On Tuesday I spent the day at the Gadget Show Live at the NEC, looking at the new wares and accessories available and playing on scooters and ziplines (all for work purposes I promise!).
If you’ve never been to Gadget Show Live, the basically it takes place over 5 days within several enormous halls at the NEC, all stuffed with everything us gadget and gaming geeks could ever want. There’s also a dedicated Gaming Zone, giving you sneak-peaks at the latest and upcoming games – I had a little bash on Kinect Star Wars, so I’m a fully fledged Jedi now…
The show had a great vibe to it with lots of people swarming around trying out the latest gadgets and attempting to get a bargain or two from the retailers. There were plenty of things to see and do and even a zipline to go down, toy scooters to play with and a majority of remote control cars to try out.
Mr 50 Cent showed up at the event to promote his new range of SMS Audio headphones which are said to be a rival to the Beats headphones which we currently sell. 50 talked about his headphone range before talking part in a Q and A session about the headphones which claim to offer lossless audio, made from the highest quality materials. I really liked the cobalt blue accents on the headphones and the sleek style, plus when I got the chance to hear the sound quality from a pair, they really did live up to my expectations. I think they’ll definitely be a fierce rival to the Beats headphones.
There were a lot of cute accessories around and more sparkly phone cases than you can shake a stick at. One accessory I really liked was the CozyBot, a cute little Android Robot inspired desk stand.
It goes great with Andi, our Android Robot Speaker and is universal, holding all phone styles either portrait or landscape. What’s clever about the CozyBot though is that you can run your charging cable through the back of it, no matter how bulky the adaptor is. I’ve been using it on my desk for the last couple of days and I think it looks pretty cute.
Another quirky accessory I found came from Stick Ems… Now a Stick Em is a cool micro-fibre cleaning cloth which simply sticks on the back or screen of your gadget ready for use whenever you need to get rid of those annoying fingerprints or marks from your display.
The Stick Ems team had a number of designs to choose from; whether you’re a fan of the Keep Calm trend or want to add a splash of animal magic to your handset. The Stick Ems are cool and quirky, but most importantly they do the job and help keep your screen looking all sparkly and new.
It was great to see some brands we already sell at the Gadget Show Live, like the LifeProof iPhone range of highly protective cases, which don’t add bulk and the Soul by Ludacris headphones – they had a DJ on their stand, whilst a couple of other brands had street dancers throwing some shapes to tunes blasting through their speakers.
If you’re off to the Gadget Show Live this week let us know and tell us what you thought of it! I really enjoyed myself and eyed up a few new gadgets and bits and bobs I want… What accessories really stood out to you? Let us know through the usual channels.