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Oculus Lifestyle Centre review
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14 October 2004 8:37 GMT
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Resembling an upended Smarty with an edge lopped off, the Oculus finally offers hope to get way from it all. Whether it's your colleagues, family or you just want some peace and quiet from the outside world, these organic looking ‘lifestyle' pods are...
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Exspect EX710 Laptop bag review
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13 October 2004 11:00 GMT
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Having chosen your laptop that suits you, the next most important consideration is keeping the thing safe when you're on the move. Go into any bag section of any high street computer and shop you are confronted with the same option that the SAS have for...
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Sony Ericsson P910i smartphone review
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13 October 2004 9:57 GMT
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‘Vive la Change', as the French don't often say. But with the 910i I have been left wondering what real change? Having got my grubby little paws on the P900 back in April, this year, I was genuinely impressed with what seemed to be an all round mobile...
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Tanita BC-532 InnerScan body composition monitor review
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5 October 2004 23:01 GMT
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The new ‘InnerScan' system, from leading medical instrument manufacturer Tanita, is designed to perform a quick, accurate, analysis of your bodies composition to help you, and your family, maintain their health.
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Claro Holographic TV and Media System review
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15 September 2004 17:03 GMT
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The story goes, having completed the setup of the Claro Holographic Television, the team from Wow Factor were summoned back hours later to relocate their floor display. The gathering crowds, of slack-jawed punters, were causing a fire hazard in the audio-visual...
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Sony Ericsson Akono HBH-300 Bluetooth headset review
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15 September 2004 10:13 GMT
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Recently announced, the new Sony Ericsson Akono HBH-300 has been described by its manufactures as a true ‘workhorse'. Specifically created with the business market in mind, the HBH-300 is indented for use for extended durations of time, offering flexibility...
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Motorola Razr V3 mobile phone review
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27 August 2004 15:33 GMT
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Simply bloody wow! As a child you are always reminded to never judge a book by it’s cover. When the new Motorola Razr V3 arrived in a solid aluminium, slide apart case, I breathed easy and remembered those words. Upon opening case and gazing at the V3,...
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Oregon Scientific MP120 review
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26 August 2004 18:12 GMT
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Why walk when you can run? That seems to be the motto of the Hong Kong-based technology firm Oregon Scientific. With the launch of the second of their new MP3 players, we ask ‘Will it live up to the laurels Pocketlint awarded the MP100, the world's smallest...
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Oregon Scientific MP100 review
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24 August 2004 11:25 GMT
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It was reported that last year the most searched for term on the internet was MP3 (overtaking “sex”), so it seems no surprise that the companies, who hitherto have stayed out of the music player marketplace, should be taking interest and creating their...
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Mitac Mio 168 review
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15 August 2004 17:16 GMT
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The irrepressible urges of modern day Dr. Frankensteins don't always get channelled into the making of botch-stitched yokel-spookers. At times the blending of two totally disassociated things together can result in a creation far in excess of the sum...
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LG C1100 review
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11 August 2004 16:13 GMT
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If the words of the great Oscar Wilde are indeed true that, “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars”, then the new C1100, from LG, is certainly destined for astronomical greatness.
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Mustek PVR-A1 media player review
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13 July 2004 18:54 GMT
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Now here really is a device that wants to be all things to all people. Mustek describes its newly launched PVR-A1 as a personal media centre, which translated, is a hard drive with wings. The acronym PVR actually stands for Personal Video Recorder in...
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Samsung Yepp YP-55 H and V review
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2 July 2004 10:41 GMT
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To compliment the existing range of weird and wonderful Digital Audio players offered by Samsung, the new Yepp YP-55 H and V models have recently been unveiled. It would appear the overriding concern for the design department was size, with both players...
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Scandyna Micro-Pod 5.1 Home theatre speaker system review
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1 July 2004 18:31 GMT
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Further reviving their fortunes, Danish speaker manufactur, Scandyna launches its Micro-Pod and Sub range, targeting home cinema aficionados who want a little style mixed in with their cinema quality surround-sound.
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Pentax Optio 43WR review
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24 June 2004 15:45 GMT
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Most digital cameras are about as likely comfortable around dust and moisture as the England football squad at a victory ticker-tape parade, but stranger things have happened. The 16th and penultimate addition to the Pentax’s Optio range, not only likes...
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Sony Ericsson K700 mobile phone review
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15 June 2004 19:04 GMT
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2003 saw Sony Ericsson claim the crown for the most widely sold handset world wide with their sleek T610. The newly released K700 has been branded the replacement for that phone. Big boots to fill you might say, so can the K700 live up to the task?
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Nikon D70 review
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6 June 2004 15:24 GMT
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Some might say that Nikon has been a little slow to hitch up their skirts and get chasing Canon, Pentax, and Sigma in the production of decent a digital SLR camera that nips in under the £1000 mark. The launch of the Canon EOS300D, in August 2003, while...
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Palm Zire 72 review
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24 May 2004 23:29 GMT
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Seems the mantra of the ‘cheap and low tech' Zire range, from PalmOne, is a refrain no longer being sung. The latest Zire, the 72, has features to challenge the Tungsten range, and is certainly well worth looking at more closely before decisions are made...
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Immortaliz 3D portraits review
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18 May 2004 16:30 GMT
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Family portraits have never been much to gawp at in most households. Unless your mum happens to be Sally Man or your cashes name tape happens to read Cartier-Bresson, your pretty much guaranteed to spend the whole of you childhood looking like a upright...
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Bose 151 SE Environmental Speakers review
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18 May 2004 16:21 GMT
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Refusing to be bound by the elements is one of the features that keeps the British spirit alive, and it seems that our American cousins have taken a leaf from this fine book as well. Masters of the Stereo sound system, Bose, proudly launch the new version...
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Celestion AVP305 Cinema sound System review
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4 May 2004 13:55 GMT
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The masters of speaker design and technology are adding packages to their already highly successful AV product range. Most recently has been the release of the AVP 305 cinemas system and even though the component parts are not that new the ability to...
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Packard Bell Easynote M3 325 laptop review
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28 April 2004 16:26 GMT
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Obviously the gang over at Packard Bell have been noshing down their Weetabix as this latest Easynote laptop is about as mobile as a tethered breezeblock. The monstrous new M3 325 comes in at cheeky 3.8Kg and requires an adapter so beefy to charge it...
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Sony Ericsson P900 smartphone review
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16 April 2004 11:06 GMT
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Looking very much like a P800 that has been on a only marginally successful diet and had a face lift, the P900 strides into the market place 2mm smaller and 8g lighter than it's predecessor.
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Sony Clie PEG-TH55 review
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17 March 2004 0:47 GMT
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There is something very Sci-Fi about the latest Personal Entertainment Organiser to burst forth from the fevered minds of the boffins at Sony’s Clie development bunker. Whether it’s the flip-up hard cover, revealing the big 320x480 pixel HGVA display...
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Siemens SX1 review
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15 March 2004 22:58 GMT
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Riding high on the success of the SL45i and with green eyes cast at the Sony Ericsson P900 and the Nokia 6600, German phone manufacturer Siemens wades into the next round of the ‘super-phone' fray with their new SX1.
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Acer CloudMobile Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone set for MWC launch 4.3-inch award winner
Best iPhone utilities apps Resistance is futilities?
Samsung not worried by Apple iTV threat EXCLUSIVE: AV boss not concerned
HTC PlayStation certification devices coming 2012, time to get your Crash Bandicoot skills up to scratch EXCLUSIVE: Game on
Samsung Galaxy S III: Review of rumours, features, pictures and specs Thinner, faster, better
New HTC Ice Cream Sandwich device pictures leak Another one for the rumour pile...
Samsung O table is for the kitchen of the future Flexible hob
Nokia 700 Sleek and desirable Nokia
LG Miracle picture and details leak Update: More pictures from the wild
Google home entertainment device detailed WSJ solves device mystery
More leaked iPad 3 parts help form bigger picture - including Sharp Retina display iPad 3, in kit form
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) pictures and hands-on Up close with the ICS tablet
Tesla Model X SUV goes back to the future DeLorean lookalike announced
APP OF THE DAY: Tweetbot review (iPad) Should a Twitter app cost?
New Apple TV leaked in software update? iOS 5.1 says so
Panasonic Lumix GX1 review
The one?
Sony PlayStation Vita review
Curriculum Vita
Nokia Lumia 710 review
WP7 on a budget
GoPro HD Hero2 review
Amazing things come in small packages
HTC Explorer review
A phone for people who make calls
BlackBerry Torch 9810 review
Middle of the road
Sony Alpha A65 review
Affordable SLT. But is it a DSLR-beater?
BlackBerry Bold 9790 review
To boldly go where we've already been before
Fiat 500 TwinAir Plus review
Two-cylinder beast
Motorola MotoACTV review
Just add exercise
Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition review
Mini Xoom
BlackBerry Porsche Design P'9981 review
For the fast lane
Sennheiser IE80 review
Tune that bass
Kingston Wi-Drive review
Expand your storage
Huawei Ideos X3 review
Cheap but imperfect