Girlie gadgets
James Fryer gets in touch with his feminine side and recommends the best gadgets designed to capture the imaginations – and dirhams – of the ladies.
Pink DAB radio
www.albaplc.com
It’s portable, pretty in baby pink and already making waves in the digital radio market. There’s enough memory to save 10 DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasts) and 10 FM stations to your favourites list and it features stereo speakers, crystal-clear sound, a sleep timer and backlit song-display section.
Swarovski-studded desk goodies
www.neimanmarcus.com
The next time you put in a request for office stationery, try and sly one of these Swarovskistudded desk delights onto your order. The mice come in light rose, peridot, light sapphire and iridescent with enough crystals to tell fortunes. And at this price why not give your desk a bling-tastic makeover and get the tape dispenser and stapler too?
Ceramic white PSP
www.sony.com
Okay, so it doesn’t have any more features than its slick all-in-black predecessor (bar a funky new pink screen setting), but Sony are adamant this new white-coloured handheld will be a hit with the ladies. And with games like the cult classic Loco Roco, oh-so-addictive Go Suduko and mind boggling Lemmings getting girls into gaming like never before, they might just be on to something.
Miss Army Kit
www.firebox.com
www.firebox.com
If GI Jane or Ray Mears’ wife were in the market for a new Swiss Army knife, this Penelope Pitstop pink number would surely be the one they’d go for. And before you complain your handbag is already packed full with ‘essential’ items, this fabulous little gadget is barely bigger than your lip-gloss and contains tweezers, scissors, a corkscrew, perfume bottle, pillbox, mini knife, bottle opener, ruler and pen. Oh, and a nail file, natch.
MOTORAZR V3i DG
www.motorola.com
This distinctively bold and beautiful Dolce & Gabbana handset is the talk of the town and guaranteed to make your friends jealous. It comes with everything you’d expect from a Moto – including an MP3 player and 1.2 megapixel camera – as well as a decadent D&G wrist strap. It’s also loaded with customised ringtones from the Italian designers, sexy screensavers and wallpapers. Subtlety is so last season.
Panasonic Pink MP3 Player
www.panasonic.com
This beauty is less than three inches wide and hangs around your neck (perfect for the gym) or in your pocket. One gig of memory (the same as an iPod Nano) stores about 250 MP3s and one AA battery will gives 75 hours of playback. Panasonic’s ‘advanced D sound’ and a digi amp makes Robbie sound his best. Well, he needs all the help he can get.