Archive for Nigel Kendall
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OnlineOrange Cityzi NFC hands-on: Pocket-lint's pocket picked
26 September 2011If you'd asked me a week ago about using a mobile phone to pay for goods and services, I'd have said that the technology was promising, but that persuading people to use it was likely to prove tricky. That was before I was robbed of all my real cash on...
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GamingWhen is a tree not a tree? When it's a Kinect tree
13 May 2011In less than a year since Microsoft launched Kinect for the Xbox 360, we've seen the motion-control device put to some pretty weird uses. We've heard of other projects in the pipeline. But nothing prepared us for this one. It's a talking tree! Well, sort...
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GamingShigeru Miyamoto tells us why Nintendo is still the king of motion control
21 December 20102011 is going to be a big year for Nintendo. After years of effortlessly topping Christmas lists worldwide, its DS and Wii consoles have hit a sales plateau. Meanwhile, Apple has muscled in to the handheld gaming market with its touchscreen devices and...
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Gadgets 4 out of 5Braun/Oral-B Triumph 9900 Smartguide Toothbrush review
28 September 2007In my lifetime, I have borne witness to the relentless pace of progress, from electric kettles that switch themselves off, to the point where my mobile telephone now packs more computing power than the rocket that first put man on the moon. But a toothbrush...