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The complete history of Apple's iPod

Crave This edition launched in April 2003 and was the first model to use Apple's 30-pin dock connector. The first incarnation of the device that was to revolutionise the music industry had a mechanical scroll wheel and launched with 5GB and 10GB...

12 September 2007, 12:07

Denon DVD-2910: Mr Universal

Crave So while the Denon is busy working away on clever interpolating and de-interlacing the image, you're left with a gloriously smooth picture that's detailed, extremely colourful and pin-sharp. We're enjoying a decadent lifestyle this morning...

Tags: denon, divx, dvd player, definition

13 June 2005, 10:24

Apple: Avoid death -- integrate iPod with your car

Crave The 30-pin connector on newer iPods can transmit all the information displayed on the iPod screen to a remote display. Can you imagine a more impressive podcessory than the very thing that will ultimately deliver global environmental apocalypse...

Tags: apple, integration, mini, car

17 July 2006, 11:51

O2 Wallet: Oyster card, Barclaycard and phone in one

Crave Another issue is security and how safe the system is, relative to using chip and pin. Forget carrying around a separate mobile phone, credit card and Oyster card -- according to O2, in the future we'll only need one device.

28 November 2007, 14:35

Photos: Asus G50 Republic of Gamers laptop

Crave The left side of the laptop is home to a D-Sub video output port, two USBs, a four-pin FireWire port, HDMI output and a memory card reader. There's an unwritten law that gaming laptops have to be hella ugly, or at the very least garish enough to...

29 September 2008, 14:38

Photos: Asus N50V laptop takes leaf from HP's book

Crave The left side of the N50V is home to Ethernet, D-Sub, HDMI, two USB ports, four-pin FireWire, ExpressCard slot and a 4-in-1 card reader. Crave had an awkward run-in with the postman this morning. He turned up, handed us a package containing an Asus...

28 August 2008, 13:42

Photos: Samsung i8510 8-megapixel camera phone

Crave Our only niggle with the headphone jack is that it's on the side instead of the top, which means the headphone pin will stick out at a weird angle in your pocket. 'Anything you can do, Samsung can do better' is what we imagine Samsung's mentality...

22 August 2008, 16:27

Nokia N96 and N78: Hands-on with Nokia's new Ns

Crave As you can see here, there'll be absolutely no pocket shenanigans between the N96 and a headphone pin. But all is not lost, because these handsets are much more than mere upgrades. The Nokia N96 is a step up from the Nokia N95 8GB and offers some...

11 February 2008, 16:14

Top ten obsolete ports

Crave Who chooses which ports make it, and which are shuffled off to the retirement home for the permanently disconnected? The fickle finger of gadget fate has left many inputs by the wayside, and they often weren't the worst.

25 March 2008, 11:02

Blu Monday: Hitachi touting world's first Blu-ray camcorder?

Crave Official information is still hazy (and mostly in Japanese) -- so don't pin too much hope on finding a Blu-ray camcorder in your stocking this Christmas. Rumour is building that Hitachi will be first to debut a Blu-ray video camera, with pictures...

Tags: hitachi, japanese, hd, disc

23 July 2007, 12:03

Crave Talk: Is Flickr's German censorship sinister or clumsy?

Crave The German controversy comes hard on the heels of Flickr's decision earlier this month that one user's inclusion of pin-up-style photos meant their entire account should be classified as unsafe. Yahoo is under fire from Flickr users -- again...

Tags: flickr, law, community, german

20 June 2007, 11:30