This week's gadgets
GoRide for iPhone
Price:€20.45
Buy:ibikemount.com
With bicycles enjoying a huge renaissance, thanks to the bike to work scheme, and iPhones becoming much more useful, thanks to addition of GPS applications like TomTom, there has been a demand for cyclists to be able to mount their iPhone to their bicycle – and this does just that, very simply.
Once the base is installed, the iPhone snaps right on and off the mount.
CableDrop
Price:€11
Buy:firebox.com
Cables in and around your desk can be a nightmare, and with more and more of your gadgets being mobile you need to plug in and out the cable lots of times – and when that cable falls down the back of your desk and you hit the back of your head looking for it, followed by an outburst of expletives, you know you need to do something about it.
Fear not, because this simple solution allows you to guide and attach cables wherever you want them.
Each pack contains six CableDrops and these are easily removable.
Epson Perfection V600 Photo Scanner
Price:€295.65
Buy:major electrical retailers
Here is a really good scanner for photographers, or for those of you with boxes of photos that need to be brought into the digital world.
With the V600 you can scan, restore and archive at fast speeds. With 6400 dpi optical resolution and 3.4DMAX optical density for film scanning, you can create high-quality images.
Users can create digital archives from photos, 35mm filmstrips and medium format full panoramic film (6x22cm) making it ideal for preserving important memories and images, as well as for photographic reproduction for printing.
MiLi iPhone Power Pack
Price:€55
Buy:firebox.com
We all love the iPhone – well, apart from the often patchy reception – but the main issue is that the battery life is rubbish.
You could fit solar panels to your head, or a more realistic option would be to get a device that gives a better battery life to your beloved iPhone.
The MiLi is a rechargeable (via USB) external battery, concealed inside a protective hard-shell case and it offers twice the battery life of the iPhone alone.