Mobile Technology
Creative Digital LX200 MP3 player
August 2, 2003: Featuring a built-in memory of 256MB, FM radio and voice recording capabilities, the LX200 is the latest in ultra-portable, multi-functional MP3 Players from Creative Digital.
Bone Conduction Headsets Deliver Safer, Clearer Sound
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Sunday August 3, 2003: Vonia Bone Conduction Transducer headsets produce exceptional sound quality and prevent hearing loss associated with traditional audio headsets by using vibrations to transmit sound through the bones on your cheek and temples.
BMW and MINI release Data Storage Watches
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A portable USB drive incorporated into a wristwatch - we were impressed by the idea when we first discovered the MEMIX watch, and now BMW and MINI have jointly released their own versions of a Memory Watch. Storing up to 128MB of data via an internal memory card, both watches emulate the style of the automotive namesakes...
Sony Ericsson T610 camera phone arrives in Australia
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Saturday July 19, 2003: Don't blink or that bleeding-edge camera phone might just become an antique. The latest offering from Sony Ericsson - the T610 - is an example of the increasingly small, sophisticated and stylish camera phones starting to reach Australia.
iPhonebook provides address back-up for data-enabled phones
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Monday July 14, 2003: With research showing that up to one million mobile phones go missing annually (with a significant percentage ending up in the toilet) a data recovery solution is well overdue. iPhonebook's answer is to wirelessly link the address content and calendar information stored in applications such as Outlook and Palm to your mobile phone.
Handheld cinema delivers complete portable package
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Thursday June 26, 2003: The latest handheld media device from ARCHOS - the Video AV300 series - combines portable video recording and playback with the ability to record directly into MPEG-4 from any video source.
Practical, portable sound
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I'MASPEAKER is a CD Carry-Case that conceals a high-quality, flat-panel speaker within its design to provide a practical means of accessing your music on the move with minimal impact on baggage requirements.
New GSM Diverter promises call cost reductions fo small business
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The Powertec GSM Diverter is a clever hardware device that enables you to divert your landline phone to your mobile as if it's a mobile-to-mobile call.
Sony launches matchbox-sized Walkman
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Sony pioneered portable audio in 1979 with the launch of the world's first Walkman - a single tape playback only device that marked the beginning of a consumer audio revolution. Almost 25 years later, the latest incarnation of the Walkman - the Network WALKMAN NW-MS70D...
Philips USB Keyring: more than data storage
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Monday June 30, 2003: Among several impressive multi-purpose portable USB devices to emerge from the recent CES in Sydney is Philips new line of portable Key Ring MP3 players and digital cameras.
Wristwatch incorporates 128MB data storage
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In a clever example of convergence, the Memix Memory Watch combines a 128MB portable storage device with a functional timepiece. The device connects to computer or PDA via a USB cable integrated in to the watch strap...
Nokia 6108 adds handwriting recognition
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Nokia has released the first mobile phone to incorporate handwriting recognition. The Nokia 6108 is designed for Chinese language users in Asia Pacific markets and includes pen input capability for optimised messaging.
Turn your PDA into a portable FM Radio
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The pocketRADIO is a plug-in radio card that transforms your PDA into a portable FM Stereo. Volume and search controls, including manual fine-tune, become part of the PDA interface and the device allows for 18 pre-set stations.
Wearable, voice activated communications system from Vocera
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Vocera's latest Communications System for mobile workers inside 802.11b wireless networked buildings enables immediate communucation through the use of simple voice commands.
iRiver's thumb sized, 512MB, voice recording MP3 Player
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The new iRIVER iFP-195T is the size of a thumb, has a built-in FM Tuner and voice recorder and 512MB of memory capable of holding 17hrs of MP3 music.
Handheld entertainment centre offers direct recording from TV
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The Jukebox Multimedia 120 combines a modular MP4 video player, MP3 music player/recorder and up to 40GB data storage in a compact handheld unit. For the first time there's also a Digital Video Recorder add-on that enables direct recording from the television...
Cross-Platform Wireless Recharging
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It's the modern day equivalent of a ball of string - the hopelessly tangled and mismatched collection of recharging cords that accumulates in the bottom drawer - Slashpower's solution is to banish cords and recharge wirelessly
Globetrotter adds to the road warrior's arsenal
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High-speed wireless functionality for laptops and handheld computing devices is in increasing demand as "next generation" digital networks begin to take shape in Australia. Unique Micro Design's latest GSM/GPRS Voice and Data card - the Option Globetrotter...
FM Transmitter for iPod
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iTrip is an FM transmitter designed for use with Apple's ubiquitous MP3 player - the iPod. Enabling music playback through any FM radio, iTrip supersedes portable speaker systems by providing a wireless audio output via car stereos and home entertainment systems.
New wrist phones at CeBIT 2003
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The idea has been with us for more than half a century, but the successful execution of a practical, effective - even stylish - wristwatch phone is only just starting to become a reality...
PDA based translator for field use
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The Douglas Adams' classic The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy features an amazing creature called a 'Babel fish' that once placed inside the ear, translates all incoming languages allowing the protagonist Arthur Dent to converse freely with aliens around the galaxy long after the Earth has been destroyed by the Vogons to make way for a hyperspace-bypass. Technology has some way to go before it catches up to Adams' imagination, but PDA based translation devices such as the Phraselator, which provides one-way phrase-based voice-to-voice translation, are now becoming a commercial reality.
Future interfacing : full-motion video on a flexible display
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A US research project is aiming to produce a compact cell phone-like communication device with a roll-out, full-colour flexible display that features low-power consumption and full motion video capabilities.
Samsung's "Matrix Reloaded" phone
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Samsung Electronics and Warner Bros. have struck a promotional deal covering the rights for the second and third installments of The Matrix trilogy. Designed by Matrix Reloaded set designers, the SPH-N270 features a bar-type pop-up screen"intenna" and enhanced voice dialling capabilities...
Weird wireless: the Sputmik Microphone Concept
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A wireless microphone encased in a satellite shaped nerf-ball. That's the solution to audience participation problems at public events developed by Design Continuum and M.I.T - the Sputmik.
Innovative design gives Eclisse the solar edge
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Using a unique ring-shaped solar cell that sits underneath the covered glass - instead of beneath the dial as in most designs -the Eclisse watch never needs a battery change and offers six months power reserve once fully charged
5-IN-1 MAMBO X
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The Mambo X P353SD is a 5-in-1 multi-function digital device with inbuilt 20GB or 30GB storage - enough for more than 30,00 photos or around 13,000 songs...
Handwrite emails on Palm OS 5
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Pen&Internet have released the latest riteMail electronic ink application for Palm Powered handhelds that enables users create handwritten notes and drawings to store or send via email.
Siemens S55 adds flash to mobile phone cameras
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The Siemens S55 mobile incorporates MMS, Java, Bluetooth and Tri-Band capabilities plus an attachable digital camera that includes an integrated flash.
Fossil's Palm Watch
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The first ever wrist-worn digital assistant to support Palm OS, the Fossil WRIST PDA offers the ultimate in portability for Palm devotees.
Versatile NEO
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The MPZOO NEO is an integrated and versatile MP3 system. As an IDE hard-drive based system it can be fitted into a PC for downloading, sorting etc, then slipped onto the car...
Little Bugger
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It looks and works like an ordinary GSM cellular phone. In fact, it is a fully operational highly-sensitive wireless audio bug with an infinite range.
Music Stand - Cradle Speakers for your Phone
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The Nokia Music Stand allows the Nokia 7250 phone's built-in radio to be played through high-quality stereo speakers...
Innovative Fastap Keyboard
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Billed as a replacement for the 50-year old telephone keypad, the Fastap utilises the space between buttons to superimpose numeric and alphabetic keyboards onto each other and create the equivalent of a desktop keyboard...
Turn your Palm Pilot into a digital audio player
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Palm Tungsten T handheld users will soon be able to support digital audio using RealOne Player Mobile...
Smallest MP3 Player in the World
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June 3, 2004 This two-piece MP3 player is small enough to fit on a key ring and can store one hour of music as well as doubling as a storage device...
