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GadgetsDoctor Who: Limited Collector's Edition Union Jack Dalek pictures and hands-on
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GadgetsWall Street Journal to set up Tech Cafe in London for three days of public seminars
28 August 2012 -
OnlineIf you think official Lego Batman is cool, think again... now this is a Lego Batmobile!
10 August 2012 -
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Home CinemaForget the gadgets, the girls and the fast cars, now you can smell like James Bond
1 August 2012 -
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Reviews & hands-on
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Gadgets
Scalextric Quick Build Demolition Derby set plays nice with Lego
Scalextric Quick Build Demolition Derby Set: that's the Scalextric set your kids are going to most want later in the year, so make a note of it now so you are prepared. Launched at the London Toy Fair this week, the Scalextric Quick Build set will, says...
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Gadgets
Teksta the Robotic Puppy (2013) pictures and hands-on
Paws up who remembers the original Teksta the Robotic Puppy from 1999? Called Tekno in the US, the first Teksta was incredibly detailed and well-specified for its time. Sony's Aibo was popular around then but prohibitively expensive, so Teksta/Tekno became...
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Gadgets
Doctor Who: Limited Collector's Edition Union Jack Dalek pictures and hands-on
Hiding in one corner of the Character Options stand at London's Toy Fair is a rather interesting addition to the Doctor Who collectibles range. To celebrate the Doctor's 50th anniversary this year, the company behind some of the coolest Doctor Who-licensed...
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Gadgets
Disney Applingz for iPhone and iPod touch, interactive Mickey and Minnie Mouse pictures and hands-on
AppToyz, the company behind the famed AR toy AppBlaster for iPhone and Android (through AppBlaster v2), has branched out from its own smartphone and tablet gaming accessories into licensed products. A partnership with Disney will bring several new products...
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Gadgets
Tagamoto mini robot cars pictures and hands-on
At last year's Toy Fair, Innovation First - the creator of the hugely successful Hexbug creepy crawly robot range - branched out by introducing Bobble Bots, helped no end by a tie-in with Moshi Monsters. This year it has adapted its Hexbug nano technology...
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Home Cinema
Forget the gadgets, the girls and the fast cars, now you can smell like James Bond
James Bond may have met the Queen in the Olympics opening ceremony spoof, and now sport a palm recognition Walter PPK in the upcoming movie, Skyfall, but you can grab a slice of his action if you pop down to Harrods from 15 August. The premium store is...
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Online
Hasbro Star Wars MTT Droid Carrier pictures and hands-on
Pocket-lint last saw Hasbro's Multi Troop Transport Droid Carrier at the London Toy Fair in February, but that was behind closed doors and photography was strictly forbidden. Now the company has allowed us to get our mitts on it, and we have to say we're...
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Online
Furby (2012) pictures and hands-on
Furby, the cute and cuddly electronic pet, is back and this time is is more responsive, more intelligent and interacts with an accompanying iPad, iPhone and iPod touch application. Owners can feed their Furby using the app, play music the robot creature...
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Tablets
Hands-on: LeapFrog LeapPad 2 review
LeapFrog has updated its LeapPad kids tablet with the launch of the LeaPad2 and we've managed to have a quick play at a couple of recent events in London ahead of the UK launch. The new LeapPad2 includes a higher-resolution front and rear camera, packs...
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Online
Amazon's Top Toy Tips for Christmas 2012
Amazon has held its annual Christmas in July/Wish List event in London, and it's now a Pocket-lint tradition to pick out best (most relevant) of the toys on show in order to get a sneak peek on what might be the biggest sellers come the end of the year....
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Apps
Apptivity Hot Wheels pictures and hands-on
Toy-maker Mattel is set to launch a new iPad accessory that lets you interact with its Hot Wheels Apptivity app with a real Hot Wheels car and, as you might expect, we've already had a play ahead of the UK launch. The idea is that you buy one of four...
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Apps
APP OF THE DAY: Little Fox Music Box review (iPad and iPhone)
While your iPad is an excellent source of entertainment for you, don’t forget that it is not always you that needs to be entertained... But enough of the Confucious nonsense, here’s App of the Day on Pocket-lint. Little Fox Music Box Platform iPad...
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Cameras 4 out of 5BabyPing video baby monitor review
BabyPing is a wireless webcam that allows you to monitor your baby in his or her cot, all from the comfort of your sofa via your iPhone or iPad. The system consists of two parts: a wireless camera that connects to your home network, via Wi-Fi, and a...
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OnlineLego Team GB minifigs pictures and hands-on
The Olympics are almost upon us and to celebrate Lego has created an exclusive range of Lego minifigs for you to collect to get into the spirit. Pocket-lint convinced Lego to send us some ahead of the July release so we could have a play. Like the...
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AppsAPP OF THE DAY: Magic Town review (iPad)
Today’s App of the Day launched in a much more soft affair a few weeks back as a web application and, as we said at the time when we interviewed the man behind it, the test will be when it finally comes to iPad. Well, that day has arrived. Magic Town...