‘Technology’ Archives
Looking for a half decent cheap phone : NOKIA!!!
Yes that’s right Espoo revealed yesterday 3 half decent phones that are very friendly on the old pocket so if you’re a scrooge or just don’t want a top of the range phone then look here. What they have revealed are the E5(cheaper version of the popular E72), the C6 (an N-series-esque slider)and the C3(a super cheap Blackberry style messaging [...]
Another Sony Walkman W250 : Washable!
Sony also announced this little gym friendly Walkman the W250 designed to take the full force of gym sweat(ewww) by being splash proof and rinse proof. Like last-years W-series releases, the W250 has that all in one wireless design where the body clips together in the middle when not in use and when in use the walkman splits and each half [...]
Sony Walkman A845
The Sony Walkman A845 was first spotted last year and was believed to be coming our way in January. Well it has been released today and certainly looks up there to compete with the iPod touch especially if you’re an audiophile looking for a higher quality of sound that Sony can deliver. With a 2.8” OLED screen, there’s your brighter [...]
Could HTC be buying Palm
Business gurus Bloomberg announced that electronics company Palm, makers of the Palm Pre has gone up for sale and early reports suggest that Taiwanese mobile company HTC are interesting in buying the company in an attempt to strengthen its foothold in the mobile market and then hopefully challenge Apple as top dog. HTC has shown itself to [...]
Tweetle : Yes a kettle that tweets :)
Madcap designers Ben Perman and Murat Mutlu have come up with this crazy gadget obviously due to, and like most of the British public, the love of a good brew and the obsession of the internet. Put them together and you get the Tweetle. A Kettle that tweets to let you know it has boiled. Designed for office use in mind, switch the kettle on [...]
Creative Zen Style Series PMPs
We see a lot of PMPs heading to the market but are most of them any good? Creative in my mind were always top dog before Apple took over and the popularity stealing iPod broke the mainstream. Since Creative have lagged behind and haven’t seemed to push its boundaries into making an iPod conqueror. Sadly it looks like that will continue. BUT!! If [...]
LG GW620 InTouch Max : Review
The GW620 InTouch Max is LG’s first Android handset and is generally aimed at the lower end of the spectrum when it comes to smartphones, obviously dominated by the likes of iPhone or other Android’s like the Nexus One. However just because of this don’t let that put you off, this phone still packs a lot of goods for the price. Not only [...]
Dell Latitude : A Laptop for every condition
Well almost!! The Dell Latitude E6410 is a laptop designed for the adventurous types amongst us or maybe the military enthusiast. This is down to its “military grade/standard” STF 810G(“tailoring an equipment's environmental design and test limits to the conditions that it will experience throughout its service life” – thanks wikipedia). [...]
Caleb Charland’s science art
I love Caleb Charland's geeked-out photography. His work, in essence, consists of scientific experiments explored on film -- magnets, electricity, fluid dynamics -- all beautiful. My process and choice of subject matter stems from growing up in a do-it-yourself household where I learned to appreciate the power that tools and materials hold. As I [...]
New in the Maker Shed: BASIC Stamp Activity Kit
Know electronics and want to learn programming? Or know programming and want to learn electronics? Learn both side-by-side with BASIC Stamp Activity Kit! Want to make your own inventions? Learn circuit-building and programming at the same time with the BASIC Stamp microcontroller! It's a tiny on-board computer like the ones found in many [...]
