Top 10 phone charger concepts
The days of the smart phone have ironically fettered mobililty, caging us in red and amber bars. What with manufacturers' obsessions with silly-speed processors and gargantuan bright screens, it's little wonder your juice is sluicing away in the blink of an iPhone.
You may be reluctant to relive the 1980s fashion for carrying around battery bricks, obsessed as you are with raz(o)r-thin handsets, so we need some fresh thinking. If you're sick of being in a perpetual state of tension over your phone croaking, like a particularly dull series of 24, then fill your boots with these phone charger concepts -- some ready to buy, some still glints in the developers' eye. Continue reading...
Win an Orbitsound T12v3 soundbar!
We've teamed up with British audio brand Orbitsound to offer one lucky Crave reader the chance to win a swish T12v3 soundbar.
You heard us -- the elegant and acoustically sophisticated speaker pictured above could very well be gracing your living room in the not-too-distant future. With a classic, high-gloss design we imagine the minimalist soundbar would take pride of place in any home.
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Peavey AT-200 is the first Auto-Tune guitar
Auto-Tune -- love it or hate it, it's certainly made its mark on pop music. And now it's in a guitar -- the Peavey AT-200 Guitar Featuring Auto-Tune For Guitar Technology, to give its full longer-than-a-Skynyrd-solo title. We'll just call it the Auto-Axe. Rock on!
It looks just like a regular guitar, but push a button on the Auto-Axe and you can play with perfect pitch, the adjustments made live in real time. Peavey reckons you'll never stop playing to re-tune your guitar ever again, and every chord will sound perfect. Continue reading...
Turn your netbook into a robot with Oculus wheelie kit
If you've recently taken delivery of an Asus Transformer Prime, but are the sort who craves a touch more 'Optimus', strap on the latest in netbook-pimping accessories and turn your trusty little laptop into a roaming robot.
The last word in mobile tech, the Oculus transforms any laptop smaller than 11 inches into a robot that can be driven remotely -- fittingly enough -- via an Android device, using the free software. It also works using an iPhone or iPad.
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You Review: Karotz cutesy Wi-Fi smart rabbit... thing
Continuing our irregular series of user reviews, forum stalwart Marc Crane tests the latest word in bunny-shaped home communications devices -- the Karotz. If you have a review of a product you would like to appear on Crave and you're prepared to put the same care and attention into it that Marc has, email it to tips@cnet.co.uk and we'll publish the best.
While a 'Wi-Fi connected rabbit with moving ears' sounds like something risqué that SJP may rave about with her Sex and the City ladyfriends, the Karotz is instead a very cute, well-made and well-connected communications device for the home. Continue reading...
ION Guitar Apprentice for iPad rocks out at CES in video 
Air guitars just got a geek upgrade with the arrival of the ION Guitar Apprentice. CNET UK's Luke Westaway donned his leather and widened his leg angles as he got to grips with this fretless wonder at CES 2012 in Las Vegas.
It works by slotting your iPad into the back of this quirky guitar-shaped gadget. With the iPad screen displaying the strumming strings, and buttons replacing the frets, the whole thing can be flipped on its head if you're left-handed. Continue reading...
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Beats by Dr Dre and Monster part ways in beef over benjamins
Beats by Dr Dre and Monster go together like left and right earbuds, but they've yanked the cable from the socket of their partnership. In a beef over benjamins, Monster and Beats are no longer to work together.
Beats is the bass-tastic audio brand spearheaded by rap supremo Dr Dre, while manufacturer Monster build the actual headphones. Now BusinessWeek reports the two are to part ways at the end of the year in a dispute over money and credit for the partnership's runaway success. Continue reading...
Logic3 Ferrari headphones and docks pull up at CES
Wow. If you were hoping for awesome-looking audio gear at CES, then you won't be disappointed. Logic3 has no fewer than 13 new products in two collections, all Ferrari-themed, to bring out the racer in you.
The Scuderia collection is inspired by Ferrari GT cars, using the iconic red theme, as seen in the headphones at the top of this piece. The Cavallino collection, meanwhile, is a little more subtle, using more muted colours and metallic accents, The Verge reports. Both collections include headphones and speaker docks and both look pretty amazing. Continue reading...
Apple suing Samsung over case designs. Yes, case designs
And you thought these lawsuits couldn't get any more ridiculous. After accusing Samsung of "slavishly copying" the iPhone and iPad, Apple is now going after Samsung's accessories.
It's sent a notice of infringement to Samsung in Australia about the company's covers for its smart phones and tablets. Oh, and it'll be pursuing legal action. Merry Christmas! Continue reading...
Amazon Kindle Fire selling millions
Amazon has broken its usual silence on sales figures to reveal that the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet and new Amazon Kindle ebook reader are doing boffo business. The online retail giant says it's sold no less than 3 million Kindles in the past three weeks.
That's including the range of Kindle ebook readers and the Kindle Fire tablet, which is currently only available in the US. For the third week in a row, folks have shelled out for over a million Kindle devices. Continue reading...
Galaxy Tab dock looks robotastic, hitting UK in February
iLuv's ArtStation Pro is the world's first speaker dock for the Samsung Galaxy Tab, and it's coming to the UK in February, a spokesperson has confirmed.
The dock will work with all tablets in the Galaxy Tab range, and like some iPad docks, will let you rotate the arm depending on what you want to use the Tab for. No 1: Robot butler, obviously.
It's been officially announced for the US, going on sale this month, and will hit the UK early next year. "It is definitely coming to the UK in February," an iLuv spokesperson told us, though they said they didn't have a confirmed RRP yet. iLuv's UK site will have more info in January. In the US, it'll sell for $150 (around £100).
It uses iLuv's jAura acoustics to provide the sonic goodness, and as well as rotating to portrait or landscape, the arm tilts, letting you adjust your Galaxy Tab exactly how you see fit. That feature should be handy for avoiding direct sunlight too. There's also a remote control, so you won't have to get up, and it sticks to the back using magnets, so you'll never have to hunt for it again. Continue reading...
Photojojo iPhone Lens Dial gives you shooting options
The iPhone 4S has a fancy new 8-megapixel camera on board, shaming the 4's 5-megapixel one. But here's a neat gadget for adding more options to your photographic arsenal, spotted by Engadget.
Named the iPhone Lens Dial, it's a mad device that adds fish-eye, telephoto and wide-angle lenses to your handset. Yes, along with a fair bit of bulk. But then what price can you put on a good photo? Continue reading...
Japanese fat-burning pants help you lose weight, dignity
Oh my. These are genuine, we're afraid. And maybe it won't come as a surprise to find that Calorie Shaper -- pants that claim to help you lose weight by forcing you to work harder -- are from Japan.
Yes, pants that help you lose weight. We're not making this up. Continue reading...
Beats by Dre Executive cans take care of bidnith
Just when you think you've got your Christmas wish list finalised, along comes Beats by Dre with its Executive headphones and ruins everything.
They're as chunky as the company's other cans, but are much more subtle, living up to the Executive name, reports Recombu. Continue reading...
iPad survives 400m drop thanks to case
If you're like us, the biggest hazard facing your iPad is tea spillage. We understand there are some more adventurous types out there though, and this is one for them.
It's an iPad case that can protect the device from a 400m drop, reports TUAW. That's right, click through to see the video of the iPad still working following the plummet. Gnarly. Or something. Continue reading...
Five best speakers you're craving
Music makes the sun shine, the birds sing, and little animals scamper around in a perpetual euphoria -- unless you're listening to Ke$ha, in which case they'll scamper towards the nearest motorway in a desperate bid for oblivion.
You don't always want to keep the music to yourself (though more people should), so our speaker reviews are here to help you break free of your headphones and fill a room with your mad beats. As you're the ones spending the money, we love to hear just what you think about each product, so we ask you to click the 'Want it', 'Own it' and 'Not for me' buttons on each page. Continue reading...
Olly: smell-o-vision comes to the internet
A word of warning: if you have dubious web-browsing habits, maybe look away now. Because this box lets you smell what you're browsing, reports Engadget. Yes, smell. Seriously.
"Olly takes services on the internet and delivers their pings as smell," reads the website. "Whether it's tweets, like on Instagram, or just your train running late, Olly will be sure to let your nose know about it." The smell of your train running late? We know what we'd be thinking, but certainly wouldn't want to smell it. Continue reading...
Bedphones let you listen to music while you doze off
Desperate to listen to music in bed, but wary of disturbing your spouse or losing your conventional earphones inside the murky depths of your ear canal?
Step this way, music addict, and cuddle up with the Bedphones -- the first headphones we've seen that are designed specifically for use in bed. Continue reading...
Nokia Luna Bluetooth headset has NFC, tap to pair
No, this isn't a docking spacecraft, it's actually a Bluetooth headset. And while we don't usually get too excited about headsets, this one has a name, and some tech inside, that's pretty out of this world.
The Nokia Luna comes in five colours and is smarter than your average handsfree kit, reports Nokia Conversations. It packs NFC (Near Field Communications) technology that means to pair it, all you have to do is tap it on your phone. Now that's clever. Continue reading...
Nokia and Monster partnering for headset launch
Well what do we have here? Looks very much like a leaked poster of an upcoming Nokia headset, letting slip the Finns' partnership with headphone brand Monster to us. Looks very much like that indeed.
The product shown is named as the Nokia Purity HD Stereo Headset by Monster, in tiny text in the bottom right of the image. And judging from the graffiti-strewn approach, Nokia's looking to inject some much-needed cool to its brand image. Either that or this is a very early proof that someone's hastily scribbled notes on, but we doubt that. Continue reading...
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