Light Touch! THE ULTIMATE GADGET OF 2010!

The Light Touch, from a company called Light Blue Optics, is a brand new, genius idea. It "instantly turns any surface into a touch screen." Basically what it is, is an interactive projector. It projects the image you want and you can then use it like a touchscreen computer or tablet. The company has recently saved up $13 million just for the applications for the device, and WIFI access is incorporated in the device, meaning you can check your Facebook or Twitter while your doing the dishes. The Light Touch can be used in offices, restaurants, clothes shops, and more. It has HPL technology, also known as Holographic Laser Protection, which brings the sharpest video and picture WVGA quality. The device projects a 10.1" touchscreen, the same size as Apple's iPad screen.

The Light Touch has runs on Windows CE, and comes with Adobe Flash LITE installed, meaning videos and games are easy to play on the device. The projector has a 2gb installed memory, however you can add up to 32gb with a Micro SD card. The projector weighs approximately 400 grams.

The company, Light Blue Optics also have created the Light Speed and the Light Work, which are two more very interesting devices/gadgets:


The Light Speed, is a nifty little device, it uses the same HLP software as the Light Touch, however it is used to help drivers. It basically projects how fast you are going onto your window. The average drivers takes almost 1 second to look down at their speedometer, so this device could help you save that crucial second to avoid a crash. The Light Speed projects speed, road warnings, and GPS information approximately 2.5 metres away from the driver, so the information appears to be floating on the road, so not to distract the driver.

The Light Work is a projector similar to the touch, minus the touch capabilities, helpful to business's and big companies. The projector uses the same technology as both the Touch and Speed projectors, with its HLP that displays WVGA photos. There is one key selling point with the Work, that makes is superior to all other projectors, it can clearly project onto curved walls.

In all honesty, I think that the only real projector of the three that is new and very impressive is the Light Touch. I almost couldn't believe my eyes when I first saw it. When it is commercially released, it could bring an entirely new concept and side to technology. It could be used all over the world, every where you see. Forget the iPad, the Kindle, the Playbook, the Light Touch is the way to go.

Although the Light Work and Light Speed are very nifty pieces of work, and I think they both offer a whole new side for what they are, and to their competition. However I think although the Light Speed is meant to help safety, I think it could do the opposite, if I was driving with projections in front of me I would probably get quite distracted. I think the Light Work is very intelligent with its ability to project on to curved walls, however that's the only thing that really makes it better than its competition.

However don't get me wrong, all three are incredible devices, but the Light Touch just really stands out in many, many ways and I think that's why it received CES Innovations Honoree in two categories, Media Player and Personal Electronics.

Orange Ipad Deal! Only £199.00! Can this be real!?

My mum recently came home gloating about how she had found such an amazing deal. "An iPad for only £199! Its amazing, Sid (my brother) shall we get it for Christmas as a family present, I mean I think theres some contract but its such a good deal?" "No mum theres obviously a catch." responded my brother and I, and what do you know? There was. You have to pay £25.00 a month for 24 months and £28.00 a month for 24 months if you are a new customer.  You do get 1gb of any time internet and unlimited bt openzone, however is it really a good deal? I went to investigate.

If you chose oranges £199 up front deal, and are an orange customer, after 24 months you end up paying £799 for an iPad, and if your not an orange customer, you end up paying £871. I would not call this a good deal. However, as I think most will agree, the benifit from this deal is that payment is a lot more gradual, but an extra £200 just for gradual payments, EERRRRRR, not so sure. Check Orange iPad Deal! iPad for only £199.00!  for more details  

There were a couple of BETTER deals I found for 3g internet surfing on the iPad. Even Orange themselves offer two alternative plans if you buy the iPad for full price (lowest around £429.00 for the 16gb model.) First they offer 1gb of 3g internet for a month for £7.50. 3 also offer the same deal.

The 3 network offers very many rather complex offers for iPad 3g internet, they can offer you the 1gb for £7.50 a month, or 1gb + the top up option for £10 a month. The prices then go up according to the gb allowance you want, and if you want the top up option.

The Vodafone network decided to keep it simple an just offer 1gb for £10.00, 3gb for £15.00, and 5gb for £25.00 a month

 There is also one more option that caught my eye, its not a very publicized option and I think I know why. The 'pay for what you use' service is what Orange calls it, and it seems like the best deal for users wanting 3g internet for their iPads. You basically pay 5p per megabyte and the max you can pay is £40.00 a month. From research, I found that even only a megabyte of surfing will get you around 20 minutes, using the simplest pages, using emails with attachments, a single megabyte will allow you to send around 3 emails. I think this is really the best deal for those who have an iPad, but do not use it as their only computer-like device. I think this would also be the best option for a family like mine, who want to buy an iPad, but will not use it all the time outside of the house for business.

The E-book reader from Barnes and Noble

Before Monday I hadn't heard of Barnes and Noble, the American book shop, I was told about it by my math teacher while doing a math exercise, where we got paired together using the two names of companies, I was Noble, and another math student was Barnes. I had no idea what this was, but I soon found out. Anyway, now, I've just been checking out e-book readers online, and I've found the biggest competitor to the Amazon kindle and the Apple iPad, the Nook Barnes and Noble Ebook reader, which can come with Wifi and 3g. I think its a pretty nifty device, and in a lot of ways, I prefer it to the Kindle, however it does have a slightly more expensive price tag. The Nook is available in black and white, and also a colour version. I think that its just a little more advanced version of the kindle. There are somethings that I love about this little device and some things that aren't much different than the other devices. 

First off I like the way that you can get this device in colour or in black and white. This gives the buyer and the reader a choice to what they prefer, and how much they want to spend. One fun aspect to this ebook device is that you can share the books that your reading with your Facebook friends. Another cool thing with this device is that you can read your own PDF's and Microsoft documents on it. You can also add music to it, so that you can read in style. Finally, if you go into a Barnes and Noble store you can get exclusive content from the store.

Now onto what I dislike, theres only a couple things, the main one being the cost and the other thing being that its not available in the UK!