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Five's Gadget Show, a 3 dongle and an N95

Jun 17, 2008
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Numbers galore!

Last night's Gadget Show on Five featured 3's Mobile Broadband and an N95 amongst other gadgets in a Citizen Journalism Vs Old School Journalism (y'know, with professional kit) head-to-head.

The highlight for me was when one of the presenters decided to do a video traffic report on top of a motorway (freeway) bridge. Why? The presenter thought it would be a good idea to stream live footage over 3G. Fair enough, you might say. Well, he decided to use his laptop's built-in camera - he waved the bloody thing above his head! Drivers below would've seen what appeared to be someone getting ready to chuck a bloody great big thing towards them! Sadly, in the UK, plenty of idiotic teenagers - as well as some brain-dead adults - do just that... throw bloody great big things down on to traffic - for fun!

Mobile Broadband USB modem

Back to the tech - the consensus was that the 3's Mobile Broadband was good when reception was good but reception could be patchy and that wasn't so good. Great insight guys! Oh, and an N95 isn't as good as a prosumer HD camcorder and laptop for recording and editing videos.

Next week: Are bigger TVs easier to see further away? Are personal trainers, fitness coaches and a fully equipped gym ultimately better than Wii Fit? In the middle of the Atlantic is a satellite phone better than a cell phone?