Something for the Weekend Gadgets
Polaroid Camera - Huawei Mifi - Your Rock Guitar by Something for The Weekend
First Published: 23/05/2010 12:50:51Shini Somara joined Tim Lovejoy to present the gadget section on this week's Something for the Weekend. The gadgets on show this week were the reintroduced Polaroid Camera, the 3 MiFi Huawei, a portable WiFi connection that supports up to 5 connections, and the You Rock Guitar™, an electric guitar with a USB interface that allows you to connect it to your Mac or PC.
Polaroid 300 Instant Analogue Camera
Pre-order the Polaroid 300 Camera at Firebox for £79.99 (starts shipping 14th June)
The Polaroid 300 Camera is an updated version of the classic instand camera that is back by popular demand. Working just like it's predecessor it produces a print within seconds of seconds of you clicking the shutter that develop befor your eyes. The new Polaroid Camera produces slightly smaller photographs than the original, however it looks just as much fun. As pointed out on the show the film is still expensive this time around with each refill costing about a fiver. With only 10 photographs per film each picture weighs in at 50p a pop.
Mifi Huawei on Three
Buy the MiFi Huawei on 3 PAYG at The Link for £69.99
The next gadget reviewed on this week's Something for the Weekend was the MiFi Huawei, a portable WiFi connection that allows upto 5 users to connect to the internet. The MiFi Huawei therefore allows you to connect your lopton or MP3 player whilst you are on your travels and out of range of you homw connextion or a Wifi hotspot. The MiFi modem has a built-in 1500mAH rechargeable battery which will last for up to 5 hours of usage, and it has a USB connection that allows you to link it upto your laptop or desktop computer for data transfer or charging.
You Rock Guitar™
Buy You Rock Guitar™ from Amazon for £199.00
Last up on Something for the Weekend this week was the You Rock Guitar™, an electric guitar that you never need to tune that also includes a USB interface allowing you to connect it to your Mac or PC. The You Rock Guitar™ bridges the gap between the music making and video game worlds allowing you to play Guitar Hero or Rock band with a real guitar rather than coloured buttons. Lets face it pressing coloured buttons in the right order was never gonna take you to Wembley Arena. Note if you want to connect You Rock Guitar™ to you games console then you will need the appropriate GameFlex cartridge, however you can by You Rock Guitar™ that comes bundled with this for Wii, PS3 and xBox 360.
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* Note all items were available at the prices quoted at time of writing and may not include packaging and postage.
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