The Whizz-List
Our resident gadget expert Camilla Chafer gets her hands on five hot products DAB Radio Goodmans has launched the smallest stand-alone DAB/FM radio. It weighs just 48g and is 69.5mm long, roughly the size of the average mobile phone. Headphones are included and the black fascia has a blue backlit display with information from station [...]
Our resident gadget expert Camilla Chafer gets her hands on five hot products
DAB Radio
Goodmans has launched the smallest stand-alone DAB/FM radio. It weighs just 48g and is 69.5mm
long, roughly the size of the average mobile phone. Headphones are included and the black fascia has a
blue backlit display with information from station name to battery strength. You can preset
10 stations. Two AAA batteries give up to 10 hours of digital radio or 15 hours of FM.
www.argos.com, £44.99
Nokia phone
It’s a while since we’ve seen any really nice clamshell phones, but
Nokia has revitalised the style with the new 6650 phone. The keyboard has
a fun backlit feature with interchangeable colours and there’s a standard
2megapixel camera. Web ’n’ walk gives easy internet access on the 2.2” screen.
There’s a mobile jukebox feature with dedicated keys. Free with T-Mobile’s
Combi30 plan.
Wi-Fi rabbit
Cute and useful, this rabbitshaped
portable Nabaztag
can read Ladybird books.
Hook it up to the internet
via your Wi-Fi connection
and it will act and react to
commands, and transmit
music and news. Operate it
from wherever in the world
you are, and send your kids
a message. Around £90; and
with three Ladybird books,
around £115.
http://store.nabaztag.com
Eee PC
Fans of the ASUS EEE mini laptop will welcome a larger size, with more memory (40GB) and Windows XP and
Microsoft Works installed. The solid-state technology allows quick poweringup while keeping power
consumption down. The 10” screen means no scrolling to view webpages while you surf wirelessly, and the
keyboard is bigger. Friends and family get the Eee Connect application to link two or more users remotely
via a desktop feature. And a 1.3megapixel webcam, speakers and mic are built-in for video calls.
ASUS 1000, £349;from PCWorld or
www.play.com
Laptop bag
Tech Air’s Series Six leather and nylon laptop bags include this lipstick-red
handbag style, to make a statement without advertising that a laptop is inside. Two compartments
and a front pocket provide space for documents. Lowerkey is a classic messengerstyle bag in black. Each bag
comes with a 12-month i-Trak luggage tracking subscription. About £150.
www.techair.co.uk
