Archive for the ‘Gadgets’ Category

Portable Hard Drive Bargain (2009-6-6)

I’m always needing additional storage for my music, movies and TV shows. But as I use a laptop, my preference is always for the ultra portable USB portable drives as opposed to the external hard drives which need to be plugged in to the wall. Until recently you could only get these in 250gb or [...]

Yubz: Healthy retro style for your mobile (2009-5-13)

Remember a few years back when there was a lot of fuss about radiation from mobile phones ? It seems to have calmed down a lot even though they really haven’t established that mobiles are 100% safe.  Well a company called Yubz are marketing funky retro style handsets which connect to your mobile. They come [...]

An Easy Way To Watch Video Files On Your TV (2009-4-6)

I was checking out the electronics in Carrefour last weekend and spotted this cool device in the aisle where they keep the USB hard drives. The Western Digital TV HD Media Player allows your USB hard drives to instantly become multimedia players by easily connecting them to your TV.
So basically any movies, TV shows, photos [...]

I-Phone Killer ? (2009-3-26)

I’ve had my mobile phone for a couple of years now and have been thinking about getting a new one. Nothing wrong with the one I have (Nokia E65). It does everything really well but the new touch screen smartphones have really caught my eye. A few of my friends have the I-Phone which looks [...]

Great Way To Save On UK Calls To Kuwait (2009-3-20)

I’ve made it a habit that when I’m traveling to a country where I’ll be staying for more than a few days I buy a local pre-paid sim card for my mobile phone. It works out a LOT cheaper than roaming. In the UK I use Orange because the number remains valid for 6 months [...]