Posts Tagged ‘phone’

Magibox ECO Maya: Environment and wallet friendly landline

Magibox ECO Maya: Environment and wallet friendly landline

Eco-consciousness is etching itself onto modern consciences with an intense vigour with each passing year and as a result eco-friendly technology is being propelled into mainstream consumer culture. The latest eco-conscious gadget to hit the gadgetry headlines is the Magicbox ECO Maya. This environmentally-friendly landline is both digital and cordless, and offers all the benefits of the latest DECT technology but with the added bonus of not harming our planet….

The Moshi Moshi 05 mobile handset. Now you’re talking!

The Moshi Moshi 05 mobile handset. Now you’re talking!

Since when did handsets go designer? In age when traditional telephone handsets are looked upon with scorn by the wearers of small sleek earphones with mikes; (you know the sort; they walk along the street apparently talking to themselves) along comes a designer with a new range of traditional handsets for mobile phones that are set to buck the trend. The art of conversation is dead according to Native Union;…

Torque Digital Cordless Telephone: It’s good to Torque

Torque Digital Cordless Telephone: It’s good to Torque

Poor old landline phones – we’re all so busy admiring the latest gadgetry delights on offer from the likes of HTC and Apple, that sometimes we forget about them. I have to admit that while I have a lovely shiny iPhone in a beautiful leather case, my landline phone is the cheapest one I could find in Argos, and hardly looks like a stylish piece of kit. The Torque Digital…

Gadgets lend a helping hand: New tech for the older generation

Gadgets lend a helping hand: New tech for the older generation

Technology is a great tool when it comes to overcoming disabilities. Here’s a few of the latest ideas aimed at giving a bit of a helping hand… For the deaf and hard of hearing, concerns about their personal safety widen as they go out of their own environment and into public places, such as the supermarket. How would they know if there was an emergency – such as a fire…

Sony Ericsson LiveView: Keeping you constantly in the loop

Sony Ericsson LiveView: Keeping you constantly in the loop

People carry phones. People wear watches. What if, thought Sony Ericsson, people’s watches could interact with their mobile phones? And so was born the LiveView. The LiveView is a small (3.5 x 3.5x 1.1cm) touchscreen device that slips on the wrist and mirrors the activities of your Android mobile phone. If you get a text message, you can read it. If someone’s calling you, it’ll say who. If you use…

Bang & Olufsen BeoCom5 – back to the landline?

Bang & Olufsen BeoCom5 – back to the landline?

With Mobile World Congress poised to present the latest in cell phone innovation, you may be surprised to find us making a reverse-charge back into the world of the humble landline. But this chic cordless from sound-system heavyweight Bang & Olufsen more than merits a passing comment. The elegant BeoCom5 uses the same acoustics as the company’s famous loudspeakers to promise surround-sound audio. Bang & Olufsen has certainly earned its…