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Fretlight Guitar: easy as LED

Crave The Beatles found inspiration in LSD, but would they have guessed one day we’d be songwriting by LED? Pete Townsend probably hopes he dies before he gets LED. The Fretlight guitar illuminates LEDs along its fretboard to indicate chord patterns and...

Tags: led, guitar, leds, learning

30 March 2005, 16:50

Apple gives MacBook Pro Santa Rosa and LED displays

Crave Importantly, the 15-inch models use LED-backlit screens, which Apple reckons will increase battery life by around 30 minutes. Apple has updated the MacBook Pro with the latest Intel Santa Rosa chipset.

Tags: apple, hard drive, resolution, intel

6 June 2007, 11:55

Gadget Love: Valentine's Day gifts for single geeks

Crave Scrolling LED BadgeSpotting single people can be easy. Hot Heart So the Scrolling LED Badge and Kissing Love Detector have worked a treat and you're in a taxi en route to your place, admirer in tow. Kissing Love Detector Once the lady/bloke of your...

13 February 2007, 12:06

Photos: Samsung G600 5-megapixel camera phone

Crave Yesterday Samsung unveiled the G600, a 5-megapixel camera phone with auto-focus and an LED photo light. We were disappointed that there's no xenon flash, which would make taking pictures on a night out much better -- LED photo lights usually suck...

20 July 2007, 12:50

Samsung LE52F96: LEDs make black even blacker

Crave The massive LE52F96 is one of the first TVs to feature an LED backlight, which replaces the traditional cathode-based system. The result of the LED backlight is that the TV can selectively dim areas of the screen that are showing black.

Tags: samsung, lcd, led, tvs

3 October 2007, 11:53

Lexmark 3840: Budget photo demon

Crave It looks like the X2470, but has a control panel across the front with a tiny LED screen. The LED also relays messages to let you know if anything's gone awry or if there are any buttons you should be pressing.

Tags: lexmark, usb, budget, memory stick

6 July 2006, 12:50

Sony Ericsson C702: Geotagging your mobile pics

Crave The Sony Ericsson C702 is a 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus and dual LED photo lights. Our main concern so far is that compared to the better-specced C905, the C702 only comes with LED dual photo lights instead of a xenon flash.

Tags: sony ericsson, cover, megapixel, ericsson

14 July 2008, 12:43

Photos: Toshiba's Qosmio G45 multimedia darling

Crave The lid is a glossy black colour and the inside is finished in a stunning, glossy white veneer, complemented by gallons of blue LED lighting. LED lights are rather attractive. We've just spent an afternoon playing with a Toshiba Qosmio G45...

8 January 2008, 8:17

Pila GL2 Cavaliere: Super torch

Crave One end of the torch has an extremely bright 6V xenon bulb and the other features a customisable tail section that can be fitted with a four-LED tail light. The Pila GL2 Cavalier is available on the Pila Web site for about £40 (excluding shipping...

Tags: conditions, battery, led, degrees

21 August 2006, 11:59

Dub Pimpstar: Pimp your ride with XP rims

Crave Each wheel has a built-in microprocessor and wireless adapter, as well as the key component, a set of LED lights that create images while they spin. If that's a little rich for your blood, you should also check out the SpokePOV LED Bike Wheel kit.

Tags: wi fi, car, windows xp, led

27 March 2006, 11:51

Photos: Hands on with the Porsche P'9521 phone

Crave On the back, the Porsche P'9521 sports a 3.2-megapixel camera with auto-focus and dual LED photo lights. Although the Porsche P'9521 has two LED photo lights, it wasn't as bright as we hoped and didn't illuminate scenes as well as the Sony Ericsson...

19 October 2007, 14:00

Sony Ericsson C902: Slidy snapshooter

Crave Slide open its clever camera cover and out pops a 5-megapixel camera with an LED photo light. We're disappointed that the C902 has an LED photo light instead of a xenon flash, such as the one on the C905.

19 June 2008, 12:36

Sony Ericsson W902: Style dictator, headphone hater

Crave It has a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and an LED photo light, a 56mm (2.2-inch), 240x320-pixel screen, stereo Bluetooth, 25MB of internal memory that's expandable to 8GB and it weighs a light 100g.

22 July 2008, 11:31

Photos: Nokia launches Supernova 7610, 7510, 7310 and 7210

Crave It too features Xpress-On cover customisation options, a 2-megapixel camera with LED flash, quad-band compatibility, 25MB of internal memory, support for up to 8GB microSD cards, stereo Bluetooth and roughly six hours of talk time from the lithium...

27 June 2008, 12:01

Camera combat: Nokia 6300 vs Sony Ericsson K810i vs Nokia N95 vs Canon IXUS 70 vs Canon 400D

Crave Nokia 6300First up, we tested the Nokia 6300, which comes with a 2-megapixel camera, which doesn't feature auto-focus, a flash or LED photo light. Nokia N95We were really impressed with the picture quality from the Nokia N95, which features a 5...

24 April 2007, 15:27