Today (09/05/08) just happens to be the event of my wife’s birthday – (Happy Birthday, Sam) – and it also just so happens that she got to unbox her new Wii Fit this very morning, so it seems apt that, in an all too transparent bid to all to chisel …

Samsung’s VM-HMX20 1080p HD camcorder, which was showcased in prototype form at this years CES event in Las Vegas, and is capable of not only capturing 1080p HD video footage but doing so at up to an astounding 300fps, has had its South Korean launch announced.

Just when you think you’ve seen it all as far as external hard drive colour schemes are concerned along comes this camouflaged portable hard drive from Iomega, known as the Camo eGo, which, apart from sporting a somewhat distinctive colour scheme offers Drop Guard protection and 250MB of storage capacity.

Onda have taken the wraps off their new VX777 Portable Media Player which appears to be a revision of their VX767 PMP that, whilst aesthetically indistinguishable from its stable mate – which, when a PMP looks this good, is no bad thing – is billed as offering integrated WiFi and …

Having just unveiled its new range of 2008 Elite KURO Plasma HDTVs and Elite Signature Series HD monitors, Pioneer obviously decided that we could use a little more HD goodness in also announcing four new Elite A/V Receivers which, apart from complimenting the aforementioned HDTV and monitors beautifully, offer HD …

Pioneer have officially announced their new, second generation of KURO displays, known as the 2008 KURO range, which, apart from sporting black levels five times deeper than achieved by KURO models, also feature Optimum Mode technology serving to dynamically adjust screen brightness according to ambient lighting conditions so as to …

TomTom has announced that five models from its new flagship Go Series x30 range of satnavs, successors to TomTom’s GO x20 range, have just been made available in the UK - namely the GO 930 Traffic, GO 730, GO 730 Traffic, GO 530 and Go 530 Traffic - boasting features …

Whilst the price of hard disk drives, whether internal or external, is getting ever cheaper, there are those who may wish to burn data – such as presentations, for example - directly onto optical disks to allow for ease of dissemination, hence the need for highly portable optical disc burners …

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies have now begun to ship their new ‘4th Generation’ 7,200rpm TravelStar 7K320 notebook hard disk which, apart from offering up 60% higher capacity than previous models and optional Bulk Data Encryption, also uses 22% less power (thus draining your battery less) and, according to Hitachi’s press …

Dell have announced that, thanks to a collaboration with Brooklyn based artist Mike Ming, their Inspiration 1525 laptops are now available with exclusive artwork adorning the laptop covers resulting in what Dell describe as ‘a fluid, graffiti-inspired tattoo effect that lets style pioneers add another level of individuality to everyday …

We’ve featured a fair few gadget chargers and portable emergency power supplies here on TFTS but few have been quite as distinctive or as low tech as this wholly unpretentious (read as ‘naff’) contraption from China that, rather than harnessing the sun’s rays or wind power for a free juice …