Archive for the ‘Gadget Features’ Category

British consumers spend 52 billion a year on Gadgets they don’t know how to use

Well, this is what we’re here for. C’mon you guys, really…?
So anyway, we spent all this money on stuff we can’t even use… kinda sad. And what’s more, a poll conducted by sky HD says that we also don’t even use half the features our gadgets have… making half the time and effort put in [...]

The 5 best recycled Gadgets we could find on the Internet

So, say your beloved, customised and well-loved gadget dies on you. You’d probably cry yourself to sleep, judging on today’s dependence on technology… but wait. What if your precious electronic gizmo could be reborn in a way not unlike Frankenstein. From the foulest depths of the internet comes the list of the top 5 best [...]

Gaming Weekly – Gaming Sequals, PS3 Bugs and new Retro gaming!

Something Sequel This Way Comes…
There’s something not quite right in the very depths of videogame content delivery platform Steam today… apart from the occasional intermittent errors, community flame wars and of course the rumblings of the Control Point Podcast, there’s another small difference… and it goes beep beep beep.
Some of you Valve buddies may have [...]

Gaming Weekly – Quake III to Android, Xbox Live is Evil and this weeks releases

Quake III Ported to Android.
A multiplayer institution well before the strange and wonderful world of warcraft, Quake III always made for some brilliant fun, either with your mates or online.  After the reasonable success of Quake Live, a browser-based version of the game, gamers still seem to want more. In a recent video, Youtube channel Androidandme have just [...]

The Powermat: The future of charging?

At the Mobile World Congress 2010 Event the GadgetHelpline and DemoDone.com team were able to stop by the Powermat stand to get a good look at their ingenious new charging system.
See the video below for a view of some of the features.

The Powermats have been available since September in the US but over here in [...]

Is Skype going to replace making phone calls on handheld devices?

Skype; to some a free and convenient way to talk to others, and to others, a pretty decent text based messenger but to most its just another internet tool that they don’t use and don’t understand. Skype has been around since 2003 and uses a technology called VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) to provide free [...]

Gaming weekly – Xbox Originals online support discontinued, Halo Reach media and the PS3 goes 3D

The end is apparently nigh for all you Xbox classic fans, as Microsoft sadly announces that the online support for their original Xbox console is on the way out. It was inevitable, as supporting older games has held back development of the Live service for about 4-5 years, meaning that many gamers are unable to [...]

Blu-Ray jargon busted

Fact: Blu-Ray HD technology is now affordable, but that doesn’t mean that it makes sense to everyone. So we at the GadgetHelpline have compiled a list of Jargon busting information to help you get to know and possibly buy a new Blu-Ray disc player.
Blu-Ray
Blu-Ray Discs (or simply BD) is the name of a next-generation optical [...]

Linux Fedora VS Windows XP – The Comparison

So you guys may have heard of Linux and Ubuntu, two open source operating systems which have slowly been gaining more popularity over the past few years. But have you heard of Fedora, the 2nd most popular Linux-based operating system after Ubuntu?
Fedora is another open source Linux OS sponsored by Red Hat, a prolific supporter [...]

The GadgetHelplines top 5 Bluetooth devices

At the GadgetHelpline we like Bluetooth technology, now this isn’t just because we are one of the UK’s leading authorities on Bluetooth usage and compatibility, but because we hate wires. Bluetooth technology has been around since 1999, and barring the strange name (Bluetooth is named after the Danish king Harald “Bluetooth” Blaatand who unified Denmark [...]