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With its ability to record video and HD audio, Zoom’s Q3 Handy Video recorder looks a great tool for video bloggers, YouTubers, musicians and journalists. Available now in the UK, …
Zoom Q3 HD audio camcorder available in the UK Read MorePURE – who proudly bill themselves as the world’s leading radio maker – have whisked out the Élan II portable DAB radio in time for the Christmas rush. Priced at …
PURE’s Élan II DAB/FM Portable Radio packs pause and rewind Read MoreMedia mogul Rupert Murdoch has thrown down his expensive leather gauntlet and announced his intention to do battle with the digital music industry, launching the new Sky Songs service next …
Sky Songs takes on Spotify and iTunes Read MoreCurrently bubbling up under the floorboards and about to make a bid for your wallet is Creative’s first touchscreen media player, the ZEN X-Fi2. The pocket-sized PMP certainly has the …
Creative ZEN X-Fi2 starts shipping Read MoreFor DJs on a budget tighter than a crab’s-bottom, and home users looking for a cheap and cheerful set of headphones (or ‘cans’ as us aficionados like to call them), …
Numark HF-125 DJ Headphones: long term review Read MoreUsers of the mobile iPhone and Android Spotify apps have already been enjoying the ability to keep on grooving to Spotify playlists after their web connection has gone kaput, and …
Spotify offers offline playback to desktop users Read MoreFrom today, subscribers to the Spotify Premium service will be able to shell oot for their monthly fix of unlimited music using a Paypal account. The Paypal option is only …
Spotify adds PayPal payment option. Do you care? Read MoreAimed at aspiring superstar DJs, bedroom mixers and club jockeys, Numark’s entry level CD Mix 1 combo is a convenient package offering dual CD transports and a basic mixer. The …
Numark CD Mix 1 DJ Player: long term review Read MoreWe thought the notion of ‘motion activated’ headphones was a classic piece of pointless technology for pointless technology’s sake, but we’re beginning to warm to the idea. The idea is …
Sony Ericsson MH907 “Motion Activated” Headphones Read MoreIf you’re an aspiring musician, sound recordist, broadcaster, podcaster or even an, err, karaoke fan, then the Mackie DFX-6 mixer might be worth a look if you fancy moving up …
Mackie DFX 6 live sound mixer: long term review Read MoreFrustrated with trying to navigate the screechy old-school tuning dial on our antique bedroom analogue clock radio, we thought we’d splash out and move into the DAB age with the …
Review: Pure Siesta DAB/FM Clock Radio Read MoreSeeing as most MP3 players and smartphones come with headphones so terribly frightful that they make Noel Coward* sound like a drunken ruffian playing the spoons at closing time, we’ve …
Review: Sennheiser CX 300 In-Ear Headphones Read MoreSeemingly created from a design brief that went along the lines of, “make a radio and shove every new technology you can find at it… and then make it look …
Pure Sensia Wi-Fi radio: “radio for the Facebook generation” Read MoreIt seems like an age since it was announced, but Microsoft’s shiny new Zune HD player has finally been released in the US. Coming in 16GB and 32GB flavours, the …
Zune HD gets US release. Brits have to ‘make do’ with iPod Read MoreTechradar is running an interesting piece about the mobile version of Spotify which was recently released for the iPhone and the Android platform (with more mobile versions on the way). …
Is Spotify Mobile going to flop? Read More