Posts Tagged ‘kids’
Teach ’em young – gadgets that are fun AND educational
If you’re loath to fill your house with a load of plastic tat that either gets broken or ignored come Boxing Day, or want to win brownie points with parents, chose a gift that has some educational value. Here are a few to choose from… LeapFrog LeapPad Explorer This appears on just about must-have toy list this Christmas. The LeapPad Explorer builds on the success of 2010′s award winning handheld;…
Kids’ favourites appearing on an iPhone (iPad and ipod touch) near you
It’s amazing how quickly little ones work out how to use a smartphone – but you can use this to your advantage if you find yourself on a longer-than-expected car or train journey, or waiting in a long queue. So it’s great that there are so many apps out there aimed at little ones. Two recent launches features a couple of very popular characters – Postman Pat and the My…
Eco-gadgets to fill your Christmas stocking and your heart
Do you love a white Christmas? Well, if global warming gets its way, say goodbye to those snowy Xmas days. That’s why we’ve put together this list of eco-gadgets to fill both your Christmas stocking and your heart with self-righteous eco warmness. Powermonkey-eXtreme Portable Charger The powermonkey-eXtreme certainly lives up to its name. It’s got a massive 9000mAhcapacity Lithium Polymer battery – 6x the size of the one you’ll find…
My Keepon and Air Swimmers: New kids gadgets from Wow! Stuff!
If you’re looking to for a memorable toy to buy the kids this Christmas, then perhaps look no further than two new toys from the British-based toy manufacturer Wow! Stuff! – A limited edition interactive robot called My Keepon and remote controlled fish known as Air Swimmers. Going into partnership with the US-based robot designer Beatbots, the soon to be available my Keepon has apparently been tipped by retailers to…
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 quid phone, and then dropping…
Make Halloween even more fun with great spooky-wooky gadgets
Yes another Halloween has almost arrived and alongside the terrifying costumes, tins of Celebrations for trick n treaters and candle-lit pumpkins to show that we’re getting in the Halloween spirit, there is a growing emphasis on blood-curdling gadgets circulating each October. Check out some of the best Halloween gadgets for 2011. 123 Glow HD Colouring Book, Halloween Edition for iPad and iPhone With a patent-technology that makes drawing over lines…
Dash High Speed RC Boat: Cut a dash on the boating lake
On holiday in Suffolk this summer, I was surprised at just how popular the model boating lakes in seaside towns such as Aldeburgh were with small and big kids alike. Most of them were populated by sedate little wooden boats that meandered along – but I’m wishing I’d had the Dash High Speed RC Boat with me, so we could have put the cat among the pigeons. The just-launched remote…
Alcatel OT-810: A cute featurephone for the budget conscious
In case you were wondering I’m not a fashion-obsessed teenage girl – or any kind of teenage girl really. But I couldn’t help but emit a “kawaiii” (an adjective routinely emitted by Japanese girls when adorable or cute things swing into their line of sight) on seeing the Alcatel OT-810 (despite its distinctively un-kawaii name). Why? Well it’s just so gosh-darn cute, but that aside the palm shaped clamshell phone…
New term – new iPad ideas
I had a bit of a laugh to myself when I saw a press release about going back to school and iPads. How many kids have iPads, I thought? After all, I’m a consumer technology writer and I don’t have one (that is a big hint, if any Apple PR people are reading!), so surely kids don’t have them? Okay, well now I have to eat my words, after a…
Proporta’s four ‘Back to School Essentials’ – Essential or superfluous?
Corresponding with the GCSE results day, the British iPad and iPhone accessories specialists, Proporta announced a new range of Back to School products for the iPhone 4 and HTC Sensation. In our gadget-obsessed society, the kids of today have a lot more to worry about than merely being seen with the right pair of trainers. iPad, iPhone and MacBook cases have the power to influence the esteem of kids in…
