Monthly Archives: January 2007
Tecmo – Dead Or Alive: Xtreme 2
The founding principle here is a sound one. Get all the scantily clad, and really not unattractive, female cast of the Dead Or Alive fighting games and put them in the midst of a series of sports that, er, require not too many clothes. It worked, sort of, in the original game that this is…
Rock – Xtreme SL Pro
As the name suggests, Rock’s Xtreme range of laptops is designed to boldly go where no other machines have gone before and has thus garnered a reputation for being cool and cutting-edge as a result. The latest top of the range model takes over from the 19-inch Xtreme SL by once more pushing the boundaries…
O2 – XDA Orbit
Not so long ago we ran a review of T-Mobile’s MDA Compact III (you can read it here). It was the first connected Pocket PC from any UK network operator to carry a built-in GPS antenna, and is optionally available with the CoPilot navigation software from ALK. Well, T-Mobile has been trumped by O2, whose…
Nimzy – Vibro Max
Those who saw the popular Nimzy Vibro Blaster, released last summer, probably won’t be surprised at the capabilities of the successor. Others are in for a wacky experience; this portable sound unit uses electro-acoustic technology to turn any surface into a speaker by vibrating it in such a way as to produce sound. We saw…
Epson – Stylus DX7000F
The Epson Stylus DX series has specialised in creating relatively cheap and efficient All-in-Ones that will appeal principally to small and home business users who are working to tight budgets. The previous product, the DX6000, changed the appearance of this compact range from cream to stylish silver and grey, added memory card slots and a…
HP – Media Vault MV2020
As it’s increasingly common for households to have at least two computers, and with the media revolution in digitizing movies, music and photos, there has never been a greater need for large amounts of storage capacity. Similarly, small office environments can benefit from a simple file server on which to share files and backup PCs….
UbiSoft – Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Knights of the Nine
There are two ways of buying the Knights of the Nine Expansion pack for Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. You can head to www.obliviondownloads.com and unbelt $9.99 or you can pay £14.99 for a DVD, which isn’t the bad deal that it sounds as the DVD includes the seven previous add-ons for Oblivion. That’s The Orrery,…
Maxfield – Max-Ivy
Not many players have achieved a design as slim as the iPod Nano, but Maxfield’s new Max-Ivy threatens to take on Apple in terms of both looks and features. At just 8.5mm thick it’s just as slim, albeit a bit larger, and offers multimedia users a video player, voice recorder and photo viewer on top…
Rapid Solutions – RadioTracker 2 Platinum
How about this for an idea? Find as many Internet radio stations playing music as possible and monitor the music they play. Match the tracks with those on a wish-list and rip them to build up a personalised MP3 library. This is what RadioTracker 2 Platinum does. The German program claims to access over 14,000…
Plustek – PL806
Plustek’s PL806 ADF scanner is part of the Smart Office series but is competitively priced enough to appeal to the home user as well. This dedicated document and photo scanner includes a 50-sheet ADF (automatic document feed) tray that allows it to beaver away without constant supervision. You’ll find dedicated controls to scan to an…