Solar-powered mobile phone from Digicel

Solar-powered mobile phone from Digicel

It seems somewhat odd that there is a solar-powered mobile phone. Who would have thought that could happen? Yet it has thanks to those clever people at Digicel who have been supplying low cost and solar phones since 2008. The phone has an integrated solar charger and...
New wireless BeBook ereader set to launch

New wireless BeBook ereader set to launch

BeBook are set to launch a new version of their e-reader. The latest model will include wireless connectivity, a new touch screen and ePub DRM standard. BeBook are giving previews of the new version at industry event CeBit in Berlin this week so we expect to see some...
Water powered H2O alarm clock

Water powered H2O alarm clock

Every made a recipe where the only instruction was ‘just add water’? Well, that’s the idea with this alarm clock. It’s powered by water, with a electrochemical reaction and you just top it up when supplies run low. Fortunately you won’t...
REVIEW: DS Junior Brain Trainer

REVIEW: DS Junior Brain Trainer

Junior Brain Trainer is the children’s version of the hugely popular Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training. Aimed at three years and over, there’s 100 different brain games from memory and logic puzzles to maths and English that complement learning....
Meet the new Google Phone – HTC Magic

Meet the new Google Phone – HTC Magic

Lots of lovely new handsets are being announced this week thanks to Mobile World Congress, the industry event for all things telephony. The HTC Magic is the second phone to use Google’s Android operating system with new firmware ‘cupcake’....
Nokia N86 with 8MP wide-angle camera

Nokia N86 with 8MP wide-angle camera

Nokia have gone huge lengths to produce the latest in camera phones. The N86 boasts a brilliant 8MP camera (the industry average is around 2 or 3MP with a few available at 5MP) with wide-angle Carl Zeiss optics. There’s video imaging too. “The aperture of...