Latest Portable Electronics News

Sony Corp. is admitting defeat this week, by dropping prices of the Sony Playstation Portable (PSP) gaming device in a battle with Nintendo's DS Lite.

<B><FONT size=3>We knew it was coming, but now it’s official: Samsung has launched at CES 2007 the most powerful Ultra Mobile PC to date and the first of its kind to include a SSD solid state flash memory-based hard drive, the new Samsung Q1P SSD UMPC.</FONT></B>

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Another crowd-causer worthy of complete intrusion of personal space at this year's Best of Stuff Show was the latest addition to the Archos PVP family.  With a 30GB memory and futuristic Wi-Fi in tow, the Archos 604 WiFi portable video player was well worthy of a crowd surf.

We’re sitting here scratching our heads as to why?  Why would Sony want to go back in time?  But it seems for some reason they do because they’ve just launched what looks like the Sony CD Walkman of the 1980s.It might be because of all the problems they’re having with exploding batteries,  Blu-ray problems and PS3 delays, but what ever the reason the Sony D-NE241 is on its way to our markets.

We’ve seen portable televisions around for a while.  But have you seen one with an integrated tuner before? No we hadn't either until now.

Samsung have announced they are releasing the Q1 ultra-mobile and the Q30 laptop with a flash drive. It boasts of being the first company to introduce a 32Gb NAND flash-based solid state disk (SSD) in a portable computer.

It's another media player on the market. But this time Grundig are going after the Archos crown.

It looks like Sony have created their own version of Microsofts Origami which they are unveiling tomorrow.The hand-held, totally portable PC will be unveiled in the moring.At the moment everything is a bit hush hush.  Go on to the Sony website and you get a few glimpses of what might be in store for consumers.  But seems that what we'll get is an ultra-mobile PC that comes with a full QWERTY keyboard, built-in camera, Wi-Fi and a Blu-ray disc drive.

You've Been Framed will look better than ever with the introduction of a new high definition video recorder from Panasonic and Sony. Panasonic and Sony have been working together to produce a brand new high definition (HD) digital video camera recorder.

Leading phone company Nokia unveils the latest touches to their Internet tablet device. Last year the Nokia - Google partnership released the wireless device that allowed consumers to access music and video playing, while also checking e-mail, browsing the Internet and reading documents, all on the move.

On the 28th February key members of the press will be invited by Apple to veiw their latest gadget. What will it be.

What can we expect for the iPod in the near future; is there much more room left for this design icon to evolve to get every iPod fanatic really excited? We try to keep our ear to the ground to see what, if any developments might be on the way and the speculative word on the street is that the beloved iPod may be going wireless, and it could be some time this year!

Apple® today unveiled a new 1GB iPod® nano for just £109 (inc. VAT), offering the same features as the 2GB and 4GB iPod nano models and holding up to 240 songs or 15,000 photos. The new 1GB iPod nano’s ultra-portable design is thinner than a #2 pencil and features Apple’s patent pending Click Wheel and the same gorgeous colour screen as the other iPod nano models. In addition, Apple announced that the iPod shuffle is now more affordable than ever with the 512MB and 1GB models priced at £49 and £69 (inc. VAT) respectively.

Buying a new mobile, well wait till you see what Sony Ericsson have in store with there new mobile multimedia device. Sony Ericsson today revealed a host of unannounced applications and entertainment content features for its flagship Wi-Fi enabled smartphone, the P990, which was introduced in October 2005 They include: Details on supported push email partners Anti-virus/Firewall and VPN clients for secure corporate business Business card scanner New entertainment content and features The P990 is the next in a line of successful Sony Ericsson smartphones - the P800, P900 and P910 – and is based on the same proven concept and recognisable form factor.

Samsung has today confirmed the launch of an exciting new handset, the Samsung E770, a streamlined clamshell with external music keys. Samsung has today confirmed the launch of an exciting new handset, the Samsung E770, a streamlined clamshell with external music keys.

Music mad drivers will soon have a simple way to transfer their music from PC to car in three easy steps. The new GIGA Panel in-car sound system has a removable front panel supplied with USB port, which connects directly to the PC. Users simply remove the panel, connect it to the PC, choose the music data they want, drag and drop it onto the Giga Panel then reattach in-car and enjoy the sounds.