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When two become one: A torch/map combo

Crave The concept device consists of two sheets of paper, one with a map printed on it, the other a cover sheet with two electrodes on the back. You're lost in the woods and it's getting darker. Wouldn't it be nice if the two items most essential to you...

Tags: map, device, leds, torch

3 December 2008, 9:31

Nokia N79: Clever chameleon

Crave What's clever about the Nokia N79 though is that when you change its battery cover to one of the three provided covers in the box, it automatically changes the N79's theme to match. Before this week's big Nokia announcement let us introduce you to...

Tags: nokia, concept, cases, hardware

1 December 2008, 11:25

Hands-on with the Fujifilm FinePix Z200fd

Crave Today's wintry Crave is the 10-megapixel Fujifilm FinePix Z200fd, the latest in Fuji's line of sliding cover-style compacts. The diagonally-sliding cover and light up 'Z' were new and exciting on the original Z100, but the Z200 doesn't exactly...

1 December 2008, 10:06

Photos: Hands-on with the high-definition Canon HG21

Crave The HG21 features a pull-out viewfinder, which also gives access to a swivelling cover for an accessory shoe. 21 is the year you come of age. Can we draw a parallel between that and the coming of age of high-definition video?

25 November 2008, 11:03

One Laptop per Child 'Give One, Get One' scheme coming to Europe

Crave Under the G1G1 scheme, people will be able to purchase an XO laptop, the price of which will cover the cost of buying and sending another laptop to a child in a developing country. One Laptop per Child's 'Give One, Get One' scheme is coming to Europe.

Tags: laptop, project, laptops, child

14 November 2008, 9:58

Inside TorrentFreak: Ernesto's art of the niche

Crave Ernesto wrote a story about US telco Comcast throttling BitTorrent traffic, about which he told us, "[We were] the first to cover that, [and] it eventually led to an FCC investigation, and TorrentFreak was mentioned in the final report, which I'm...

12 November 2008, 11:24

Apple considering carbon-fibre MacBook Air?

Crave But AppleInsider thinks the company could shave 100g off the overall 1.3kg weight of the Air if it used some sort of carbon-fibre material for the bottom cover of the laptop. Apple may be searching for ways to make the MacBook Air even lighter.

Tags: air, sort, weight, chassis

12 November 2008, 9:28

Hands-on with the Tangent Uno FM radio

Crave Being at the journalistic forefront of the technological juggernaut that is the 21st century, Crave doesn't often cover tech that's been around since the first half of the previous century. We've made an exception today for Tangent's Uno -- a...

Tags: tangent, dial, radio, century

11 November 2008, 11:06

Photos: Nokia N85, the middle child

Crave The N85's back features a smooth surface, similar to the N96, and a 5-megapixel camera with a neat and effective lens cover. Rather than try to outdo itself every time it releases a phone, Nokia has sensibly -- if rather boringly -- opted to make a...

11 November 2008, 10:54

Photos: Cracking open the Fujifilm FinePix Z1

Crave The on/off mechanism is connected to the inside of the front cover. With the front cover removed, the FinePix's main system board is clearly visible. Our sister site, TechRepublic, runs a regular series called "Cracking Open", in which it takes a...

10 November 2008, 10:37

Hands-on with the Fujifilm FinePix J150w

Crave We like the angled blades of the lens cover, making the J150 look a lot like the Ricoh R7 -- remember that? Lewis Hamilton is Formula One World Champion. Barack Obama is President of the USA. Blur are getting back together.

Tags: fujifilm, christmas, cent, lens

7 November 2008, 11:02

Photos: Hands-on with the BlackBerry Storm

Crave Below you can see the metal battery cover. Today the BlackBerry Vodafone press minibus turned up at Crave Towers to give us a sneak peek at the new BlackBerry Storm. Before we could say, "We won't all fit in there," three of us were crammed into...

6 November 2008, 17:04

Photos: The Samsung Pixon, an 8-megapixel monster

Crave Unlike the Renoir, though, the Pixon's camera boasts an automatic lens cover that opens and shuts when you turn the camera on and off. Despite what you may have heard, LG and Samsung are the best of friends.

4 November 2008, 11:02

Photos: Nokia 6600 Slide is too cute to ignore

Crave Notice the shiny battery cover -- it'll pick up fingerprints, but it looks great when it's polished. When companies get really big, they sometimes forget what made them good to begin with. We thought Nokia was one of those behemoths.

24 October 2008, 12:24

Opinion: Why Freeview is better than freesat

Crave Satellite is different though: there's much more space available and it's also considerably cheaper to broadcast via the Astra satellites -- the main reason is you need just one satellite to cover the whole of the UK, whereas a transmitter network...

Tags: air, rate, channels, frame

17 October 2008, 11:30