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Samsung threatens to abandon the laptop market

Crave Samsung will cease operation of its laptop division if it doesn't improve its market share by 2011. Hong, the senior manager of overseas sales and marketing for the company's computer division, said an extra 11 million units must be sold worldwide...

Tags: samsung, sony, market, laptop

14 May 2008, 13:57

Mcody M20: Chocolate for the MP3 market

Crave Chocolate is all the rage these days -- that is, if you ignore the Cadbury's salmonella crisis and concentrate solely on the LG mobile phone design. The Korean giant's Chocolate phone seems to have inspired the designers at Mcody to create their...

Tags: nano, ipod nano, chocolate, chocolate phone

14 August 2006, 13:47

Hands-on with the General Electric G2: Compact-come-lately

Crave The camera market is stuffed to bursting with affordable compacts. It seems a tough market to break into, so what is Johnny-come-lately General Electric thinking with models such as the G2? There was a deluge of new models in January's trade show...

Tags: general electric, compact, stores, models

3 April 2008, 12:03

Photos: Computex buzzes about mini laptops and their chips

Crave At Computex 2008 in Tapei, Taiwan, the biggest buzz is about the developing new market for mini laptops, sub-notebooks, 'netbooks' -- whatever you want to call them. Other manufacturers, such as Elonex, are taking an early plunge into the mini...

4 June 2008, 11:08

Crave Talk: A format war of mobile music downloads?

Crave Legal digital music downloads are skyrocketing in popularity, and the market is getting competitive. Hopefully 2008 won't see the start of another format war, as there's really no space for it in the mobile market, and the record industry can't...

Tags: industry, model, unlimited, consumers

3 April 2008, 14:32

Panasonic's LXD60 range: dual-HDMI equipped LCDs

Crave Despite its vocal support for plasma technology, Panasonic is covering its bet in the flat-screen market with the launch of the LXD60 LCD range. With the World Cup and Sky HD approaching, expect the LCD market to become an even fiercer battleground...

Tags: panasonic, range, hd, market

15 March 2006, 10:02

MP3 players at CES: Predictions for 2007

Crave In the aftermath of the underwhelming Zune, there's still everything to play for in the MP3 player market. Microsoft succeeded in building a position for its Xbox in the video console market by sustaining a loss of $4bn on the product.

Tags: market, players, samsung, ces

3 January 2007, 12:25

Hands-on with the Nikon Coolpix S210: The state of compacts

Crave With the newest models trickling to market from the raft of announcements made at PMA, we decided to have a look at the Nikon Coolpix S210 to see whether our basic expectations of a compact digital camera have changed over the last year.

Tags: nikon, zoom, compact, ex

7 March 2008, 11:41

iRiver X20: Distinctly affordable

Crave Should you not be content with the MP3 offerings on the market today, iRiver has unleashed its brand-new X20 digital media player and hopes to satisfy your needs at a low, low price. There's still a big market for non-iPod players, however, and...

Tags: iriver, person, revolutionary, plays

26 March 2007, 11:32

Sony PFR-V1 headphones: Sound great, look 'special'

Crave Japan is rightly feted for its wonderfully peculiar innovations, but we've got hold of the most unusual in the mainstream audio market since Rolly. Kudos to the bloke who designed these, because he thought a little outside the box and attacked the...

7 April 2008, 13:17

Crave Talk: Is Nintendo the apple of Apple's eye?

Crave The market for the device was not immediately obvious. Between howling at the moon, these looneys point to the similar corporate philosophies of Apple and Nintendo bull-headed determination in the face of defeat); the similar consumer perception of...

Tags: nintendo, mini, console, gaming

9 June 2006, 10:51

Brennan JB7: Technophobe-ready HDD-based jukebox

Crave For those who don't want to spend £700 on the Philips WACS7500 or splash out on one of Sony's Giga Jukes, you could try the HDD-based JB7 from market newcomer Brennan. Technophobes may appreciate its simplicity -- we'll know when we've had a play...

Tags: brennan, disk, hard disk, model

21 April 2008, 12:09

Blu-ray profile 1.1 player round-up

Crave However you look at it, the PS3 remains an excellent entry to the Blu-ray market, because it's an incredibly powerful console it has more scope to improve over time than other players -- plus, you get to play games on it.

6 November 2007, 11:45

Archos 204: 20GB of small metallic joy

Crave Archos has just announced the 204 -- a very small 20GB MP3 player that's exclusive to the European market. Some smaller MP3 players tend to appeal to the younger market, thanks to their low cost, their lower capacity (most kids won't use more than...

Tags: archos, storage, stores, european

8 March 2007, 11:57

Panasonic launches new HD camcorders and 32GB SD card

Crave Pana's chairman and CEO, Yoshi Yamada, took to the stage to tell us all about the company's "leading position" in the HDTV market. It boasts 3CCDs, full 1080p HD recording and it's pitched as the world's smallest and lightest SD-based HD camcorder...

7 January 2008, 6:43