Men’s life - gadgets

If you are looking for portable, novel gadgets the following four products tick all the boxes. Combining lifestyle and entertainment, these gadgets are not just spontaneous buys but handy technology that deserve a place in your home.

Our first gadget is the Portable Digital Photo Gallery. This is a stunning and simple idea that will change the way you show people your holiday photos forever. With the capacity to store over 4000 photographs, the portable Digital Photo Gallery allows you to put your entire album in your pocket. No bigger than a paperback book, the album is slim line with a 7” screen. You can download your photos directly from your digital camera or computer and you can expand the memory up to a whopping 20GB using SD Cards. You can create your own albums and resize photos and with a slideshow option, showing people your photographs has never been so simple. This is a sleek looking gadget. Chose from a black or natural coloured leather casing which doubles as a prop to make the album self standing. It’s the answer to the 1970s slideshow without the need of a white sheet and projector! The Portable Photo Gallery is £169.99 from www.Firebox.com and is the perfect present for someone who has it all!


Cube World at £14.99 from www.buyagift.com and www.firebox.com may not be as flash a gadget as the Portable Photo Gallery but what it lacks in sophisticated technology it makes up for in entertainment value. This is a perfect desk top novelty. Living inside the cube is a little electronic matchstick man. On his own he has his own unique interests entertaining himself, but if you provide him with a neighbour; the whole idea of ‘Cube World’ comes to life. These cubes interact with each other meaning the stick men can party, dance, play and fight with each other when they are connected. They are your portable companions and you can connect up to 16 cubes together providing you with endless entertainment from your new pixelated friends! To add to this you can also buy ‘cube world places’ which provide you with places to send your sticky friends so they can have fun. Choose from places such as the circus or a rock concert. This is an interactive world where your stick friends connect with each other and live life to the full and you can control them with buttons on the outside of the cube if you want to see them flip, do kick ups or even snake charming and juggling! Their moods are created by motion censors on the front of the cube which allow you to tumble your stick man around but be prepared for some back chat – the stick men let you know if they are not happy with you by shaking their fists in your direction. Be warned - you will find this is as addictive as the Tamagotchi trend!


The power of levitation has been harnessed to bring you the next nifty gadget. The Anti-gravity platform from www.Firebox.com at £89.99 is the modern ornament for every fashionable household. The platform comes with a globe to float above it but it lets you float any object weighing up to 85grams so you can see the whole object floating and slowly rotating! With practice you can float globes, trophies or what ever takes your fancy! This device is mains powered and mimics the effect of anti gravity with the use of some very powerful batteries. The mirrored platform also highlights the object with eight LED’s so it can be an impressive centre piece.


The final gadget is a fantastic entertainment system which allows you to have big screen entertainment without the need for a screen! The Boombox Freeview DVD Projector is exclusive for www.firebox.com and allows you to enjoy DVDs or freeview television when you don’t have access to a TV or laptop screen by projecting the image instead. It accesses freeview television through the built in DVB-T tuner so all you need is a flat surface! At £329.99 it is an expensive gadget but this will be the talk of the town and with a screen projection size of up to 75” there is a great quality to the projection. This system isn’t just about the projection though. It has a built in FM radio, amplifies iPods and you can hook up to a full 5.1 speaker system or listen via headphones. It also boasts a USB socket and SD card slot so with this entertainment system you have got the lot. The system is mains powered or battery powered (making it portable!) and comes with remote control and 180 degree swivel projection. Spoil yourself this summer and be the only camper in the campsite with a cinema experience!