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Electronics & Gadgets Archive
- No-nonsense mobile phones
- by Adam Maguire
- While hi-tech phones are catching everyone’s attention, some manufacturers are going back to basics to cater for a more straightforward user. Adam Maguire looks at some of the simpler devices available to Irish customers
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- Backing up your memories
- by Elaine Larkin
- In this digital age, printing off photographs is becoming a lot less common and many of us only keep photos on our cameras or mobile phones. Elaine Larkin offers some advice on creating back ups so, if you lose your camera, you don’t lose all your memories as well
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- Technology helps walkers stay on course
- by Ciara O’Brien
- Ciara O’Brien, technology reporter, looks at easy-to-use route mapping devices for everyone from the avid hill walker to those who want to improve their fitness
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- Techno-fitness gives brains a workout
- by Ciara O’Brien
- Want to get fit, from head to toe? Those ‘mind games’ advertised over the last couple of years take Nintendo-style computer games from the realm of kid fun into universal pleasure and benefit. One, WiiFit, allows users to exercise brain as well as body (well, eyes and fingers). It's even been used by care homes in the UK to keep elderly residents fit, writes Ciara O’Brien.
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- A new look for books
- by Ciara O’Brien
- Books aren’t what they used to be – they’ve gone all hi-tech. Ciara O’Brien looks at portable e-book readers. Text can be magnified and, because it’s e-ink and not an LCD screen, it’s not too hard on the eyes
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