£1.25bn Wasted On Gadgets Every Year May 2, 2007
READ MORE Gadgets , Gizmodo UK , iPod
A survey commissioned by Scooter Computer has claimed that people waste £1.25bn every year on gadgets that are never used. Fear and ignorance are classed as the top reasons why we don’t get on with our new toys. And, why we tend to dump them in a corner, never to be seen again. The average cost of these unwanted gadgets is £120.
In numbers terms, it means that one in every five gadgets is not used. Top of the list – surprisingly, I guess - is the iPod, followed by digital cameras, software, sat-navs and mobile phones. The survey was commissioned to see just what we do with gadgets we get as gifts and the worst offenders are 35-44-year olds.
Even sadder for them is that pensioners often fare better with iPods and cameras because they have more time to work them out. -Martin Lynch
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Maplin Does £100 GPS May 2, 2007
READ MORE Cars , Gadgets , Peripherals
Sat-nav systems don’t have to cost a fortune according to Maplin, which has just launched a budget sub-£100 offering.
The AO5GW boasts a decent 3.5in touch-screen display and a built-in MP3 player – something that’s becoming increasingly common in GPS devices. It uses the Sirf Star III antenna for its GPS tracking and offers full UK mapping with 7-digit post code on the bundled SD Card, with Tele Atlas maps. It supports 2D and 3D views in day/night mode.
The AO5GW comes with a useful remote so that anyone in the car can use it, or the MP3 player, without yet another driver ditching their car while concentrating on the sat-nav instead of the road.
The battery life is three hours and the unit has 64Mb of internal memory. Tunes can be added to the unit via SD Cards. At a penny under £100, this really is a pocket-friendly, entry level arrival on the sat-nav scene.-Martin Lynch
Corsair Launches The SAS Of USB Sticks May 2, 2007
READ MORE Gadgets , Gizmodo UK , Peripherals , Portable Media , Storage
Corsair has been plugging away steadily on the tough-USB front for some time now but this time it’s pushing things to the extreme with the Flash Survivor USB 2.0. Claiming to be the toughest stick in the world, the new drive is certainly built for taking more crap than the one in my pocket right now, which sports two dents [small] and more scratches than a cat’s play toy. Just check out the key features:
Water Resistant to 200 Meters (650 Feet) / 20 Atmospheres
Shock Proof – Triple Point Protection: Flash Survivor features triple-point protection against shock and impact. Encased in CNC (Computer Numerical Control) milled aluminum (as found in aircraft part production) ensures consistency in material quality, thereby guaranteeing the USB drive’s toughness.
Additional protection from shock and vibration is achieved through the use of rubber molded collar shielding. When dropped, the durable rubber absorbs the impact force to prevent damage to the inner drive and the USB connector.
Engineered outer metal tube with two end caps provides enforcement to the hollow tube and prevents it from collapsing when abused.
5 Times faster than other drives (GT version).
Pre-loaded with a security application with 256bit AES encryption, the most secure encryption algorithms available.
It comes in 4GB and 8GB versions which cost around £30 and £65, respectively. You might not be heading into a war-zone anytime soon, but the trip home from the pub can be quite treacherous.-Martin Lynch
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