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Although not present in the USA and Europe, viewing broadcast TV on mobile phones is very popular in Asian countries and parts of South America. Andy and Don talk to Guy from Siano Mobile Silicon about the technology behind this cultural phenomena. Watching broadcast TV on mobile phones has been very popular in China, Japan and Korea, particularly with people who
Snowboarders, skiers, mountainbikers, sky divers, hunters - if you want to show off your latest adventures to your friends and enemies, then Contour's new bullet cam is the way to do it. Andy gets the deets from Marie at Contour. The Contour+ was launched back in spring 2011 and quickly gained a following among the extreme sports crowd for the
As well as being a really bad pun, iOnRoad is an augmented reality app that helps car drivers become safer drivers. Courtney gets into the fast lane to find out more about this app which was awarded a CES Innovation Honoree prize. Available for Android smartphones now and the iPhone soon, the app uses the smartphone's camera, GPS and accelerometer to provide warnings
Veteran biker, Andy "Hog" McCaskey, checks out Vertix's Raptor helmet communicator. Let's roll! Vertix Raptor-i is a Bluetooth-based helmet communication system that brings together phone, intercom, radio and music player functions into a single unit. It's perfect for any activity where wearing a helmet is the norm including motorcycling, motorport and skiing. A microphone and speaker are fitted inside the helmet and Raptor
At CES's Digital Experience, Andy talks with Built To Tylt about their funky designs for smartphones and other portable gadgets. Check their website as these guys have got some great stuff. The Tylt Band is a smartphone car charger made of a colourful flat silicon rubber cable that is nearly impossible tangle. Micro-USB and Apple connectors are available there's an
These days, in-car DVD players are old hat - a tablet is where it's at. Andy talks to Linda at inCarBite on how their car mount can keep up with the Joneses. The inCarBite tablet mounting system is available for the Apple iPad 1 & 2 and Amazon's Kindle Fire, which is gaining in popularity as an entertainment device. The tablet
Andy talks to Jim from DeLorme about the new inReach two-way satellite communicator, perfect for those really out of the way places. The DeLorme inReach is a tracking and communication device that uses a satellite radio link to transmit text and GPS location data, rather than the mobile phone network. Owners can communicate via text message from anywhere on the planet, not just