If you’re looking for a new phone… The HTC ONE mini review
When Vodafone heard we were embarking on our mammoth Scottish Road Trip for One Off Places and VW, they asked if I’d like to take along a new HTC phone to try out along the way. Seeing as my 6yr old Blackberry seems to think its job in life is to make phone calls and nothing else, I decided a borrow of a new HTC would be just the ticket, thanks very much. So a few days before we set off the HTC One mini arrived, and I spent an...
Seagate’s ‘Portable Wireless Plus’ Media Drive – perfect for travelling
I know, looks a bit… dull, doesn’t it? But stick with me – the Seagate Portable Wireless Plus Media drive is an external hard drive – with a genius twist which makes it not-dull-at-all. Yes, it has a terabyte of memory, which is HUGE – and yet it fits in the palm of your hand. And we all know (*stern bossy face*) how important it is to have an extra hard drive to back up all your essential documents, old emails...
Razer Ouroboros Gaming Mouse Review
Gaming mice: does your child need one? No.Does your gamer teen want one? Oh my yes.Are they worth spending a LOT of money on replacing their came-with-the-PC point-and-click? Hmmmm. For myself? No. For No.1 son the 15yr old keen gamer? Most definitely. To a baffled parent, gamer mice just seem to have extra buttons and weird designs. But they do genuinely perform a lot of functions your basic mouse just can’t. All those extra...
Razer Carcharias Gaming Headset – Christmas Gift Guide
We’ve been sent another headset from Razer to try – this one is the Cacharias, built for Xbox as well as PC gaming. Obviously I handed it over to the teen for reviewing purposes – he’s far better equipped than me for such tasks. This is such a great headset! I’m a huge fan of Razer anyway, but that’s only because they’ve earned it by being reliably good at what they do – and the...
The awesome SleepPhones. Yes, they’re exactly like pyjamas for your ears – Christmas Gift Guide.
These. Are. Genius. Utterly utterly genius. All my children love to listen to audio books at bedtime – music too, for the teens. But if there’s one thing that’s a pain in the neck (well, ears anyway) it’s wearing headphones in bed, no? Lying anyway by flat on your back is uncomfortable, and even then the positioning is tricky – and if you move, they slip and you’ve lost the lovely waves of sound...
Buying Your Child’s First Gaming PC – ‘Technology Stuff for Baffled Parents’
Thinking about Child’s First Gaming PC? We’re here to help!Do you own a keen gamer? Does your house resound to the woeful cries of “I’ve got LAG!” and “Why won’t you KEEP UP!” and “AaaaaAAARGHHHHHHHH!”? Yes, mine too. But buying your child’s first Gaming PC is a HUGE thing, isn’t it? You dare not get it wrong. First they’ve probably been dreaming of the specs...