Tech Gadgets Guide

Portable iPhone Charger

You love you iPhone, but sometimes the battery goes empty and you need to use your gadget. There is a convenient solution:the Portable iPhone Charger.

When you’re miles away from the nearest power point, running out of juice on your iPhone or iPod can feel like a complete disaster. Especially if you’re stuck on a plane with nothing but snooze fm being piped in on those horrific in-flight headphones.

Now you need never worry about such trivialities as the Portable iPhone Charger will provide you with enough back up power for up to 5 hours of calls or 20 hours of music playback.

Just plug the charger into your PC or Mac and let it charge until all of the blue LEDs on the front are lit – then pop it in your pocket or bag and it’s ready for action. When you need to check how much charge is left just push the button on the front and the LED display will let you know.

Portable iPhone Charger features:

• A plug-in pocket sized charger for your iPod or iPhone.
• Simply plug it into the bottom of your iPod and let the charger do the rest.
• Provides up to 250 hours of standby time, 5 hours of talk time and 20 hours of music playback.
• Compatible with the all models of iPod.
• Size: 6.2 x 5.9 x 1 cm.

Pricing and availability

The Portable iPhone Charger cost £19.99 and it is available at iWantOneOfThose.com.

Make your shower a cool place with LED Color Changing Shower Head

LED Color Changing Shower Head will transform your shower into a cool place.

 

Save water by having a shower instead of a bath and turn your shower into a beautiful stream of colored light with the new LED Color Changing Shower Head.

Simply replace your existing shower head with the LED Shower Head and when in use, it will light up and change color according to the temperature of the water.

It’s self-powered with the LED lights being illuminated by the force of the water running through it with absolutely no batteries required.
Installation couldn’t be easier and it’s completely safe to use. And because the color changes as the water gets hotter, you can work out the ideal temperature you’re comfortable with before getting into the shower.

Pricing and availability

The LED Color Changing Shower Head cost €43.55 and it is availably at PrezziesPlus.co.uk.

PoGo Instant Photo Printer

You’ve probably got oodles of photos trapped inside your mobile phone and digital camera. But how do you print them off when you’re out and about? No, you don’t cart around a computer, a tech-nerd and a bulky printer. You don’t even dust off your raincoat and head to the nearest photo lab. You use the revolutionary PoGo Instant Photo Printer.

Brimming with breakthrough technology, this ultra-sleek inkless portable printer is brought to you by Polaroid, legendary purveyors of instant piccies, and it’s just as idiot-proof as the photo-spewing cameras you played with back in the day. All you do is send your pics to the PoGo wirelessly via Bluetooth (mobile phone) or with a USB lead (PictBridge-friendly camera) and watch in awe as this smart gizmo churns out a quality image on a 2″x3″ slice of sticky-back photo paper in under 60 seconds. In a word, wow! You can then peel off the backing and stick your pics wherever you fancy.

Powered by a built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery or directly via the mains, the PoGo holds 10 sheets of Zink paper at a time – more than enough for a night of sticky piccy fun. And with additional paper packs available right here at Firebox you can re-load, juice-up and indulge in instant print-offs whenever you want: parties, business trips, festivals, holidays, debauched nights out.

PoGo Instant Photo Printer features:

• Holds 10 sheets of Zink paper
• Dimensions: PoGo approximately 7.2cm(W) x 12cm(D) x 2.4cm(H); Zink photo paper approximately 7.6cm(W) x 5cm(H)
• 7.2V rechargable battery included – Full charge prints approximately 15 images
• Connectivity: Bluetooth (class 2) OPP; USB 2.0 (full speed= 12 MBPS)
• Print Speed: Approximately 60 seconds per image (20 seconds to transmit, 40 seconds to print)

Pricing and availability

PoGo Instant Photo Printer cost £39.95 and it is available at Firebox.com.

Rumors confirmed. See the new Sony PlayStation 3 Slim Console 120GB Model

The rumors confirmed Sony PlayStation 3 Slim Console 120GB Model will be on market soon. The new model is 32% smaller, 36% lighter and consuming 34% less power than the original.

PLAYSTATION 3 Slim main features

• video chat
• internet access
• digital photo viewing
• and digital audio and video

The PlayStation 3 120GB system features an IBM "Cell" processor and a co-developed NVIDIA graphics processor that together allow the system to perform two trillion calculations per second. The 120GB system manages to improve on this with its 45nm version of the processor, which although running at the same 60+nm speed as previous PS3 versions, uses less energy. This makes the unit’s smaller size and quieter fan possible.

The system is capable of 128-bit pixel precision and 1080p resolution for a full HD experience.

PLAYSTATION 3 console also provides for an extreme sound experience by supporting Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1, as well as Linear PCM 7.1. Finally, it features cross connectivity with your PC network and PlayStation Portable (PSP) and its pre-installed, 120GB hard disc drive allows you to save games as well as download content from The Internet.

It utilizes The Blu-ray disc media format, which gives you The best high-definition viewing experience on your television, by way of The format’s ability to hold six times as much data as traditional DVDs.

Availability and pricing info

PlayStation 3 120GB is available in US for $299.99 and in UK for £249.96.

PSP Go!

The new Playstation Portable is called the PSP Go!

 

Features:

- A slide-in feature that will allow for a bigger screen for the Playstation Portable.  Indeed, you think that the current widescreen LCD of the Playstation Portable is big enough?  Wait until you see the new PSP Go!

- No more UMD support.  The cartridge slot at the back has been removed to give way to the slide-in feature.  Games will now be downloaded digitally.  For those who don’t have access to internet or WiFi connections, download kiosks will be established in popular destinations so that players can conveniently get their gaming fix.

- Flip-in/flip-out controllers to allow the outer layer screen to slide in.

- 16 GB of built-in memory.  Wow!  Say goodbye to those 4GB memory cards.

- An extra analog stick – finally!

- A series of add-ons under the Go! brand.  There will be Go! 1.3 mega pixel cameras, aptly entitled the Go!Cam.  There will be Go!View which is a movie download service. And there are other Go! products being planned as we speak.

- An improved online download service.  The Playstation Store will be restructured specifically for the PSP Go!

Read more about the PSP Go! on Console Video Games Mania.

Pricing and availability

PSP Go will be released on October 1, 2009. You can preorder it from Amazon.