R Watch – a function filled smartwatch

Don’t let the graphics fool you. It looks Androidish, but it isn’t running on Android. The RWatch, retailing from GearBest.com at the following link, is an interesting specimen giving you a lot of functionality in a tiny little space, with a fairly reasonable sub £40 price: http://www.gearbest.com/sports-led-watches/pp_41652.html Set up The app, I guess, only runs … Read more

Review: Sphero Ollie – The adrenaline junkie’s robot!

  What is it? We have spoken about this before. We reviewed the Sphero, and the Sphero 2. We talked about these little ‘app controlled’ balls, that fill your living room with action, joy, and embed themselves into many games. Sphero is back with another product, and this time, it isn’t a ball. It is … Read more

Review: Epson PS-500 – Activity Tracker with Heart Rate Monitor

What is it? The Epson PS-500, the ‘Pulsense 500’, is an activity monitor from Epson, that features a built in heart rate monitor. This uses an optical sensor, and in fact, if you take the watch off while the heart rate monitor is on, you can see that it is lit green. It measures your … Read more

IFA2014: Lenovo announces the Vibe X2 – the world’s first multilayered phone

IFA2014: Lenovo have today announced the Vibe X2, what they defined as the world’s first ‘multilayered’ phone. The phone feature both visible layers on the outside, as well as the ability to add extra layers to it, but if you thought this phone was going to give you the ability to change it like a … Read more