Chasing that luxury pound, Nokia’s latest slinky slider, the 8600 Luna, has just landed in the UK. What’s different about this one is that it’s made from opaque glass and stainless steel.
It is certainly a looker and will no doubt garner lots ‘oohs’, followed closely by some ‘aahs’ when they hear about the £45 per month contract from Carphone Warehouse. Without said contract, it will cost you a cool £600. Ouch.
Still, the company has said they are selling out already. Features of this quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE phone include a 230x320 pixel display, MP3 and MPEG 4 video support, 128MB of internal memory, Bluetooth, micro-USB and a 2MP camera.
There’s no Wi-Fi though, no FM radio and, from what I see on the spec sheet, no support for memory cards – which makes the MPEG-4 video support fairly redundant. Expensive and limited – what an attractive combination. See a much better photo after the jump. -Martin Lynch
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Sticking with its ‘little green men’ theme, Dell-owned Alienware has announced its uber-home entertainment rig, Hangar18. Unlike the real one, Alienware is only too happy to let you know what’s going on inside.
Apart from those stunning good looks, the Hangar18 uses AMD’s first dedicated home entertainment chipset. At the heart is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor with Windows Vista Home Premium running on top. You can have up to four TV tuners, a 5.1 stereo surround sound receiver, up to 2TB of storage 4GB of DDR memory. There’s a 200W amplifier in-built to crank up that audio. There’s just one HDMI input though but, you do get the very funky Gyration remote, which does away with the need for a mouse.
The integrated nVidia graphics is good for 720p output only so you will have to fork out more for the optional nVidia upgrade to support Full HD at 1080p. Prices [US] start at around $2,000 and rocket upwards really, really fast.
Still, does anyone else think Alienware missed a trick by not building in a Blu-ray or HD DVD drive?-Martin Lynch
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The latest weapon on the war on terror is the Bear, or Battlefield Extraction Assist Robot (BEAR), designed to carry downed soldiers to safety.
It even has a smile – although someone forgot to stick it on the one in this photo. You might wonder why it smiles but that’s because a smiling giant robot is far less scary to the wounded it’s approaching than a scowling giant robot.
This 6ft bot is highly maneuverable with tracked legs for walking and the ability to shift into a wheeled mode [see above] for faster transport on smooth surfaces. It can also carry up 500lbs without collapsing and can even manage stairs while carrying a dummy.
This baby will not be deployed though for up to five years, as they work out some kinks. Our commiserations go out to all those allies the Yanks keep shooting by mistake.-Martin Lynch
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