Gadgets
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CES 2023: nine new devices to desire
Some of the best concepts and launches of CES 2023, from a folding e-scooter to customisable Playstation5 controls and a cute patrolling petbot
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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New Kindle Scribe crowns 15 years of evolution of Amazon’s e-reader
We review the latest and most sophisticated Kindle ever made, the Amazon Kindle Scribe, and look back over the device’s 15-year evolution and how it squares up to rivals like the reMarkable 2
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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We Are Rewind takes tape into the 21st century
We Are Rewind’s self-consciously retro Cassette Player is designed to tap into our ongoing obsession for analogue formats. Just the thing for your mixtape 2022?
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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Ten years of Microsoft Surface: the company’s design team on what comes next
The Microsoft Surface series is a well-established line of premium mobile devices. How are its designers continuing to innovate?
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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Wallpaper* wants… ten best-designed wireless chargers for Apple devices
Looking to get rid of wires? Our top ten elegantly designed MagSafe-compatible wireless charging stations will help you find your way through the tangle
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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Microsoft goes William Morris: the Surface Pro 9 Liberty Special Edition is now available
The Microsoft Surface Pro 9 Liberty Special Edition is a hybrid tablet and laptop embellished with a bespoke design
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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Google accelerates home WiFi with shapely new Nest WiFi Pro router
Google’s newest domestic device is inspired by ceramic art and incorporates the newest ultra-fast standard of WiFi technology, WiFi 6E
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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Protect and stay connected to the things you love with Curve, the Smart GPS tracker by Vodafone Smart Tech
Vodafone Smart Tech's new tracker can be attached to valuables such as keys, laptops and bags
By Simon Mills • Last updated
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Tula is a neat new microphone for online content creators
Small in size, succinctly designed and simple to use, the Tula mic is a sound investment, whether you are recording music or words, or just boosting the quality of your Zoom calls
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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The Xbox has been transformed into a highly designed object
Microsoft designers Carl Ledbetter and Chris Kujawski on their new approach to Xbox design
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Cut your own grooves with Teenage Engineering’s new Record Factory
The PO-80 Record Factory from Yuri Suzuki and Teenage Engineering is a musical toy with a serious side
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Wood look tech-toys for analogue-inspired interiors
We still crave a bit of warmth to go with our technology. However sleek things get and the more wireless and wondrous they become, the desire for a tactile surface or visual softness never goes away. Many wireless speakers have latched onto fabric covers as a way of blending into the domestic realm, but for our money there’s only one material that can give technology an analogue sheen in this digital age, and that’s wood.
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Master & Dynamic and Away’s travel collection has us missing flights
Audio specialist Master & Dynamic and luggage brand Away offer up a capsule collection, from headphones to a daypack, with proceeds benefiting the music community impacted by the pandemic
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Georg Jensen and Philips join forces on three-piece technology collection
Scandinavian aesthetics meet Dutch functionality in two portable speakers and a power bank, clad in mirror-polished stainless steel, Kvadrat fabric and brown leather
By TF Chan • Last updated
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Nolii detangles the experience of tech accessories
‘These products are like the Lego – they’re beautifully designed’
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Vodafone Smart Tech's Tom Guy on the Internet of Things
As more and more people want smart tech to offer simpler solutions to everyday problems, Vodafone Smart Tech is here to stay
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Meet AirBird. The architect-designed chirping smart sensor.
Inspired by the metaphor of the canary in a coal mine, AirBird’s sensors detect C02 and humidity, and should either build up to unacceptable levels, the bird will chirp, prompting you to open a window
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Teenage Engineering's OB-4 minimal portable speaker is a mini masterpiece
Inviting the listener to play an active role, the OB-4’s secret weapon, is an endlessly looping digital ‘tape’ that lets you create quirky sonic adaptations
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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High-tech beauty: at home gadgets for experimental regimens
Tap into the future of skincare with our edit of the most forward-looking new devices in beauty technology
By Fiona Mahon • Last updated
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Zuma is embedding seamless speakers into ceiling light fittings
British start-up Zuma is on a mission to seamlessly integrate light and sound
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Samsung’s new Z Series devices will help you radically reassess your phone use
Samsung’s new flip phones – the Galaxy Z Fold3 and Galaxy Z Flip3 – are pocketable mobiles with folding touchscreens, and might just change your phone habits
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Wallpaper* wants… five luxury earbuds for audiophiles
Superior style meets high-end craft and audio excellence – here are five new earbuds we’d like to take for a spin
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Hands on with new Nothing Phone (1): a clearly different smartphone
Nothing Phone (1) launches, hitting the sweet spot between price, performance, and efficiency, and promoting the simplification of your smartphone life
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Microsoft Surface Duo offers a slick two-screen experience
Two screens: twice as good as one? Microsoft Surface Duo says so
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Future face: augmented reality is changing the way we look
AI, e-makeup, augmented reality — discover the rise and rise of algorithmic beauty
By Emma Firth • Last updated
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The new Google Nest Hub is an alarm clock on steroids
Meet your new, improved and super smart bedtime companion
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Best buds: our favourite five new wireless earbuds
Our design guide to wireless earbuds, with all the qualities you look for in a sound investment
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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