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James May rides an ekranoplan. I live in (the probably forlorn) hope that ekranoplan technology might one day go mainstream - it would be a seriously cool way to cross the Channel.

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Teenager exchanges his iPod for a Walkman. "It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made; I mistook the metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but

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Hurrah! New Russian missions to Venus.

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Slightly more expensive than most, but well-equipped and high specification. Energy saving features too. A post-Christmas, pre-VAT increase present to ourselves.

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Can I have a go?

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I'm beginning to look out for iPad alternatives. I'm an Applephobe, so I'm looking at devices from other suppliers with 12+ hour battery life, ease of use, good screen size and resolution (I plan to mainly use it as a product catalogue to show to customer

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This is why I'm waiting to buy a Notion Ink Adam. I need an iPad type device to replace soon-to-be three folders of product portfolio information which are both heavy and tend to get dog-eared. But, as I work with outdoor businesses, I need a screen that

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"The launch was absolutely beautiful; it was just so smooth," said Mr Saltmarsh. "We had five people lift it above their heads, start running and it just lifted away into the sky." Now, if this had been designed by Americans instead of Britons, then there

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Of course, the Bleriot XI moves without flaps and has done so since 1908. It employs wing-warping, although the entire tailplane acts as an elevator. You can still see it flying at the Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden.

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Want an Adam (well, yeh, duh!). Then vote now for your favourite colour. Hels chose bright blue, which seems particularly unpopular. I'm surprised at how conservative voters are in their choices.

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Works best on sunny days. In Greece. Not likely to charge up much at all on a wet October morning in England.

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We have FTTC here which I can gain access to as I'm on a business tariff. The cabinet is only 100 metres or so from our door, so we don't get too much loss over the copper cable. But others in our road are connected to the exchange itself, nearly two mile

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Text-to-speech hardware. Looks good from initial looking. I'll need to speak to Mum's nurse about this.

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Hmm. Not sure how mum would get on with an iPod, but this is what the nurse recommends. We can organise a trial for her, so it'll be a case of suck it and see.

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Contains swearing.

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Rumoured as a possible additional feature on Notion Ink's Adam. Would certainly have the "wow" factor.

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