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Cowon C2
The rise and rise of smartphones threatens to consign the humble digital media player to the tech graveyard. But it’s not dead yet, if makers like Cowon have anything to do with it. The company’s new C2 is the successor to its popular D2, and promises unrivalled audio quality along with stacks of additional features….
Creative Aurvana In-Ear3 earphones
Given that you can buy a premium, portable music player like the iPod Nano for £130, the notion that you’d then go out and spend the same amount on a pair of earphones to go with it might seem an extravagance – that is, until you’ve used the buds that Apple supplies as standard with…
Mad Catz TRITTON AX 120
To be a serious gamer these days you have to join the big boys online in some form of head-to-head, co-op or multiplayer experience – which is where a good headset comes in. The TRITTON range from Mad Catz is a good place to start as it caters for all budgets. The AX 120 is…
View Quest Retro 1
What is it with DAB radio manufacturers and their love of nostalgia? For some reason, they all hark back to the days of the old Roberts kitchen radios – solid rectangular boxes with booming sound – rather than choosing high-tech exteriors for the new digital science. View Quest’s Retro 1 squarely follows this fad, complete…
SolarTechnology Freeloader Classic
The Freeloader Classic is a stylish and eco-friendly way to charge your iPad 2, iPod, smartphone, e-reader or other mobile device by harnessing the sun’s rays. Encased in a sleek silver chassis, it’s around the size of a large mobile phone. Getting startedTo get things working, the base of the unit must be detached, split…
Toshiba NB520
Netbooks haven’t moved on much recently. Their place has in part been usurped by the iPad 2 and Android tablets, while their general specifications have languished in a sort of limbo as other laptop computers get faster, and feature an array of increasingly sophisticated features. Manufacturers peddling netbooks now have to work much harder to…
Arcam – rCube, rWave and rWand
If you’re one of those types that considers themselves an audiophile’, it would be easy to turn up your nose at the thought of any kind of iPod dock being worth listening to. But the fact that esteemed British audio company Arcam has released just such a device should be enough to make the purists…
Radiopaq – Flex
Despite the runaway success of the iPod and iPhone, there’s always been a small gotcha associated with Apple’s all-conquering personal music player and smartphone – their headphones. This has encouraged third-party manufacturers to step up and provide alternatives to the white, fall-out-of-your-ears standard ‘phones that ship with each product. Sporty designRadiopaq’s Flex earphones are designed…
MagicBox – Nocturne XP-2
Remember the days when you sat patiently in front of a solid oak radio the size of a Wendy house, waiting for the tubes to warm up while you twiddled the dials past exotic names like Moscow, Luxembourg and Vienna? No? Well if you’re under 30 that’s because the digital and Internet revolution now demands…