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Serene: Bang & Olufsen's peaceful fashion phone

Crave B&O's CEO, Torben Sørensen, was keen to point out the simplicity of design, with a motorised opening mechanism, an iPod-like central navigation wheel and the controversial new circular keypad. The navigation wheel is a joy to use, but it took twice...

Tags: bang & olufsen, nokia, samsung, opening

6 October 2005, 10:28

Vauxhall Insignia: The car that can see

Crave Remember the headlights on the Ford Focus CC-3 that swivel left and right depending on which way you turn the wheel? There are tonnes of controls on the dash itself, as you can see, plus additional audio controls on the centre column by the gear...

25 July 2008, 12:21

Photos: Lightning electric supercar recharges in 10 minutes

Crave Unlike most electric cars that use a single electric motor, the Lightning uses four separate motors -- one in each wheel. The idea is that all the available power is placed directly into the wheel -- none is lost in the gearbox or drive shaft...

25 July 2008, 16:28

Sneak peek: LG U400 music phone

Crave Fortunately, LG has made the LG U400 music phone (pictured), which not only has 3G with video calling, stereo Bluetooth, stereo speakers, a 2-megapixel camera and an expandable microSD slot, but also has a nifty scroll wheel.

Tags: lg electronics, mobile phones, lg, wheel

27 June 2006, 11:33

Photos: Hands-on with the iRiver P20

Crave One physical wheel on the right-hand side selects the player's function (there's no main menu screen), while the other cycles a given function's menu items. Here you can see the function wheel. The Spinn-inspired scroll wheel.iRiver's all about the...

1 September 2008, 11:10

Nikon Coolpix S500: Model behaviour

Crave We like the zippy scroll wheel, which injects a note of fun into the S500's standoffish user experience. It's as classy, refined and understated as a New York fashionista, but has the bonus of a scroll wheel darting about like an overexcited pet...

Tags: nikon, compact, optical, cameras

9 July 2007, 10:22

Photos: Go Wi-Fi with the Nikon Coolpix S52c

Crave You type with the zippy scroll wheel, which doubles as a clickpad so you can click up and down a row to cut down on scrolling. For our money, the Coolpix range includes the best scroll wheel implementation in the compact market.

21 July 2008, 11:21

projectiondesign M20: Add 200 trillion colours to your life

Crave The M20 also has a 7x colour wheel, which might sound like the sort of thing you'd find on a hippie's Christmas list, but is in fact quite an important feature. All DLP projectors have a colour wheel, which rotates very quickly in order to produce...

Tags: projectiondesign, colours, colour, wheel

13 April 2007, 11:13

Hands-on with the Canon HG10

Crave The LCD screen comes with a scroll wheel set around the edge of a four-way clickpad, with other function controls under the screen. There's no lens ring for manual focus, but some users may prefer the peppy scroll wheel anyway.

Tags: canon, eye, pixel, megapixel

21 January 2008, 11:09

Photos: 24 hours with the Samsung NV24HD camera

Crave Modes are selected by a wheel on the top right. Nothing out of the ordinary about that.but our hero's keen observation skills have spotted something unusual: the NV24HD has a second control wheel on the left side.

24 June 2008, 10:34

Photos: Paris Motor Show 2008 concept cars

Crave Although featuring Lamborghini elements such as all-wheel-drive and possibly the V-10 engine from the Gallardo, the Estoque has four doors and cargo room. Exploring different model directions while keeping its iconic look, Mini explores the idea of...

6 October 2008, 11:13

Photos: Hands-on with the Samsung GX-10

Crave The dioptre is a weird horizontal slider rather than the usual ridged wheel, which took some practice to get used to. The usual circular clickpad is surrounded by a collar wheel to select focus points.

11 December 2007, 10:01

Photos: Hands-on with the HTC Touch Diamond

Crave Similar to an iPod's Click Wheel, the navigation wheel at the bottom of the Diamond allows you to scroll through content quickly. Is it a Google Phone? Is it the 3G iPhone? Is it something MacGyver put together using a matchbox and his pants?

6 May 2008, 17:01

Photos: Hands-on with the Samsung NV40

Crave On the right is the usual mode wheel, including movie mode, automatic, program and manual modes. The other wheel, on the NV40's left shoulder, controls colour options, giving quick access to settings such as retro, forest, cool, calm and classic.

3 November 2008, 11:24

Philips DVDR5520H: Records TV, performs miracles

Crave The remote you get is pretty funky too -- it's got a click wheel, which is actually pretty useful for selecting things on a long list. Of course, you'll need to be careful not to spill any jam on the wheel, or you'll have nothing but problems.

Tags: philips, hard drive, air, watching

13 May 2008, 11:26