Gadgets
smart toys for home and travel
words by Camilla Chafer
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| Nokia N96 phone TV on your phone used to be a bit hit and miss but Nokia has produced the N96 with Live TV - though it’s not available in every country yet. There’s a 7cm screen, MP3 player and 16GB expandable memory (up to 12,000 tracks or 40 hours video, both eAAC+ format) with a top spec 5megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optical lens. Price dependent on contract, www.nseries.com |
Toshiba K80H Camcorder This camcorder has a 7.6cm LCD screen with auto and manual controls for both stills and video, records directly to a 80GB harddisc (around 9hours of HD footage), though there is a SD/SDHC card slot for up to 8GB extra memory. Connects directly to HD-ready TV. €639, www.toshiba-europe.com |
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| Toshiba Portégé G810 phone Toshiba’s Portégé G810 offers Windows Mobile with smartphone ‘must have’ push email, web surfing, Bluetooth, WiFi, a 3megapixel camera and 7cm screen. Built-in GPS gives handy maps plus there’s Windows Media Player for music, images and video with the option to add a 4GB SD memory. €512, www.toshiba-europe.com |
Samsung S1060 Camera Samsung’s S1060 10.2megapixel camera already nears the top end of the market for resolution and is further benefited with 5x optical zoom making honing in on distance shots much easier. Intelligent Face Recognition is designed to make snapping people easier. For price and information, see www.samsungcamera.co.uk |
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| Apple MacBook Apple has unleashed a new set of MacBooks with Intel Core 2 Duo processors and larger hard drives. The 33cm screen is fine for working and entertaining, a 160GB hard drive and the standard 2GB Ram memory can be upgraded to 4GB. It has a built-in iSight video camera, Bluetooth, USB ports plus iLife 08 installed. €1062, www.apple.com |
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