The future of texting? Swype's Genius Texting technology
A feature on Samsung's new Omnia II phone that lets you use your finger like a "magic wand" could change how we text for ever. Called Genius Texting and designed for touchscreens, the technology means you don't have to lift your finger off the screen to text. Described as "like waving a magic wand" you…
The Loudest Telephone ever, at 149dB, it's louder than jet take-off
A new phone from Geemarc claims to be the loudest in the world. A piercing highly audible ring isn't always a quality you look for in a telephone but this landline fills a gap in the market. Intended for the hard of hearing, the AmpliPOWER50 phone rings at to 81dB, 3 times the volume of…
Muffphones? er… knitted earphone covers give you music plus the warm ear experience
Bringing two wonderful things together: headphones and err.. ear muffs, skate, surf and snowboard headwear company Neff have created a headphone that come with a knitted case. Less useful in a surf context - these is hardly bikini-accessorising stuff, this would certainly be good for skiing, snowboarding and just wandering around in the winter, looking…
Wake up to a beeping bomb with the grenade alarm clock
These chuck-it against the wall alarms have always been popular, and gadget4all have given the old concept a slight twist with the introduction of a grenade-shaped one. Hurl the 75g plastic alarm at the wall and it switches off. Seriously though, that wouldn't work for me. I would just throw it against the wall and…
Peer through holes and into walls with a night vision borescope
Fuel your private detective fantasies and uncover the mysteries of your loft space by purchasing this strange wall-penetrating periscope from usbfever. It's a borescope - a gadget honed for the sole purpose of looking into walls, crevices, floorboards and other dark places. The retailer's blurb outlines a scenario when a borescope could be exactly the…
A Cordless phone?? yes, new range of cordless landlines from John Lewis
A wireless telephone? What is this wonder? Err, yes, we've all got mobile phones so the excitement of being able to walk around while talking on a phone has worn off rather. But for those who want to have a landline - and there are advantages to this retro concept - wireless phones make the…
The worst driving gadget in the world: a steering wheel laptop desk
Don't even buy this for your worst enemy. While a gun might be more obviously life-threatening, this laptop steering wheel rest really is almost as dangerous. As suggested by the wise writer on RedFerret.net, attaching your laptop to your steering wheel like this will result in death and mass destruction. It's a common truth that…
The 10 iPhone apps we'll be using in 2012
I can only associate 2012 with the London Olympics and that disaster scenario movie 2012, however some people are gazing into the future with clearer eyes than me... and can see what mobile apps we'll be using in that far distant year. Gartner are an internet research company and they have worked out, based on…
Casio's Exilim-G1: shock resistant and delightfully slender
Casio's new Exilim, the EX-G1 claims to be the slimmest shock resistant camera ever. 19.9mm thick, it's waterproof, dustproof and doesn't break when you drop it from a height of 2.13 meters (7 feet) onto lauan plywood from any of 26 different angles. That's how you test if a camera is shock-resistant apparently. Built for…
New Youtube Shows section gets full-length Channel 4 shows
Finally a big TV company gets serious about internet TV - Channel 4 has decided to stream whole shows on Youtube, giving UK users legal access to programmes on demand. FTW, as they say. It seems that Google has persuaded TV companies that they can make money out of internet advertising, in a very similar…
