Darren Beale

Griffin Powermate

9. August 2005

My Griffin Powermate definitely earns the title of A Cool Thing. It’s a USB volume knob. Apparently it *can* be used to control lots of different software and I can imagine it’d be good for things like video editing but whatever, all I use it for is as a volume control. It is heavy, nicely engineered and the [...]

Mobile phone tools syncronisation software

25. July 2005

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I’m not all that convinced with the syncronisation software from Avanquest called mobile Phone Tools that came with my new Motorola v3. It wouldn’t sync with Outlook out of the box and now that I’ve paid the additional £20 (converted) to download a full version I can’t fully sync my contacts. All I need to do [...]

Motorola v3

22. July 2005

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I got my new phone today. My first clamshell, a Motorola v3. I like it, a lot, it’s small and thin but suprisingly large when opened fully. Inital comments: Star Trek communicator It should be black* Feels sturdier than I thought it would Can’t re-configure the buttons or change the menu items on the home page Annoying Orange logo won’t go [...]

Super cool keyboard

15. July 2005

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Every key of the Optimus keyboard is a stand-alone display showing exactly what it is controlling at this very moment http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/ Concept only

Sony EX71 headphone spares - ‘ear pads’

13. July 2005

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I have some great headphones for my iPod, Sony MDR-EX71’s. They are the newer type of in-ear headphones where they sort of stick into your ear canal rather than resting in your ear. I like them because they: Sound great and are certainly much better than the rubbish white ones that come with the iPod. They [...]

I have an iPod, I am weak.

12. June 2005

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I have bowed to the marketing pressure and bought an iPod mini. I was using my PDA but it was only 512MB and a real pain to get the music on there. Now I guess I have to decide what to put on there. I feel marginally better that I’ve bought a docking station, 2 remote controls [...]

The new Kitchen radio

15. October 2004

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We recently bought a new radio for the kitchen, a Roberts RD6 It looks great and sounds fantastic, I’m very happy with the purchase.

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