Your favorite/best piece of tech/gadget?

Shryke

It could be anything from the first Gameboy to a 360, mp3 player to a stereo, sat nav or laptop..
For me it has to be my Samsung Galaxy S2. Its top dog right now. I know people without them think they're gimmicky but once you get one it becomes apparent what a natural progression of technology it is.
Web browsing (Im creating this topic on my phone), mp3 player, portable gaming machine, social networker (twitter on the bounce is wonderful), news feed apps, sat nav/gps, and all round multimedia device for calls and texts, picture and video. Just brilliant really.

I was wondering what sorts of stuff you guys had the most appreciation for?
Anyone still in love with casette tapes?!

partyatmygaff

My phone (Which is actually top dog at the moment and not last gen :P). Definitely one of the more useful gadgets I have.

kfallon

My favourite gadget was this:

http://weirdotoys.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/gadget_03a.jpg

AskMyChocolate

Swiss Army Knife. Which makes me either fifty or five.

Jen Pigs Fly

I'm not allowed to have 'gadgets', things break too easily in my possession :cool:

o1s1n

Thinly veiled 'I just got a Samsung Galaxy S2 thread'

Duggy747

My HTPC. I don't buy alot of things but on the rare occasion I like to treat meself.

Insane amount of selection of TV shows & movies and thousands of games from arcade and consoles right up to the PS2 with the odd latest PC game thrown in.

Myself and the GF have started watching Quantum Leap again in between The Fresh Prince of Bel Air :pac:

It's great to come home from work and just relax with all the things I can do with it. It frees up my other machines for their real purpose.............porn!

Bipolar Joe

My laptop. Does that count as a gadget? I use it for work and play. Can't stand not having it around, and when I go away somewhere for a night or several I always bring it and a small MIDI controller.

Kenno90

The Galaxy S2 top dog ? Have you seen the Galaxy Nexus, Samsung Galaxy S3 or the HTC One X :pac:

Serious answer: Most people would say their phone, for many its the last thing they use at night and the first thing they look at in the morning (Alarm Clock).

Sure 30 years ago you would've been carrying around all this

Shryke

o1s1n wrote: »

Thinly veiled 'I just got a Samsung Galaxy S2 thread'

Ah now! I have it months and I'm still appreciating it. 'Cause it's feckin great!

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AskMyChocolate wrote: »

Swiss Army Knife. Which makes me either fifty or five.

I have one of those Swiss army multi tool card things in my wallet at the moment. They're so handy.

Shryke

Bipolar Joe wrote: »

My laptop. Does that count as a gadget?

Indeed Sir. I did mention laptops in the OP...

Kenno90 wrote: »

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Wise one, you did not give an answer, but thanks for answering for everyone else.

sbsquarepants

I'm not all that mad for gadgets, but i have to admit i would run into a burning building to save my ipod! I love it. Best present i ever recieved:D

PseudoFamous

My phone is pretty useful, but the vibrating cockring is really the proof that we live in the future.

flutterflye

The time machine.

Well I love my Samsung Galaxy S2, but my favourite new piece of tech is my HD dashboard camera. Here's some videos of me messing around. Yes we never grow up.

First one I make my mate Chris drive backwards by driving directly at him.*

This one I drive and swerve a bit with a car full of lads that are too full of Nandos chicken, testing their stomachs out* :P

*Legal note, may or may not have been me driving, may or may not have been in my car

biko

Laptop is number one.
Phone number two.
Then my toolbox.

Tipsy McSwagger

My iPad. It's just so handy to pick up and search the web, and liveonlinefooty looks amazing on it.

jester77

Keyring bottle opener. Best gadget ever, over 10 years old now and hasn't let me down once and have had many forgettable nights with it.

petes

PseudoFamous wrote: »

My phone is pretty useful, but the vibrating cockring is really the proof that we live in the future.

My HTC One X

Cock ring never really did it for me to be honest!

kincsem

A whistle.

Nothingbetter2d

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

I'm not allowed to have 'gadgets', things break too easily in my possession :cool:

did you date inspector gadget? he is a broken man these days


but my favourite gadget at the mo is probably my htc desire hd phone

ch750536

Shryke wrote: »

For me it has to be my Samsung Galaxy S2. Its top dog right now.

Naa, my S3 is top dog.

Coolhandpuke

It's a toss up between my acer revo mini pc hooked up to my flatscreen or im digging my psvita too at the min just waiting for Resistance : burning skies on Friday

bnt

I have a little Asus EEE PC "netbook" that's four years old and going strong. Not the very smallest one, but the 10" type with the very good keyboard - a good thing, because I've written the equivalent of a book on it, at least. It wasn't the fastest machine when I got it, but it has two solid state drives (SSDs) totalling 40GB. It runs Ubuntu Linux well, so I can find software to do almost anything I want, and install it, in a minute.

After getting used to this flexibility, I'm not going to "downgrade" to an Android device - we're finally seeing less expensive Linux tablets hitting the market, such as the Vivaldi - and then that'll be my next favourite gadget.

Jester252

The best piece of tech in the world is WD-40. Its magic in a can

smash

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

I'm not allowed to have 'gadgets', things break too easily in my possession :cool:

Not even 'girly gadgets'?

My fav gadget is either my phone or my camera.

old_aussie

A USB dongle that unlocks wireless broadband dongles and some mobile phones.

Bad Panda

Today it's my HTC One X and my iPad.

And back in the day it was my Gameboy (1st gen) and SNES.

I like to refer to 'back in the day' as the 'good old days'!

Mackman

A minidisc player c.1999. Great piece of kit.

You could record through input or in-built mic, edit/copy/move/delete/name tracks on the disc, never skipped, was way before mp3 players became common place.

I miss my minidisc

Canis Lupus

Kindle. Holds a bajillion books, it's light and really comfortable to read and most importantly the battery holds for a good month or more depending on how often you use it. It's absolutely brilliant for travelling/backpacking.

If you're also a no good dirty rotten pirate you can get most books for free... ahem.. not that I would advocate that....

Shryke

bnt wrote: »

I have a little Asus EEE PC "netbook" that's four years old and going strong. Not the very smallest one, but the 10" type with the very good keyboard - a good thing, because I've written the equivalent of a book on it, at least. It wasn't the fastest machine when I got it, but it has two solid state drives (SSDs) totalling 40GB. It runs Ubuntu Linux well, so I can find software to do almost anything I want, and install it, in a minute.

After getting used to this flexibility, I'm not going to "downgrade" to an Android device - we're finally seeing less expensive Linux tablets hitting the market, such as the Vivaldi - and then that'll be my next favourite gadget.

I had an NC10 that packed in lately. I had it over 3 years. Brilliant to have. It would have been my previous answer before I got this phone.

AudreyHepburn

I have several favourite gadgets;

my Ipod Touch - I can't travel without my music.
my Kindle - I'm a complete bookworm
my Samsung Galaxy Mini - I feel like I'm missing a limb if I don't have it
my Acer laptop - I use it for everything from shopping to films to holidays).
my Camera - It takes such clear pictures and it's still going strong after 3/4 years.

I do like my gadgets!

My phone definitely.
Then my ipad.

readyletsgo

My Creative Zen Mosaic mP3 player, which I thought was broken a few weeks back but its in full working order again!
My 360 and my 3DS and my cheap Samsung Galaxy 'Ace', love'em!

Also love my Wii, not really for the Wii games, more so for the VC, so, NES SNES N64, SMS etc.

smash

Forgot about my iPad. Couldn't live without it.

FatherLen

i dont have one yet but the raspberry pi will be number one when they become available.

Dravokivich

smash wrote: »

Forgot about my iPad. Couldn't live without it.

Bluetooth connectivity with your pacemaker or something? :pac:

SeaFields

I tentatively took a step into the smartphone world this week and got myself a samsung nexus. I can see how these things can become a foundation of someones day to day life and I only have it a few days.

In order tho, my gadgets would be my laptop, dslr camera and phone. No matter what type of phone, i think in this day and age having to be without one is torture.

Basq

Sacramento wrote: »

This one I drive and swerve a bit with a car full of lads that are too full of Nandos chicken, testing their stomachs out* :P

That sorta driving is high-larious! :rolleyes:

For me.. am really appreciating my NAS box these days: RSS Feed + NAS Box = all the latest telly lined up for ready!

Oh, and my Macbook Air.

Mr.Biscuits

E586 Modem - makes poor connections useable.

Cee-Jay-Cee

In the following order:

iPhone 4.
Acer netbook.
iPod Classic 160GB.
Leatherman Multitool.
Crystal powered mini torch (developed for the US military) on my keyring that i've had for 9yrs now (and yes it still works 100%). It has the brightest most intense blue light from it that lights up a huge area for all the size of it and the light has never diminished/lessened since i got it.

grindle

E-cigs (any brand, it's the delayed-dying I like).
Any device that uses iOS (before the Android fanboys pop in, it's because of the MIDI apps).
Novation Launchpad.
Korg Kaoss Pad 3.
Korg PadKontrol.
Lenovo Thinkpad.

Life is so much more liveable with these.

Ush1

Fleshlight anyone?

grindle

Ush1 wrote: »

Fleshlight anyone?

Sloppy seconds?
No thanks.

Ush1

grindle wrote: »

Sloppy seconds?
No thanks.

I'll give it a quick rinse for ya.

grindle

Ush1 wrote: »

I'll give it a quick rinse for ya.

Yeah, but I know what with, soooooo no.

Tom

De spill chacker onn mi fonne.....bust thong efer