Design Zealot

Most manufacturers have a pretty good grasp on the line between design and functionality. You can make a pretty gadget as long as it is still functional, and vice versa. Podera, on the other hand, hasn't grasped that concept and it is apparent with the Deskscape Reader. Deskscape is a USB card reader. It certainly looks pretty and would make a great addition to any contemporary desk setup, but on the other hand it lacks functionality all over the place. Deskscape only supports memory stick, MMC and SD memory cards. Podera has left out of the biggest and most popular card types, compact flash. Way to discriminate against DSLR users, Podera.

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Still drooling over the $760,000 pure platinum Zeus Jupiter luxury PC? Well, if you are looking for a good alternate to the same, but at a bit reasonable price tag, you need to check out the custom luxury desktops being offered by China's custom PC luxury brand Eazo. They are combining traditional Chinese design and western technology to achieve the personal computing perfection.

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One of the big announcements from last week's MacWorld keynote was the upgrade to the iPod Touch. This upgrade included Mail, Google Maps, Weather Stocks and Notes, all for $20, which was odd given that new iPod Touches would be already including the software with no additional cost, but early adopters had to pay. It seems Apple users are used to getting worked when it comes to paying. Then there is no surprise that Sababa was quick to release the iNo, a $60 toy that essentially had owners re-buying a feature already included in most iPods, the Name that Tune game.

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We've just taken a cheeky advance look at Asus' new Nova P20. It's the latest in a line of alternatives to the Mac Mini and at first glance it ticks all the right boxes for a small form-factor PC: it's tiny, it's very, very quiet and it's not beige.

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Your PC is watching you. And we don't mean internally. Designer Ross McBride has come up with these PC cases which gives the desktop tower a personality. If this PC could talk, I might even quip, «Why the long face?»

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Although, the UNO is an old project by V12 Design for an Italian computer manufacturer, I couldn't stop myself from bringing the thing to you. It was developed nearly 3 years ago, when products such as Apple iMac were less common. The UNO was simply an achievement of uncompromised design despite using commercial (off the shelf) electronic components.

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