Daniel is a self proclaimed geek and freelance journalist who aside from contributing to LatestGadgets also writes online for major websites and national newspapers. Outside of film and TV Daniel is obsessed with gadgets and consumer technology and can regularly be spotted with his face pressed up against shop windows drooling over the latest in touch screen, HD, all singing all dancing tech. Daniel can also be found blurting out geek-fuelled drivel on Twitter and attempting to dodge the day job in less than 140 characters. Why not follow him @danielbettridge

The sweet spot between iPhones and iPads: the Dell Streak?

Dell have announced the launch of their Streak tablet, a device which they promise will hit the ‘sweet spot’ between smartphones and larger tablets such as the long-awaited iPad, released today. There is of course a whole other debated required to see if such a ‘sweet spot’ exists in the first place; but regardless, the company’s first foray into the ‘on-the-go’ market is certainly an interesting one. The Streak is…

3view set top box: The answer to multimedia player prayers?

Set-top boxes have been around for a while now, offering a subscription-free alternative to the Sky Plus system. They’re great little gadgets and the ability to seamlessly record your favourite shows, fast forward through ad breaks, or pause live TV whenever you want to, means that the novelty still hasn’t worn off. The problem is that the technology is moving so fast that it doesn’t seem quite enough any more….

Samsung smartphone takes us to a whole new Galaxy

Samsung have lifted the lid on the latest addition to its family of smartphones, the Galaxy S. Powered by the newest version of Google’s Android operating system, the Galaxy S incorporates a beautifully vibrant 4-inch Super AMOLED screen and a whopping 1GHz application processor to enable HD content. The handset also comes with 16GB of memory; a hefty hard drive for a smartphone but essential if you’re going to store…

Packard Bell launches the iPower X3.0 gaming rig

With the current trend for scaled back, “just for browsing” netbooks and nettops on the market it’s almost alien to see high spec PCs these days. But, whilst the average consumer is looking for less from their PC, the ever-expanding gaming market is still hungry for more, demanding increasingly powerful rigs to run the latest titles. It’s this market that Packard Bell is looking to reach with their latest desktop…

Freecom’s World first USB 3.0 external HDD

Once upon you would have had to knock up a few extra shelves to house your growing collection of movies, music and  important documents; but thankfully with the increasing digitisation of our day to day lives, you can now fit an entire library’s worth of information onto the smallest hard drives and storage devices. The problem is however that with ever-increasing file sizes the standard USB 2.0 connection is seeming…

Panasonic’s DMP-BDT300 enters 3D Blu-ray market

We’ve already reported on how Samsung were first out of the blocks with their 3D Blu-ray player, but as you might expect their competitors have not been far behind and so it comes as no surprise to see Panasonic enter the fray with the launch of their very own player. The DMP-BDT300 will be the company’s first Full HD 3D Blu-ray player as the home entertainment giants jostle to provide…

Parrot AR.Drone – When video games become reality

We first mentioned Parrot’s AR.Drone in our review of CES 2010 back in January, but since it’s appearance at the Las Vegas show there’s been a growing buzz around the iPhone controlled quadricopter as geeks of all shapes and sizes have begun to get excited about its release later this year. Parrot are the world-leaders in wireless products for mobile phones and for those of you that haven’t heard of…

Logitech Lapdesk brings cinema to your lap

The chances are the reason you bought your laptop in the first place was for it’s portability, it’s what they were invented for after all. Laptops originally started life as a tool for busy executives, those with a pressing need for a mobile office as they shuttle from meeting to meeting talking facts and figures and all that other boring stuff. Over the years however, the laptop has been adopted…

Charger clutter? One For All launch universal multi-charger

The explosion in affordable portable technology means that the average person now has more gadgets and gizmos than they do teeth! Okay well that may not be strictly true seeing as I just made it up but  from mobile phones to iPods, and laptops to digital cameras the chances are that you’ve got 3 or 4 power hungry portables on the go at any one time. The problem with all…

Samsung first out of blocks with 3D Blu-ray

Unless you’ve been living underground for the past month, you’ve probably heard or read about Avatar, James Cameron’s 3D epic that’s been wowing audiences and breaking box office records around the globe. This visual masterpiece is the latest in a number of fully immersive offerings as Hollywood seeks to up the entertainment stakes. With the increasing popularity of 3D on the silver screen the race has been on for manufacturers…