Last week I was at a trade show for electrical wholesalers and I came across these single and double power sockets with a USB charging point built-in. As soon as I saw them, I thought, "Those would be handy..." and then I saw the price...£62.74 for the single and £76.60 for the double socket and they're trade prices too (ex
The Idapt i1 Eco is the portable member of Idapt's family of universal chargers: by using the same interchangeable tips as the dual and triple versions, the usefulness of the system is extended from the home to the car and travel. If you aren't familiar with Idapt, their system offers a wide selection of charging tips that are snapped into
Veho probably isn't the first name that springs to mind when thinking about gadgets but they have a sizeable range from miniature video cameras to digital photo frames and Bluetooth headsets. In the UK, their products are sold in the main big boxes - PC World and Currys. On Veho's stand at Gadget Show Live, I played with a USB
The need to charge today's mobile gadgets on an almost daily basis is one of the downsides of faster processors and bigger screens. Although companies like Palm have tried to introduce inductive charging, most gadgets need to be simply plugged in. This leads to the proliferation of wall chargers and a mess of cables. IDAPT's solutions bring order to the
The Buffalo AirStation N450 USB adapter (aka WLI-UC-G450) is a 2.4 GHz 11n wireless adapter capable of a theoretical 450 Mb/s using a 3x3 antenna array. Sweet. If you are used to small wireless adaptors and tiny memory sticks, then the N450 will be a bit of surprise. It's a pretty chunky number at a little under 9.5 cm long,
If you're a DJ, you probably know the name Stanton, purveyors of DJ hardware. If you're not a DJ, you probably still know the parent company, Gibson, of the guitar fame. Either way, we're in good company here. Todd and Steve mix it up with Darrin "B-Side" Young from Stanton. On show is Stanton's SCS.4DJ Digital DJ Mixstation, a self-contained
World Pride is unlikely to be a name that you've heard of, but once you see a few of their gadgets in the video, you'll recognise them from the gadget stores and catalogues. Jeffrey and Jamie chat with Jim. The team at World Pride visit factories in Asia and try to spot cool gadgets that haven't yet made it to