Creative Muvo V200

Creative's latest update to its Muvo range of players should provide a fitting riposte to the fuss Apple has made about its iPod Shuffle (April 05, page 52). Like the…

05/07/2005

£90 inc VAT
Samsung YH-999 PMC

The arrival of the Samsung YH-999 PMC (portable media center) provides the first serious challenge to Creative's well-received Zen PMC. Many industry analysts…

19/07/2005

£399 inc VAT
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Video Editor

The ponderously titled Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Video Editor is an ingenious combination of 7.1 surround sound and video editing hardware. It's an external box that…

21/07/2005

£200 inc VAT
Creative Zen Vision

Creative was one of the first companies to back Microsoft's Portable Media Center standard, with its Zen PMC (see Nov 04 issue). Now it's back with a new addition to…

31/10/2005

£300 inc VAT
Apple iPod nano

Nano nano. Once a comedy catchphrase in Mork and Mindy, it now adorns, bizarrely, a pair of audio players by Creative and Apple. The coincidence is utterly shazbut.

04/11/2005

£179 inc VAT
Genius G-Shot DV610

The G-Shot DV610 is an example of how not to make a great digital camera/camcorder hybrid. In fact, Genius touts the DV610 as a six-in-one voice recorder, MP3 player,…

09/11/2005

£135 inc VAT
Freetalk SVA-600 Y

Until now, the best-known name in VoIP (voice over IP) was Skype. But high-street retail group Dixons Store Group (DSG) may change all that with Freetalk, an…

12/12/2005

£80 inc VAT
PodGear HouseParty

We don't know about you, but we're beginning to believe press reports warning that music lovers are damaging their ears by listening to MP3 players at excessively…

12/12/2005

£50 inc VAT
Creative Zen Nano Plus

The Nano Plus follows in a long line of Creative USB memory stick MP3 players, so the Nano Plus has an impressive pedigree to live up to – something it does a pretty…

22/12/2005

£99 inc VAT
Creative Zen Vision:M

Creative isn't new to the portable media player market – the Vision:M represents its third model with video playback capabilities, while arch-rival Apple is still on…

27/01/2006

£250 inc VAT
Philips GoGear HDD6320

Philips' original 20GB music player, launched in 2003, really caught our imagination. Its sleek lines and distinct black casing made it stand out from the iPod crowd…

16/02/2006

£229 inc VAT
Sony NW-A3000

It'd be a slight overstatement to say there was a round of applause when we heard that Sony was going to break the habit of a lifetime and start selling music players…

22/02/2006

£229 inc VAT
Zicplay SlideKey

The inexorable march of technological titchiness sometimes seems to have gone too far, as text-message virgins and the large-fingered generally observe when…

23/02/2006

£35 inc VAT
Jabra JX10

Jabra's BT500 Bluetooth headset has been in our possession for a couple of months but it never really grabbed us. We're less than keen on a relatively large piece of…

12/03/2006

£99 inc VAT
Creative CB2530 Wireless Headphones

Wireless headphones are nothing new, but these are the first we've seen that use Bluetooth to transmit data. Plug the audio adapter into the headphone socket, switch…

15/03/2006

£80 inc VAT
AE WiFi Internet Radio

Forget FM and even DAB (Digital Audio Broadcast); internet radio is the future. AE's WiFi Internet Radio is an ingenious way to board the bandwagon.

17/03/2006

£199 inc VAT
Creative GigaWorks T20

The latest addition to Creative's family of 2.0 speaker sets has a lot going for it. Audio fans will admire the elegant highs and rich mid-tones, while the units…

19/03/2006

£80 inc VAT
iPod Radio Remote

Apple's iPods are undisputed kings among portable digital music players. So popular are they that a market has sprung up supplying add-ons and adaptors.

19/04/2006

£35 inc VAT
iRiver U10

If small, ultralight media players are your bag, iRiver's U10 could be right up your street. The flash-based device weighs just 70g and is the size of a stack of…

22/04/2006

£140 inc VAT
Xonic Gear Apocalypse 5

These Apocalypse speakers use a vacuum tube amplifier. Readers under 50 might be bewildered as to what a valve amp is, but rest assured that it's an audiophile favourite.

07/05/2006

£120 inc VAT