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  • Dell Studio XPS

    6 12.77%
  • Apple MacBook Pro

    6 12.77%
  • Pioneer Kuro PDP-LX5090

    13 27.66%
  • Sony BDP-S550

    3 6.38%
  • Microsoft Xbox 360

    3 6.38%
  • Guitar Hero World Tour

    3 6.38%
  • Sonos Bundle 150

    2 4.26%
  • Logitech Harmony One

    2 4.26%
  • BlackBerry Storm

    5 10.64%
  • Nikon D90

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    Features - HEXUS picks: 10 tech toys for Christmas

    Christmas is just around the corner, and HEXUS' Parm Mann sounds off on ten gadgets he'd wish to find beneath the tree this year.
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    Re: Features - HEXUS picks: 10 tech toys for Christmas

    I thought this would be a little better, with less expensive things, like helicopters etc..

    It's 4.98*

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    Re: Features - HEXUS picks: 10 tech toys for Christmas

    Or how about nothing from that list?

    would rather have:
    • Canon 50D or 5D instead of the Nikon.
    • Squeezebox Boom or Duet instead of the Sonos
    • HTC touch HD instead of the Storm

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    Re: Features - HEXUS picks: 10 tech toys for Christmas

    Guitar Hero World Tour .

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    Re: Features - HEXUS picks: 10 tech toys for Christmas

    Quote Originally Posted by Funkstar View Post
    • Squeezebox Boom or Duet instead of the Sonos
    But then you'd have to leave your PC running whenever you wanted to listen to music.
    Quote Originally Posted by Funkstar View Post
    • HTC touch HD instead of the Storm
    But then you'd have to put up with - shudder - Windows Mobile, the world's stupidest mobile operating system.

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    Re: Features - HEXUS picks: 10 tech toys for Christmas

    Quote Originally Posted by Nelviticus View Post
    But then you'd have to leave your PC running whenever you wanted to listen to music.
    Or a NAS box, or connect directly to SqueezeNetwork and have radio streamed directly from hundreds of radio stations including Pandora, Rhapsody, Deezer, LastFM, etc.

    Quote Originally Posted by Nelviticus View Post
    But then you'd have to put up with - shudder - Windows Mobile, the world's stupidest mobile operating system.
    Hardly. Yes it's getting long in the tooth now, but it is the most customisable phone OS out there, with the biggest installed user base, largest selection of devices and has the largest development community in the industry.

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    Re: Features - HEXUS picks: 10 tech toys for Christmas

    From that list I'd have to choose the MacBook Pro. A hackintosh only goes so far with regards to dev testing. As for the other items, well I've already got suitable alternatives, all of which I'm perfectly content with. Just as well really as I don't see me affording that many new gadgets or expensive upgrades next year

    Now, I must PM Santa with my address
    My only concern is should I hide my true identity? A costume maybe?

    0iD: Plus weeing in it every now & again does it good
    scaryjim: 10" is just a little large to hold comfortably in one hand, which makes it a lot harder to tap, swipe and generally interact with.

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    Re: Features - HEXUS picks: 10 tech toys for Christmas

    As someone with an insane amount of internal HDDs, and three screens to boot, while the Dell XPS looks good, the small case and small mobo rule this one out for me.

    I've never been a Mac user, and while it may look good, I can't say I'm thrilled by the prospect of no right mouse button. Feel free to disagree with me on that one though, as I haven't personally had the experience! Besides, my old laptop from a few years back still works fine; I even have it running Windows 7 (build 6801) smoothly at the moment.

    As an alternative to a 50" TV costing close to £2000, my recommendation would be a projector - namely the (720p) Optoma HD700X, which set me back about £400 back in September. I've never looked back, and it's certainly fairly breathtaking the first time you see a Wii played on a 90" screen. One caveat - unless it's projected onto a blank wall, it may be worth getting a projector screen; these can be expensive, but a £20 white blind from eBay does the job for me.

    Moving onto phones, what's with a 24-month contract? If you're the sort of person spending that much on a phone, you're going to want to change it when a newer, lighter, faster version comes along, and it'll be totally outdated by the end of the contract, unless you can get a trade-in or something.

    This is certainly one of the more expensive christmas lists I've seen, and somewhat disappointingly, none of the items really seem to be what I'm looking for at the moment.

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    Re: Features - HEXUS picks: 10 tech toys for Christmas

    Quote Originally Posted by Funkstar View Post
    Or how about nothing from that list?

    would rather have:
    • Squeezebox Boom or Duet instead of the Sonos
    They are very different bits of kit though. The sonos allows for more than just computer music files to be flung around the house, you can use any source you like.

    Plus it has a nicer interface than the Duet and doesn't require you to have a box + am + speakers in remote areas, you just use the sonos amp/receiver with your own choice of speakers.

    Best of all it allows you to zone the areas, keeping fixed proportional volumes which go up and down off of one remote, great for parties!

    Yes it does cost more but it also does more in a more efficient way.

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    Re: Features - HEXUS picks: 10 tech toys for Christmas

    I voted for the Kuro up there but I'd actually prefer it's newer brother...
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    Re: Features - HEXUS picks: 10 tech toys for Christmas

    Macbook Pro.......

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    Re: Features - HEXUS picks: 10 tech toys for Christmas

    The Dell XPS and Nikon D90 get my vote, If Santa's buying .

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    Re: Features - HEXUS picks: 10 tech toys for Christmas

    Quote Originally Posted by Tidus View Post
    The Dell XPS and Nikon D90 get my vote, If Santa's buying .
    Then again, if Santa's buying, I'll have the most expensive thing on the list, sell it on eBay, and buy about three other things on the list with the money

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    Re: Features - HEXUS picks: 10 tech toys for Christmas

    Quote Originally Posted by Funkstar View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Nelviticus
    But then you'd have to put up with - shudder - Windows Mobile, the world's stupidest mobile operating system.
    Hardly. Yes it's getting long in the tooth now, but it is the most customisable phone OS out there, with the biggest installed user base, largest selection of devices and has the largest development community in the industry.
    Five facts, all true, but none make it a good mobile OS. I mean who, who in their right mind would try to duplicate the Windows 'Start' menu on something as small as a phone or a PDA?!? It's clearly a case of "hey, let's put Windows on a phone" rather than "hey, let's think up an appropriate OS for a mobile device", which is why people like HTC have to layer their own UI on top of it to hide its wilfully bizarre awfulness. Suckety suckety suck. It's big but it's not good.

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    Re: Features - HEXUS picks: 10 tech toys for Christmas

    Quote Originally Posted by miniyazz View Post
    Then again, if Santa's buying, I'll have the most expensive thing on the list, sell it on eBay, and buy about three other things on the list with the money
    Lol.

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    Re: Features - HEXUS picks: 10 tech toys for Christmas

    No Samsung NC10?

    BOOOO! Nah, good list.

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