25 February 2010, 2:08 pm
Rubik’s Slide
Puzzle-Solving Game
Link: Rubik’s Slide
Techno Source made the Rubik’s TouchCube (Episode 776) last year. This year at Toy Fair, they have a new product, Rubik’s Slide. Instead of having 6 faces, the Slide has only one, and you have to solve puzzles using the coloured squares. It also has a voice that [...]
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19 January 2010, 8:01 am
Google Nexus One
Smartphone
Link: Google Nexus One
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Leo ordered the Google Nexus One as soon as it was announced, and it arrived just after he left for CES. The Nexus One is similar in size to the iPhone, slightly thinner, with a 3.7-inch OLED screen (800 x 480 pixels), 100,000:1 contrast radio; 5MP camera with built-in [...]
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24 November 2009, 8:11 am
Motorola Droid
Smartphone
Link: Motorola
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After wondering if he should do the Logitech Anywhere MX Mouse (Episode 913) and the TVclean (Episode 961), Leo suddenly finds himself with a plethora of gadgets to choose from, including the Vizio 24″ LCD HDTV and the Slingbox Pro-HD. But he settles on the Motorola Droid.
The Droid runs on Verizon’s CDMA and [...]
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7 October 2009, 4:00 pm
HTC Hero
Android Phone
Link: HTC
HTC’s follow-up to the G1 (Episode 686), the Hero continues to use Google’s Android SmartPhone operating system, with its own customisation of the UI called HTC Sense which enables a high degree of personalisation of the home screen and allows you to move between applications with a swipe. It will be available [...]
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14 July 2009, 4:24 pm
iPhone 3GS
Smartphone
Link: Apple
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Leo was tempted to buy the Palm Pre (Episode 862), but after Apple announced the features on the latest iteration of the iPhone, Leo got the iPhone 3GS instead. It has a faster processor and hence the "S" suffix for speed. In addition to the GPS which already existed in the iPhone 3G, [...]
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