The Gnome comes in a rather striking blue or orange and has a largish backlit LCD screen for navigation and control, the Gnome has a claimed 30 meter range which should allow it to be placed in any room of the house. Its primary use will be streaming of digital radio of which there are 100+ stations on sky, this is deal for those that do not have DAB radio or live in a poor DAB reception area.

The gnome allows you to control many features of your digibox and has its own independent volume control which drives its own stereo speakers or via the line out or headphone socket, its a fairly rugged little chap with an inbuilt carry handle and also the provision for mains power to be attached.

But there is always a battery option and the Gnome has an 8 hour rechargeable battery allowed some truly wire free roaming. For those with Sky+ the Gnome will also replay pre stored media so you could record the top 40 and then play it back while you are doing some DIY on a bank holiday.

The Gnome is an unusual step for sky and is surely just one development on the way towards a video to go type solution where you can fill your Video Gnome with things recorded on a Sky+ box and watch them on the way to work on the bus?

Available in October no price has yet been set for the Sky Gnome but it is compatible with all sky digiboxes and will be available to anyone with a current Sky subscription, it remains to be seen how popular it will be but its worth a bet that the Gnome will end up in a few stockings this Christmas.

Published - 06/08/2005

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