Compiled by CIARA O'BRIEN
Isotoner SmarTouch Gloves, €17
Winter is coming and those of us with touchscreen phones, tablets or music players know that gloves and touchscreens don’t mix well. As usual though, technology finds a solution. Rather than risk exposing your fingers to the elements, you could simply invest in a pair of touchscreen-friendly gloves.
Take, for example, the Isotoner SmarTouch Gloves. They look like fairly ordinary, run-of- the-mill gloves, but woven into the tip of the index finger and thumb is wire. This means you can use your tablet device, access your music or activate your satnav without the danger of losing a finger or two to frostbite. And they won’t scratch the screen either.
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Lapdesk, $79.99
Laptops are hot – and not in the metaphorical sense, but in the literal sense. If you have ever worked with one on your lap for an extended period of time, you’ll notice that it gradually heats up to the point where at the very least you are risking some strange-looking, if temporary, marks on your legs. So with that in mind, the Lapdesk could be just the solution.
It not only shields you from the heat, but it also makes it easier for you to work. It has an integrated touchpad that connects to your laptop through a compact receiver, with one-touch buttons that allow you to control volume and other handy functions.
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Sagemcom Sixty, €114
For a trip down memory lane, the Sagemcom Sixty has the functions you demand from modern cordless phones and teams it with a retro look. You get the Dect (digital enhanced cordless technology) phone you need in a form that stands out from the crowd.
The traditional rotary dialler is replaced with a touch dial around a white-on-black dot matrix screen, which displays times, date and length of call. There is a 150-number phone book, a built-in speaker that turns it hands- free and an answering machine that records up to 24 minutes of messages.
The handset is wireless, with a range of 300m indoors, and it has 10 ring tones.
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