A decent mp3 player doesn’t just depend on the hardware. Having simple and easy access to good content is a big part of it too … that’s why the iTunes music store was the true genius behind the success of the iPod.

So who’s the new kid on the block giving Apple a run for their money … Microsoft, Sony? How about Tesco? read full post »

I was in Game recently looking at all the accessories you can get for the Wii: the steering wheel, golf club, tennis racquet, shotgun, crossbow, fishing rod, the list goes on… But mostly these are simple extensions of the Wiimote; they don’t actually do anything. However the ‘balance board’ is coming to the UK and proves to step up beyond the capabilities of Wiimote prosthetics.

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It’s official, games are bigger business than music.  Well, it is if you look at retail revenues in the UK.  For the very first time, 2007 saw games earn more retail revenue than music, and it’s set to continue.  With the saturation of iPods stuffed onto every commuting train, how has this happened?

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An amazing slew of news from Apple yesterday, including an unbelievably sexy ultra thin laptop, the MacBook Air and much needed updates to iPhone software. For innovation and design, Apple must make it hard to work for any other consumer electronics hardware brand.

Part of the string of announcements caught my eye, however, which was an upgrade to the iPod Touch software (which lest we forget is ‘the world’s best Wi-Fi mobile device’).

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