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The complete history of Apple's iPod

Crave With the third-gen iPod, Apple did away with the buttons that surrounded the touch-sensitive wheel, instead setting backlit controls horizontally under the LCD screen. The first incarnation of the device that was to revolutionise the music industry...

12 September 2007, 12:07

Wheelsurf: round, round, get around

Crave The Wheelsurf is a petrol-engined vehicle with only one wheel; one enormous wheel which revolves around your entire body at speeds of up to 50kph. Wheelsurf’s inventors claim that this is the first time in history that it’s been possible to...

Tags: history, wheel, body, engine

31 March 2005, 12:02

iHalloween: Turn your iPod into a Ouija board

Crave The introduction of the Click Wheel alphabet-search system in the new iPod range has opened the floodgates to a new breed of occultist. Not only can the Click Wheel emulate the traditional Ouija board and planchette, but it does so in a small...

Tags: apple, questions, pick, board

31 October 2006, 12:46

SanDisk e200: Socking it to the iPod nano

Crave SanDisk is challenging Apple's touchpad Clickwheel by implementing a mechanical scroll wheel in the e200. This mechanical wheel may evoke memories of the iPod five years ago, but it's a step in the right direction.

Tags: sandisk, wheel, campaign, nano

26 June 2006, 12:01

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

Hands-on with the Wi-Fi Nikon Coolpix S51c

Crave You control the S51c with a rotary multi-selector -- that's a scroll wheel to you and me. Setting up your wireless preferences is initially fiddly, but once you've got the hang of it the scroll wheel makes it quick and easy to enter your email...

Tags: nikon, upload, wi fi, wireless

13 November 2007, 10:37

LG Shine: Photos of the Chocolate phone's successor

Crave The front section of the phone also houses a scroll wheel for easy navigation. The scroll wheel on the front will hopefully make navigating through the menu easy and fast. Today LG added a new slider phone to its Black Label Series that includes...

18 October 2006, 13:00

Motorola Rokr E8 vs Sony Ericsson W890i: Music, mano a mano

Crave At the top there's a three-quarter scroll wheel, which lets you search through music and other lists, such as your contacts, very quickly. On the E8 you can use the scroll wheel, whereas the W890i relies on a nav key, which you have to press up and...

26 March 2008, 15:59

Photos: Samsung's latest phones, straight from Korea

Crave It features a flick-to-open mechanism, 1GB of onboard memory and a scroll wheel. It features a whopping 8GB of onboard memory and comes with a scroll wheel for easy access to tracks. While Crave was out in South Korea with Samsung last week, we saw...

3 October 2006, 13:35

Hands-on with the SanDisk Sansa Fuze

Crave Physically, we found it pleasing to use -- the slightly rubbery scroll wheel actually rotates, with five clickable areas spread across the top, bottom, centre and sides of the wheel, a la iPod. Those of you who haven't annihilated your cognitive...

Tags: sandisk, deal, wheel, nano

16 June 2008, 12:05

Photos: Hands-on with the Nikon Coolpix S210, S520 and S600

Crave The aluminium frame feels solid yet feather-light, and is rounded out by the delight of camera control that is the CoolPix signature scroll wheel. A fun scroll wheel does not a classic compact make, and there's more than a hint of style over...

25 February 2008, 16:40

HTC MTeoR and TyTN: the Windows Mobile Laurel and Hardy

Crave It's a candybar-style phone with a 300MHz Samsung CPU, 128MB ROM and 64MB RAM, as well as a 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, infrared, a microSD slot and a three-way jog wheel. It also has a full slide-out Qwerty keyboard, jog wheel and a colour...

Tags: htc, rom, windows mobile, samsung

15 June 2006, 16:52

Photos: Hands-on with the iRiver Spinn

Crave The slick menu system is plain but effective, and complements the analogue scroll wheel with what appears to be an interface similar to the dials on an analogue radio tuner. One or two guys here in the office found the mechanical scroll wheel a...

7 August 2008, 17:46

Serene: Bang & Olufsen's peaceful fashion phone

Crave B&O's CEO, Torben Sørensen, was keen to point out the simplicity of design, with a motorised opening mechanism, an iPod-like central navigation wheel and the controversial new circular keypad. The navigation wheel is a joy to use, but it took twice...

Tags: bang & olufsen, nokia, samsung, opening

6 October 2005, 11:28

Vauxhall Insignia: The car that can see

Crave Remember the headlights on the Ford Focus CC-3 that swivel left and right depending on which way you turn the wheel? There are tonnes of controls on the dash itself, as you can see, plus additional audio controls on the centre column by the gear...

25 July 2008, 12:21