by Jay Garrett on January 18, 2010
Righty – you love the retro vibe, perhaps wearing some cool Space Invader tights, but you’re rocking some modern headphones – you’ve ruined the look!
You could get yourself some mighty fine Koss Porta Pros, which I’ve owned and loved but they might be a little ‘off-the-shelf’ for someone as cool as you.
May I present the ‘Tracks’ headphones from the fantastically named Danish company – Aiaiai!
These have a distinct whiff of the Walkman ‘phones and are admittedly styled on the personal audio classics which must’ve helped Sony beat Phillips in the compact cassette player wars back in the 80’s.
You get the comfy foam ear-pads that slide on brushed steel head braces.
Whilst their looks are stuck in my favourite style period the ‘Tracks’ are 21st Century with the latest in driver technology and you should be getting decent audio from the 40mm speakers.
These will also play nice with Blackberry’s and iPhones so there you go.
£44.50 will get you stepping out from the crowd!
Check the range out at Aiaiai.dk
by Jay Garrett on December 12, 2009
The INQ Chat 3G handset, remember – the ‘BlackBerry for the Facebook generation’?
Well it’s now on sale for the stocking-filler price of £100.
The social butterfly’s blower looks like it shares parentage with some of RIM’s most loved offers up widgets for Twitter and Facebook right there on the homescreen.
There’s great news for those that get their grooves from iTunes as the Chat 3G is the first handset (that isn’t an Apple iPhone) that can actually play those AAC files downloaded from Apple’s music portal.
The DoubleTwist app was developed by 25-year-old Norwegian Jon Lech Johansen and if the INQ and Mr J get away with this without attracting unwanted attention from Apple then I reckon there may be a few other handsets offering similar apps.
The INQ Chat 3G can be grabbed for £100 on PAYG or from £15-a-month from 3 Mobile – with that you get the unlimited free Skype-to-Skype calls and MSN Messenger so that you keep all your buddies up-to-date with everything you’re doing.