Nate Lanxon
Nate is CNET.co.uk's expert on digital music and portable media. He was born just long enough before the beginning of the digital age to grow up with it, become one with it and then be utterly consumed by it. 'Geek by profession' has been his career goal for two decades.
Tuesday 24 June 2008, 10:51am
Eight Apple questions Clarissa didn't explain
Hip TV teen Clarissa claimed to explain "it all" in the early 90s, but she failed to explain anything about consumer electronics 15 years ahead of the broadcast of her otherwise astute explanations. Click here for more
Tuesday 17 June 2008, 2:50pm
'Get well soon' costs 49p per minute to NHS hospitals
Calling a loved one in a UK hospital? It's cheaper to call a mobile phone in Japan. My father suffers from multiple sclerosis and is currently lying in an NHS hospital bed. He's miserable, as you might guess. If, like I did, you want to call a suffering family member in one of over 150 UK hospitals that use Patientline's bedside TV, Internet and phone service, it'll cost you 49p per minute from a BT land line at peak rate. That's more to call a bedside across town than it costs to call someone on the other side of the globe. Click here for more
Wednesday 11 June 2008, 3:33pm
Why iPhone 3G doesn't have mobile iTunes downloads
Apple is soon to launch the iTunes app store, which will allow iPhone users to download applications seamlessly to their handset. As a bonus, you'll be able to download from the store wirelessly over the mobile network, providing application file sizes are below 10MB. Click here for more
Monday 9 June 2008, 9:27pm
O2 gets 3G iPhone, pays for ads really early
Within a couple of hours of the iPhone 3G being announced, O2's sponsored links for the new handset went live on Google in the UK. Click here for more
Tuesday 3 June 2008, 10:01am
WWDC '08 needs a 3G iPhone, for Apple's sake
All this talk of the 3G iPhone is purely speculative, with nothing confirmed from Cupertino. Okay, it's highly likely we'll see the 3G model launched next week at WWDC, but it's not guaranteed. Yet the tech world -- not to mention Apple fanboys -- is acting as if it was announced weeks ago. Click here for more
Friday 23 May 2008, 11:48am
Letter to Oxford English Dictionary: Redefine 'unlimited'
I've decided to write an open letter to the Oxford English Dictionary to suggest it adds an extra definition to its entry for 'unlimited', so consumers can realise that 'unlimited' also means 'limited'. Click here for more
Monday 12 May 2008, 5:22pm
Vote for me: I'll ban full-screen software installation
There are many things in the world that need to be seen in full-screen mode to be appreciated: videogames and Web browsers are just two. But please, software developers, one thing that should be banished from the face of the Earth, and that's full-screen installs. They're pointless, they don't benefit anybody and in 2008 they're about as welcome in my home as Tracy Emin -- a woman I will one day have jailed for being a demented waste of blood and organs. Click here for more
Wednesday 7 May 2008, 5:40pm
NIN give away another album. How many more?
There's no such thing as a free lunch, but there is a free album. After offering part of their instrumental album Ghosts I-IV for free, alongside various paid-for ways to buy the album in full, Nine Inch Nails have just released their new album The Slip completely free, making us wonder how many new albums NIN have actually recorded. Click here for more
Articles by Nate Lanxon
Sony Ericsson W760i
Review The Sony Ericsson W760i is our favourite of the company's phones and it's the best Walkman phone to date. This music phone crams in loads of features, including GPS and HSDPA. Music playback and audio quality during calls are both impressive and its menus are slick and attractive
Roberts solarDAB: Pray the Sun keeps his hat on
Crave Roberts Radio has launched the solarDAB. For those of you who can't tell from the name alone, it's a solar-powered DAB radio -- apparently a world first
Warner Music joins Nokia's 'Comes With Music' scheme
Crave Warner Music has signed a deal with Nokia to become the third major worldwide record label to offer its catalogue for free download as part of the handset manufacturer's 'Comes With Music' service
Photos: Hands-on with the Sony Ericsson W760i
Photo We've had the brand-new Sony Ericsson W760i for a few days now and we're fairly sure we're falling in love. Care to know why?
Motorola Rokr E8
Review The Motorola Rokr E8 is a smashing handset, both for calls and playing music. Unlike many other music phones, the E8 has included a 3.5mm headphone socket so you can use your own headphones. Its superb audio quality and full-bodied music playback make it a cut above the rest
Photos: Nokia launches Supernova 7610, 7510, 7310 and 7210
Photo Nokia has unveiled its new range of Xpress-On handsets: the Supernova range. Four stylish new models will be initially released, namely the 7610, 7510, 7310 and 7210
Philips SA2820
Review The Philips SA2820 is a strong competitor against the Apple iPod shuffle. With a crisp monochrome screen, voice recorder and 2GB capacity available for a low price, it's certainly attractive. The sound quality emphasises the bass line, making it great for fans of dance music
Photos: Ears-on with the AKG K 701 headphones
Photo After a long period of using Sennheiser's flagship HD 650 headphones, it was time to play with some serious competition: the £180 AKG K701s. And they're awesome
