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HTC Sensation XL review
If you love the idea of an iPad but wish you could cram it into your pockets you can either get bigger pockets, start wearing one of these or invest in HTC’s new Sensation XL. Three were kind enough to send me a smartphone-cum-tablet to test for a week or two. As you might have inferred from my opening remarks, this is a big phone,…
Nokia and Spectrum Interactive now provide free wifi for London
Telecomms powerhouse Nokia, and Spectrum Interactive, the UK’s leading independent provider of Wi-Fi services, recently announced the first large scale trial of free Wi-Fi access in some of the busiest areas of the capital. Yep, that’ll be you then Oxford Street, Tottenham Court Road, Bloomsbury, Bayswater, Knightsbridge, Westminster, Sloane Square, Victoria, Marylebone, Mayfair and Lancaster Gate… phew. This is (believe it or not) the first…
What a chopper – the Griffin Helo TC
Remote controlled helicopters really are flavour of the month – this is the second one I’ve written about in as many days. This time it’s the app-powered Helo TC that comes under the Latest Gadgets microscope. So will it be flying into a host of Christmas stockings come December? Well, anyone who has as an iPod Touch, iPad or iPhone (so that will be quite…
BlueAnt Embrace headphones review
I love a serious pair of headphones. I spend a lot of time working in audio production, editing radio shows and podcasts, creating music beds or jingles and also just listening to loud bass-heavy tunes. It will never cease to amaze me how Apple’s love letter to Dieter Rams, the iPhone 4 (and let’s face it the iPhone 4S as well) ships with such low…
Unventions: The coffee table book to cure gadget fatigue
Christmas is fast approaching and with it comes our old, much-beloved friend, the coffee table book. Whilst I’ll happily trade most paperbacks for a Kindle version in a heart beat (I read all of John Schwartzwelder’s amazing Frank Burley detective series on e-screens and loved the experience) coffee table books are still very much a thing of paper beauty, although I’m sure lots of iPad…
Kobo Touch eReader review: An unobtrusive reading experience
Not many consumer electronics devices get away with a backside that looks like your Grandma’s quilt. Like a grandparent, however, it’s not the aesthetic that counts for the Kobo eReader, but the stories it tells. And the Kobo tells stories very well. Looking beyond the quilting, the Kobo Touch interface is both simple and simply beautiful. Turn it on and you’re greeted with the covers…
The iPhone? Thanks to Griffin, it’s child’s play
Does the phrase “Mum, can I play with your iPhone fill you with dread?” While Apple’s iconic handset has proved to be a godsend for frazzled parents sitting in traffics jams, queuing at the doctors or killing time while a sibling is busy being put through their paces at swimming or gym classes, the thought of sticky fingers pawing at the glass of your 400…
Go Pro HD Hero2: An action-packed sequel
How do you sequel one of the toughest, ruggedest cameras on the market? With the HD Hero2 Camera, GoPro decided to just double everything – power, resolution and field-of-width (well, it’s a bit wider, but not double). The new Hero 2 uses a better camera sensor and a twice-as-powerful processor to capture Full HD video and photos at an impressive 11 megapixels. GoPro also went…
Dial-a-ride on the iHelicopter
Smartphones seem to be able to do pretty much everything these days, and one company has stretched the bounds of possibility still further with the launch of a helicopter that can be controlled by your iPhone or Android handset. The iHelicopter is set to take to the skies this month, just in time for it to land on many a Christmas wishlist. Gadget fiends can…
Philips Sonicare DiamondClean Electric Toothbrush: The iPhone of toothbrushes
I love technology crammed where you wouldn’t normally think to put it. One of my favourite things I came across last year was a fridge with a built-in, internet-connected touchscreen. That is all kinds of awesome as far as I am concerned. So when I heard that Philips were applying their technological might to the humble toothbrush I was eager to find out more. The…
Gear4 pocketloops: Portable music creation studio review
At the risk of repeating myself, I’m thrilled to live in the future. As someone who has been fiddling with electronic music since I was a teenage with a Atari 1040ST and Cubase, I’ve seen the world of “computer music” undergo sea change after sea change. It used to be pretty incredible that you could make cutting edge music on a laptop. Now it’s mind…
Wakey Wakey Shine and Rise: The Philips Light Alarm clock
As someone who gets up at 5 am pretty much every morning, I appreciate a good alarm clock. Being rudely jolted out of bed every morning by the “Time’s Up” siren from GoldenEye is pretty effective but it also puts me in a foul mood for at least a couple of house so there has to be a better way. I’ve looked at (and loved)…
Frankfurt Motorshow: Ford shows off the technology coming to its 2012 ranges
The Frankfurt Motorshow finally closed yesterday after a gargantuan two and a half-week run at the Frankfurt Messe. We were given the opportunity to go the Frankfurt Motorshow – not only were we invited, we were expected to drive one of Ford’s new Focus Estate’s from Paris to Frankfurt. On our journey we took in the sights of Paris, Reims, Saarlouis and Frankfurt. This gave…
GAMEfest event review
Eager gamers got the chance to play this year’s most anticipated games at last weekend’s GAMEfest – we jumped in the car and set sail to the Birmingham NEC to see what’s hot and what’s not at the very first GAMEfest. September actually see’s two computer game conferences within week of each other; this weekend saw the inaugural show from UK retailer Game and their…
iRobot Roomba 700 Series
We’re suckers for automated vacuum cleaners here at Latest Gadgets – there’s just something of the future about them. That’s why we’re pretty excited that the creators of the world’s most popular robovac – the Roomba – have brought out the iRobot Roomba 700 Series, the most comprehensive hoover’ing robot to date. iRobot, having sold over six million home robots worldwide, know they’re onto a…
