When the Segway PT was announced to the market in 2001 we were all wowed by its engineering and ingenuity and we were all told that the unit would revolutionize the way people move about in the not too distant future.
I came across the concept of instant wine aeration and decanting a number of years ago and whilst there has been a multitude of gadgets and gimmicky items claiming they are the be all and end all of instant aerator systems I think I’ve finally found the definitive unit.
By now most of you have heard about the brilliant point & shoot / digital SLR ‘tweener’; Canon’s PowerShot G9. For those of you that haven’t, imagine a compact digital camera with the features surpassing almost all digital compacts out there, with a build quality that shames most lower end DSLR cameras available today. Put this together in a rangefinder form equipped with a 3″ LCD, RAW capture, 6x optical zoom and hot shoe for flash adaptability and you have a package guaranteed to keep even the professional photographer entertained for hundreds of clicks to come.
There’s no doubt that the much anticipated release of Apple’s new Apple iPhone 3G is surrounded by much excitement and enthusiasm, but for me - I think you’ll have to mix in a little trepidation aswell.
When I was a kid I used to dream of fighter planes, heads up displays in cock pits and of being congratulated by the hundreds of miscellaneous carrier ship workers as I land my plane after that successful mission. Of course, I was just a kid playing on my bed with computer joystick in hand, my Dad’s Ray Bans on and the underside of a rubber Dino the Dinosaur puppet mounted to my face like an oxygen mask. Flying through the air I would see my locking and warning signs through my goggles and would maneuver my aircraft at just the right moment to evade the ever present missiles heading my way from this Bad Guy or that.
Ok so there’s been buzz around the stores and forums about the new HTC P4550 TYTN II and we’re wondering if it really is all it’s cracked up to be?
Let’s look at the highlights: