Griffin Technology's Beacon Remote puts your iDevices in control

Having a remote for every device in our home entertainment centre can be confusing and frustrating (not to mention use up a lot of batteries.) Griffin Technologies has devised a solution powered by Dijit called the Beacon Remote which can be programmed to control over 200,000 devices right from any iOS device. Beacon isn't yet available but you can sign up on Griffin's website to get updates once it ships.

Review: Motorola ATRIX 4G smartphone

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Motorola Mobility's ATRIX Android smartphone is, in many ways, a breakthrough device. It is he first dual-core smartphone to martket running Google's Android OS. It is one of the first smartphones to have almost netbook or tablet-like specs with 1GB of RAM, 16 GB of storage and, thanks to a novel line of innovative docks, the first smartphone that can work as a notebook or a desktop, at least theoretically.

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Review: Speaker HD Dock for the Motorola XOOM tablet

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Of all the recent tablet releases, the Motorola XOOM WiFi has distinguished itself as the dominant multimedia and video playback device. Credit this to its powerful 1GHz Tegra 2 dual-core processor, its HD recording (at 720p HD) and playback (at 1080p HD) graphics capability as well as that stunning (although distractingly reflective)  10.1" inch 1280x800 resolution screen. The Motorola XOOM also offers mini HDMI-out connectivity right out of the box which makes it convenient to take over any HDMI enabled screen or projector.

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Creative Zen Style M300 aims for the iPod Nano

Its colourful, it's square and it looks a lot like Apple iPod Nano. The Creative Zen Style M380 has got Bluetooth but-into its dinimuitive 55 x 44 x 12mm case and will play music, photos, and video on its 1.45-inch TFT screen. The controls on the device are touch buttons and the player has a very welcome microSD card expansion slot. Coming to stores in June, M300 price starts at $49.99.