The new BlackBerry Storm is the latest mobile phone from BlackBerry and the Storm is also BlackBerry's first touchscreen mobile phone. The Storm, with its slick candy bar style looks is also one of the best looking BlackBerry's and is most definitely not eye diarrhoea to look at.
The BlackBerry Storm features a fantastic high-resolution screen and an incredibly innovative multi-touch UI. The Storm's touchscreen features what BlackBerry call ClickThrough, whats this means is that you have to press down until you hear a click for it to work so in theory the BlackBerry Storm's screen is just one big button, cool!
Other features of the BlackBerry Storm include a built-in GPS system, media player, 3.2MP camera, BlackBerry maps, a 3.5mm audio jack and a memory capacity that can go up to 16GB. One thing that is for sure is that the BlackBerry Storm is a media and entertainment friendly mobile phone.
As for internet access the BlackBerry Storm has, EDGE, GPRS and HSDPA for super fast internet so you can get quick, no fuss access to site such as MySpace, Bebo and Facebook as well as all important fast Email access.
The term "iPhone Killer" gets thrown around rather hastily so we're not going to call it that but what we will say is that the BlackBerry Storm is unquestionably a high quality mobile phone and is great value for money.
Clone Trooper Voice Changer Helmet: Do you believe that the mission always comes first?
Calling all Star Wars fans who have always wanted to become a Clone Trooper! Now is your chance to finally be one with this fantastic Clone Trooper Voice Changer Helmet.
With realistic sound effects and clone trooper battle commentary this fabulous helmet will really make you feel like you are on your very own Galactic adventure. You can Speak with realistic radio static sound effects or you can hear other clone troopers from the front line giving out commands.
The Clone Trooper Helmet comes with classic phrases such as "I’ve got a bad feeling about this, sir.” or “Get ready to turn those clankers into scrap metal,” Now if that won;t give you your Star Wars fix then i don;t know what will!
This super-cool helmet is also adjustable to fit anyone from age 5 right through to a full size adult head.
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Walking toys have been about for a while now and are not by any means new but walking and swimming toys? Well thats something to shout about.
With Swim To Me Puppy that is exactly what you get here, Swim To Me Puppy is capable of walking all on his own on land but when droppped into water he can also swim! So whether you want to take him in the bath, to the pool or you simply just drop him in the sink, he will be able to swim his way out of any trouble that comes his way.
The puppy has small sensors on his chest that once covered in water, will start his legs moving and therefore swimming! And, to add to the whole cute factor that this celever little Puppy has going on, he even comes with his very swim goggle and a towel!
Spiderman 3 Ultimate Web Blaster: The ultimate Spiderman toy!
The Spiderman 3 Ultimate Web Blaster is another toy available this Christmas that makes me envy this genrations children. As a kid i longed for a toy of this calibre and although i myself am too old to run around pretending to be Spiderman (maybe), at least my kids can enjoy this fabulous toy.
The Spiderman Ultimate Web Blaster is a five-in-one Spidey arm blaster that kids attach to their forearm with adjustable straps and use to fend of evil villains.
The arm blaster has 5 different types of ammo for kids to choose from including the all important spirals of double-stream web fluid, water, suction tipped darts, missiles or rapid-firing stretchy webs!
No matter how evil a villain comes your way, they won't be able to handle the Spiderman 3 Ultimate Web Blaster.
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FurReal have came up with a master-stroke in toy making with Biscuit the dog, you could be forgiven for thinking he was a real live dog as this wonderful life-size golden retriever is just completely adorable.
With voice recognition Biscuit can obey commands such as "Sit, "Lie Down" and "Give me a paw", you just won't be able to get enough of him. He even chews on his very own bone!
Biscuit will respond to however you treat him so be nice. A friendly touch or clap will have him cuddling into you just like a real dog, melting your heart in the process. But what is the best thing about Biscuit the dog?... You don't have to clean up all his doggy mess at the back of him. Better than a real dog? Definitely!
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The Spykee Robot is the kind of thing i used to dream about when i was a kid. I'm not going to beat around the bush here, I'm just going to spit out exactly what Spykee is... Spykee is a Spy Robot equipped with a camera, microphone and WiFi which allows you to use your computer to control this little CCTV robot from absolutely anywhere!
Spykee can detect movements using his built-in motion detector, can sound an alarm on your PC and get this... he can even send you a snap of your target!
Spykee is made by Meccano so naturally, you get the opportunity to build him yourself (which is very simple). Once you have got him put together you can send him on a "mission" where he will listen, watch and let you talk to people using his microphone.
Amazingly Spykee is compatible with Skype so you can even use him as a webcam and talk over the internet or with his speaker and you can play all your favourite tunes through him aswell.
When Spykee gets tired (runs out of battery) he will automatically travel back to his docking station for 40 winks, completely on his own!
This truly is an amazing piece of technology and definitely not something you will want to miss out on. It really is quite breath-taking.
Elmo Live is the latest toy in the Elmo series made by Fisher Price and it is more than just another toy, it is a revolution in toy technology and it certainly won't disappoint the kids!
Sesame Street has been a favourite of children all over the world for generations and Elmo has been one of the favourites amongst kids for years. Elmo toys not only keep kids entertained but also help them to develop vital interaction skills as they grow.
Elmo Live can sing, dance, tell jokes and stories and can even walk. Simply being in the presence of an Elmo Live will leave you completely amazed.
So what is Pleo? Well he is a robotic toy dinosaur, a Camarasaurus to be exact but he is more like a pet than a toy.
When you first recieve your Pleo you will have to nurture him and treat him well from his hatching stage to his juvenile stage. Pleo feels hunger and fatigue - offset by powerful urges to explore and be nurtured. He'll graze, nap and waddle about on his own - when he feels like it! Pleo dinosaur can change his mind and his mood, just as you do.
Pleo is tremendously interactive and every single Pleo is unique, as this robotic dinosaur grows older it will develop its own personality, moods & habits. UGobe have done tremendously well with this toy but once you get it, it’s upto you to create Pleo’s future.
If you are sick to the back teeth of replacing dead fish or bored silly with lazy hamsters and rabbits that sleep all day, go for a different type of pet, a completely unique pet, go for a robotic pet, go for a Pleo and spend the rest of your days caring for and loving this adorable little creature.
The Nokia N96: The multimedia and entertainment mobile phone.
The Nokia N96 is the latest phone model from the N-Series by Nokia and it is the update to the very popular N95 phone.
The Nokia N96 has been specifically designed to amaze you with its entertainment features so if it is entertainment and media that you want from your mobile phone then this is definitely the phone for you.
With the N96' 2.8 inch screen you can watch plenty of high-quality videos and with a massive 16GB of internal flash memory you will have a lot choose from I'm sure. An SD card slot is also available if you feel the need to increase your memory capacity.
The N96 also features a Nokia Video Center where you can browse loads of videos from the internet to download and if you can't be kept busy with all of that then I'm sure the 5.0-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss Optics will.
Also, if ever you should find yourself to be lost then have no fear my friends cause the N96 boasts an integrated A-GPS and rich maps facility so you can always find your way home!
High School Musical is the in-thing with the kids right now so what better Christmas Gift is there to give them than this super cool High School Music Dance Mat! Priced at just £22.99 it isn't going to break the bank either.
All the High School Musical kids have Got the moves! and now you can too! The dance mat features 4 of the most popular songs from High School Musical 2 with pre-programmed routines. There are 3 different levels of difficulty for Beginner, Star and Superstar!The easy to follow lights on the console help you dance.Requires 4 x AA batteries (not included). For ages 5 years and over.
Dear oh dear oh dear. There are few things in life that give me more pleasure than a long button-bashing session on my favourite console and as much as i say that i love it, it doesn't mean that i am literally IN love with my gaming console, i mean, i wouldn't do anything rash like go up a dark alley and into a dingy tattoo parlour and get Xbox 360, Wii or PS3 encrypted on my skin but neither would anyone else would they? You'd have to be pretty brainless wouldn't you?
Well sadly, a UK PS3 addict has gone out and done exactly what i just said nobody would ever be stupid enough to do, well not exactly, i don't know about the dark alley and all that but lets just take this opportunity to stereotype tattoo... artists, if that's what you call them and add a bit of imagination to this idiots story. Apparently getting those particular three big black letters scored into his arm forever is a "Worlds First. Usually a worlds first is an achievement but I'm pretty sure there is a different reason why this is a worlds first and i don't think i need to state what it is, you already know. Lets just hope it is a "World's Last" aswell.
The guy, known as Mobiletone, a regular commenter on Sony's semi-official Threespeech blog site, said after getting it done:
‘How much do I love my console? I guess this video says it all. It’s been nearly a year since the PAL UK launch of the console and I decided to get this tattoo done in honour of what I consider the best console ever made. Love gaming, love women and love life.’
Yes you did read "I guess this video says it all" right, there is a video and you can see it below, although it is completely pointless. So Mobiletone may now be "Britain's Most Pointless Man" but lets not bash him too much more. He has definitely made me laugh today and I'm sure I'm not the only one so i salute him for that. Some say laughter is the most powerful aphrodisiac but if i were Mobiletone I'd be sure to stick to long sleeve shirts if out trying with the ladies from now on.
The inevitable has finally happened. Toshiba have cancelled their HD-DVD format and put an end to the Hi-Def war with its rival Sonys Blu-Ray... thank god! After two years of spatting, boring us consumers to death and just being annoying in general, Toshiba have finally raised the white flag and conceded that the fat lady is in fact singing.
Toshiba have now officially pulled the HD-DVD plug and will cease production of all its HD-DVD players, discs and accesories by March 2008. This is a blow for the early adopters of the HD-DVD format and i suppose i do sort of feel sorry for them but in all honesty you should really know by now not to jump the gun when these type of spats between rival companies are ongoing, unless you buy both!
If you are one of those who has been sitting on the fence and waiting for a winner to be announced, it is now time for you to go out and treat yourself to a Blu-Ray player. Hopefully now that Blu-Ray is the sole provider of Hi-Def material, the prices will come down. That was definitely one advantage HD-DVD had over its nemesis, prices!
The only thing that has really got me thinking from the death of HD-DVD is the little matter of the Xbox 360. Will we being seeing an Xbox 360 with a built-in Blu-Ray drive or will they be throwing another bloody add-on drive at us and if so, how long is it going to be before we see one? Why don't you give us your thoughts on the HD-DVD slaying and your Xbox ideas by leaving us a comment, we love to hear what you think.
They've certainly taken their time with their latest version of the gaming platform but Nokia are finally ready to unleash the new-G Nage upon the public.
The latest version of N-Gage was supposed to be ready to rock by the end of December last year but somewhow it has managed to take until February 08 to get it Live but who cares! it's here now! The N-Gage gaming platform will still only be available to users with a N81 handset so if you were like me and thinking the delay releasing N-Gage was down to prepping it for other Nokia handsets then welcome to the Deeply wrong and way off the mark gang.
N-Gage is available for download over at N-Gage First Access and there are currently three titles available to play, Space Impact: Kappa Base, System Rush: Evolution and Hooked On: Creatures of the deep. N81 users get over there now and get your N-Gage on!
The attitude towards the Apple iPhone here in the UK is kind of, "Well yeah, it's a cool phone and all, i get it, but how do i pay rent once I've bought one?" Well O2 have announced that from February 1st 2008 they are to offer improved tariff deals on the Apple iPhone, meaning that at long last the Apple iPhone might just be value for money.
The current iPhone Tariffs are at £35 a month, £45 a month and £55 a month. If you are on the £35 deal you will currently be getting 200 minutes and 200 texts. Now the minutes on the £35 a month deal have been tripled to 600 and the texts have been bolstered to 500. The £45 a month will now be the same as the current £55 a month deal giving you 1200 free minutes and 500 free texts while the £55 a month deal will be banished and be replaced with a £75 a month deal. All you guys out there on the £55 deal need not to worry though, you will not be forced into paying £75 a month, you will be put down to the £45 deal which will give you the same amount of minutes and texts that you were on already only you will be getting them for ten bucks less! The new £75 a month deal will give you a massive 3000 free minutes a month plus your 500 free texts of course.
The best part is that these new tariffs will apply to both new and existing customers. If it was O2's outrageous tariffs that were stopping you from investing in an iPhone before, you have no excuse now.
Less than a week after Toshiba cut the price of their HD-EP30 player, they have slashed it again. This time they have chopped off another 30 quid taking it down to a lowly £150. But this is not the best part, wait for it... Amazon have chopped the price even more and the HD-EP30 player is now at an embarrassing £119.99 and yes, you still get the 7 free movie titles as well my movie obsessed friends. Strike while the iron is hot and get yourself over to Amazon now to take them up on this incredible offer.
At Macworld Steve Jobs pulled out the Macbook Air from a standard-sized manila envelope, a move which left all Apple lovers watching, gasping for air. Even though it is only a couple of days after Macbook Air's unveiling, the accessories have already been made. Yes, two self-confessed Apple geeks have designed a laptop case resembling a manila envelope so you can pull your own version of the Steve Jobs move whenever you like.
The AirMail "envelope" is handmade out of durable upholstery-grade vinyl, lined with a fuzzy, soft fleece and is the same size as your run of the mill manila envelope. The geeks have said that AirMail is good enough to protect your Macbook Air from cosmetic damage, smudges and keep it safe from bumps in daily use. However it is not suitable for extreme circumstances, so it appearing in the next James Bond movie is highly unlikely.
For a £1200 laptop I'd prefer a case in the form of an Army Tank, soldier included rather than an envelope lined with "bum fluff" but for the pure fun of it, it would be 15 quid well spent. You can buy one right here.
Last week the HD-DVD camp were dealt another blow in the HD-DVD/Blu-Ray war, actually, they were dealt more blows than Rocky Balboa and this time it doesn't look like Rocky will get back up (Yes, HD-DVD is Balboa in this cheap metaphor). After having to cancel its pitch at CES, movie studios Warner Bros and New Line Cinema jumping over to team Blu-Ray and Microsoft considering a Blu-Ray Xbox, i would be right in saying that it was a week that HD-DVD will want to forget. The question now is... "Is this the end for HD-DVD?" It certainly looks that way, Microsoft considering turning Blu has really got to sting but HD-DVD's egos and pride are far too great to just throw in the towel and they are going to fight to the death in true Rocky fashion.
The HD-DVD player top dogs are Toshiba and they have came out swinging, announcing some super sharp price cuts. Over in the US, entry level players HD-A3, HD-A30 with 1080p output and the high-end HD-A35 have now had their price tags slashed down to a clearance bin worthy $150 (£75), $200 (£100) and $300 (£150). The US are not the only ones offered HD-DVD bargains. Over here in the UK the Toshiba HD-EP30 (pictured) has had yet another price drop and is now down to a cool £180 plus you get 7 free HD-DVD titles, yes that's right, 7! Also in the U.S of A, Toshiba are starting a new huge ad campaign to try and get back in the hi-def fight, concentrating on HD-DVD prices and DVD-handling benefits.
Will this "fightback" work? Or are they just postponing the inevitable a little bit longer? I'll leave that for you to decide but at the end of the day, we are all getting bargains and that is music to anyone's ears.
If you would like to take up the Toshiba HD-EP30 plus 7 HD-DVD titles for £180 deal, it is only available at Amazon
Update: Toshiba HD-EP30 plus 7 Free titles now £119.99 at Amazon!
Samsung are leading the charge from mobile producers in the "War against iPhone" by launching a brand new touchscreen mobile phone named the F490.
The F490 has a 3.2 inch screen with haptic-touch feedback which should be more than satisfactory for even the most critical of mobile phone pundits, an 11.8 mm chassis which is only .2 of a mm thicker than that of an iPhone so it is definitely not overweight and for Web uses it has HSDPA where it definitely tops the iPhone's average EDGE. Memory is a bit of a let down with only 130MB internal memory so you'll be thanking your lucky stars for MicroSD. An SD card is a must have or you'll quickly be running out of media opportunities.
The Samsung F490 is to be launched in the UK first in February which will be a very rare event when launched indeed but a price has not yet been set, be sure to check back for more news soon.
Everyone wants the web sitting right in their pocket nowadays, whether its from mobile phone or a handheld computer, you just have to have it. Sony's new answer to real quality pocket surfing is their new handheld computer... Mylo COM-2.
Mylo 2 is an extremely classy and very sexy device which boasts a 3.5in touch-screen which flips up to reveal a QWERTY keyboard, wi-fi, a 1.3mp camera, Skype, a backlit keyboard, 1GB of storage, email and instant messaging. Now that is a real quality piece of tech and you'd be mad to disagree. It also supports iPhone-style widgets, such as a very sharp Facebook monitoring app. Of course, it'll play music and movies from memory cards and, in the US, it'll connect to Wayporthotspots for free. Sweet!
A UK release date and price is yet to be confirmed but it has been launched in the US for $300.
Captain of the ship that is the World Wide Web, Google, has announced they are about to release their own version of the user-submitted online encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
Google say that there are millions of people with useful knowledge worth sharing and there are billions more that could benefit from it but not everything is written because it is simply not easy enough to do it. I beg to differ, Wikipedia managed it easy enough, ok, its inconsistent, everything is not entirely accurate and half the content is most probably written by monkeys but it's simple to use at least. Bearing that in my mind, the point i think that Google are actually trying to make is that it is not easy enough for logical human-beings who actually have something sensible to write to get their article out there.
Googles "Knol" which stands for "a unit of knowledge" will be different from Wikipedia in a couple of ways. Knol is going to be much more author based so you will get recognition for what you've written with your name and picture and users will be able to rate content aswell as add comments, questions and edits. Google say they will not serve as an editor in any way, and will not bless any content. I just hope they have a consistent way of keeping out all the hogwash, otherwise it'll be no better than Wikipedia.
Google Knol is currently in testing and is invite-only but you can check out what a full page will look like here.
BlackBerry Storm: Touchscreen Smartphone
