Tascam DP-004 4-Track Portable Recorder

Tascam DP-004 4-Track Portable RecorderWay back in the day, things were tricky for cash strapped musicians looking to lay down some basic tracks.

With the industry standard Revox A77 open reel tape recorder being the exclusive plaything of the well heeled, even the cheaper Akai GX-77 reel to reel was out of reach for musicians accustomed to their weekly Giros.

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Dell Announces Inspiron Mini 12 Netbook

Dell Announces Inspiron Mini 12 NetbookDell has introduced the latest addition to the Inspiron Mini family of wee laptops, the Inspiron Mini 12.

Although the company have given this device ‘netbook’ status, with its 12.1-inch WXGA (1280×800) display it looks more like a regular ultraportable laptop to us,

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Wikitude: Philipp Breuss And The Story Behind The Software

Wikitude: Philipp Breuss and the story behind the softwareAfter having seen the highly impressive demonstration of Wikitude, we just had to find out more, so Digital-Lifestyles spoke to Philipp Breuss, who has lead the development of Wikitude.

Philipp previously worked for Sony but gave this up to make the development of the Wikitude software which he describes as “the most exciting things that we ever did.”

He’s been building the application for the last year, but as a mobile travel guide for Android that also uses Mobile Google Maps and Text from Wikipedia.

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Palm Foleo 2 On The Way? The Beer Asks The Questions

Palm Foleo 2 On The Way? The Beer Asks The QuestionsIn the aftermath of the copious free beer and the sheer delight at seeing the Human League at the Palm Treo Pro launch earlier this week, we forgot to add that we crashed into the UK Palm rep at the end and attempted a Paxman-style merciless grilling in a quest for some hot insights into developments at Palm.

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LG Netbook X110 Launched: IFA 2008

LG Netbook X110 Launched: IFA 2008LG have today announced their entry in to the sub-notebook category, the Netbook X110.

Joining the trend which started getting attention when the Asus Eee was launched, LG says that theirs offers “the full PC experience,” and comes in three colours white, black and pink. It runs Windows XP Home and uses the Intel Atom processors

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Lenovo Announce IdeaPad S10 Netbook

Lenovo Announce IdeaPad S10 NetbookComing a little late to the netbook party but still hoping that its celebrity name will guarantee a good seat at the table is Lenovo, who have just announced their IdeaPad S10, a 10-inch mini-notebook running the 1.6GHz Intel Atom chipset.

Although it’s YARN (yet another ruddy netbook) that looks the same as the rest of them, Lenovo have an excellent reputation for the quality of their products, so this 2.4 pound 9.8″ x 7.2″ x .8-1.08″ little wonder might be worth taking a look at.

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Samsung i8510 Slider packs 8MP Camera

Samsung i8510 Slider packs 8MP CameraCurrently taking the cameras from the much lauded iPhone, the eagerly anticipated Blackberry Bold and a slew of other mobilecam wannabes around the back of the bike sheds for a good thrashing is the 8MP monster snapper fitted to the new Samsung i8510 smartphone.

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