Following on from the functional yet playful best-selling GorillaPod, The camera accessory that allows maximum secure footing and grip for cameras, JOBY have released a similar product for the iPad2.
The Yogi is a bendy stand that attaches to the iPad2 to give you a more secure hands free experience. It’s perfect for users who like to read and watch videos.
The limber yet sturdy legs of the GorillaMobile Yogi twist and bend to stabilize the iPad on uneven surfaces or wrap around fixtures in the kitchen to become the perfect companion for your grand cooking plans.
It retails for £34.95 and is highly recommended.
Veering away from the bendy legs set up, but just as useful is the Ori.
Made from a superlight German-made aluminum/polypropylene composite used in high-performance cars, this next-generation material allows the Ori to be folded into countless positions designed with the needs of the mobile professional in mind.
When folded back into its folio mode, the Ori delivers lightweight, rigid stability that can easily slip it into your bag for travel to the next meeting.
A protective case / stand for your iPad 2 that looks the business. You can purchase for £54.95, for its looks, protective qualities and functionality, it’s well worth the price.
Both products are available for purchase today at JOBY.com and coming soon to Amazon.com.
Dad’s always seem to have everything they need and are in fact, the hardest people to buy for! So why not make it small, simple and personal with this Kodak G150 Digital Photo Keychain with LCD Display.
This is a clever little gadget, which allows you to keep your loved ones close with this pocket-sized photo key chain. The miniature gadget holds over 100 photos, plays slide shows and has built-in software that allows for plug and play use. You could actually upload all Dad’s favourite photos on it before he gets it; double the surprise!
This Kodak Photo Keychain is so easy to use – even a complete novice should be able to succeed with it! All you need is a USB cable which is supplied. The picture quality is very good indeed. Carrying your most treasured photos around couldn’t be easier!
The Kodak G150 Digital Photo Keychain with LCD Display is available http://www.qvcuk.com for £14.50. Here you can also check out further products that could be perfect for Dad.
I remember a time when video cameras were pretty elite…aka pretty expensive.
I always imagined if I had a camera of my own, I would be like a young Spielberg, knocking out filmic gems on a regular basis.
Now, of course, video cameras are available at whatever budget. In various forms (I just counted), I have four different video recording possibilities at hand.
So what about my filmic masterpieces?
Is Spielberg getting worried?...
The difficulty I have had in the past is with video editing. Every program that comes with my video camera has probably been brilliant. But, it has also been very user un-friendly and complicated.
Well, no more! Serif’s MoviePlus X5 is the powerful digital video editing solution with easy-to-use tools and stunning studio-quality effects.
It’s so frustrating when you know that there is some great video, but it takes an age (and some serious skill) to edit it all in to one cohesive piece. MoviePlus X5 makes it easy.
MoviePlus X5 has clearly been designed for a technophobe. I am going to be bold and say even my old man could get the hang of things (that’s a massive statement!)
With on screen help and tutorials to guide you along and some very cool effects like noise and camera shake reduction, drag and drop editing….
There is a really easy convert to Youtube function as well as HD video to DVD.
The MoviePlus X5 has been designed to work with all video recording devices, so it is so easy to get things moving along.
I guarantee, 10 minutes of tinkering and you will be doing exactly what you want…every time.
With over 200 stunning effects and transitions, you will be making some awesome video content soon.
Forget Spielberg. There is an awesome green screen option for superimposing your actors onto any background. I’m now thinking of showing George Lucas what the first Star Wars should have been like!!!
10/10 rating.
LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. is a leading designer, developer, and marketer of innovative, technology-based learning products and related proprietary content, dedicated to making learning effective and engaging for all ages, at home and in schools, around the world. They offer a range of educational toys aimed at infants, toddlers, pre-school and upwards. And, we at Iconic Gifts just love their Leapster Explorer.
The Leapster Explorer from Leapfrog could well be the best present you could buy for your four to nine year olds. What the Explorer delivers is the most powerful game play, including flash and 3D graphics, on the brightest touch-screen that Leapfrog has ever offered.
Leapfrog state:-
“The future of gaming is captured in this one-of-a-kind device that brings mobile learning and educational gaming to the millennial generation. With unique learning content, the next generation of gamers can learn and play at their own pace. Explorer offers auto-level game play to allow for a truly personalised learning and play experience that is tailored to each child’s unique needs and skill with games that auto-adjust so a child can learn at just the right pace.”
Learning and educational, can it get any better? Well, not only that, but the Explorer allows you to personalise your play, change backgrounds, music and much more. Also, as an extra bonus which many kids would just love is the Pet Pad app, which allows a child to choose and customise a pet. My 5 year old has been playing this game system for a while now, and absolutely loves it! It is so educational, and the new thing’s he learns each day is shocking to me. I always say to him – ‘Charlie, how do you know that?’, and he always tells me, ‘Mummy, I told you before, from my Leapster!’ I highly recommend the Leapster Explorer, and think it’s the best first handheld gaming system that any child could have.
Samantha Harris, Marketing Manager from LeapFrog says:-
“Leapster Explorer combines cutting-edge capabilities like finger-touch and downloadable apps with solid educational content and child-friendly durability to allow fun and learning for all the family. Add the online Leap World for kids and Learning Path for parents, and you have a breakthrough device that provides guilt-free gaming and supports an incredible variety of ways to learn and play.”
Just add you child’s favourite cartoon or Disney character and you child really couldn’t be happier. You can choose from many Walt Disney games, including, Disney Princess, Toy story, Dora and many more. My little boy love to play Star Wars on his!
With the new click-in camera and video accessory, Explorer fans can now turn their Leapster Explorer handheld into a high-tech digital and video camera. The desirable camera and video accessory, allows users to take pictures, record videos and edit their creations whilst learning all about reading, mathematics and science. Children can also transform their pictures using funny stamps and borders and transport them into games or music videos to further customise their play.
LeapFrog says:-
“With the new click-in camera and video accessory, LeapFrog is offering more fun ways to engage and share in educational play for all the family.”
LeapFrog is also set to release a whole new host of exciting material for the Explorer in 2011, which will see a new range of games, product extensions and exciting European content. I can’t wait to see the range that will be available!
The Leapster Explorer is priced at £59.99, and the Click-In Camera is priced at only £14.99 and is available from http://www.leapfrog.co.uk, Argos, Toys ‘R’ Us and Amazon!
As Royal Wedding fever builds, PhotoBox is bringing us some Royal merchandise to help celebrate this special day. PhotoBox’s stylishly kitsch, fun and most importantly, personal’ latest mug range launch is fabulous!
Making a great gift or just a fun keepsake for all princess wannabees, these mugs a perfect. Within 2 minutes (literally), you can create a unique mug and have something fit for a King or Queen.
You can choose from 7 royal wedding themed mug designs. Simply add your own selected photos and caption and then press the order button – it’s as simple as that. Maybe opt for a “He should have chosen me” mug, or drop a picture of you and your loved one into his and her outfits or the plush carriage mug. The outcome is great.
I happily designed a couple of mugs, and think they are great. Photobox never lets me down on quality! I dropped a photo of me and my Fiancé onto bride and groom outfits and added the caption ‘Some day we will be Mr & Mrs’. Well, we have been engaged for 9 years! On receiving the mug, I really had to laugh out loud, and love the fact that it is something that I can keep for a long time – I love it!
These spectacular Royal Wedding Mugs cost £8.49. For more details visit http://www.photobox.co.uk.
