arc S, which Sony Ericsson is billing as the fastest and most entertaining Xperia phone to date. Its key enhancements is…
Yet another iPad rival – Toshiba's AT100 Thrive hits the UK tomorrow
Fancy a non-Apple tablet? Well you are spoilt for choice now with the bargain basement HP Touchpad (if you can find one), new-ish models from Motorola and Samsung as well as an upcoming game-changing model from Amazon. Then there's also Toshiba's second roll of the Android tablet dice, the AT100 (AKA the "Thrive" to our…
Sony's HMZ-T1 3D personal viewer gets an on sale date
Some fairly exciting news for serious geeks is that the Sony Personal 3D Viewer (AKA the "HMZ-T1") will be up for sale in Japan as of November. Why is that exciting? Well check out the video, they look and sound amazing. They are equipped with two 1280x720 OLED screens (one for each eye) the visor…
IFA 2011: What we'll see and what we'd like to see
IFA in Berlin is a huge trade show that's kicking off for the press today and continuing until the 7th of September. It's an opportunity for lots of different brands from all over the globe to showcase their gadgets and there'll be a huge mix of consumer tech on display, from home appliances through to…
7 Promising Jux bloggers
This is only a list of 'promising' bloggers currently impressing our eyes on the new blogging platform Jux because it's just that, very, very new. We staged a bit of a blogging battle between Jux and Tumblr earlier in the day and Jux was, quite surprisingly, victorious. But, if you're going to start using the…
Attention Apple fanboys/girls – the iPod nano watch that just tells the time
Here's a curious one. As any iPod nano owners already know you can buy a neat little strap that enables you to wear your nano on your wrist. This however isn't good enough for Apple-obsessed Swiss/Italian company Pineapple. They think that the nano looks great on people's wrists, but they don't really need all that…
Facebook changes all kinds of settings (AGAIN)
If you log onto Facebook today, you'll probably notice the busy beavers over at Facebook HQ have added a few new features around the update status box. Now various blogs and publications have been writing about these changes over the past week (thank you All Facebook), so we were all expecting them to arrive sooner…
STOP breaking the law for a Facebook friend
Yes, Facebook is an integral part of all our lives. Yes, we're 'friends' with people we barely know. But, is it really so hard to not add everyone that we come into contact with as a friend? After all, we checked and there isn't an innate switch in our brains which hooks up directly to…
The battle of the blogs: Jux vs. Tumblr
We've already written about our love for brand new blogging platform Jux, which Ashley described last week as "Tumblr on steroids". It may well be the focus on images, the simple interface or the lovely lovely layout which has us hooked, but it's also refreshing to see a platform with such a no-nonsense attitude, as…
