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Hauppauge myTV 2GO
The myTV 2GO is a neat USB-powered Freeview receiver about the size of two Zippo lighters stuck together, with a small, extendable aerial that’s designed to fire a live digital TV signal over a wireless network to any iPhone or iPad running the free myTV 2GO app. It includes a camera-sized rechargeable battery – rated…
Veho Pebble Smartstick
This is the smallest in Veho’s range of portable power packs designed to juice up your gadgets such as smartphones, digital cameras, camcorders and so forth on the move. It’s 10g lighter than the Pebble Mini, and more compact, shaped like a tube. While smaller in terms of overall footprint, the Smartstick is thicker than…
Veho SAEM Bluetooth Car Kit
Veho is fond of its bluetooth gadgets, and here’s another one, this time an in-car hands-free kit that allows you to talk on your mobile while driving, without breaking the law. The unit is about 10mm thick and not that much bigger than a credit card, coming with a neat metal clip which firmly attaches…
Freemake Music Box
“Free music without limits” is the rallying cry of Freemake Music Box, a free-to-download program that will hunt through the narrow corridors of the Internet in search of free music, and then organise it for you. Quick It’s a small download, and a quick program to install. And first glance, it has clearly been to…
Kobo Wireless eBook Reader review
In a market that’s increasingly dominated by Amazon and its Kindle, Kobo has relied on aggressive pricing and the promise of free books to get people interested in its own e-reading product. Its entry level device is the Kobo Wireless e-Reader, selling for £69.99 when we went shopping. Kobo sweetens the deal, too, by pre-loading…
Crux 360 keyboard dock for iPad 2
If you long for a proper keyboard to type on instead of the iPad 2’s virtual QWERTY when you’re on the move, Crux manufactures this accessory to offer a laptop experience with your tablet (and more besides). The device itself is fashioned from plastic, and although the base of the unit feels very solid, the…
HTC Explorer smartphone review
HTC has come up with another budget Android smartphone in the shape of the HTC Explorer. It’s a small handset with a rubberised back – perhaps well suited to younger users who don’t always take as much care of their phones as they should. But at a price under £150, can it really deliver? Small…
BlackBerry Bold 9790 smartphone preview
After a short break in their release cycle, Research In Motion has now brought us the BlackBerry Bold 9790 – which was first announced back in November, 2011. This phone was unveiled along with the first full touch screen Curve 9380. This was made available, soon after launch. In many ways, this handset only lags…
Panasonic Eluga smartphone preview
It comes as no surprise that Panasonic chose to talk about its new Android smartphone at the company’s 2012 European Convention. The new Eluga phone heralds a return to the mobile communications market in Europe, although Panasonic never stopped producing mobile handsets in Japan. You may be wondering why Panasonic would choose to jump back…