THE WORLD’S BEST-SELLING GADGET MAGAZINE

OCTOBER 2011

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CONTENTS

Some gadgets rewrote the rulebook completely” p50

HOT STUFF

14 The Hot Five n BlackBerry Torch 9860 BlackBerry ditches QWERTY for its largest touchscreen yet n Xbox 360 Kinect Star Wars bundle Use the

Force? Sorry, we were too busy gaming n INgSOC Battery-assisted concept cycle looks like it was made for alien buttocks n Loewe SoundVision Could this be Loewe?

Yes – and an iPod dock, among other things n SSC Tuatara With a 7-litre, 1350hp engine, this could be the fastest production car yet 22 In detail Fujifilm FinePix F600 EXR This 16MP snapper uses augmented reality to map landmarks on to the screen. Futuristic! 26 Icon Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX55 Skinny, pretty and light. Like a sexy chai latte 30 Choice Cycling helmets Keep your bicyclist bonce from being battered 33 Need to know iPhone 5 rumours iSkinnier, iFaster and iOnemorething... 34 Games New football season FIFA and Pro Evo go head to head. Again 36 In detail Loewe MediaVision 3D Loewe is a many-splendoured home cinema 38 Retro chic Citroën SM Citroën’s ’70s tourer: trés chic, trés… er… fast 42 Future stuff Plugless power

Charge your car wirelessly. Take that, petrol

FEATURES

46 Gadget doctor

You’ve got a tech virus, we’ve got the cure 49 Opinion

Alas, poor Archos! We remember the unsung gadgets that shouldn’t have been forgotten 50 39 gadgets that changed the world Most gadgets are just OK. Some are great, and a few are brilliant. And then there are those that changed the way we think 84 Rugby World Cup 2011 Get the most out of this World Cup – and get in training for the next one 98 Instant upgrades Wakeboarding

Go from zero to wake-hopping hero 116 Super geek Telescopes

The sky is really, really big. Get your Brian Cox on 121 Techspeditions First-person shooters

Behind the scenes of next-gen shooter Rage with FPS masters id Software. Call of what now? 129 Design Technicolour tech

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