A USB hub isn’t the most exciting of things, but the Cassette tape USB hub does liven up a fairly everyday office item.
If you need extra connectivity for your computer, just plug this in and you get an extra four USB ports to use. And you get the old school looks that are certain to impress your office buddies. Just don’t use it in your cassette deck – it’s likely to break it.
Available now, you can pick one up for £12.99.
Sometimes a picture is enough. But I’m guessing you’ll want to know the technical details of the Commodore UMMD 8010/F netbook.
This budget-priced mini laptop was unveiled at a recent trade show, offering up a beige and brown colour combo and Commodore logo (inside and out) that screams the 1980s. And on a practical side, it has a 10-inch screen, 80GB hard drive, 1GB of memory, built-in Wi-Fi and optional Bluetooth.
We’ll keep you posted about availability, but we do already know the price – around £300. See the link below to a Norwegian site for more images.
Ok, everyone wants one, but no-one quite knows how. So we’ve dome some proper research on how to buy a Colombo Phone (and added that to the info kindly supplied by Andrew). Want to know what one is? Go here. Want one? Read on…
Where can I buy one?
Only Selfridges initially – and not just London. We hassled Manchester today and they have stock arriving too.
When is it available?
The shelf date is scheduled for ‘mid-September’, so might be worth checking the shelves around that time (or ringing up).
Is it only available in orange?
No – there’s now a white version on offer as well as the original orange. See the image above.
The Danish-built Tangent Trio audio system is back – in a new selection of colours.
For this year, the retro-styled system is available in new limited edition colours for its wooden cabinet – High-Gloss Yellow and High-Gloss Lime Green – adding to the existing Walnut Veneer, High-Gloss Red, High-Gloss White, Matt White, Oak Veneer and Black Ash Veneer. It’s not bad inside either, offering FM, DAB and internet radio, CD playback, a clock, 3-inch hi-fi quality speaker, a five watt amplifier and easy-to-use controls.
Available in the UK through Sennheiser, it retails for £159.99.
Pure has knocked out some stylish DAB radios in the past – and now it’s gone for some internet action with the Pure Evoke Flow.
DAB and FM radio are still included, but there’s also a sophisticated internet radio too, offering thousands of net radio shows, along with all the BBC’s Listen Again content, other on-demand radio, podcasts and ‘ambient sound’, should you wish to ease yourself to sleep with natural noise.
Other features include constant checking of stations (to cut down on the rubbish or non-existent), the ability to sync fave shows between the radio and the web, loads of presets and of course, that stylish retro exterior with touch-sensitive controls. it arrives next month, selling for £150.
Find out more at the Pure website
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If yesterday’s Lomo Lubitel was just a little too old school for you, the Ricoh R10 camera might be more your cup of tea.
That bronze exterior and those classic looks give it a seriously retro look, but this is very much the modern camera, with features including a 10 megapixel sensor, 7x wide-angle zoom lens, a 3-inch LCD screen and plenty to improve your amateur photography, including anti-shake, auto-level (for better landcscape shots) and a battery that’s good for 300 photos.
But best of all is an option to take vintage style snaps – just press shoot to take the same image in colour, black and white and sepia. Expect it in the coming months for a price of around £200.
Find out more at the Ricoh website
