Month: June 2010
Gallery: Solar powered gadgets
Here at Shiny Towers it looks like another scorcher of a day, and we reckon you should make the most of it. No, not by slathering yourselves in cooking oil and frying yourselves to a crisp. By getting your hands on some gadgets which really can bring a bit of sunshine into your life. And…
Dr Jn. C U neva
We've all heard the horror stories. You're all loved up and full of the joys of spring. Your phone beeps. You gleefully open your inbox, expecting another kiss-filled missive from your other half, and there it is: the SMS which says 'sorry. You're dumped'. Or it might be an email. A Facebook update. Or -…
Gallery: Ten more iPhone 4 essentials
As you'll already know, today is all about the iPhone 4. But, for the lucky devils who have already managed to get their mitts on one, the shopping doesn't stop there. Our latest gallery just goes to show there's a whole host of lip-smacking accessories to make your mobile even more fun to fiddle with.…
Oh hai. Allow me to introduce myself
My name's Kate, and I'll be holding the fort at Shiny Towers for the next week or so while the lovely Anna jets off on holiday. I've enjoyed a love affair with gadgets since I won a remote-controlled car in the 1992 inter-schools Halloween fancy dress competition (I nailed it with a Grim Reaper costume…
Top ten iPhone 4 treats from Etsy.com
Desperate to get your hands on an iPhone 4 but don't want to fall in with the rest of the herd? Never fear. Something stylish / cute / weird (delete as appropriate) from Etsy should do the trick. For the uninitiated, Etsy is a real web gem. It's an online store stuffed full of handmade…
All white now (ahem) for Jabra Bluetooth goodies
Bluetooth gadgets often aren't much to look at. So it's nice to see someone trying to inject these devices with a bit of style. Jabra, the Bluetooth buffs leading the 'Wireless Earvolution', have announced that their Stone and Street devices will now be available in white. With the iPhone 4 setting a trend for what…
Moshi Moshi: the home phone for your iPhone 4(?)
You might think that the iPhone 4 is about as good as it gets. But Native Union, creators of handsets for phones, iMacs, PowerBooks and PCs, reckon their new Moshi Moshi range could make using it even better. They say their Moshi Moshi 03 - designed by award-winning French designer David Turpin - will not…
Why ThinkGeek were ordered to stop selling Unicorn meat
Yes, this is the oddball story of the day... Internet shop ThinkGeek received a 12 page long cease-and-desist letter ordering them to take down one of their products - their sparkly "unicorn meat" pate. Not because unicorns don't exist, or because it was offensive to mythology lovers or because people were getting the sparkles stuck…
The AR Parrot Drone – an iPhone-controlled helicopter to launch in UK
It set them all cooing at CES this year, and now the iPhone-controlled toy helicopter will be available for sale in the UK from the middle of August. The AR Parrot Drone is a foam and plastic toy helicopter with built-in cameras that you can operate from an app on your phone. It connects to…
Best Value UK deal for iPhone 4: how the networks stack up
Right. Four out of five UK carriers offering the iPhone 4 have announced their prices. In our quest for the best budget contract, we line up their cheapest offerings. All are for the iPhone 4 16gb, and all the roaming data allowances are now limited (I can't tell you how much that upsets me]. We'll…
