It’s that time of the year when the entire world splits into two: those who love the new iPhone, and those who hate it. And never has this divide been more pronounced than it is right now after the iPhone 5 has been announced and released in typical Apple style – generating a huge buzz and expectations. To many it hasn’t delivered on its promise. Don’t get me wrong: the iPhone 5 is a great phone and has everything a smartphone needs to be: its thinner, lighter, has a faster processor, a bigger screen and improved optical capabilities. The phone also comes with a future-ready new connector
and takes Siri to the next level. To top it off it’s got superfast LTE, a new uni-body design, and better battery life than its predecessor. But the iPhone 5 has one serious issue – it doesn’t have a typical Apple style killer feature. And when Apple doesn’t do something out-of-the-box, the world is disappointed. This is the company that rewrote the rules of consumer technology and we expect Apple to do an Apple on us. That’s where the iPhone 5 hasn’t delivered. Still, at the moment, and in the near future, the iPhone 5 is, and will be, the number one selling phone in the world. After that, it’s anyone’s game.
DeLonghi
Lattissima
Nespresso
Machine
macchiato. This Lattissima’s milk steamer is great for making milk-based drinks and you can adjust the ratios of steam or frothed milk and coffee. It’s all done in seconds, no user intervention, no grinding, no cleaning up after, no trial and error, the coffee has the right mix, aroma and cream, and the process is poetry in itself. The machine also has great chrome accents, a fantastic finish, great detailing and workmanship.
Apple may have ruined it by not calling it the iPad 3, but other than that great faux pas – this is still the top tablet in the world. Many may dismiss it as a very small upgrade to the iPad 2 – but they are missing the point. It’s the full package this tablet represents which makes it the best in the world. The retina screen is a game changer at a stunning resolution of 2048 x 1536 with 3.1 million pixels. Movies, photos, browsing, ebooks – in fact anything that appears on the screen truly pops. It is estimated that 99 percent of what you do on a tablet involves the screen thus the retina display is a very big deal. The processor is an A5X which is dual-core and can multitask effortlessly. The graphics run at quad-core and pull off blazing fast on-screen activity. In fact gaming on the new iPad is pure pleasure. With the OS 6 upgrade you’ll get Apple Vector Maps, Siri, as well as fantastic Facebook integration.
As of now the latest iPad is still King of the Hill but Microsoft, with the launch of its tablet 'Surface' is breathing down its neck.
NOV — DEC 2012
It might seem a bit strange to have a coffee machine on a top gadgets list but as soon as you draw your first cup from it – you’ll stop scoffing. What Delonghi’s Lattisima Nespresso machine does, how it does it and how it achieves it, is far more fascinating than all the coffee you can drink from it. Nespresso machines brew espresso from special high tech aluminum capsules containing ground coffee. It’s pure gourmet, and is served at most high-end restaurants. But its the technology behind what the machine does which truly sets it apart. The hermetically sealed capsules are made of aluminum foil. When the capsule is inserted into the machine, the top of the capsule is pierced to create a number of small holes. The machine is activated and pumps in hot water under high pressure. The brewed coffee comes out of the capsule through perforated holes and flows into the coffee cup. This machine also has a detachable milk frother for making a cappuccino, latte, or