The best of the month’s new
smartphone and tablet gadgets, accessories and gifts.
ThumbsUp Touch Speaker
Price: $45
Website: thumbsupuk.com
Thumbs
Up Touch Speaker
Sick of plugs and other paraphernalia?
Simply place your phone on top of the Thumbs Up Touch Speaker and it will start
pumping out music from its 2x 2.5W speakers. As simple as it gets really.
Braven 570
Price: $149
Braven
570
The 570 uses Bluetooth to pair with your
tablet or smartphone and has a whopping 1200mAh battery. What does that mean?
10 hours of playback before the Braven needs charging, so perfect for everyday
use - you can even attach your phone to it via USB for an on the go charge -
perfect for your next picnic in the park.
SuperTooth Disco2 Speaker
Price: $120
Website: johnlewis.com
SuperTooth
Disco2 Speaker
These bright little speakers are Bluetooth
ready – so can pretty much be paired with any modem computing, smartphone or
tablet device best of all its cordless, with a 10 hour battery life.
Plantronics Marque 2 Bluetooth Headset
Price: $75
Website: Plantronics.com
It
weighs just 7g for work or pleasure
Plantronics has unveiled a new bluetooth
headset with elegant design – it weighs just 7g for work or pleasure. It offers
top shelf audio performance and a whopping five months of battery life.
Bubble Pix Bubblescope
Price: $75
Website: bubblescope.com
Bubble
Pix Bubblescope
Ever wanted to record the world around you
in 360 degrees? Bubblescope not only allows you to take pictures, but videos
too. The app then allows you to review them from any angle - picking up things
your eyes may have missed first time round. Perfect for outdoor sports.
Crystal Acoustics i-40 Headphones
Price: $44
Website: crystalaudioandvideo.com
Crystal
Acoustics i-40 Headphones
Audiophile quality headphones, with a dose
of luxury design for under $45 quid? Not a bad offering from a top Hi-Fi outfit
to go with your smartphone or tablet.
Performtek iRiver On
Website: performtek.com
Performtek
iRiver On
Yes those prongs go in your ears but not
for audio, for measuring your bio-rhythms. Some of the data that PerformTek
sensors measure are heart rate, distance, speed, cadence, V02 max (aerobic
fitness level) and calories burned. The future of health?
Archos iPad keyboard
Price: $110
Website: Archos.com
The
thinnest iPad keyboard on the market
Archos says this is the thinnest iPad
keyboard on the market at 5mm, The OWERTI’ board magnetically attaches to the
iPad and uses Bluetooth to connect, meaning no pesky battery drain It has an
adjustable kickstand and aluminum bad casing to match the iPad, with an
automatic on/off function whenever the Wad is detached or placed in the cover
position.
Bose Soundlink Mobile Il
Price: $375
Bose
Soundlink Mobile Il
Paired with a Bluetooth device with memory
for six, the speaker w 13cm by 24cm by 4.5cm and weighs less than 1 4kg.
Wireless range is 10m and the b-fold cover flips open to become a stand for
speakalicious sound anywhere. A rechargeable battery that lasts for eight hours
and auxiliary input for other audio sources means sound is king.
Jakit
Price: $90
Website: jakitstore.com
Jakit
Combining a hard case with tangle free,
retractable earphones, the Jackit cover is billed as never needing to be
removed. For those who have sacrificed many a pair of headphones by jerking the
leads too savagely from an entangled mess of a bag, the Jackit earphones may be
heaven sent.
