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TechVision adds 10” to bath time fun

03 May 2007

Ladies of bath-time leisure, we have found the perfect accompaniment to the previously mentioned bath spa lights.

TechVision has launched a 10.4" Digital Waterproof TV with a built in DVB-T tuner for that extra bath time entertainment. 
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The TV, which comes in a sleek white finish, with onboard speakers, has been built especially for the bath or shower.

It even comes with a waterproof remote control which is handy for those of us who are prone to dropping things in the tub -yep we have shared ours with a good few books and mags.

At £600 this water baby is not a bargain, but the fact that you won’t need to pay anyone to help you install it as it can easily be fastened to the wall, or mounted using a vesa-wall bracket, will save you a good few notes.

As it’s not out until the end of May you also have a month to save for it.

However, a word of warning - we know how tempting it will be to sit and watch that extra episode of friends but we have told you once and we will tell you again, ageing prunes are not a good look!

Lin and Leo Lapbags get our hearts racing - Again

02 May 2007

If you are regular readers of Tech Boutique – and we hope you are - you will know that our obsession with Lin and Leo lapbags has got us into a bit of trouble of late. 

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As we have said before, they are beautiful and look like the kind of handbag you would expect to see on the likes of fashionable celebrities and yes, before you ask, they do come with the celebrity price tag - £170 for the big one and £159 for the little one.

 So why are we telling you about them again we hear you ask? Well we have just been informed by the designers themselves that the smaller size is on sale online for a bargain price of £99.

 Now whilst we won’t be purchasing one – we’re still paying off the bail money from our little trip to Mexico
we advise you avoid the handbags at dawn, by getting yourself to the nearest PC and ordering one quick smartish.

 

New downloads ensure you are never lost in translation

01 May 2007

Oh how we laughed and cried when Colin Firth tried to woo his non English speaking Portuguese lady in Love Actually.

Because we know there’s nothing worse than going to a foreign country and not being able to speak the lingo.

Yes, shouting and making wild gestures to show what you mean will land you nicely with a fat lip or prison sentence (depending on the gestures) but it often does nothing to help the cause.

We can also bet you haven’t got the time or inclination to sit in a language school like Mr Firth and learn the language either which is why we absolutely love Lastminute’s new solution - a number of phrase books for your mobile phone.

All you have to do to get tell that Italian/Greek/French/Spanish/German bloke that he looks like Brad Pitt is download the software from Coolgorilla, pick out the correct phrase from the 300 provided, put your phone close to his hear and wait for it to parrot it out, complete with an authentic accent.

Oh and Colin it's also available in Portuguese for when you want to tell your Love Actually interest that you are leaving her for us – well its not something you would really learn in a lesson now is it?

Hello Kitty finds the key[board] to our hearts

01 May 2007

We know were too old to be getting excited about Hello Kitty products but there is something about the feline furball that’s hard to resist.

The new Sanrio Hello Kitty USB Keyboard is no different tugging as tightly on our heartstrings as a stray cat and making it difficult to refuse.

Or it might just be that this little typing gem is a lazy girl’s best friend. Hello_kitty_2

Not only does it come with hot keys to connect to the internet but you can also use it to control your multimedia through the play/stop/change track and volume buttons.

Still not convinced? Well how about if we told you it also has an ergonomic design too – hmm knew that would appeal to the healthy people amongst us- yes you might not have any qualms about using a mouse to get onto the internet but you can’t argue with products that help RSI.

Pimp up your PS3 with a lick of Colorware

01 May 2007

Being girls of the gadget world and women of knowledge it is sometimes not enough for us to have a standard looking Wii, Xbox or PS3.

Yes black and silver are nice solid colours but sometimes we need a console that matches our lifestyle as well as our gadget loves and this is where Colorware comes in handy.

The company can pimp up your playing machine with the colour of your choice for just $99 all you have to do is chose the colour you want from the site andColorwareconsolestop then send the console over to them.

However, like any decorator the price goes up if you want extras such as contrasting buttons, complementary controls and shaded fascias.

Hmm, wonder if we can do a deal by offering them free tea and biccies?

Spa lights bring a sense of calm to bathtime

26 Apr 2007

Candle adorned baths are relaxed and romantic, but can quickly be ruined if the dinky tea light gets pushed overboard with your big foot (or is that just us).

For those who do not like sharing their bath with runny wax Crazy about gadgets has come up with a perfectSpa_lights_1 waterproof solution.

Spa lights are gorgeous floating bath lights which come with handy little sucker feet that allows the lights to be stuck on the side of the bath above the waterline, or completely underwater.

The spa lights come in packs of two and a choice of two colours - blue which glows golden or colour changing pink.

Two AAA batteries will keep a light going for 120 continuous hours but that doesn’t mean to say you have to stay in for that long - shrivelled prunes are not a good look girls.  

 

Gadget Goddesses get yourselves on TV

25 Apr 2007

Now don’t get us wrong, there is absolutely nothing wrong with having a passion for fashion.

Pink_2 However, if like us, you are more geek chic than fashion freak, preferring to spend all your money on LG rather than Louis Vuitton then we think we might have found you a perfect opportunity.

Celador Productions are on the hunt for tech loving ladies who spend a vast majority of their money on gadgets for a new BBC series.

As part of the programme, they will be taken on a journey to find out how gadgets are produced following the progress from the source to when they land on shelves.

Now, Celador have been looking for people since the beginning of the year but we have been informed that the boys are applying more than us gadget goddesses, so come on Techboutiquettes, do us proud.

Contact Catherine Lucock at Celador, nab yourself a spot on the programme and show the world that we gadget girls are proud to be around. Oh, and good luck.

The blinging Motorola Blutooth is EARily nice

20 Apr 2007

Oh how we mocked our big brothers at Gizmodo when they wrote about the Bling Bluetooth headset for girls.

Bling_bluetooth_2 Well we hope they have forgotten the extent of our jibes because we are now following in their footsteps with news of the blinging Motorola Bluetooth headset.

Created by the Crystal Chick, it contains double the Swarvoski crystals, of the prementioned (anything you can do boys, we can do better) and has up to eight hours talk time.

Not is it a sparkling sight but will also make you a good law abiding citizen – yes you should know by now girls that using a mobile phone when driving is illegal.

See we told you Tech Boutique was educational.

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