The Nokia Lumia 920 Windows PhoneMusic and EntertainmentTechie Stuff by Mr C - February 18, 2013February 18, 2013I’ve never been one to enthuse about the latest and greatest when it comes to things like mobiles, as I’ve traditionally stuck to quite basic offerings from Blackberry, Sony and HTC.So when the opportunity to try the new Nokia Lumia 920 Windows phone arose I thought I’d grab the bull by the horns and give it a go.The Lumia 920 is a very attractive
LED Lights from LED HutTechie StuffThings For The House by Mr C - January 15, 2013April 18, 2013I’ve been a devout believer in the merits of LED lighting since its early days but my first few attempts to convert weren’t too successful.The lamps I bought weren’t bright enough, had a horrible colour and were generally disappointing overall. That was a couple of years ago when they were just emerging onto the UK market and whatsmore they were also pretty expensive at the
BassBudsMusic and EntertainmentTechie Stuff by Mr C - December 5, 2012February 6, 2013What do you think of these? asked Mrs C as she passed me a rather jazzy-looking black and red box. Hmmm… my colour, my style, it said on the box. What more could I want? But what were these ‘BassBuds’?The box seemed too elaborate for them to be edible, so I put two and two together and used the word ‘bass’ to deduce that they
Osram Raystar and Cuby LED TorchesTechie Stuff by Mr C - June 25, 2012Many a comedian has observed that the keeping of a torch to hand the bedroom in case there’s a power-cut at night is somewhat futile, because of course you’ll be asleep anyway.However, old-school thinking and time-proved necessities have resulted in our ‘Torch Drawer’ still being a current item. There’s the time when a small screw has been dropped down behind a cabinet, or when you
Blackberry 8520 vs HTCRants and RavesTechie StuffThings For The House by Mr C - January 18, 2011March 5, 2011The subject of mobile phones has always been a touchy one here at Chateau C. There have been more raised voices, slammed doors and general warfare as a result of mobiles than any other subject, except perhaps the filling-in of a Weightwatchers online tracker, which is on a par with announcing a student fees rise in a fire extinguisher factory.There are so many mobiles on
Freecom Databar XXS – Mega in MiniatureTechie Stuff by Mr C - December 1, 2010How technology moves on! The recent advent of the microSD cards made me wonder at how miniaturisation of data storage has taken hold. However, with such miniaturisation came the fact that they are both fragile and VERY easy to mislay and need additional adaptors to use them in your PC or laptop.Then along comes the new Freecom Databar XXS series, again with tiny proportions, but
