Entertainment

Designed specifically for people who like to listen to music when out and about, but feel cut-off when wearing headphones, comes a product from San Francisco.

Following the discovery that the Mona Lisa has been removed from the Louvre, you are called into action to recover this priceless work of art.

Both these devices are small, one from a source that you expect to produce scales for various purposes, the other from a company that produces all sorts of speakers for ‘i’ devices as well as for other products One Bluetooth the other wired.

While this is aimed at ‘4+’ it could at a pinch be used by the child’s parents as in ‘parental’ mode you have access to the Internet and therefore could use it for browsing as a standard Android device. It comes with versions of lots of games for various ages.

Recently my car driving experience has been enhanced by a new product that provides in-car music and hands-free telephony features.

Fancy being the editor of a city newspaper? This is the role you play in a game entitled The Mystery Novel.

This is a single powerful speaker sold by a company who make musical instruments and amplifiers to professional standards. So while you could say this is just an ‘iPod Dock’ you know to expect that it could give more.

Here a dock that can ramp up the volume even without mains power, in fact it can work even if the ‘i’ device is not even docked in the unit. Yes in this form it is Bluetooth enabled even though it mentions Wireless, so connected or not.

In this next game you get the choice of switching between three different characters as you attempt to rescue a fourth character and discover a hidden treasure.

Released in a Deluxe Edition version as part of the Hidden Mysteries series, Notre Dame Secrets of Paris is a Hidden Object Adventure game. The reason for the Deluxe Edition classification is that Focus Multimedia has chosen to bundle the bonus offering of Lost Secrets™ Bermuda Triangle which also belongs to the Hidden Object genre.

The first a rather nice small 2.1 speaker set from Edifier that I tried in my lounge replacing my handmade speakers. The second I used out and about not however on the device it was made to be for a bicycle as I no longer ride. Both cost less than £40.

If you want to get ahead get a head is the mantra behind a game making the transition from iOS to the Windows platform.

Like vinyl, cassette tapes are yesterday’s technology. A new product from honestech offers to help safeguard any media stored on such items.

The works of Shakespeare have been turned into musicals or modern day equivalents. Now we have a game that takes its inspiration from a classic Shakespeare title.

Something for the young child that may let you find out if they really want a pet cat or dog. Both these do things that cats and dogs both do, some are nice others are less pleasant but the beauty here is that you can turn them off.

This is a set of speakers that can also charge external devices; it is also a ‘dock’. Yes that word does have a life beyond the ‘i’ devices. Other Sonoro devices are high end so why should you spend your money on this device.

One thing you can be sure of when Edifier International is involved is that the various speakers that emerge from this company will be of a design that could be considered slightly unusual.

Several months ago I reviewed the first episode of the Fall Trilogy. Now it is time for the second episode as amnesia suffering character tries to escape from his environment.

Based on the popular US television series of the same name that use to be broadcast on Freeview and now on Sky, Criminal Minds is a Hidden Object Mystery game.

This is an ‘i’ dock but it can and does do far more. It has a built in FM Radio and clock with alarm it also has a sleep countdown timer so although it does support most ‘i’ devices everything mentioned in this sentence is built in.

A Central London hotel known by a single letter was the location for the launch of a new series of Creative standalone single speaker units.

An unexpected death, ghosts and a novelist looking for inspiration are just some of the features found in the next game from Focus Multimedia.

With notebooks and tablets being the in thing from pre teenage years younger siblings will want their own and something like this is ideal even from pre school time. So what exactly does the LeapPad2 have to offer your child?

It is almost taking a supermarket approach as this next product offers you two titles for the price of one as you embark on Grim adventures.

Two more presents for Christmas, first a Crossbow that fires water balloons, it can be messy but not dangerous. Second an anatomical model of a dog from Revell, first for you to put together and then to be displayed.

With its passion for all things music and strong support for the Apple family of devices, it is not surprising that Gear4 has developed offering that combine these two elements in a single product such as the HouseParty Rise.

When a God comes calling, you better be prepared to do as you are commanded otherwise you could be in trouble. This next title is one such case.

Do you remember your first one? I am, of course, referring to your first portable media device such as an MP3 player.

Christmas is now well on the map, here are two things that are a little different, first a 3D construction toy from Triqo and second a model of a giraffe from Revell that includes where all the vital organs are to be found.

If you like Hidden Object Adventure games then this next offering from Focus Multimedia could well be placed at the top of your must-but list.