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The Guardian - UK
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Rachel Holmes

Christmas gift ideas: gadgets - over £20

xmas gadgets over 20: Unit portable bag
This laptop bag is designed on a modular system: the main bag holds your laptop while units two and three can sit inside or outside the bag and hold such things as chargers or wallets.

Unit Portables bag, £59.99
Buy online at muazo.co.uk Photograph: PR
xmas gadgets over 20: Fijit friend
Apparently one of the most popular toys for kids this Christmas, the Fijit is an interactive robot 'friend' that can dance and talk back. It's no Johnny 5 though.

Fijit, £46.99
Buy online at smythstoys.com Photograph: PR
xmas gadgets over 20: Gorillapod mobile tripod
Clever little 'take anywhere, fix to anything' tripod for your mobile devices.

Gorilla mobile, from £25.95
Buy online at joby.com Photograph: PR
xmas gadgets over 20: Jambox speaker
Compact, cool-looking and sounds great. Oh yeah, it's wireless and portable too.

Jambox speaker, from £159.99
Buy online at jawbone.com Photograph: PR
xmas gadgets over 20: LomoKino 35mm movie camera
The LomoKino is the latest analogue lomography product to hit the market. Now it's possible to shoot a short film (144 frames) on 35mm film. Pretty cool, huh?

LomoKino, £65
Buy online at uk.shop.lomography.com Photograph: PR
xmas gadgets over 20: Etip gloves by The North Face
These warm gloves have a four-way stretch and a sillicone grip pattern. They also allow you to use touch screens.

Etip gloves, £30
By The North Face
Buy online at uk.thenorthface.com Photograph: PR
xmas gadgets over 20: Microgem headphones
Stylish copper sphere-shaped headphones with a slim, flexible headband. Also available in silver and pink.

Micro gem headphones, £25.52
By Idea Label
Buy online at aarevaloshop.com Photograph: PR
xmas gadgets over 20: Kindle
Smaller, faster and lighter, the new Kindle is a great present for techie book-lovers.

Kindle, £89
Buy online at amazon.co.uk Photograph: PR
xmas gadgets over 20: Memory foam iMusic pillow
Drift off to the sound of your favourite tunes or audiobook without the pain of wearing headphones in bed.

Memory foam iMusic pillow, £29.95
buy online at gizoo.co.uk Photograph: PR
xmas gadgets over 20: Moshi Moshi POP handset
A 'proper' phone attachment for your iPhone designed by David Turpin and based on classic 1950s Bakelite telephones.

Moshi Moshi POP handset, £24.99
By David Turpin
Buy online at conranshop.co.uk Photograph: PR
xmas gadgets over 20: Philips wake-up light
Arise from your slumber gradually and naturally with the Philips wake-up light.

Wake-up light, £59.99
Buy online at shop.philips.co.uk Photograph: PR
xmas gadgets over 20: Roomba vacuum cleaning robot
Tried and tested in the Guardian office, the Roomba is a pricey but brilliant gadget. You can leave it to go over your floors while you're out, and it's excellent for people with mobility problems who find it hard to manoeuvre a standard vacuum cleaner.

Roomba 581 vacuum cleaning robot, £399.99
Buy online at irobot.com Photograph: PR
xmas gadgets over 20: Scalextric turbo flyers game
Scalextric's turbo flyers game has an extended figure-of-eight circuit featuring side swipe, leap and crossover sections. Whatever that means ...

Turbo flyers, £99.99
By Scalextric
Buy online at scalextric.com Photograph: PR
xmas gadgets over 20: Urbanears plattan headphones
Stylish headphones that won't get lost in your bag. They also come with a 'zound plug' that allows someone else to plug in and listen with you.

Urbanears plattan headphones, £48.99
Buy online at play.com Photograph: PR
xmas gadgets over 20: Omatatone electronic musical instrument
Totally weird musical instrument.

Omatatone electronic musical instrument, £25.66
Buy online at amazon.co.uk Photograph: PR
xmas gadgets over 20: iPhone 4s
Expensive, but worth buying just to be able to chat to Siri.

iPhone 4S, from £499
Buy online at store.apple.com Photograph: PR
Xmas gifts Weekend: Pioneer DDJ-ERGO-V mixer
The perfect gift for the bedroom DJ – it can mix, add effects and even 'scratch' digital music.

Pioneer DDJ-ERGO-V mixer, £429
Buy online at mixdirect.co.uk Photograph: PR
Xmas gifts Weekend: AppToyz Helicopter
Just download the app and your iPhone becomes a remote control.

AppToyz helicopter, £59.99
Buy online at firebox.com Photograph: PR
Xmas gifts Weekend: iCade game
Transforming an iPad into a retro arcade unit may seem like a step backwards, but many a face will light up at the opportunity to play Atari games like it’s 1985.

iCade game, £79.99
Buy online at firebox.com Photograph: PR
Gadgets: Angry Birds speakers
Turn it up and get your revenge on the green pigs.

Angry Birds speaker, £49.99-£69.99
Buy online at gear4.com Photograph: PR
Gadgets: Arty phones
Arty phones

Griffin Threadless iPhone and iPod cases, £24.99
Buy online at store.apple.com Photograph: PR
Gadgets: HotWheels video racer
Watch the action replay.

Hot Wheels video racer with onboard micro-camera, £64.99
Buy online at toysrus.co.uk Photograph: PR
Gadgets: Lighthearted lights
They stick to the wall!

Stick lamp, £30.50
Buy online at designmuseumshop.com Photograph: PR
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