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iRig HD: Nature of the fret

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Technology can be a burden. The frustration I feel when one of my gadgets lets me down is almost palpable. Even the slight lag that’s started when I open the Mail app on my iPad is starting to get to me. But when it’s all working it can be truly…

iRobot Scooba 390 Floor Washing Robot

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Still basking in the relative success of their domestic vacuum robot, the Roomba, iRobot have not unsurprisingly looked at what else they can revolutionise on the domestic front. Personally, floor washing is a particularly tedious chore I have to contend with; all that soapy water sloshing about getting dirty the…

FooTalk: Affordable, yet reliable smartphone calling app

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It’s good talk. But the widening nature of our personal networks means that your three best friends no longer have to life three doors down from you. I’m not exactly an international man of mystery but I’ve managed to pick up friends in Australia, China, Brazil and … well a…

dLAN AV 500 Wireless+: Why take two bottles into the shower?

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I fixed my sink the other day. It was clogged and after seeking advice from a “proper grown up” (a plumber) who wanted almost £200 for the privilege I decided to roll up my sleeves, google “how to fix a sink” and carry out the repair myself. And I did….

VOX amPhones: Plug and Play

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I might just have my new favourite toy. I’m lucky enough to have been lent a pair of VOX amPhones to play with and I’ve been indulging in some of my wildest axe-wielding fantasies over the past couple of days. If you’re a guitarist or bass player and live with…

iLP: Cut out the middle man in vinyl to digital conversion

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Yes I know – another article about iOS accessories. But the iOS world is drawing a lot of the brightest minds in the gadget game. And the makers of a lot of crap too. I would love to do a list of all the stuff that doesn’t make it onto…

Magellan SmartGPS: Map to the future

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There’s GPS and then there’s GPS. And then passed that and at the next right is Megellan SmartGPS, a device that integrates social, local and mobile content, including Yelp and Foursquare, through Magellan’s cloud-enabled Smart Ecosystem. The Magellan SmartGPS is the first navigation device to wirelessly sync your navigation data,…

ION All-Star Dance: Wireless iPad Dance Mat

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Apple haven’t been to CES for a long, long time yet still manage to dominate the show – much like Goddot in Stoppard’s classic play. The success of the iOS ecosystem has created many, many weird and wonderful peripherals that help you work, rest and play with you iOS device…

Mini Aero: High-performance wireless active speakers

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One of my best friends and next door neighbours is a fireman and if I even want to set his heart racing I show him the tangled mess of cables behind my computer. Or undo the top two buttons on my shirt. Fire hazards aside, wires and cables are an…

Air Copy: Wireless Scanner for all tablets and smartphones

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“iPad’s are just for consumption” is one of the more tiresome and persistent “trolling” remarks that was unleashed on Apple’s tablet when it was released in 2010. Well that and it’s lack of support for Flash but those remarks seem to have calmed down for some mysterious reason. But iPads…

Bloom FM: iOS streaming radio done right

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I love music and when I was 15-18 nothing in the world was more exciting to me than a free CD. When I started reviewing albums at university and was given, yes *given* free CDs every week I couldn’t believe my good fortune and was pretty sure that I was…

Huawei’s Ascend Mate smartphone featuring World’s largest screen

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Bucking the trend of waiting until MWC in Barcelona, the team at Huawei chose last week’s CES to unveil their Ascend Mate smartphone. The company bills the Ascend Mate as having the World’s largest smartphone screen. This comes in the form of a 6.1-inch HD IPS+ display, with a native…