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Bang & Olufsen ditch mobile phones as credit crunch bites

October 30, 2008, 1:30 pm by Chris Haslam Leave your comment

Filed under Mobile phones Tags: Bang & Olufsen, credit crunch, Mobile phone, Motorola, phones, Plantronics, stop, Tag Heuer

Even in the land of the £10,000 TV pennies are being pinched, as Danish audiophiles Bang & Olufsen announce they are to stop making handsets and gadgets.

Plantronics create £50k headset as world financial losses top $2,800,000,000,000

October 28, 2008, 1:30 pm by Chris Haslam Leave your comment

Filed under Mobile phones, Peripherals Tags: 000, Bling, Bluetooth, credit crunch, debt, MOBO, Plantronics, ugly, £50

Our congratulations go to Plantronics for brightening a chilly Tuesday with a big slab of preposterous show off consumerism. That’s right folks; the dinky gold Bluetooth headset to your right is worth a cool £50k.

Portfolio crashing? Buy shares in touchscreens!

October 10, 2008, 3:00 pm by Caramel Quin 3 comments

Filed under Mobile phones Tags: 5800, Apple, Blackberry, credit crunch, iPhone 3G, Nokia, portfolio, recession, RIM, Samsung, SCH-W570, shares, SPH-W5700, stock, storm, touch screen, Touchscreen, XpressMusic

There’s one market that isn’t crashing this week: touchscreens. The credit crunch isn’t even denting sales. In fact, experts predict sales will double within five years, fuelled by the latest mobiles and other gadgets.

Atten-Shun for the Sergeant robot!

July 28, 2008, 1:32 pm by Pete Jenkinson Leave your comment

Filed under Robots Tags: army, credit crunch, desktop, parade, Robots, sergeant, Toys

Wallets feeling weary from the weekend? In need of a mechanised companion to lift your spirits? Time then to click and buy to put this cheapo creation on parade.

Creepy Crawling Robot draws crowds

July 9, 2008, 1:30 pm by Pete Jenkinson Leave your comment

Filed under Robots, Videos Tags: businessman, crash, credit crunch, economy, Japan, Robots

Performance artist Momoyo Torimitsu built this pavement hugging machine to highlight the impending plight of Japanese salaryman caught in the Asian economic crash.