commands

Nintendogs: Welcome to the doghouse

Crave While we were shouting commands at the virtual pet in the office, passers-by cynically called Nintendogs a glorified Tamogotchi. And we mean we actually named him -- you can shout at your DS (it has a built-in microphone) and the dog will recognise...

Tags: nintendo, commands, psp, virtual

17 November 2005, 10:47

Sony NV-U51: Gesture controlled GPS

Crave Apparently it'll also understand handwritten commands like "get me home" or "find the nearest petrol station", but let's hope these can be scaled down to just "home" and "gas" -- we can't imagine anyone wanting to write whole sentences while...

Tags: sony, drivers, finger, commands

30 October 2006, 10:25

Sony Aibo has been put down: An obituary

Crave Though he never really seemed to understand commands properly, or move faster than a brain-damaged puppy, there was something charming about Sony's persistent efforts to make this a success. Sony Aibo 1999-2006.

Tags: sony uk, children, dog, aibo

27 January 2006, 10:43

Nokia 6300: Straightforward steel

Crave There's a 2-megapixel camera on the back, 135MB of onboard memory with support for up to 2GB microSD cards, voice dialling, voice commands and voice recording, an MP3 player, an FM radio and an integrated hands-free speaker.

Tags: nokia, casing, megapixel, love

30 November 2006, 10:57

Car Tech: Fiat 500 -- the iPod of cars, powered by Windows

Crave Press that, and Blue&Me will accept voice commands from the driver, and provide verbal feedback -- all without you taking your eyes off the road. Can you believe it? Somebody's actually released a car that looks like it was designed by Apple, but...

30 June 2008, 18:00

Nintendo DS : turning blue in the face of competition

Crave You have to look after your canine chum by petting it via the screen, breaking up the routine by teaching it new tricks through voice commands over the microphone. All these cool gadgets are a big strain on the pocket.

Tags: nintendo, strategy, ds, pockets

25 April 2005, 10:14

Top ten gadgets to burn on Bonfire Night

Crave It never listened to our commands, acted as if it was permanently doped up to the eyeballs, and its hard plastic shell made it useless for cuddling. PURE Digital Bug Too PURE's quirky digital radio is one of the most enduring icons of DAB technology.

3 November 2006, 11:44

Operation Flashpoint Elite: Crave's Cold War crisis

Crave The playtester showed us how you can take cover while organising via simple commands through the Xbox joypad, before going in to assist his team with some of the dirty work. Operation Flashpoint: Elite may not be due for release until November in...

Tags: budget, released, war, operation

12 September 2005, 10:23

Toshiba Quad Core HD Processor: Qosmio X300, F50 and G50

Crave Users can wave their hands in front of a QCHD-equipped laptop's webcam and it'll interpret certain movements as commands. Back in January, we intrepidly voyaged to Las Vegas, to check out casinos Toshiba's Spurs Engine -- laptop technology that...

18 June 2008, 10:35

iPhone 3G reviews roundup: We're not jealous, honest

Crave Finally, Edward C Baig from USA Today simply loves the iPhone 3G and doesn't have many bad things to say -- other than pointing out that you still can't shoot video with it, use a Blutooth stereo headset, or dial with voice commands.

Tags: apple, points, iphone, exchange

9 July 2008, 12:09

Fall in love with the Nokia 7360, 7370 and 7380

Crave Additions include a 2-megapixel camera (up from VGA in the 7280), an MP3 player and enhanced voice commands. Crave was charmed by Nokia's strange, stick-like 7280, but we didn't expect anyone else to like it.

Tags: nokia, megapixel, collection, fashion

26 October 2005, 12:03

Photos: Hands-on with the Sony Vaio BZ Series (VGN-BZ11VN)

Crave The vPro technology even allows remote management commands to be obeyed when the machine is switched off or locked-up by Windows. Just when you thought 30 pages of laptops in one day was enough, we present to you the last model in the new Sony Vaio...

16 July 2008, 17:21

Battlefield 2: Two tribes go to war

Crave You can also ask for help from teammates thanks to VoIP support, or if you're feeling particularly authoritative, issue commands for an attack. Every once in a while, a computer game comes along that takes over your life.

Tags: electronic arts, attack, enemy, pilot

11 July 2005, 12:29

Tested: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1-terabyte hard drive

Crave The drive can internally optimise the order in which received read and write commands are executed. Back in June, Seagate promised us a 1-terabyte hard disk drive in time for autumn, and here it is: the Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS.

2 November 2007, 15:59

Letter from Linuxland -- Part 3

Crave It's improved now, but when I got there the installation involved opening a terminal window, cutting and pasting a chunk of BASH commands and watching in bemusement as a thousand incomprehensible messages about dependencies scrolled past.

Tags: linux, windows media, dependencies, obscure

21 September 2006, 14:33