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Panasonic’s small wonder – the DMC-3D1
Compressed twin lenses are the secret behind Panasonic’s announcement that it has produced the smallest 3D compact camera ever. The Japanese corporation has just announced the DMC-3D1, which is expected to be on sale in the UK in December and which offers both 3D photo capabilities, along with 3D video recording. So how does it do it? Well the secret lies in the fact that the camera giant uses a…
Comfort Intelligent Home System
The Comfort Intelligent Home System (distributed in the UK by Cytech Europe Limited) has introduced a diverse and intriguing new range of designer flush-mounted LCD keypads with a nice selection of interchangeable frames in a variety of materials, styles, and colours. This elegant new KP06 range can be mounted either horizontally or vertically. The range of frames can be customised to match the styling of the rooms in which they…
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 ever public Wi-Fi scheme in…
AblePlanet’s Clear Harmony Sport Earphone SP1150 review
The loneliness of the long-distance runner is something I’m intimately familar with (And the middle distance runner. And the short distace runner. And when sprinting for the bus. Basically I’m very lonely). I not a big fan of running in the best of circumstances but I **hate** running when I’ve left my headphones behind. The endless monotony of the task in hand (especially on a treadmill) is borderline unbearable. But…
Why was the chicken thrown across the office? Red5′s Chuckimal
It’s pretty hard to get my attention when I’m in the office. As someone who gets hundreds of emails (all trying to sell me things, I’m not popular) and lots of tweets, texts and actually work screaming for my time someone actually in the room with me often misses out. Even worse I often have earphones buried deep within my ears blaring bass heavy rap classics in stereo. I’m pretty…
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 a lot of us then)…
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 quality headphones. I’m far from…
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 apps will be heading my…
SmartControl Motion: Wave hello to your new remote control
Universal remote controls have long been a part of our lives and I for one definitely remember the magic of being able to control the TV and the VCR (just saying VCR feels like it sprays my face with wrinkles) with just the one remote and how cool that was. I even remember one of the rich kids from school having a remote control built into his watch and turning…
iBike Coach. More power to your pedals.
There’s one thing you can honestly say about pedal bikers, they’re a hardy lot. What with having to put up with dodging unobservant car drivers, dealing with bad weather, punctures, the odd tumble and a sore rear not to mention the expense of buying a bike in the first place. You have to ask yourself, is it all really worth it? Clearly it is, if you believe the ever increasing…
