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Hands-on with the Samsung L210: Dial M for Manual

Crave Not exposure compensation, not shutter or aperture priority, not an M on the mode dial that actually just lets you set a minimum or maximum exposure. No, you dial M on that unconventionally positioned dial, and you can adjust aperture settings by...

Tags: samsung, dial, compact, aperture

12 March 2008, 10:16

Photos: Getting cute with the Canon PowerShot A580

Crave Still, it's so friendly: the curves are cheerful, the buttons large and round, and the mode dial clicks like Fisher Price made it -- although it does go round 360 degrees in both directions. There are 16 shooting modes, including automatic mode...

2 June 2008, 11:26

Nokia 7280: an Art Deco talking stick

Crave The glossy black-and-white phone is unlike anything you've seen before, with a mirror in place of the screen, a rotating dial where the keypad should be, and a fabric label on the right hand side. As we worked out how to dial numbers and enter text...

Tags: nokia, dial, native american, talking

30 March 2005, 9:52

LG KF700: The phone that offers a three-way

Crave It has a 76mm (3-inch) touch-sensitive screen, an alpha-numeric keypad and a shortcut dial. That'd be the shortcut dial then. For those of you for whom touching is more a pleasure than a chore, LG may have something up its corporate sleeve to tease...

11 February 2008, 13:27

Photos: Doro's simple, easy-to-use mobile phones

Crave All you get is a massive keypad, a monochrome backlit display, memory for up to 50 numbers, speakerphone mode, vibrating alert and four speed-dial keys right underneath the screen. Even simpler than the HandlesEasy 326gsm, the HandlePlus 324gsm...

22 November 2007, 9:00

Motorola unveils the Q q9 and Q gsm

Crave Our only niggle with the Q q9 is that there's not jog dial or scroll wheel, so you have to click the navigation button in order to scroll though emails, which could become annoying if you're reading a very long email.

Tags: motorola, emails, connectivity, devices

21 February 2007, 11:24

MagicBox Imp: Radio goodness, Internet style

Crave You can spin the dial and cast your ear over stations grouped by region -- just like the old days when your Pye Excelsior had Hilversum, Prague and Buenos Aires printed on the dial. The wireless has come a long way since the days of cat's whiskers...

Tags: wi fi, stations, radio, dial

19 June 2006, 10:49

Canon autumn product launch: The compacts

Crave The G9 provides handy external controls that include a dedicated ISO dial, a multi-control dial and a customisable shortcut button with two custom settings. Yesterday we highlighted the consumer EOS 40D and the 21-megapixel EOS-1Ds Mark III, and...

22 August 2007, 12:06

Toshiba Libretto U100: Not for fatties

Crave We're reminded of the The Simpsons episode where Homer dials a number on his phone only to be told, "The fingers you have used to dial are too fat. To obtain a special dialing wand, please mash the keypad with your palm now.

Tags: toshiba, wi fi, fingers, libretto

27 July 2005, 11:45

DABabolical machine: Yamaha CRX-M170

Crave You can well imagine Her Majesty's nimble fingers dancing the dial through stations and tuning into the World Service as she settles down into a warm bath of corgi milk. We've seen big DABs and small DABs, round ones and square ones, DABs with hair...

Tags: yamaha, volume, stations, class

23 November 2005, 10:22

Photos: Hands-on with the Samsung NV8

Crave Aesthetically there isn't much to distinguish between any of the NV series: SLR-esque, retro black metal styling and mode dial, pop-up flash, chunky hand grip and Chelsea-blue lens ring. Last week we took a look at the NV15.

6 November 2007, 11:02

Photos: Hands-on with the Fujifilm FinePix S100FS

Crave You get raw shooting, a thumb dial for adjusting exposure and manual control over the lens -- you turn it and it zooms. The Fujifilm S100FS is at the top of the Finepix tree. It's an 11-megapixel bridge camera with a 14x zoom.

14 May 2008, 11:05

Sagem H4 Bluetooth headset: Titchy talker

Crave The H4 can store two numbers on it so you can speed-dial your most regular contacts. It's extremely difficult to find a Bluetooth headset that doesn't make you look ridiculous. Finding one that's inconspicuous is pretty important if you don't want...

Tags: sagem, bluetooth, ear, earpiece

1 March 2007, 11:18

Shazam & AQA: The answer is on your mobile

Crave All you do is dial 2580 from any mobile and hold up the handset to a song that's being played in a bar, car stereo or anywhere you hear a tune you dig. There are few mobile services out there that do something useful, and there are even fewer that...

Tags: message, questions, song, text message

24 April 2006, 8:58

Fujifilm debuts classy compacts

Crave Its entry-level status is indicated by the 'Baby mode' on the mode dial. We'll probably see them soon after, and although UK prices have not yet been announced, the US prices are extremely tempting. Most of the new tranche incorporate Face...

26 July 2007, 13:06