Portable Technology Category - Page 58

The Plenio VXA-2100 GPS is a navigation device with a difference. Apart from offering touch-screen navigation to ensure that you reach your destination the device with its 7-inch screen can be used as a display for DVD players and gaming devices. Surely, its the only GPS of its kind in [...]

Without so much as a whimper in terms of an announcement, Haier have launched the latest in their range of internet ready portable media players, the Haier iBiza Sport PMP, which boasts a highly durable, weather resistant design and 802.11g Wi-Fi connectivity and, as per previous devices in their PMP [...]

The Navigon 5100 automobile navigator is a GPS device available at a very attractive price of $99. The device comes in a compact and attractive chrome housing and is available with a stylishly designed car mount. Dimensions of Navigon 5100 are 4.2″ wide X 3.3″ high X 0.9″ deep; it [...]

Nextar have followed the introduction of its higher-end Q4-MD GPS portable navigation system with two new, cheaper models in the form of the Nextar Q4-01 and the Q4-02, both of which offer 4.3” TFT touchscreens and voice-guided, turn-by-turn prompts utilising digital map data supplied by NAVTEQ.

It’s in the early hours of Sunday morning and you are crossing the misty moors/desolate desert/rain lashed hills (delete as applicable) and your car breaks down. You try to make an emergency call on your cell phone but its charge is spent so you decide to listen to your DAP [...]

Having just posted, at some length, concerning Samsung’s Q1 Diamond DAP, we felt compelled to offer a brief heads up concerning other release news concerning Samsung DAP devices, this time relating to Samsung’s new, budget priced YU-U4 ‘USB Type’ MP3 player which, whilst not quite as exciting as the Samsung [...]

When it comes to DAPs one sure way to gain favour from us here at TFTS is to offer OGG file format support and, if you really want to ensure that you get on our radar, add in FLAC for lossless audio support for good measure and, just like this [...]

Since releasing its original Flip compact YouTube camcorder Pure Digital have had to content with a host of companies looking for a slice of the budget, compact camcorder pie (it’s a highly lucrative market) and, with a spate of HD wannabes flooding the market of late, Pure Digital’s considered response [...]

Designed to offer the maximum in ease of portability thanks to their collapsible, space saving resonance chambers – though it has to be said that the iHM77BC’s design does bare a startling similarity to this long since available collapsible speaker solution – iHome’s new iHM77BC portable speakers are billed as [...]

When it comes to Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs), BenQ certainly look to cause a considerable stir with their newly unveiled, Atom powered 4.8” 800×480 WVGA resolution touchscreen BenQ S6 which, apart from looking positively stunning, not only serves as a highly ‘pocketable’ 3.5G touchscreen MID but also a fully fledged [...]