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LG Fantasy: Stylin' monitors from the Chocolate people

Crave The Fantasy range consists of three versions: the Ring, the Eclipse and the Jar. Update: We now have a full review of the LG Fantasy Ring live in our Reviews channel. LG, already basking in the successful launch of its uber-sexy Chocolate phone...

Tags: lg electronics, inch, base, monitors

13 November 2006, 15:03

The TAD: A ring that helps you ring

Crave It's pretty simple really, you insert the pointy bit and then slip the ring over your thumb -- hey presto, you've got a pointy thumb. According to its creator, the TAD also doubles up as a ring protector, which is useful if you're going to play...

Tags: ring, thumb, tad, sports

15 May 2008, 11:17

Hands-on with the Fujifilm FinePix S6500: Facial first

Crave Zoom and focus are controlled with the lens ring, for that dSLR experience. What we really like is the quick autofocus: no matter how fast we whipped the zoom ring around, the autofocus compensated momentarily.

Tags: fujifilm, compact, shot, button

27 March 2008, 10:50

Interview with an iPod killer: Sony NW-E507

Crave The iPod has had its fair share of challengers, but every time a fighter steps into the ring to take on the Shuffle, the fight is over in seconds. To the iPod I say: make your way down here and get in this ring and feel my fire, cause you're gonna...

Tags: sony uk, ipod, battery, life

25 May 2005, 11:17

Sony HDR-UX1E and HDR-SR1E: Camcorder delights

Crave There's also an assignable ring feature that lets you assign essential functions such as focus, exposure, AE shift or white balance shift to the focal ring. All hail Sony. The electronics giant seems to be almost single-handedly leading the high...

Tags: sony, definition, hard disk, models

24 July 2006, 11:45

Sony XDR-M1: from nought to radio

Crave Pressing the ring doesn't work, even though it has 'up' and 'down' arrows. We finally get to the next radio station… by pressing the button inside the ring, which is not only a button but also a two-way rocker switch.

Tags: radio, scanning, station, box

9 March 2005, 12:13

Crave Talk: How to punish a boy spammer

Crave Horror fans will recognise this line from The Ring, a film in which a mysterious videotape brings death to all who watch it. First, Lennon should be forced to use the default ring tone on his mobile phone for two months.

Tags: sounds, ring, death, ex

24 August 2006, 12:24

Photos: LG 32LG6000 Scarlet, the TV with a hole

Crave When the 32LG6000 is in standby mode, the ring is red.and white when it's on. The ring also acts as a power button. The manual was no help at all on the whole ring subject, or anything else for that matter.

5 June 2008, 10:57

Panasonic's 3MOS HD camcorders: HDC-SD100 and HDC-HS100

Crave Our favourite feature from a usability point of view is the manual ring at the front of the camera. As well as the traditional application -- adjusting focus -- the manual ring can adjust other settings at the touch of a button.

Tags: panasonic, records, detection, camcorders

21 July 2008, 17:41

The Ultimate Tech Celebrity Deathmatches

Crave Eyes closed, head tilted backwards and dressed in a t-shirt featuring the name of a martial arts group, an undertaker's Web site URL and a knife manufacturer's email address, Google chief Eric Schmidt stood calmly in his corner of the ring, arms...

7 March 2008, 7:30

Motorola ZN5: Kodak and Moto in tag-team shocker

Crave What we're not so sure of is whether this will be Motorola's winning combo -- or if both Kodak and Motorola are going to get a humiliating ring-out from the fat guy with the backside-based special move.

Tags: motorola, megapixel, wi fi, kodak

23 June 2008, 12:19

The Fossil Abacus MobileWear Bluetooth Watch

Crave Even though some mobile phones can vibrate with the force of an earthquake and ring as loudly as a screaming banshee, it's strange how sometimes you won't notice that someone is calling you. Fossil has come up with a practical solution in the form...

Tags: watch, calling, sony ericsson, silence

31 January 2007, 12:11

Toshiba Gigabeat U: Beaming tunes to your car radio

Crave We were originally a little disappointed to see Toshiba sending another flash contender -- the Gigabeat U -- into the ring. It comes in 1GB or 2GB sizes, plays MP3 and WMA format music, has an FM radio and takes on the commonplace aesthetics of the...

Tags: toshiba, wi fi, microsoft zune, gigabeat

20 March 2007, 10:06

Cashback for Christmas: Camera promotions

Crave Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? In the lane, snow is glistening. A beautiful sight -- we're happy tonight -- walking in a winter wonderland with a camera we bought in a nifty cashback promotion.

22 November 2007, 11:56

Logitech Wave: Best keyboard ever?

Crave Buttons that sit below your middle and ring fingers are sunken lower into the keyboard chassis than those pressed by your shorter index and pinky fingers. This weekend we've had the considerable pleasure of fingering the new Logitech Wave keyboard...

Tags: logitech, keyboard, wave, typing

19 November 2007, 11:10