Gadgets
Words: Camilla Chafer Stay ahead of the game with the latest tech devices to hit the market 1. ASUS Eee PC The lightweight ASUS Eee PC, at only 0.92kg, is a good compromise if you have kids taking their first steps online or for surfing the net on the move. It has a 7-inch screen, [...]
Words: Camilla Chafer
Stay ahead of the game with the latest tech devices to hit the market
1. ASUS Eee PC
The lightweight ASUS Eee
PC, at only 0.92kg, is a good
compromise if you have kids
taking their first steps online
or for surfing the net on the
move. It has a 7-inch screen,
built-in webcam, speakers
and microphone, and a
battery life of three-and-ahalf
hours. For the more
techie minded, it has an Intel
CPU and runs on Linux but is
Windows XP compatible too.
It also comes in an array of
colours, including white,
black, pink, green and blue.
£219; www.dabs.com
2. W960i touch ’n’ play Walkman phone
Sony Ericsson has relaunched
its iconic Walkman phone,
which can store up to 8,000
tracks in MP3 and AAC
format, as a touchscreen
model. A 2.6-inch screen
incorporates a touch display,
great for navigating your
playlists, along with
handwriting recognition that
turns characters into text.
Plus there’s a 3.2MP camera
with 3G for live video calls
and Wi-fifor browsing online.
Price dependent on contract;
www.sonyericsson.com
3. Samsung S760 digital camera
Samsung’s newest digital
camera, the S760, has an
intelligent face recognition
feature to help you take
more accurately composed
portraits. Plus it has 11
scene modes for different
situations, a 3x optical zoom
for crisper distance shots, a
2.4-inch colour display and
7.2MP, taking it up to the
higher end of the amateur
photography scale. Available
in black, silver, pink or blue.
£79.99; www.samsungcamera.co.uk
4. Medion GoPal sat-nav
Medion’s compact GoPal
E3410 sat-nav has a driverfriendly
3.5-inch touchscreen,
speech recognition for voice
commands, text-to-speech
guidance for instructions and
a full charge gives four to five
hours of directions. The
software includes travel
guides for 50 European cities,
night driving mode and it can
be used by pedestrians too. It
also doubles up as a photo
viewer for your digital snaps
and an MP3/video player.
£189.99; www.medionshop.co.uk
5. Intempo iDAB radio receiver for iPods
Love your iPod but missing
digital radio? This tiny iDAB
radio receiver – it’s just
40mm square – simply clicks
into the base of your iPod to
give you digital radio using
the earphones as antennae.
An LCD display shows the
station and track details
while 10 presets can save
your top stations. It can be
plugged into iPod docks for
speaker playback and it
is compatible with all iPod
models except the Shuffle.
£59.99; www.amazon.co.uk
