Gear4 Angry Birds speaker and iPod dock. Picture: Supplied Source: National Features
AN Angry birds iPod dock, a powerful tablet from Acer and a surround-sound headset for gamers are three of the best gadgets this week.
TOUGH CALL
Motorola, $199
motorola.com.au
Motorola continues to target clumsy phone users, as its latest smartphone is dust-proof, and water and scratch-resistant. The Defy Mini, as its name suggests, is a smaller tough phone that has a 3.2-inch touchscreen, Google Android software, 3-megapixel camera and GPS navigation. The prepaid phone is available through Optus.
ANGRY NOISE
Gear4, $149
gear4.com.au
After 700 million app downloads, it has become hard to escape Angry Birds. It could be even harder now the titular fowl and their curly-tailed nemeses are available as iPhone accessories. This Green Helmet Pig speaker, for example, features an iPod/iPhone dock and an auxiliary connection so you can play tunes through his headgear.
TABLET POWER
Acer, $549
acer.com.au
Tablets are growing more powerful and the latest from Acer is proof. The Iconia Tab A510 features a speedy quad-core processor, as well as new Google Android software, 32GB of storage plus space for a MicroSD card, and a 5-megapixel camera. The 685g tablet's battery gives up to 15 hours of power.
MUSICAL WAVE
Bose, $699
bose.com.au
Radio broadcasts have received an upgrade in Australia and Bose's popular music system has followed suit. The Bose Wave Music System III now features an enhanced AM/FM tuner and a digital radio tuner for clear broadcasts. The system can also show off song titles broadcast, features a CD player and a touchpad on top for easy control.
GAME ON
Sennheiser, $TBA
syntec.com.au
It's important to hear the bombs as they explode around you. So goes the concept behind Sennheiser's new premium PC headset, which offers 7.1-channel surround sound by Dolby. The PC 323D headset also comes with sound card attached, rotating ear pads, open design, a volume control and a noise-cancelling microphone.
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