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Dear Santa...
20071115 [Computer Buyer]
More top Christmas gadget gifts
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1 Jellyfish
Laptops are great, but then again, they're not. Resting flat on adesk or table, their screens are too low down for ergonomic working, and it's pretty well impossible to come up with a position where both screen and keyboard are where they ought to be. The Jellyfish encourages you to use only your laptop's screen when stationary, raising itup to an adjustable height while you type on a separate keyboard.
£57.58 inc VAT @ www.colebrookbossonsaunders.com |
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2 GEAR4 Black Box
It's hard to get excited about yet another stereo speaker thingy to plug your iPod into, but wait, this one really does look a bit different. In fact it looks a bit like something out of 2001: A Space Odyssey, except that instead of HAL's one red eye it has a whole panel of LEDs that are invisible until you plug in and play some music, then light up subtly and rather inscrutably, like KIT from Knight Rider when he was in a mood. Altogether somewhat unsettling, then, but also remarkably gorgeous. Best of all, it's wireless, so all your Bluetooth kit will connect in suitably magical fashion.
£99.99 inc VAT @ www.gear4.com |
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3 Urban Retro GelaSkins
Kids sticker their prize possessions; responsible adults cover them in sticky-backed plastic. Get the best of both worlds with GelaSkins, protective self-adhesive vinyl sheets made to fit gear such as laptops. Pick a design you like - there are paintings by Van Gogh, MC Escher and Hokusai as well as edgy contributions from contemporary artists - and stick it on, giving your laptop lid or iPod a scratch-resistant glossy coat. When you get fed up with it, the patented 3M adhesive technology (or 'glue', as we used to call it) is designed to peel off, so you're all ready to apply your next choice of décor.
From £9.99 inc VAT @ www.urbanretro.co.uk |
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4 TAO Picture Keyring
A digital photo frame you can keep in your pocket. The 1.4 inch screen is big enough for clear close-ups, and the internal battery iseasy to recharge - just as well, since it only lasts for two hours of viewing. The supplied software (without which it won't work) downsizes your snaps to fit the screen, but it comes on a mini CD, which some drives won't take.
£39.99 inc VAT @ www.amazon.co.uk |
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5 Wattson
Just how much electricity are all your PC gizmos and high-tech home entertainment sucking out of the National Grid? This gadget will tell you. Just clip its remote transceiver to the wire between your meter and fuse box, and it'll tell you how much power is going through, so you can try switching things on and off and seeing what difference it makes. It also has rather beautiful LED lighting to reinforce its eco-conscious message. It can also talk to PCs and Macs via USB to chart your consumption over time. Now, let's see how much power we save if we turn off the Wattson... Oh.
£149.95 inc VAT @ www.firebox.com |
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