Monthly Archives: September 2002
Archos – Jukebox Multimedia
There are two styles of MP3 player; those based around memory cards and those, usually called jukeboxes, which use a notebook-style hard drive for storage. Archos’s new Jukebox Multimedia fits in the second group, but goes much further than most MP3 players. About the size of a large mouse, the Jukebox Multimedia only starts by…
Plextor – PlexWriter 40/12/40U and 48/24/48U
This article started life as a review of Plextor’s PlexWriter 40/12/40U external CD-R/RW drive, but no sooner had we finished playing with that than Plextor announced an even faster model, the PlexWriter 48/24/48U. The differences between the two are minimal – just the drive mechanism – so whether you’re interested in the 40/12/40U or the…
Strydent – InkSaver
Product advertising gumph can often make pretty wild or nonsensical claims – such is the nature of the business. “Yes, your brain can be washed whiter than white with new Supernova Suds – please rush me a trial pack today, along with my free complementary ear flossing kit.” But here’s the sell with this application….
LaCie – AIT1 U & I tape drive
AIT is increasingly taking over from DDS as the tape technology with the more promising (i.e. higher capacity) future, so it’s not surprising that LaCie has taken an AIT1 drive and squeezed it into one of the company’s own silver cases. The result is a 35/70GB tape drive with both USB 2.0 and FireWire interfaces…
HP – Jornada 928 WDA
Since Trium’s Mondo and Sagem’s WA3050 first hybridised the Microsoft Pocket PC and GSM mobile phone nearly two years ago, technology has moved on. HP’s Jornada 928 Wireless Digital Assistant is a prime example of a second-generation Pocket PC PDA phone solution. The 928 WDA will be the last ever HP Jornada. The Jornada brand…