Category: Gadgets and Tech

You’ll have to dig deep to find a more eye-catching speaker than the Elac MicroSub 2010 BT.

Yes, designed to look like a Rubik’s Cube, it’s also a very clever piece of audio kit. You can stream your music to it wirelessly via a Bluetooth connection (from a phone for example) or just plug in your MP3 player via a cable. Pair it up with a couple of small satellite speakers and you get a full audio system that’s small enough for a desk, but loud enough for a living room.

Just launched, it’s likely to be available towards the end of the year – when a price will be announced.

Find out more at the Elac website

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.

Find out more at the IWOOT website

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.

Find out more at the NRK website

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.

Find out more at the Sennheiser website

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

Via Electric Pig