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Bang & Olufsen BeoCom 5 dual-landline & VoIP handset

Chris Davies, Oct 20th 2009 Discuss [2]

Bang & Olufsen have been through a phase of unusually shaped landline phones - the banana-esque BeoCom 2 is a good example - but they're returning to their slightly more sensible roots with the new BeoCom 5. The dual-line DECT phone works both as a twin landline handset and as a VoIP device, and magnetically docks either onto its charging plinth or onto a portable speakerphone (that also charges the handset). Read The Full Story

Paradigm SUB 1 and SUB 2 subwoofers are hexagonal, expensive, loud

Chris Davies, Oct 1st 2009 Discuss [1]

Premium audio kit manufacturer Paradigm have obviously had enough of subwoofers being the breezeblock-shaped lump unloved in the corner, and have whipped out their SUB 1 and SUB 2 models. Each high-end hexagon slots neatly into the company's Reference Signature line, and pack six high-excursion drivers - 8-inch in the SUB 1, 10-inch in the SUB 2 - together with more amplification than most people could realistically need. Read The Full Story

Samsung Giorgio Armani SPH-W8200 struts its stuff

Chris Davies, Oct 1st 2009 Discuss [0]

Samsung and Giorgio Armani are no strangers, and the partnership is back again this year with a second touchscreen handset bearing the designer's brand. The Samsung Giorgio Armani SPH-W8200 gets a 3.1-inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen and a slide-out keypad, together with a 5-megapixel camera for snapping catwalk shots. Read The Full Story

Sony Ericsson Pureness gets £530 UK launch in November

Chris Davies, Sep 15th 2009 Discuss [0]

Sony Ericsson's Pureness cellphone has been confirmed for the UK, but the company is not going for the usual pile-'em-high strategy. Instead, when the handset - which has a translucent-display - arrives in November, would-be buyers will need to trek to Selfridges and design museum shops; that's because, according to SE spokesperson Cathy Davies, the Pureness is an "iconic niche product, not mass market." Read The Full Story

Mercedes Benz unveil 2010 SLS AMG gullwing

Chris Davies, Sep 10th 2009 Discuss [0]

When you're Mercedes Benz you have a pretty great history of iconic cars from which to pillage, and that's just what the German marque have done with their new 2010 SLS AMG. Based on the original 300 SL Gullwing, the 2010 model keeps the top-hinged doors but fixes them to a carbon fiber body with an AMG-tuned V8 5.3 liter, 564 horsepower engine under the hood. Full gallery of the 2010 Mercedes Benz SLS AMG after the cut Read The Full Story

Monster tie up Lady Gaga for distinctive Heartbeats headphones

Chris Davies, Sep 8th 2009 Discuss [0]

When you've tapped the hip-hop knowledge of Dr.Dre for your headphones, where do you go next? If you're Monster, you sketch out an endorsement deal with interestingly-clothed Lady Gaga, who then designs you a set of in-ear headphones - the Heartbeats by Lady Gaga, no less - which look like tiny meat tenderisers. Read The Full Story

Bugatti Vera kettle offers timer, temp control, huge price tag

Chris Davies, Aug 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

It's time to unpack the wedding china and start cutting the crusts off your sandwiches; as soon as whatever nearby minor royalty hears you're boiling your water with a Bugatti kettle, they'll be round like a shot. The handiwork of the same studio responsible for the indecently-fast Veyron supercar, the Vera Electric Kettle offers not only some eye-catching colors but a control-encrusted handle with LCD display. Read The Full Story

LG GD910 watch-phone gets unboxed

Chris Davies, Aug 27th 2009 Discuss [0]

In case London-based readers of SlashGear forgot, this morning saw carrier Orange put the expensive-but-attractive LG GD910 watch-phone on sale at their flagship store. Electricpig cashed in their premium bonds and stopped by to pick up one of the limited edition touchscreen handsets, promptly throwing up an unboxing gallery and some first impressions. Read The Full Story

Sony axe VAIO TT premium ultraportable: casualty of netbooks?

Chris Davies, Aug 20th 2009 Discuss [0]

Back when we reviewed the Sony VAIO TT in November last year, we wondered out loud whether there was still a place for high-end ultraportables in a world obsessed with netbooks. Unfortunately it looks like Sony may be wondering the same thing; according to their US team, the VAIO TT has been discontinued Read The Full Story

Lamborghini hybrid Gallardo coming in 2015

Chris Davies, Aug 12th 2009 Discuss [0]

Lamborghini may not be the first brand you'd associate with a hybrid, but then again you wouldn't assume they'd make a four-door saloon and look what they did with the Estoque. The car company's CEO, Stephan Winkelmann, has revealed that Lamborghini will release a hybrid version of their Gallardo supercar in 2015. Read The Full Story

Leica S2 DSLR priced: $26k for body-only; lenses from $5k

Chris Davies, Jul 30th 2009 Discuss [2]

It's turning into quite the day of DSLRs, but if you thought Nikon's $1800 D300S was expensive, how about a Leica that starts at over $26k? The company have announced pricing for their 2009 S-System line-up, and as you might expect for a 37.5-megapixel DSLR body it's a costly prospect. Leica will make two versions of the S-System body, the standard S2 and the S2-P which adds a sapphire glass display and "Platinum Service" support package. Read The Full Story

Ferrari 458 Italia unveiled: 4.5L 200+mph sportscar

Chris Davies, Jul 28th 2009 Discuss [2]

Ferrari have unveiled their latest supercar, the frankly delicious 458 Italia, a slippery wedge of V8-powered insanity that will replace the F430. The combination of a freshly-fettled 4.5-liter 562 horsepower V8 and carefully engineered aerodynamics means the 458 Italia not only makes the o-60mph dash in under 3.4 seconds but does so with the lowest emissions and fuel consumption in its class. Read The Full Story