Joe Cox's blog
NEWS: Share MP3s - no wires, no PC
Here's a clever thing for iPod users. The MiShare connects two iPods together and shares music and playlists without the need for any cables or indeed a computer. You can select whether it sends music, videos or photos, and whether you ...
NEWS: Sony to launch movies on your mobile?
According to reports in the US, Sony Pictures Television is looking to unleash its considerable movie catalogue on to mobile phones. A rumoured link-up with mobile provider AT&T – the biggest in the States – and MediaFlo USA would see ...
NEWS: US BD sales reach nine million
Research in the US shows Blu-ray disc sales have topped nine million since inception, with some three million of those discs flying off the shelves in 2008. The figures, published by Home Media Research, show average weekly sales figures of ...
NEWS: BD-Live arrives for PS3
Sony has released the latest firmware upgrade for the PlayStation3, incorporating support for BD-Live on Blu-ray discs – only the second player after the Panasonic DMP-BD50 to do so. The latest version 2.20 upgrade is here and introduces a ...
NEWS: Philips keeps Blu-ray player under wraps
While there was plenty that Philips did tell us about its forthcoming product releases, there was surprisingly little mention of the company's long-awaited Blu-ray player, the BDP7200. As we reported here from the CES Show back in ...
NEWS: Philips adds to GoGear and Streamium ranges, and there are new iPod docks too
After technology glitches, dodgy press DVDs and a bout of mild food poisoning, we can now bring you more from Philips' recent European press launch. There's something for everyone on the digital music side of things, with a new MP3 ...
NEWS: BBC iPlayer comes to the iPhone
BBC's fabled iPlayer is now available on the Apple iPhone and the iPod Touch, the first time that the software has made its way on to portable players. This allows you to stream content from the iPlayer website over Wi-Fi networks. ...
NEWS: Samsung cancels combo HD player
It may well come as no surprise to hear the news that Samsung has cancelled the release of the BD-UP5500, the company's planned 2nd-generation combo Blu-ray and HD DVD (come again?) player. Of course we never got to see the first player ...
NEWS: £20 Sennheiser in-ear 'phones
Sennheiser has provided choice budget headphones for some time, most notably with the PX100s, winners of our Award in this category back in 2006. While those were on-ear efforts, the MX560 range are in-ear versions, designed to catch they ...
NEWS: Solar-powered charger for your portable
Isn't this heatwave we're experiencing brilliant? Every morning we're out sat on the grass making daisy-chains, sunglasses on, soaking up the rays. And charging our iPhones while we do it of course. Yep, the Freeloader 8.0 from ...




