Design & Technology

Tech News | ZIK Parrot by Starck

Tech News | ZIK Parrot by Starck

This week in Las Vegas, the latest cutting-edge consumer goods are being unveiled to the bleary, hungover, sin-heavy eyes of the world’s technology media at the annual Consumer Electronics Show. What’s caught our eye? These headphones for starters. [Read more...]

Design & Technology

Want list | Fujifilm X10

Want list | Fujifilm X10

A brand-new but retro-styled “bridge” camera (a category between a compact and an SLR) that features a manual zoom — something its more powerful, but equally classy forebear, the X100, lacks. And with a 12MP sensor, pop-up flash, optical viewfinder, hot shoe for mounting external accessories and a die-cast aluminium-alloy body, the X10 is not to be sniffed at. You also have semi-auto and manual shooting modes and a high-contrast 2.8in LCD monitor on the back, so you can play back that full HD video. This ease of use coupled with old-school design is an attractive combination. Snap one up. (£500, fujifilm.eu/uk)

Design & Technology

Want List | HTC Sensation XE

Want List | HTC Sensation XE

Why is that mobile phones always have to come with a pair of headphones barely good enough to grace the inside of a Christmas cracker? Well, finally there’s now an exception to that rule – the HTC Sensation XE.

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Design & Technology,Smart Buys

Want list | Fisher Space Pen

Want list | Fisher Space Pen

Ever wanted a pen that would work in Space? Don’t answer that. Of course you have. This Fisher pen is one that was used by US astronauts (until they stopped, presumably because they had more important things to do than take notes). Aside from having the design chops to be inducted into the MOMA, it can also write in extreme temperatures – anything from minus 30 degrees to 250 degrees – and will even work upside down. And all this means one thing: it’ll be great for showing off at the pub. (£19.50, Oi Polloi)

Design & Technology

Christmas want list | Victorinox knife

Christmas want list | Victorinox knife

Inspired by a classic Swiss soldier’s knife, the Farmer Alox is a cut above the standard red-cased Swiss army issue, with its durable fluted aluminium handle giving extra purchase. [Read more...]

Design & Technology,Style

Christmas want list | Freecom hard drive

Christmas want list | Freecom hard drive

It looks more like a wallet than an external hard drive. That’s because this streamlined slice of portable storage is one of the smallest drives in the world, not to mention one of the fastest. Fully loaded with lightning-quick USB 3.0 tech and weighing a mere 155g, the Freecom XXS can hold up to 1TB of data (the equivalent of 250,000 songs) and comes in a businesslike, black leather finish. (€129, freecom.com)

Competitions,Design & Technology

Win a Sony Ericsson Xperia™ arc S

Win a Sony Ericsson Xperia™ arc S

Call it a Christmas present from us. We’ve teamed up with Sony Ericsson to give one of you the chance to win this striking new smartphone – the Xperia™ arc S.  [Read more...]

Technology

Want list – i-Deck 200

Want list – i-Deck 200

Award-winning hi-fi specialist brand Monitor Audio has stepped soundly into the dock market with the i-Deck 200, and although this digital player is reasonably compact, it is without question powerful. [Read more...]