Archive for the ‘Gadgets & Gizmos’ Category
Latest Gadgets at IFA preview: Tablets, docks and much much more.
IFA or Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin as it’s never called, is one of the world’s largest consumer electronics trade fairs and is held annually in Germany. Latest Gadgets will be heading down for the press day today. Here are a few things we’ll be excited about seeing. In the same way the iPhone redefined smartphone, the iPad is helping to reshape the world of tablet computing – and dramatically polarising opinion…
TWIG: STM iPad jacket, trashnothing.com and BigTrax
The Week in Gadgets If you found our recent feature on what to do with old gadgets useful then you should check out trashnothing.com, who contacted us via Twitter to talk about their site. Whilst there is a lot to love about freecycling, its reliance on the old world charm of Yahoo! Groups tends to make each and every visit into a field trip to 1998. trashnothing.com takes data from…
What to do with unwanted gadgets: Weeebuy.co.uk, freecycling and charity
A study has revealed that Brits throw away an unbelievable £6 billion a year in unwanted gadgets. With just 20% of electrical devices recycled, the report, from www.weeebuy.co.uk, reckons each of us is around £90 out of pocket thanks to our wasteful habits. As we know our readers love their gadgets (well, you wouldn’t be reading this otherwise would you?) we don’t like to think of you throwing good money…
Olympus LS-5 Linear PCM digital recorder: Mobile mini sound studio
Listen up journalists, musicians and podcasters! Olympus is launching a new digital recorder this month, which it claims allows you to record and edit your work while you’re on the move. At a tad under the 200 quid mark, the Olympus LS-5 Linear PCM Digital Recorder records 24but/96kHz PCM audio files, which can be edited in the device at the touch of a button. It comes with 2GB of memory…
TWIG: StumbleUpon, FaceBook Places, Action Cam
The Week In Gadgets This week saw a number of interesting announcements centring about the Internet. And a Head camera. Wired editor Chris Anderson did a Nas and proclaimed that the Web was dead, before a number of companies and columnists rose to dispute his claim. At the same time StumbleUpon released a mobile app for Android and iPhone handsets, which I found pertinent as the original incarnation of StumpleUpon…
Camcorders in focus: HMX E10, HDC-SDX1H, Xacti CA100 and iPhone 4
Camcorders have long been a family favourite and manufacturers are constantly looking for new features to set themselves apart from the competition. We thought we’d look at a few recently released camcorders to see some of these new features. Firstly, why buy a camcorder at all when you have a smartphone like the iPhone4, which can shoot HD video? The iPhone 4 shoots video in 720p and has a pretty…
TWIG:Robot arms, GEKKOLinks and Blackbox M10s
The Week In Gadgets This week saw the launch of the Blackberry Torch 9800 and Blackberry 6 OS to a lukewarm press reaction. We also saw the release of the call-me-anywhere satellite phone – the iSatphone Pro and a cloud based music service from the Carphone Warehouse. There were also some guitars made from paper. The good people at thepresentfinder.co.uk pointed me in the direction of the frankly amazing Remote…
Paperback rocker: Paper Jamz guitars and drums
Always wanted to be in a band but had nowhere to store your chunky guitar or gargantuan drum-kit? Well now you can strum away to your heart’s content – or beat away, if drumming is your thing – on paper-thin electronic instruments. Okay, maybe they’re not quite authentic enough to actually start a band with, but they’re more than suited to a quick play around in your house when your…
Sound Asleep travel pillow and headboard: soundtrack to sweet dreams
Most people were less than pleased to see the failed English football team disembark from their South African World Cup adventure. One company however manage to snatch victory from the gaping jaws of defeat as Wayne Rooney was snapped very publically holding one of their products – a SoundAsleep pillow. We went down to meet the SoundAsleep team and have a look at two of their latest releases. The heart…
A bona fide experience! – Five of the best interactive gadgets
I am still recovering from a “Wii” party I went to this weekend, where a dozen or so tipsy women battled it out on the virtual ‘hula hoop’, becoming more and more determined to win after each glass of wine. It was one of the funniest things I have ever witnessed. Interactive gaming, whether it be playing golf virtually or pretending to shoot flying ducks, has really exploded in recent…
