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Started making your Christmas wish-list yet? O2 has some suggestions that might be of interest.
It is blue and silver with optical technology. Check out the mini-scroller mouse from Belkin.
This looks like lots of larger CD/Cassette/FM/AM radio units of a few years ago, there is of course a bonus and that comes in the form of DAB.
This is not by any means a small unit, a little smaller than the ghetto blasters that ruined the shoulders of many a youth and the hearing of those that came into contact. It is 34x22x12cm. It can be run on batteries but as it takes 8x'C' cells this would make it somewhat expensive to run.
This is small and this is powerful, on the face of it ideal for a pocket or purse. Not only is this a 5 mega pixel unit but the lens also supports 5x optical zoom.
Digital photographs were made for optical media. Bringing the two elements together is now within everybodys reach.
Given that you are paying something for the name, and something for the novelty I suppose £49.99 may not be that much for a headset, oh did I say it has an integrated MP3 player.
The main problem is that it is only 128MB and that means two hours of decent MP3 and around twice that should you approve of WMA. Yes everything is in the rather simple over ear headset. It looks rather like a headset provided with a lot of MP3 players a year or so ago. The difference is that the left earpiece has two rocker controls, a small jack socket for a USB lead and an LED.
Jabra was a name new to me, they do headsets and speakers for use with Bluetooth mobile phones, however when I looked around in various mobile phone shops I see their name is quite widespread.
Here I am looking at one from their range of headsets and a speaker system useful in the car or office again using Bluetooth. Jabra BT205 This is a small and light it weights less than 25grams, it fits behind the ear and gives you four hours of continuous talk time. The unit is black and silver and 8cm wide to accommodate the microphone and a total of 8cm long for the controls that sit at the rear of the unit.
This is big it is also heavy and the box it comes in would probably rate as deluxe accommodation by a homeless person. The main box does even contain the DVD player only its speakers and sub woofer.
Transferring documents from paper to electronic format has never been easier when using a scanner and the appropriate software.
It is not an exaggeration to say correct assessment and intervention using this package could save a life in an emergency.
When thinking about media centre options, you need to consider a choice of analogue and digital television plus radio reception. All three can be obtained from one card from Hauppauge.
This seems like quite a unique product. It is small yet produces a good depth and range of sound from built in speakers. If your musical tastes are not the same as others then it can be used with headphones.
At Easter due to a misunderstanding my Broadband was disconnected for a number of days, it was a problem but I still had my phone line. Read on for the latest horror story.
Not on this ocassion a new computer memory processor, something for the kitchen, it saves time and allows more time for whatever your chosen recreation maybe.
A bag is a bag but your laptop deserves some consideration when you choose what will house it on your travels.
This is the second of two reviews on small quite similar digital cameras from Kodak, read them both to see the subtle differences.
This is slightly smaller and maybe a little more stylish in design. It is 8x6.5x3cm and weights around 200grams. The first major difference is the larger TFT screen this is 4x3cm. The next is this unit comes with a solid rechargeable battery as well as the mains lead to recharge it.
Sometimes a title comes along that changes the general conception of a particular genre. Many would agree that Myst falls into this category.
This label tends to imply up market, the way things are put together, the offerings, in fact the label commands and gets - a premium.
No matter how much storage capacity your digital camera has, you always need more space. A portable CD-writer could provide a solution.
Kodak have produced two cameras that have very similar specifications, originally I planned to review them both together but decided against that as there are more differences than may at first appear.
So here I will concentrate on the slightly larger C340 unit. It is 9x6.5x4cm and weights around 200 grams with the two AA batteries inserted. There is 16MB of internal memory. There are five image modes 5, 4.4, 3.1, 2.1 and 1.1mega pixel. Taking images at 5mega pixels would mean only seven images could be taken.
Whether working or relaxing, a good cup of coffee is a welcome beverage especially when it is the freshly ground variety. Check out the Cuisinart way.
A number of DAB radios have sleep timers so it was always on the cards that a DAB clock radio offering would be produced.
High-end graphics applications are generally expensive. Adobe offers you the opportunity to purchase three of its titles for around the price of one with its Creative Suite title.
Around two years ago Adobe came to the conclusion that what was suitable for office applications would also be appropriate for graphics applications. As a result the company decided to integrate its various graphics titles into a single offering and so Creative Suite was born. Following the successful launch of the original offering, we now have Creative Suite version2 (CS2) which is available in Standard and Premium editions.
Not exactly the same as a modem or a router, this unit is solely there to allow PCs to talk to each other, mind you if a PC has internet connectivity then if you allow it other PCs can use it.
This is a five port switch so up to five PC's or notebooks can be linked together using this product. It is a 10/100 unit and providing all the PC's have 10/100 cards - or in the case of a notebook a PCMCIA or built in offering they can all talk and transfer files. Of course printer sharing is also possible and in a small network environment it is more likely that the printers would be connected to a PC than be a 'network printer'.
Moving into a new office offered me the challenge (opportunity) to do things a little differently and reduce desktop clutter
Acer continues its assault on the laptop market with yet another addition to its TravelMate range.
WordPerfect a name that anyone of a certain age will immediately recognise as the only word processor worth knowing about, nowadays it currently seems to play second fiddle to Microsoft Word.
However the box has a large 'Microsoft Office Compatible' notice and for any younger person to consider it this is a requirement. The box says there are eight packages in the box, my take would be somewhere between 7½ and 7¾ as any time limited version -as one product is- can not be considered anything like a full product.
With home networks on the increase, perhaps it is time you considered a laser printer designed for that particular environment.
Brand names come and go but one that seems to go on for ever is that of Hewlett Packard's LaserJet product line. With a pedigree that stretches back to the 1980s, there seems to be no end of laser printers joining this particular family. One of the more recent additions is the LaserJet 1022 model which is available in standard (1022), network (1022n) and wireless network (1022nw) versions.
A lot of people cannot have a PC in the lounge because their other half is worried about the look, here is something that is thinner than a video or a lot of DVD players.
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