Andrew Rafter is 26-year-old freelance writer from Manchester and writes about the really hard-hitting subjects including tech, music and sports. He has written for the Non-League Football paper, morethanthegames.com and knowyourmobile.com. He is currently running his own music website called harderbloggerfaster.com and is freelancing for Latest Gadgets. Andrew’s long-term goal is get to the Miami Music Conference, E3 and one-day interview Daft Punk.

Pioneer CDJ-850: Bedroom DJ kit goes pro

Pioneers have always been ubiquitous with DJ culture; from the early years of the digital mixing with their first CDJ 1000 and have been at the forefront of the CD mixing phenomenon since the death of Vinyl mixing over the last few years. They are now ready to release a new line of CDJ that will bridge the divide between the bedroom DJ and a true professional. Pioneer CDJ’s are…

Top 10 iPad games

With the official UK and international iPad release more than a month old, we thought we would give you a run down on the best games that have been keeping us entertained for a month now. We trawled through the iTunes store and here is our top ten. We’ve tried, tested and reviewed all the iPad games below ourselves to see whether the revised iPad editions are better than their…

Movement wars: the future of gaming

With the dust settling on last months E3 we thought we would look into our magic ball, and answer the main underlying question. Who will win the “movement wars.” The big three are looking to the casual market and are staking their future on new-fangled movement controls. We’re going to wade through the PR rhetoric to give you a real taste of what to expect in the coming months. All…

Sony go all out with 3D devices and content

With Sony going 3D crazy this week, they have launched their new 3D plans consisting of a raft of different 3D content that will be available over the next 6 months; comprising Games, Movies, Music, Sports, and hardware. First off will be 3D gaming and this will come via the Playstation Network, those of you who have stumped up the cash for a new 3D enabled TV will probably want…

Music on the move: music making and playing with iPhones (and iPads)

With the launch of the hotly anticipated iPad last Friday we thought we would round-up the best music related apps available. Including games, music players, and everything in between. When the iPad launches it will be backwards compatible with all the current iPhone apps meaning you have over 300,000 apps at your fingertips. If you are fed up with shelling out loads of money on music from the iTunes, then…

Arrive in style: Garmin’s sleek Nüvi 3700

With so many Satellite Navigation systems on the market it is difficult to know which one to go for. They generally share the same functionality, so choosing your next sat nav can be a difficult decision. And Garmin thinks that the look of the sat nav can be a deciding factor. Garmin have decided to design something that looks stunning; it’s the best sat nav in terms of its look…

Latest Gadgets at the Gadget Show Live 2010

As this year’s Gadget Show Live draws to a close we round up the top tech that caught our eye during our trek across every inch of the NEC, Birmingham. The foldaway Yikebike caught our eye as it looks to become the latest answer to personal travel solutions. It’s a sleekly styled piece of kit with carbon composite frame and a leather seat and looks to bring back the classic…

Packard Bell Studio ST – media hard drive

Packard Bell has been hard at work trying to keep pace with the storage solution rat race, and the result is the Packard Bell Studio ST, a HD ready media hard drive. At a glance, it’s a black box, finished in high gloss, but there are questions marks regarding the its capabilities – we are unable to confirm which file formats it supports and the press release state it plays…

Sony’s serene, hi-tech alarm clock

If your anything like me you dread the noise that emanates from traditional alarm clocks, my current alarm clock sounds like something from an alien planet – it’s a high-pitched foreign screech – I hate it. But Sony is about to release the serene and soothing ICF-C71PJ (we know it doesn’t sound that serene) but trust me this alarm clock looks to change the world of alarm clocks. Gone are…

HTC & LG to be first to ship WM7 phones

Many of us had written off Microsoft in the mobile phone market, but last week Microsoft unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, a new operating system and a fresh approach to the mobile platform that could — for the first time in a very long time — give Apple and Google something to worry about. Gone is the infuriating menu system, the uninspiring design, the endless bugs; the…