Smartphone Ferrari
Next time your Dad is watching Le Mans and
whinges about how he never got to own a Ferrari, get him this. It’s a
smartphone controlled replica model car, which can be traced using the included
remote control, or via your smartphone.
BabyPing+ Baby Monitor
Price: $248
Website: babyping.com
The BabyPing Wi-Fi baby monitor was
launched earlier this year and won the 2012 Kind Und Jugend Innovation Award
for its use of the latest in technology to allow parents to hear, view and
monitor their child on their iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch via a home network.
BabyPing+ allows them to take this a step further, and allows this same
functionality out of the house, using Wi-Fi, 3G and 4G connections. Never worry
about a babysitter again.
Sennheiser Amperior Headphones
Price: $13
Sennheiser’s latest and greatest take a new
aluminum finished headphone design and adds music industry sound quality to
build a casual headphone design that sounds fantastic Never mind that Beats
Audio rubbish, this produces the sound quality you deserve and blocks out
street noise. Its split headband is modifiable for comfort, and its detachable
smart remote with in-line microphone is compatible with Apple devices.
iG rip In-Car Kits
Price: $30
German company iGrip have made a big splash
in the US by selling various smartphone and tablet m-car mounting kits.
Catering to almost every kind of user, they run the spectrum from windscreen
attachable iPhone mounts for navigation, to headrest attachable iPad holders so
the kids can watch movies in the back seat. Full adjustable, they all include
vibration reduction and can fold back up to fit in the glove box.
Triggertrap Mobile
Price: $32
Website: triggertrap.com
II you like to get fancy with your SLR
photography, then this is a borderline essential purchase. Trigger trap allows
you to trigger your SLR camera with your smartphone in an endless number of
permutations. Whether it’s long time-lapse aimed at the stars in the hopes of
capturing an image of a flying sleigh, or the wireless triggering functionality
necessary to finally take that memorable shot of the entire family, this solves
so many problems you didn’t even know you had.
Uunique Luxury iPhone 5 cases by Mischa
Barton
Website: uunique.uk.com
Uunique London goes a bit beyond your
average iPhone case - into the realms of gem and Swarovski studded casing
($900) as part of the ‘Millionaire collection’. It has also unveiled its new
fashion collection for iPhone 5 with a collaboration with The OC star and model
Mischa Barton. Unsurprisingly, Mischa told What Mobile her favorite smartphone
is the iPhone 5. Fitting then that she has designed (yes, personally) a range
of cases for the company.
Smash the (sound) system
Otone varsa
Price: $80
So many gadgets are designed to be
soothing. Look at the Galaxy S III, which is supposed to resemble a magical
pebble from an enchanted beach. But, in the right doses, anger is good, and
healthy, and unavoidable. So where are the gadgets for furious people? Here’s
one: it’s a 20W soundbar that you can, in a fit of pique, tear in half. At
which point it becomes not a broken mass of wasted money, but a functioning 2.0
system. Then maybe pop on a bit of relaxing music. Light a candle or something.
Chaaaarge!
Sony walkman nwz-w270
Price: $100
You get home, it’s cold and dark, but you
know you’ve got to go for a run. So you grab your iPod and… ah, out of battery.
Better charge it for half an hour. And do the washing, and send a few emails…
Now you’re tucked up in bed. Charge this one-piece Walkman for 3m and it’ll
suck up enough juice for an hour’s running (or swimming – it’s waterproof). Get
on with it.
