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3 Awesome Xmas Gadgets I’d Love to Find under my Tree

It’s almost that time again when you have to give presents to other people, not because you really want to, but because you hope that they will have more imagination than you and will buy you something that is really cool.

I’ve had a scout around the net and I’ve came up with the three presents you need to ask for this Xmas.

3. Rolerball

Ever felt the need to encase yourself in a big plastic bubble, and launch yourself down a hill? I hadn’t until I saw this beauty, and now I HAVE to do exactly that. The three metre high see through ball looks like something from outer space, but I’m assured its relatively safe. The ball comes with two harnesses inside too, so you can share the ride with a mate, your girlfriend, or someone you want to make sick.

The ball comes with a rather handy puncture repair kit, but I don’t know what you’d be able to do if it bust half way down a massive slope. My guess is that it would either deflate slowly, gently lowering you to the ground, or it would burst like a balloon, leaving you with skinned knees and an utter sense of deflation (pun entirely intended).

The ball is inflated in 15 minutes with a powerful pump, but you need to be prepared to carry it up a hill as it weighs a hefty 70kg.

2. A007 Watch Mobile

Want to feel like James Bond, the A007 Watch Mobile should do the trick. It’s a bit like that really awesome Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles watch you got when you were five, but this one features a Bluetooth, MP3, MP4, GPRS and WAP capabilities.

This is a pretty cool gadget. In addition to the stuff above its got a 1.3 Megapixel camera, and a full colour LCD touch screen. You can even expand the memory with a card slot. If anything this watch/phone combo will give you a laugh down the pub, and will be something your mid-life crisis uncle will want desperately, but you can’t take away the fact that it’s pretty exciting.

1. JVC DLA-HD1 HD Projector

One thing I’ve always bee desperate to do is play my Xbox360 (and any console that I’ve previously owned) on a cinema screen. It’s like a childhood ambition. Just imaging Gears of War 2 on a 30 foot screen…

Back in reality, I found this little beauty: the JVC DLA-HD1 HD Projector. The device gives a native contrast ratio of 15,000:1, giving you amazing black reproduction without sacrificing picture brightness since there is no iris mechanism. This is achieved by a new 0.7-inch full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) D-ILA device and a new optical engine. The projector has a 2x zoom lens, an will project a screen 100” wide from just 3 metres away. Awesome.

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