Nokia are one of the biggest mobile phone manufacturers. They serve us up some real goodies from time to time. When something hits the market, that works so well and elegantly, a classic is born. Well, their latest 'classic' offering it the Nokia 6700. Check out the video review to see just what this handset delivers.
Product: Nokia 6700 Classic
Price: £219 (sim free)
Supplied by: Nokia UK
Contact: 0800 331 6021
Elgato produce some fantastic products for the Mac. None more so than the time saving Elgato turbo .264 HD. This tiny device speeds up your video processing and makes the whole affair a lot more enjoyable.
Product: Elgato turbo .264 HD Video Encoder
Price: £130 (average)
Supplied by: Elgato Europe
Contact: europesales@elgato.com
A classy mobile phone from HTC here, running Windows Mobile. Check out the video review to see what features it delivers.
Product: HTC Touch Diamond 2
Price: £315 (sim free average price)
Suplied by: HTC
Contact: +44 (0) 1753218960
As promised here is the unboxing video and full review of the Canon SX200 IS digital camera. There are also some sample images taken with the camera below the videos. Enjoy!
It will come as no surprise that I upgraded to the latest OS offering from Apple. In the last couple of weeks using Snow Leopard it has been a mixed bag. 95% of it is all very good. On the odd occasion Quicktime X does not work as I would want it to. Then there is something wrong with perhaps a memory leak, as I get lots of spinning beach balls and hangs. There is also a font issue with Quark Xpress and postscript type 1 fonts. Apart from that (which I can put up with) it is all pretty snappy and good. Below are a series of videos that I produced, covering some of the main new features.
Quick Look - The Finder in Apple's Snow Leopard OS
Quick Look - Dock Exposé in Apple's Snow Leopard OS
Quick Look - Stacks in Apple's Snow Leopard OS
Quick Look - QuickTime 10 Player in Apple's Snow Leopard OS
If you are remotely interested in photography then it is likely you will have a digital camera. However, if you have been in the game for a while, you may even have a album or two, or maybe even a shoebox with some real photographs. You remember, the ones that are paper, that you hold. Well, if you want to bring them into the digital age, you could do a lot worse than the Epson Perfection V500 Photo scanner. Check out my review below and also check out TestFreaks which scored this scanner 7.6/10.
The Sony Cybershot DSC-WX1 offers so much on the feature list. You get a very compact camera, with a 10.2 megapixel sensor. Excellent lens with a 5x optical zoom. Plus features like high definition movie capture and smile detection. However, problems with 16GB memory sticks and noise whilst zooming will not do it any favours. Check out the two videos below, followed by some gallery photos taken with the camera.
Images showing photo taken at widest angle 24mm, then zoomed right in at 5x. Final panoramic photo was taken using the Sweep Panorama feature.
Gotta get the slim thing on with Sony this year, with their release of the PS3 Slim. It seems that they love making ground breaking technology, then making us spend again when they launch a slimmer and better version. Check out my unboxing and comparison between this new Slim model and the original PS3.
I love my music, I love my iPod, but when I am out-and-about sharing my music is often a problem. The X-Mini II is an innovative speaker, that looks as good as it sounds. Check out the video review below.
Product: X-Mini II Speaker
Price: £18.99 (average UK)
Supplied by: XMI PTE Limited
Contact: Click here
Improve your word power with this superb application. 'Word Scramble' by Zynga is free on the iPhone & iPod touch.
Apple's Mac OS does a pretty good job of defragmenting files. However, if you do a lot of work that involves moving files around, then defragging your hard disk from time to time is a great idea. Check out the review below of iDefrag from Coriolis Systems.
Product: iDefrag
Price: £22.94
Supplied by: Coriolis Systems
Contact: +44 207 043 8217
If you need the most powerful Apple Mac money can buy, for high end video or graphics work, then this is your only real choice. Check out the unboxing video and hard drive installation video below.
Fancy a new look and User Interface for your Android mobile phone. Check out my review of FreshFace running on the HTC Magic.
If you need to find your way from A-to-B without spending your hard earned cash on the likes of a TomTom this could be up your street. CoPilot Live is available for many different mobile devices. Here I take a look at version 8 for Android based mobile phones.
Product: CoPilot Live 8 for Android
Supplied by: ALK Technologies
Contact: eusales@alk.eu.com
If you love your music, get unlimited tunes with this special edition of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. This music blasting mobile phone is now even better value for money with this deal.
Product: Nokia 5800 Comes with Music Edition Mobile Phone
Price: £299
Supplied by: Nokia UK
Contact: 0800 331 6021
Light up your world with this ultra-tough and mega-bright flashlight from Fenix.
Product: Fenix LD20 FLashlight
Price: £44.95
Supplied by: The Photon Shop
Contact: 02920 407203
If you need to keep your devices charged whilst out-and-about, this could be a very cool solution. The high capacity battery really could keep your iPhone, iPod, or mobile phone, going for a long time. Check out the video review.
Product: Proporta USB TurboCharger 3400
Price: £34.95
Supplied by: Proporta UK
Contact: +44 (0) 845 123 2848
In-ear earphones are all well and good, but some people prefer cans that sit on the outer of the ear. For me the Sennheiser HD 228 headphones are ultimately comfortable. They look the part too. Check out the video review below.
Product: Sennheiser HD 228 Headphones
Price: £31 (average)
Supplied by: Sennheiser UK
Contact: +44 (0)1494 551551
With Apple's latest MacBook Pro's, heat is less of an issue. However, working comfortably at the right angle is essential. This is one of the more stylish laptop cooling stands I have used. Check out the video review below.
Product: Macally Ecofan Pro
Price: £29 (expected)
Supplied by: Macally Europe
Contact: + 31 24 373 14 10
Looking for an alternative to the iPhone? Well, this Google Android powered handset could be for you. Check out my review of the HTC Magic... this was a keeper for me and is my current mobile phone. With so many mobiles phones on the market, the fact that I chose to keep this one is a real accolade.
Part two of the video covers the camera, Android Market and YouTube. You can view this second part here.
Product: HTC Magic
Price: £289.99
Supplied by: Etechex Ltd