Archive for March, 2009 - Page 11

Scosche have released their new Scosche solCHAT solar powered Bluetooth speakerphone which, thanks to its integrated solar panel, offers handsfree functionality in a decidedly eco-friendly manner though, should you live in less sunny climes, you’ll be pleased to know that it can also be charged via USB or an included [...]

What with summer rapidly approaching, bringing (hopefully) the sun into our lives for at least a few hours this year (I reside in the UK – say no more), there’ no doubt that Sony Ericsson have timed the pending launch of their new MS500 Bluetooth Speaker System particularly well.

In a bid to appear as though there is, sometimes, some sense of continuity here on TFTS (albeit at the expense of appearing obsessed with all things durable) we thought we’d give a brief nod of recognition to the Freecom ToughDrive Sport ruggedized external hard disk which, seemingly, sets itself [...]

Following on from the spate of rugged notebooks and tablet PCs we’ve featured of late – the Motion Computing J3400 and the Dell 2nd Gen Latitude E6400 XFR being the latest examples – General Dynamics Itronix have introduced their new GD Itronix GD8000 fully rugged notebook which, according to GD [...]

Onkyo have unveiled two new entry level HTiB (Home Theater in a Box) systems in the form of the Onkyo HT-S3200 and the Onkyo HT-S5200 both of which sport HDMI packing AV receivers offering Full HD (1080p) support as well as four preset DSP gaming modes and 5.1/7.1 channel audio [...]

Those masters of creating products that never cease to ooze sheer, unadulterated desirability in such volumes that it seem wholly unfeasible, Bang & Olufsen, have announced a new model set to supplement their 26″ and 32″ BeoVision8 Series LCD TVs in the form of a 16:9 aspect ratio 40″ BeoVision8 [...]

Let it not be said that, in the past, having had, or rather, succumbed to a few beers, I haven’t felt the urge to share my vocal talents with the masses thanks to a little tanked-up karaoke action. But, whilst my voice boasts the harmonic range of an operatic songbird [...]

As far as wrist watches go, the Kogan GPS Watch a monster (though not quite as monstrous as fabled Musk Watch) and packs in just about everything your budding Indiana Jones or Lara Croft could possibly ask for (apart from anti-wrinkle cream dispenser and a reserve sports bra, respectively – [...]

Fashion and catwalk models the world over were (not) said to be (not) quaking in their boots high heels today (think of those frown lines, darlings) following the demonstration of a new humanoid robot, known merely, and somewhat seductively, as the HRP-4C, being paraded in Japan.

Seagate and AMD have demonstrated their new high-speed SATA technology which offers burst data transfer speeds of up to an impressive 6 Gigabits per second and which will be aimed specifically at bandwidth-hungry desktop and laptop PC applications including gaming, streaming video and graphics multimedia applications.