Fashionistas get the T-shirts and kids get the coloured wrist bands, but we gadget girls have definitely got the best deal when it comes to helping raise money for breast cancer.

The Si750 wireless pink mouse has been produced in support of the Breast Cancer Campaign, with 10 per cent of its sale price going to the charity.

Yes we know its pink and goes against all our beliefs, but this mouse is definitely something we can write about without feeling dirty.

As well as the profits going to an excellent cause, it seems that this mouse has more brains and stamina than Jerry -  as in Tom and ….. for those who have not yet woken up. Well being pink it must be a girl so that kind of explains the brains part but the technology also helps;

Not only has it been designed to give up to six months of battery life but it has also been built with laser wireless technology that makes it easier to control – hmm wonder if technology can be used on other halves too.

Still not convinced? Well how about if we told you that this little rodent has also been sculpted especially to fit around our dainty girly hands. Yep sorry boys you read right, this mouse is specially for the ladies - no matter how many manicures you have your hands will never be as small and dainty to play with this pink gem.

March 26, 2007 in Gadgets | Permalink | Comments (1)

We have written about the wild and wacky TV designs from HANNSpree a couple of times, but its new design really is the apple of our eye.

Yes - if you haven’t already guessed by the terrible pun – the newest addition to the family is shaped like an apple, hence its rather creative name HANNSapple.

Now it would be easy to mistake this creation for a GM mutation as the 9.6” TV screen is tucked away behind the doors which house the speakers. And believe us the company have not gone for a subtle look either.

Instead they have gone all out and created a red television casing complete with rubber shaped leaves and a brown rubber stem.

Hmm on the bright side, we suppose it’s not often you can say you have a view of the big apple from your living room is it?

March 20, 2007 in Gadgets | Permalink | Comments (0)

We were extremely pleased when the Gods at Laptopstuff answered our prayers and kindly donated a green 15” lapBag to us – well for the week anyway.

Not ones to waste time with such a precious object we started using it straight away and we must say we were tempted to make a runner with it. But being good natured girls we decided against it – well tickets to Mexico are just too expensive these days.

Unlike guys who post their pictures on the internet, the lapBag is even more gorgeous in real life than it is in its pictures, and resembles the kind of designer bag we would beg steal and borrow to get our hands on.

The leather is soft and the straps padded which makes it more comfortable when having to carry heavy laptops or objects.

As well as the laptop case that fits into the bag, there are a number of compartments available for holding lots of bits and bobs. This includes two front pockets, front and back zip compartments and two pockets inside the bag. With the laptop case inside there is also sufficie nt room to put in a pair of shoes and a couple of pieces of clothes too. 

Although we ended up having to discard the actual laptop case as the laptop we were using was too big we felt safe putting it into the bag without any protection - the satin lining is the type we wished our sheets were made out of, i.e. soft and silky so we were confident that our laptop wouldn’t be subjected to any scratches. 

We were also impressed with the bags straps that didn’t look like they would snap or crumble under the weight of our heavy laptop monster - once again proving that this bag really is full of designer qualities.   

As far as the bag is concerned we were mightily impressed, it was just a shame we reviewed it with such a heavy laptop.

Oh well second time lucky - we welcome any donations for small, light girly laptops.

Verdict: 5 (Clive Owens)

After lusting over the LapBag for so long we were pleased to see that the arrival of it was not an anticlimax.
Although we previously grumbled about the pricetag, the dual purpose of the bag does indeed make it good value for money - as it doubles up as spacious weekend bag. However if you are taking it overseas we recommend you use it as hand language – no, not because it won’t withstand the pulling a shoving from the airline men, but because you never know who may be lurking to swipe it off the baggage carousel….

March 19, 2007 in Gadgets | Permalink | Comments (2)

We’ve all read about the dog that thinks it’s a cat and the cat that thinks it’s a dog, but we don’t think we’ve ever heard about a stereo case that thinks it’s a handbag.

Until now that is.
No it’s not a ploy by a tabloid to get themselves a bit of extra publicity, it’s actually what the new iHome iH19 iPod stereo case, describes itself as.

Personally we blame the parents, or in this case the PR company, for its confusion because we can clearly see that it is a stereo case.

You really don’t have to be Cluedo to work it out either.

The first give away is the two mini speakers on each side - it is also made of hard plastic which makes it far too stiff to get away calling itself a handbag.

Then comes the socket for headphones.

To top it all off the handbag impostor also has waterproof qualities. Yes, we wish our bags had this as it would save us spending all our wages in Louis V after another damn downpour but we are sorry to say you still do not qualify as a handbag Ms iH19.   

March 16, 2007 in Gadgets | Permalink | Comments (0)

As if footballers don’t get already get enough money for kicking balls around a pitch it also seems they get even more for playing badly too.

Yes we know we sound harsh and we’ll get all the comments about how girls don’t understand football - blah blah blah, but this announcement from LG really got us going today.

Now don’t get us wrong we have nothing against LG, in fact we are big fans of its products. But we can’t help getting angry when we get news like this coming through:

“LG has helped put some shine back into the lives of the Arsenal footballers, after a tough fortnight for the club. On Friday the company presented every member of the first team squad and management with a personalised, engraved LG Shine handset.”

Oh please, the team are going to need a lot more than a phone to make them Shine (more like a double miracle).

You can’t give a bad team a phone and expect it to help and the quicker that is accepted the quicker they will be made to pull up their socks and get back on the pitch instead of being rewarded or “consoled”.

We are also pleased to see that our views about the Arsenal team being crying diving babies who are better off in the playground than on the pitch have also been proved right.

The announcement also informs us that “each player’s phone is engraved with their name, ensuring there will be no confusion in the changing room over whose Shine is whose.”

Uh hello- how old did you all say you were?

March 13, 2007 in Mobile Phones | Permalink | Comments (1)

Oh we all like to be beside the seaside, yes we all like to be beside the sea, but unless you have a huge amount of air miles – or daddies credit card then most of the time this seems like a distant dream.

If like us this dream has seemed to rub off on your MacBook which has seemed a bit off colour and out of sorts recently (no we haven’t been dropping it) then Be-ez’s LArobe Island Collection, MacBook sleeves may just be what it needs.

The new sleeves are like a tropical bikini for your MacBook, and come in three island flower designs - Bali, Maui and Antigua.

Like most bikini they also protect its, um, sensitive bits. They are 5mm thick and come with low resilience Polyurethane (LRPu) Technology which gives the MacBook protection from bumps and scrapes.

However, we suggest you don’t let it venture into the water as it may  cause damage. Yes believe it or not - much worse than the damage done to our ego when our bikini goes see through.

March 12, 2007 in Notebooks | Permalink | Comments (7)

Although we weren’t lucky enough to be teenagers in the original retro era we can’t complain that we have missed out. In fact we count ourselves lucky to be in the Retro00 era, where retro gadgets mix with the technology of 2007.

The Retro iPod alarm clock (IF200) by Edifier is a prime example.

It looks like the traditional circular bell style alarm clock, whose tinny rings plagued our childhood dreams. But this one has gone through a retro00 transformation.

Yes it sounds good on the surface but, like Michael Jackson we think it might have gone a bit too far into its transformation - it doesn’t have an actual clock face.

Instead, this has been replaced by a gaping space made for any sized iPod. Also gone are the tinny sounds omitted from the “bells”, which now disguise two 3W omni speakers.

Therefore – and we never thought we’d hear ourselves say this – we are quite thankful that the alarm element of the “clock” is still firmly intact. Well there wouldn’t be any point in calling it an alarm clock at all if it didn’t would it? It would be like chocolate without the cocoa bean.

Once the clock is synched with an iPod, it can be set to wake you up with the playlist, song or podcast of your choice. A word of caution though- throwing Robbie against the wall to shut him up in the morning will only do harm to your iPod.

March 9, 2007 in Gadgets | Permalink | Comments (11)

Our house of sophistication wouldn’t be complete without a gadget we stumbled upon on our travels around the Connected home exhibition this week.

In fact if we are honest this is what made the whole thing worthwhile.

No don’t get too excited David Hasslehoff didn’t ask for the keys –Pipex wasn’t there.

We are talking about the Vexo remote control.

Alright just listen before you all start groaning because this remote is the most beautiful remote we have ever seen. In fact it is so nice that if it was a girl, we would be keeping it well away from our partners.

The Vexo is the Tyra Banks of the gadget girl world – it’s sleek, skinny and sophisticated. Like all pretty girls it also has everything round its little finger, or in this case round its scrolling wheel. It uses one button to control any gadgets that require remote controls. If this wasn't enough gadget Tyra also has a nice big screen that tells people exactly whats going on.

Hmm now we know about guys and remote controls but we think this is one we will be keeping firmly close to us, well the saying keep your friends close but enemies closer was created for a reason wasn’t it.

March 8, 2007 in Gadgets | Permalink | Comments (1)

Beware Balenciaga, move over Mulberry, we have found a bag that will suit our fashion and gadget needs right down to the ground.

The ‘Lapbag’ looks like the kind of bag that you would expect to see on the shoulders of Lindsay Lohan or Kate Moss but has one tiny differentiation. As well as holding all the usual bits we girls carry about it also has a separate compartment for a laptop and a specially designed cable pocket for mobile phones and CD’s.

And there's more; as the laptop sleeve can be removed, the bag is also perfect for those of us who have the added luxury of taking weekends away although unlike Lindsay and Kate it will probably be more Bognor than Bahamas. 

For those of us who don’t, the added space is good enough to add in that spare pair of heels or um any other spare items of clothes – well it’s always good to be prepared.

The LapBag is made from 100% leather and comes in five funky fashionable colours, turquoise, chocolate brown, forest green, plum and pink and comes in two sizes, small holds laptops with a screen size of up to 13” and large up to 15”.

They are available from laptopstuff and priced at £160 and £170 respectively for those who have money to burn - in our case, um, let’s just say we welcome any donations.   

March 5, 2007 in Gadgets | Permalink | Comments (1)

It’s the worst thing in the whole wide world – you leave the house after listening to the radio with a tune that you like stuck in your head, but don’t know the name of.

And to top it off when you sing it your friends they haven’t got the foggiest- no not because we can’t sing – they haven’t heard the song before, well that’s what we like to think anyway.

So why are we whinging about this we hear you ask? No don’t worry the site isn’t changing to TRISHA Boutique - we have found a phone from T-Mobile that can help.

The Sony Ericsson W880i is an MP3 phone which comes with a shortcut key to T-Mobile’s Mobile Jukebox and can help those of us who are tone deaf  and don’t know the song title or the name of the artist by letting us record a snippet of the song.

This is then identified by the programme and sent back in a text message. The full track can then be downloaded to a mobile for £1.

The phone also has a 2 Megapixel camera and 16MB of internal memory and is apparently the ‘size zero’ of phones, coming in at 9.4 mm thin.

However we’re not going to give it the satisfaction of going on about it- get any thinner Mrs phone and you’ll be banned from the Tech Boutique site. 

March 2, 2007 in Mobile Phones | Permalink | Comments (3)

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March 2, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (0)

How many times have you had to leave your hair unwashed because you haven’t had time to do it? Or chipped your nail varnish because you were in a hurry to get somewhere? Yep we thought so, more than you care to remember, right?

Oh if only we had a 30 hour day- we wouldn’t have to rush around like cheetahs on speed, we’d have lovely glossy clean hair and we would be able to listen to Sony’s new Video MP3 Walkman non stop - yep thats right it goes on and on like, uh, Ariston?

The NW-A800 is as pink as a Duracell bunny and claims to last as long as one – it has a battery life of up to thirty hours. However this does go down to eight when playing videos in MPEG-4 format.

The MP3 player also has a 2” LCD screen which can either be used to drawl over Clive Owen or show off your pics. Like Nicole it is also super skinny - its just under 1cm thick - so you can slip it nicely into your back pocket. We just wish it was a pocket sized Robbie we were slipping in there instead.

The MW-A800 comes in 2, 4 and 8GB capacities and also in Black- just in case your one of those couples who like to have matching his and hers stuff.

March 1, 2007 in Audio & MP3 Players | Permalink | Comments (1)