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Mobile industry not green enough, report says

Crave ABI Research cited Samsung, Nokia and Sony Ericsson as advancing efforts to make mobile phones even greener. Samsung released three models encased in corn-based plastic this summer in Asia and Europe.

Tags: ericsson, electronics, mobile phones, cent

4 December 2008, 9:22

Hands-on with the Samsung NV9: Cooler King

Crave But the Samsung NV9, a 10.2-megapixel point-and-shoot, sports a look and packs a bunch of features that make it as cool as the Cooler King himself. Other features include Samsung's trademark charging system, which allows you to charge the camera...

2 December 2008, 10:55

The CNET UK Blu-ray player speed challenge

Crave Samsung BD-P1500 Price: £180 Some sort of ranking for how fast Blu-ray players load discs. This way, when we review a new player, we can pop its results in here, and everyone can look back in five years and laugh at how slow everything was in the...

Tags: pioneer, tray, blu, disc

27 November 2008, 11:51

Gadget-makers scolded in Greenpeace report

Crave The eco charity's tenth Greener Electronics Guide singled out Dell, Microsoft, Lenovo, LG and Samsung for failing to trim their own carbon footprints and not supporting international cuts in CO2. Greenpeace has ticked off the major electronics...

Tags: guide, dell, electronics, energy

25 November 2008, 10:11

Philips 42PFL9803: Best LCD contrast ever?

Crave Your TV is no exception, with companies such as Samsung and Sony offering models with an LED backlight. The world has gone LED crazy -- you can't throw a light bulb without hitting something lit by LEDs these days.

Tags: philips, background, fans, scenes

18 November 2008, 11:37

Stocking-filler alert: Mobile phones for Christmas

Crave Take the Samsung B130, for example, which we reported on the other day -- it's pretty basic, but it's only £5 (plus £10 of credit), from the Carphone Warehouse. If you're on a tight budget this Christmas, but still want to get a loved one something...

Tags: credit, nokia, christmas, warehouse

17 November 2008, 11:22

Samsung B130: It's only a fiver, guv

Crave If you're a little strapped for cash these days, but still need a new mobile phone, you'll be amazed to know that for as little as £5 you can buy a Samsung B130. To keep costs down, the Samsung B130 is totally basic, as you'd expect.

Tags: samsung, christmas, carphone warehouse, gadgets

14 November 2008, 10:33

Samsung i85: Mad as a bag of hammers

Crave We love the Samsung i series: it's just so wonderfully bonkers. Although Samsung is yet to top the sheer novelty value of the twisty i7, or the sleek design of the sliding i70, the i85 is certainly a step up from the plasticky i8.

6 November 2008, 11:00

Photos: The Samsung Pixon, an 8-megapixel monster

Crave Despite what you may have heard, LG and Samsung are the best of friends. Hot on the heels of the LG Renoir, Samsung is launching its own 8-megapixel camera phone -- the Samsung Pixon. But it's the Pixon's camera that really does the talking...

4 November 2008, 11:02

Photos: Hands-on with the Samsung NV40

Crave The Samsung NV40 is one of the cameras debuted at CES way back at the start of the year. Samsung's trademark smart-touch controls and full manual control make this still a decent little camera nearly a year on.

3 November 2008, 11:24

Welcome to the CNET UK Editors' Choice awards October 2008

Crave Samsung PS50A756Not only is the picture quality on the Samsung PS50A756 superb, this TV has a host of extra treats that make it even more worthy of your hard-earned money. Samsung i8510 Combining Samsung's expertise in industrial design with a...

Tags: editors, sound quality, ground, freeview

31 October 2008, 16:52

3G speed test: T-Mobile G1 vs iPhone 3G

Crave We tested the G1 against another 3G phone with a T-Mobile SIM in it, the Samsung Omnia, and this time visited CNET UK's sister site silicon.com. The G1 loaded it in 20.7 seconds and the Samsung Omnia took 44.9 seconds.

Tags: load, samsung, iphone, loaded

30 October 2008, 11:07

WHDi: Wireless HD video demoed

Crave Here, Geri shows off a Blu-ray Disc of Lost displaying wirelessly on a Samsung monitor at a speed of 1.5Gbps. After two years of telling us, makers of wireless HD video systems are now showing us how this works in actual products.

Tags: wireless, market, products, standards

24 October 2008, 9:59

Synchrotech CFMulti: Eye-Fi Wi-Fi for dSLRs

Crave Tell that to currently not-doing-so-well SanDisk, presently locked in a handbags-at-ten-paces takeover bid from Samsung. We love the sound of Eye-Fi Wi-Fi SD cards, and we can't wait for them to cross the pond.

Tags: eye-fi, wi fi, eye, cards

22 October 2008, 11:05

Planet CNET Episode 20: Shops, teens and Nokia

Crave Amazingly, they use shops too, but they are much bigger than ours, with a flashing ticker that can say all kinds of crazy stuff like 'BOGOF on Samsung TVs' and 'Can the cleaners please go to aisle three to clear the deposit?

16 October 2008, 11:27