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Scott gets a demo of Orbotix's Sphero from Adam, one of the company's founders. At first glance, Sphero is a robotic ball remotely controlled from a smartphone or tablet. Yes, I was kind of underwhelmed too, but fortunately, it's a bit more than that. To start with, Sphero is as much a game development platform as it is a product
ArtRage is a series of painting program for touchscreen computers, albeit with a twist. You can paint with actual paintbrushes! ArtRage 2 sells for $20 for Windows and Mac OS/X. ArtRage 3 Studio sells for $40 for Windows and Mac OS/X. ArtRage 3 Studio Pro, which contains additional features, sells for $80 for Windows and Mac OS/X. ArtRage is also
GadgetTrak is a piece of software that you install on your mobile phone or laptop. The software will periodically check in and let you know the physical location of the device. If a camera is present, for example on a laptop, it can even take a photo of the thief and email it back to the owner. The software cannot
Andy personalises his gear with help from Jed Seifert of MusicSkins. Why settle for piano black or ice white, just because they're what Apple says is cool? With vinyl skins, you can customise your phone or mp3 player from a choice of literally thousands of skins. Whether it's Madonna or Muse, Johnny C or Jay-Z, there's a skin for you.
There’s a free Google Mobile App that I found in the iPod/iPhone app store that I decided to give a try. On loading it for the first time, I immediately noticed the “Voice Search” button I’m used to on my Android smartphone. In Android, the “Voice Search” is incredibly useful. Google’s voice recognition works by making a short recording of
Andy McCaskey and Esby Larsen sound out Ivan Kuan of Sennheiser, my favourite headphone manufacturer, on the latest aural delights. Recently, Sennheiser have introduced a number of travel and lifestyle headphones, including models marketed in conjunction with Adidas under the Originals brand - HD 25, CX 310 & HD 220. They're blue. Very blue. Returning to monochrome reality, the CXC
Andy McCaskey falls for iLuv, the premier purveyor of accessories for mobile devices including the Apple iPhone, iPod and iPad, Galaxy Tab and Blackberry. On show is the iLuv Audio Cube, a speaker dock for the iPad that comes with additional apps, such as alarm clocks, internet radio and weather, to make this the centre of your digital life. There