Gadgets Category

Happy New Year everyone! The first show of the New Year is out – Get your ears around FrequencyCast Show 59 today. In this latest show, here’s a look at what we cover: News Updates: All change for Sky HD, plus Atlantic and new channels Focus: Our look back at the last 12 months of [...]

FrequencyCast Show 59 [ 31:00 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Remember back in Show 48 we reviewed the USB wireless weather station? Well, Maplin’s offering a black-coloured version of our favourite weather station for half price! Set this up in your garden, then it will send a wireless signal to the base unit indoors, which you can connect to a PC. If you have a [...]

FrequencyCast Show 58, for the 1st of December 2010, is out now. In this latest show, here’s a look at what we cover: News Updates: Tablet newspapers, 3D BT, and no more Tease Me Focus: Broadband Suppliers – Making the right choice Hands-on: Big Trak Junior 2010 Your comments and questions on Nokia’s DAB, slow [...]

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We’ve released one of our mid-month updates – 12 minutes of unplanned chat from Carl and Pete. In this update, we look at BBC iPlayer, Apple iTunes, Karotz, servers, Zombies and Apple TV The 12 minute FrequencyCast Update is attached to this blog entry, and is available free via iTunes or at www.frequencycast.co.uk/update.html We hope [...]

FrequencyCast Update 18 Nov 10 [ 11:53 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Many thanks to one of our regular listeners for drawing our attention to this nifty little surveillance device. The Spy Camera sits on your keyring and looks like a standard car opening “beeper” box – but it’s so much more. It can capture high res video, audio and still photos – making it perfect for [...]

FrequencyCast Show 56, for the 1st of October 2010, is out now. In this latest show, here’s a look at what we cover: News Updates: Sky to kill top TV channels, and a book on DAB’s future Hands-on: TV distribution with a Triax TV Link Classic Tech: Our look back at the humble calculator Your [...]

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As a follow-up to our “first look” at Amazon’s Kindle in FrequencyCast Show 55, Pete and Carl are proud to present a full 25 minute review of the Kindle, as one of our series of “Unofficial Guides” In our Kindle UK Review, we look at how to download a book, explore some of the more [...]

Amazon Kindle UK Audio Review [ 28:26 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

FrequencyCast Show 55, for the 1st of September 2010, is now available. Here’s what today’s free show contains: News Updates: Rivals to Facebook, ABC, ITV plus new TV and radio channels Hands-on: We’ve got a new Amazon Kindle, and we want to talk about it Preview: Project Canvas and Sky Anytime+ previewed Social Collaboration: Harnessing [...]

FrequencyCast Show 55 [ 30:17 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The UK version of the Amazon Kindle eBook device is hitting people’s doorsteps today, one day ahead of the 27th August release date. It seems some lucky customers that placed a pre-order are seeing deliveries today, with more expected over the next few days, although it seems that the early deliveries may only be for [...]

The Wand Remote Control, which we featured back in Show 46, got an appearance on the BBC Dragon’s Den this evening. Control your TV,  Hi-fi, audio and home electronics with the flick of a wrist. It’s a great product, as proved by the fact that all five Dragons wanted to invest. For our full hands-on [...]

A brand new version of Amazon’s eBook Reader is due out at the end of August 2010. The new Kindle has 3G and Wi-fi for book download wherever you are, it’s 21% smaller and 15% lighter than the last version, can hold over 3,500 books, has better contrast and one charge will give you a [...]

A nifty gadget to let you take control of your TV, home cinema and hi-fi direct from your iPhone – the iPhone Universal Remote. The product is actually a jacket into which you slide your iPhone 3G or 3GS. Once in the case, the iPhone can transmit the required infrared control commands to take control [...]

If you caught our Gadget Show Live special released a few days ago, you may have heard us talking about EnigmaTAG. We’ve now had a chance to give this impressive technology a try. If you’ve ever lost, or being worried about losing, one of your precious bits of tech, then you need to consider EnigmaTAG. [...]

As gadget-lovers will know, there’s a huge gadget show taking place now at the NEC in Birmingham. Our listeners asked us to attend, and so we did. Our Carl and Pete were at Gadget Show Live yesterday (Thursday the 8th April), and we’ve been able to put together our review of the show in record [...]

Gadget Show Live Audio Report [ 29:47 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Carl and Pete were out and about this weekend at the Dabs.com Live Gadget and IT Show. The show took place in the Great Hall at Wembley Stadium,and was showcasing a number of new products and gadgets. We took our roving mic with us, and recorded a few interviews with some of the key players [...]

FrequencyCast Dabs.com Show Special March 2010 [ 31:27 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Remember this bad boy? Classic 80′s retro toy Big Trak is set for a come-back. Programmable fun… Forward… Forward…. 90 degrees Left… Fire Phasers! Now watch that cat scarper! This six-wheeled tank has a 23-button keypad, used to enter a series of commands. None of this remote-control malarky with Big Trak. Big Trak is due [...]

What’s the best game for the iPhone / iPod Touch? Flight Control, of course. Hideously addictive, and oh-so-simple – land the planes without them crashing into each other. If you’ve not tried it – get it from the iTunes App Store now (assuming you don’t want to be productive for the next few hours, that [...]

The iPad is out. We’ve been listening to a flaky audio stream live from Apple’s Keynote speech to find out what’s new, and here’s what we can report:

It’s jolly chilly out there, so our advice is to stay in and have a nice cup of coffee. Our Pete considers himself to be something of a coffee connoisseur, and he’s been on a quest for a decent home coffee machine for a while. He’s tried a generic coffee machine, been sadly disappointed by [...]

FrequencyCast Lavazza Amodo Mio Unofficial Guide [ 5:55 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Do you want to be a record breaker? Share the gadget love this festive season by taking part in the Global Secret Santa. Secret Santa is the tradition of swapping gifts anonymously amongst groups of friends or workmates. Those guys and gals at Firebox.com are attempting to get into the Guiness Book of records by [...]