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In this issue of Geare Magazine

The little bits...

iPhone Apps

Since Apple opened the iPhone to third-party apps, there are dozens of free and cheap add-ons to be enjoyed. We pick the best 10 freebies and find 10 worth paying for...

Acer Predator

It’s a gaming-spec monster PC from Acer, ready to push your performance to the limit whilst also scaring your children

Dell Studio Hybrid PC

Out to save the planet and your office space at one bamboo-covered stroke, Dell’s Hybrid may just be one of the coolest desktop PCs yet

Nanotechnology

The fat nano is dead — long live the Gen4 nano. Packed with goodness and new ‘Genius’ functionality, the new technicolour nano is the best so far

Putting the fix in

Fujifilm presents a fixed-lens camera with the advantages of a digital SLR but without the hassle of lens changing- this 14x zoom is all you need...

MORE D-SLR NEWS:

Panasonic Lumix first with Micro Four Thirds format to shrink D-SLRs...

Nikon D90 brings video recording to D-SLRs...

Sony joins Canon & Nikon with a 35mm-size sensor on its Alpha 900...

GIVEAWAY!

10 EIZO COLOUR BOOKS Just send us an email...

The little bits...

ED LINES — the Editor ponders the problems of overcomplexity

GEARED UP — news and reviews: the launch of digital radio delayed, but there’s lovely kit on the way; Slash makes his own Gibson; a big stir in the photo market thanks to video on D-SLR and the arrival of Micro Four-Thirds cameras; JBL’s latest silver iPod speaker dock; and Tamworth misses out on Monopoly

CALL CENTRE — Bluetooth mobile speakers from Motorola and BlueAnt; Palm returns to the smartphone war; and more...

WHEEL LOVE — two wheels on Buell’s 1125CR café racer; four big bad boys on Honda’s TRX700XX ATV STAGING POSTS — the OTUS next-gen DJ control unit, plus music-making desirables from JazzMutant, Roland, SoundCraft

GAMES CORNER — Leipzig news of the new PlaySation Portable plus a new Sidewinder, Mac gaming gear and wireless wheelies

KNOW IT ALL — we continue our study of nuclear power

iTUNES TUTORIAL no. 26 — iTunes 8 is released, and it’s Genius...

The big bits...

The Wonderful World of Colour

For 150 years, humankind has tried to define colours as part of an all-encompassing technical system. But we c an’t even agree on how many colours in a rainbow

You are here!

GPS on your phone would be great — but with satnav portables taking minutes to lock on to the satellites, can a phone provide a practical service? The answer is yes, thanks to the cunning trick of Assisted GPS. Let us explain...

Disney goes HD1080

The Magic Kingdom has restored Sleeping Beauty for its first Blu-ray release of a Disney Classic. We speak with the archivists and original artists responsible for bringing Beauty back to the big screen at home in its original format.

The tests...

MOBILE DEVICES

Pure Highway in-car DAB+ radio
Apple iPod nano media player
LG DP392G portable DVD player/photo frame
MotoRokr EQ5/EQ7 portable Bluetooth speakers
Alpine eX-10 in-car iPod interface
NESA NEVI-43 GPS satnav portable
BlackBerry Bold smartphone

AUDIO-VISUAL

Sangean WFR-1 DAB+/internet/streaming radio
Parrot DS1120 Bluetooth speakers
Klipsch Custom 2 in-ear headphones
SoundCast OutCast iPod dock & outdoor speaker
Epson EB-1735W multimedia projector
Logitech Squeezebox Duet multiroom music streamer
JBL 400iD iPod speaker dock
Topfield TF7050HDRt HD personal video recorder
Mission 792 ‘bookshelf’ loudspeakers
AV Labs MYTube iPod video speaker dock
XtremeMac Tango X2 iPod speaker dock

COMPUTING / SOFTWARE

3M Privacy Filter screen filter
Acer Predator scary gamer PC
Kodak ESP 5 inkjet printer/copier
Too Human Xbox 360 game
iPhone Apps mini applications x 20
Dell Studio Hybrid dinky desktop PC
iTunes 8 music software

AND THE REST...

Wacom Cintiq 12WX interactive pen display
Quattro Titanium FS razor system
Rescue Tape self-fusing repair tape
Monopoly Here+Now ‘world edition’ board game
Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade 2008 superbike
Fujifilm Finepix S100FS fixed-lens camera
Audi R8 supercar