192: FESTIVE PHONE; Gadgets and Gizmos.
Byline: PIERS TOWNLEYPut yourself in the picture with a cult camera from Russia
If you're fed up of digital, try the Lomo camera website. Since it first seeped into the west many years ago, the Russian Lomo camera has now achieved almost legendary status simply because it was so duff. What this led to was praise among arty types for blurred, weird-effect pictures - and the sturdy cameras took off. Now you can buy cameras that take motion capture-type pictures for pounds 30. They have four lenses each, firing off just after one another. Find out more on www.lomo.com
Now you can process your own photos without downloading to a PC
Hewlett Packard are promoting a mini, portable photo lab in a bid to cream off the huge sales in digital cameras this Christmas. They've designed the p100 printer and c318 digital camera to be compatible and self- contained, no downloading to a PC before you print out your snaps. The printer will read CompactFlash?, SmartMedia? and Sony MemoryStick? memory cards so chances are your current camera will work with it. The camera is pounds 179 on its own, the printer pounds 129.
Nose for fuzzaway
Embarrassing it might be, but at least the method of getting rid of nose hair looks sleek, giving the ultimate meaning to fuzzaway. To see more, not the hair, log onto www. remington.co.uk, with stockists selling the pounds 12 kit on 0800 212438.
At least it's a break from featuring all the MP3 and phone gadgets out there and, if all else fails, it might work at stirring the morning coffee. We'll just give it a whirl...
THE new Nokia 5510, the most eagerly awaited mobile, should be available before Christmas. It combines all the elements of the phone technology out there with a handheld console feel much like the game boy family. This means that mobile gaming, such as Snake II and Space Impact already on the phone, will be much easier to play, with new levels available on the Nokia site. If you're a fan of SMS text messaging, and the statistics indicate the majority of us are, it's also going to be a cinch.
The 5510 has 64MB of memory to store MP3s that you've downloaded from your PC and it also comes with a built-in FM radio. A choice of colour schemes should seal the whole lot as the must-have phone for this Christmas. More info: www.nokia.com
Putting hi-tech in the frame
Another camera from a company specialising in all things digital and mobile. If you log onto www.mobileshop.com you'll see a whole range of gadgets including the Caplio RR10. It's an MP3 compatible digital camera complete with docking station and 16MB of memory. Cool looking, but not so cool a price at pounds 379.99. Maybe it'll be in your stocking. Check out www.mobileshop.com
Redirect at the touch of a few buttons
The new Thomson Video Sender allows you to direct the TV output, including video, camcorder, DVD and other such signals, to another television in another room. Long gone, then, the days of fighting over who's watching what, but the unit also doubles up as a baby-minder sending live pictures and sounds.
Of course, you can use it unscrupulously as well, but that's not what the manufacturers boast about. The fact that it's wireless with an 80 metre range adds to its usefulness.
It costs pounds 149.99 and stockists details can be found by ringing 01732520920.
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| Title Annotation: | ENTERTAINMENT |
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| Publication: | Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) |
| Date: | Dec 7, 2001 |
| Words: | 589 |
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