Archive for the ‘Misc. Tech & Gadgets’ Category
The Samsung TX100 – ‘Raising the bar’ in mobile PCs
Whatever your ‘digital lifestyle’ – a truly pertinent concept as we arrive in the eleventh year of the new Millennium – the Samsung TX100 is ‘perfect for creating and consuming content’, claim Samsung as it unveils its innovative new mobile PC at this year’s CES. ‘Raising the bar’ for mobile PCs, the Samsung TX100 uniquely utilizes the benefits of an immersive touch screen and a sliding keyboard, enabling users to…
Jabra WAVE: Multi-talented headset
Jabra seem to be churning out headsets more rapidly than a hen churns out eggs, and with each claiming to be more advanced than the previous, where will the escalating innovation within the world of headphones stop? The Danish company’s latest headphone venture, like its previous ones, claims to be more comfortable, sleeker and advanced than before. How? We ask. Let’s take a look… For starters the new Jabra WAVE,…
The Wonderful Future That Never Was book review
Looking for a Christmas present for the gadget freak in your life? Well these pages will be inundated with examples over the next few weeks. Believe me. But if you want something a little bit different then you should take a look at this lovely book all about gadgets that your loved one can never have. The Wonderful Future that Never Was takes hundreds of predictions made in Popular Mechanics…
TomTom’s satnav “Traffic Manifesto”
TomTom has announced a philanthropic “Traffic Manifesto”, which explains Europe’s problem with congestion (we may have noticed that on our own) and gives some viable – and some free – solutions. The core philosophy behind the manifesto is that if drivers are better informed about congestion issues, they’ll be better able to avoid it. And the best way to do that? Subscribe to TomTom’s Traffic HD 4.0 service. The new…
Binatone iHomePhone: Android comes home for the first time
After the excitement of the launch of Windows Phone 7 and the iPad this year, there’s another development about to hit the technology market – and this time there’s nothing mobile about it. Binatone has launched the first Android-powered home phone – the iHomePhone. The device will use the landline allow consumers to surf the net (through an existing broadband connection), chat to friends, listen to music and even download…
Too busy to wait for the kettle to boil? You need the T6!
If you have better things to do than wait for the kettle to boil, or want to create the impression that your time is too valuable for such mundanities, then you need the T6 water dispenser. The T6 (I’ll explain the name is a minute) is a counter-top machine that is fed directly from the water mains and dispenses water in a choice of four temperatures – boiling, hot, ambient…
CardScan Executive review
Despite being well into the 21st century, with wireless HDMI, iPads and driverless Google cars, people still give me little pieces of card with their name and number written on. I try to resist, offering to email them my details there and then, but I have still ended up with a desk, littered with business cards. With no room or desire for a Rollodex, they remain ignored – until I…
3D gadgets roundup
With 3D technology entering the market almost on a daily basis, here’s a few more gadgets offering the consumer 3D functionality at affordable prices. Roxio has proved itself a pioneer with Roxio Creator 2011, the first digital media suit that lets you convert 2D photos and videos into 3D, in your own home. Your existing photos and videos can be burned to disc or even uploaded to YouTube and Facebook…
HP T2300, T7100 and ePrint & Share large format printers
HP’s pioneering the world of printers once more with the world’s most collaborative web-enabled large-format printers Hewlett Packard’s dedication to providing a strategic direction for its printers, namely implementing all-in-one printers, scanners and faxes with a unique IP address that links printers and users via email allowing for remote printing, has been accented even further with its latest line of printers. In pledging to help improve design processes, effectuate a…
Nero saves the day: Nero 10 Platinum HD
Nero is an ambitious word. It’s tried to grab as many varied uses as possible: Crazed Roman Emperor, corporate coffee-joint, the New England Role-playing Organisation. For over 300 million users, however, the word is more familiar for burning CDs. Recently, the company behind the Nero Burning ROM software has become every bit as ambitious as the name it uses. Enter Nero 10 Multimedia Suite PLATINUM HD – your ultimate solution…
