Paddy Comynreviews the latest gadgets
Bose Sound Dock Series II
Price: €299 (Free delivery)
Buy: store.apple.com/ie
Widely regarded as one of the best iPod docks around, this is a new version of the popular series. The new one comes with softened, smoother lines, the remote control has playlist navigation and crucially for some of you, it will work with the iPhone, which isnt always the case for many iPod docks. The Bose has room-filling sound from a small and good-looking unit.
VCR to PC
Price: €188 + €9.40 delivery
Buy: iwantoneofthose.com
Many of us still have VHS tapes lying about. Some of them have World Cup 1990, but some might have holidays, christenings or weddings on them, and if you want a way to drag them into the 21st century, then this piece of kit will do the trick. With it you can transfer your VHS tapes into digital movies. This is a VHS tape player that via a USB connection converts VHS films to portable video files for playing on iPods, DVDs, PSPs and some mobile phones. It's compatible with PCs running XP and Vista.
Garmin Oregon 400T Handheld GPS
Price: €484 + €12.90 delivery
Buy: pixmania.ie
The Oregon 400T is a robust, waterproof, portable device that will help you to get your bearings instantly if ever you get lost, even in the back country, out at sea, or in deep woods. It comes complete with a built-in worldwide base-map with shaded relief, giving you all the tools required for serious climbing, hiking, or sailing.
Sony Reader
Price: €249
Buy: Xtra Vision stores nationwide
This is Sony's electronic book reader. It is compact and light and allows you to take a library of books with you wherever you go. It holds 160 books on its internal memory, but this can be expanded if a Memory Stick or SD memory card is inserted.
It comes loaded with a host of titles, but others can be bought from waterstones.com. It comes with an anti-glare screen and adjustable text size.
Loc8tor Plus
Price: €149.99
Buy: micksgarage.ie
This device helps ensure that you don't lose the things that matter to you most - be they children, pets or more importantly if you are a petrol head, your keys. This device will locate tagged items up to 183 metres away and with this version in alert mode, a homing or panic tag can be attached to a child or dependant and will warn if they wander out of your preset safety zone.