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Photos: Hands-on with the Casio Exilim EX-F1 and friends

Crave Handy. If you want a longer timespan the frame rate can be dropped with a handy slider using the EX-F1's neat scroll wheel. Who can say how legend will remember the beast pictured here; Casio calls it the Exilim EX-F1.

8 January 2008, 5:18

Casio Exilim EX-V7: Magnificent sevens

Crave The Casio Exilim EX-V7 has arrived at Crave Towers, and first impressions are that it's a handy little point-and-shoot. It packs a 7.2-megapixel sensor and includes a 64mm (2.5-inch) LCD screen. No surprises so far.

Tags: casio, lens, zoom, ex

8 October 2007, 10:51

O2's XDA Mini S venture

Crave PDA phones can be very handy -- they let you to make calls, edit documents, access emails, and in some cases can even help you find your way home thanks to integrated GPS navigation. Their only real drawback is their size -- particularly those with...

Tags: o2, mini, keyboard, qwerty

21 November 2005, 14:00

Qstarz Travel Recorder: All-in-one GPS goodness

Crave External GPS receivers are pretty handy if you want to turn your Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone into a satellite-navigation device. But imagine if you could use your external GPS receiver to keep a log of your travels and then be able to see your...

Tags: gps, pictures, travel, log

31 October 2007, 9:00

Ideazon Merc Stealth: N00b-hunting keyboard

Crave It was rather clunky, but it succeeded in making PC gaming slightly friendlier -- the Battlefield 2 keys were certainly very handy. Ideazon had a hefty hit with PC gamers a few years back -- the innovative Zboard keyboard, which offered different...

Tags: ideazon, gaming, keys, keyboard

29 January 2008, 8:05

Planet CNET Episode 21: Say hello to the HiPhone

Crave In this episode of Planet CNET, our German colleagues test out the 'HiPhone', a blatant iPhone copy with handy extra features such as a replaceable battery. If you've ever seen a Chinese tech knock-off on eBay and thought it was just too good to be...

23 October 2008, 15:35

When you don't want to talk to anyone

Crave This handy little gadget can record a 10-second message and play it back to whomever enters the room, informing them of your whereabouts, instructions or anything else you'd otherwise leave on a Post-It note that might or might not be seen...

Tags: talk, message, motion, gadgets

11 April 2007, 10:06

Kodak Picture Mail: Email to frames

Crave The EasyShare range of digital cameras includes a handy big red 'share' button that allows for one-touch transfer of images to your computer and to Kodak's online photo gallery. What is handy is that existing Wi-Fi frames will be able to benefit...

Tags: kodak, cameras, wi fi, frames

15 October 2007, 10:56

Photos: T-Mobile G1, Google's mobile darling hits the UK

Crave Its screen is as responsive as the iPhone's and when you need some extra accuracy the scroll ball comes in very handy -- particularly when using the Web broswer, which we'll talk about later. Today we finally got our hands on the T-Mobile G1, the...

23 September 2008, 16:40

T-Mobile Sidekick III: Lots of swivel, but no speed

Crave For example, there's the recently launched T-Mobile MDA Compact III, which features a handy BlackBerry Pearl-like trackball, a colour touchscreen and built-in GPS. Being the first UK network to launch a flat-rate data tariff is some boast, but you...

Tags: t-mobile, iii, wi fi, fi

2 January 2007, 11:23

ViewSonic ViewDock: iPod on your PC screen

Crave The dock, located in the stand, provides a handy cradle and charger for your iPod. They say that in London you're never more than 1 metre away from a rat. That's nothing: we reckon that no matter where you are on the planet, you're never more than...

Tags: viewsonic, monitors, inch, speakers

14 September 2006, 10:53

disgo Media Bank: Scart? Are you having a laugh?

Crave That's a handy feature if you download stuff off the Web and want to watch it on your TV, but there's no network socket, so you'll need to move the disgo to your computer every time you want to transfer something.

Tags: hard drive, bank, readers, picture quality

9 June 2008, 11:29

CNET.co.uk Downloads: Mapping your way to pool

Crave Luckily we've found a new app for our mobile phone that comes in handy when we get horribly lost. The best things in life are free. Okay, that's not always true. Air is free, and that's pretty good. And all the software in CNET.co.uk's Downloads...

Tags: ball, london, pool, app

18 August 2006, 13:54

Polaroid Digital Instant Mobile Photo Printer: Ta-dah!

Crave The handy-dandy printer -- let's call it the PDIMPP -- is 120 by 70mm and a svelte 23.5mm deep. In 2007, we Craved the Zink printing system, which plugs into your camera and prints with zero ink involved.

Tags: polaroid, printer, detection, prints

9 January 2008, 18:32

Crave TV: PathFindIR car system lets you see in the dark

Crave It's really handy, because even with xenon headlamps, streetlights and cats eyes, there's still a real danger of running over stray animals or jaywalkers. Ever wanted to see in the dark? Now you can, thanks to the FLIR PathFindIR.

22 January 2008, 15:01