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This week's coolest gadgets
14 Jun, EU Edition Philips' 42-inch plasma doubles as a media extender; Acer's mammoth-sized 20-inch laptop; Sony's 7-Megapixel camera with OIS; Shuttle's sleek media PC; and more in this week's coolest gadgets. More... | | |
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This week's coolest gadgets
7 Jun, EU Edition In this week's coolest gadgets, Philips' new LCD HDTV also includes a media extender; Acer rolls out its new media PC; Kodak's EasyShare V603 hits shelves; TomTom's in-car GPS wonder; and more. More... | |
Top 15 gadgets in May
1 Jun, EU Edition Gaming consoles from Sony and Nintendo, MP3 players from Samsung, Sony and Creative, Bluetooth-enabled car stereos and portable media players are just some of May's most sought after gadgets. More... | |
This week's coolest gadgets
31 May, EU Edition Sanyo's hi-def tapeless camcorder; not one, but two Ferrari laptops; the Slingbox brings placeshifting to Europe; FujiFilm's slim FinePix Z3 digital shooter; and more in this week's very best kit. More... | |
This week's coolest gadgets
24 May, EU Edition Nintendo's hotly anticipated DS Lite gets a launch date and price; Toshiba trots out new ultraportable and multimedia notebooks; Kodak's EasyShare V610 goes on sale; and more in this week's coolest gadgets. More... |
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TOP RATED GADGETS
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JVC Everio GZ-MC500E
Score: 91% When: June 2005 Worth: €1050 What: Gadgets, Digital cameras
A wolf in sheep’s clothing, the JVC Everio GZ-MC500E brims with professional features in a compact and innovative design. Its still imaging capabilities are somewhat overrated with regard to resolution, but results are nevertheless excellent - as is also the case with video and audio. A molasses-like start-up time puts a serious dampener on those in want of a capture-the-moment camcorder, but the GZ-MC500E still comes recommended for those who want a powerful tool that can either take the work out of shooting or put full control in the hands of its user. More...
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Creative Zen Sleek Photo
Score: 90% When: December 2005 Worth: €300 What: Gadgets, MP3 players
Retaining the roomy 20 GB-capacity, great sound performance and user-friendly music library interaction of its predecessor, the Zen Sleek Photo improves greatly on FM signal reception and boasts a brand-new 262K colour screen. The latter also enables the new Photo Album feature of the player, which - despite being a snappy performer - is in need of a larger screen to truly shine. In summary, the Zen Sleek Photo delivers the goods as an all-round performer with excellent sound output across a multitude of genres sprinkled with good photo viewing capabilities. More...
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Sony PlayStation Portable
Score: 87% When: September 2005 Worth: €250 What: Gadgets, Game consoles
First and foremost, the PlayStation Portable is a superb portable gaming device. Raw graphics performance combines with an excellent screen, high-quality sound and good controls to deliver an immersive experience, and the ability to compete head-on with other players wirelessly is sweet, sweet icing on the cake. On the flip side, its prowess as a multimedia device is exaggerated; getting content onto the device is either pricey or needlessly complex, and once there management functionality quickly proves limited - despite performance being admittedly impressive. More...
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Archos AV700
Score: 85% When: June 2005 Worth: €500 - €725 What: Gadgets, Portable video players
Boasting a highly impressive feature set, the Archos AV700 is currently the most capable portable media viewer on the market. It does, however, require a certain amount of technological prowess from its user to operate at its full potential given the lack of polished media delivery solutions. Highlights include its massive screen and storage capacity along with support for the most widely adopted audio and video formats, with its ability to act as a Windows Media device and tag-based audio navigation particularly worthy of praise. In short, the AV700 offers a lot of bang for buck, as long manually transcoding video doesn’t present an issue - or isn’t needed. More...
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Creative Zen Sleek
Score: 85% When: July 2005 Worth: €250 - €725 What: Gadgets, MP3 players
A roomy 20 GB-capacity, great sound performance and user-friendly music library interaction make the Creative Zen Sleek a solid choice as a hard drive-based audio player. On the other hand, a mediocre battery life should be mentioned as a drawback. All in all, the Creative Zen Sleek comes highly recommended as an all-round performer with excellent sound performance across a multitude of genres; those in need of the latest and greatest multimedia features should look elsewhere. More...
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Tatung V620
What: Gadgets, Portable video players
Breathing new life into Microsoft's Portable Media Center platform, the Toshiba gigabeat S, LG PM70 and Tatung V620 are on tap for 2006 boasting new features and form factors. More...
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Pace PDH400
When: December 2006 What: Gadgets, Portable video players
Sporting a 4.3-inch widescreen LCD, the PDH400 from Pace not only plays back recorded media from its 40 GB hard drive but also receives digital DVB-H transmissions for live TV on the go. More...
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Samsung YM-PD1
When: December 2006 What: Gadgets, Portable video players
Housing a 4-inch widescreen in its stylish chassis, Samsung's 30 GB YM-PD1 racks up extensive audio/video playback support, TV out, a stereo FM radio and even DMB-T for watching live TV. More...
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Nintendo Wii
When: December 2006 What: Gadgets, Game consoles
Due out in the fourth quarter of 2006, Nintendo's Wii console places less of an emphasis on graphics as compared to competing offerings from Sony and Microsoft, sidestepping the race for higher frame rates and more pixels with motion sensing controls. Equipped with a current-generation DVD drive, the console is expected to be priced considerably lower than its rivals, and offers features such as an always-on Internet service for downloading updates and a version of the Opera browser for web surfing. More...
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Sony PlayStation 3
When: November 2006 Worth: €500 - €600 What: Gadgets, Game consoles
To be available with either 20 or 60 GB of storage at launch, Sony's PlayStation 3 gaming console relies on a multi-core Cell processor to propel games stored on Blu-Ray discs at resolutions from 480i to 1080p. Both models share motion sensitive controllers, Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR and USB 2.0 connectivity, while the higher-end model adds HDMI video out, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g and a memory card reader. More...
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T30
When: June 2006 Worth: €500 What: Gadgets, Digital cameras
The slim DSC-T30 bolsters Sony's Cyber-shot line-up of slim cameras with a 7.2 Megapixel CCD sensor, 3x optical zoom lens and a double combo of ISO 1000 sensititivy and optical image stabilization for blur reduction.
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Casio Exilim EX-Z1000
When: June 2006 Worth: €400 What: Gadgets, Digital cameras
Sporting a whopping 10 Megapixels, 3x optical zoom, ISO 3200 and digital image stabilization, Casio's slim Exilim EX-Z1000 compact camera clocks in at 22 mm including its 2.8-inch viewfinder. More...
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Garmin StreetPilot 2820
When: June 2006 What: Gadgets, Car technology
Donning a widescreen display, Garmin's StreetPilot 2820 starts off as a WAAS-enabled 12-channel parallel GPS navigation device, then moves on to entertaining users with MP3 and audio book playback for longer trips. Waterproofed for use with motorcycles, the unit also harbours Bluetooth connectivity to double as a handsfree speaker or deliver audio prompts to Bluetooth headsets for bikers; add an optional FM TMC receiver to get automatic rerouting or an XM receiver to get rerouting and radio.
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Kodak EasyShare V603
When: June 2006 Worth: €300 What: Gadgets, Digital cameras
Sporting a 3x optical zoom lens and 2.5-inch LCD viewfinder, Kodak's EasyShare V603 stores stills and records video from its 6.1 Megapixel CCD sensor to SD cards. Also: USB 2.0. More...
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JVC XA-F107
When: May 2006 Worth: €150 What: Gadgets, MP3 players
Sporting 1 GB of flash memory, the oval-shaped XA-F107 MP3 player stocks up on MP3, WMA and WMA DRM files courtesy of its USB 2.0 connection. Also: direct recording, a four-line backlit LCD, USB charging and user-tailored equalizer settings.
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