Notable Consumables and Books

The BMW M Bike’s anthracite-coloured frame comes with disc brakes, Shimano SLX gear system, Manitou Match suspension fork, leather saddle with red inlay, and matching wheels and handlebars. It certainly won’t be cheap, but at least it will be less expensive than anything else with the ‘M’ logo.
Price to be announced, bmw.com

STYLE
Caviar on the road

This exquisitely designed four-person Rolls-Royce Bespoke picnic set is finished in polished aluminium, veneer and leather. From the Rolls-Royce Bespoke design and engineering team.
Price on request,
rolls-roycemotorcars.com

CONSUMABLES
Twice the Fun

This device looks like a miniature notebook computer until you open it. Which is when you see the Libretto W100’s pair of 7-inch screens. These can be rotated, so you can hold it vertically, to use it like a book, or horizontally, like a regular notebook. Keyboard? Trackpad? Naah. The screens are multitouch, and you can choose between various virtual keyboards, and, heck, the entire screen is a trackpad. At 819 g, the W100 is easily the lightest, full-fledged computer that can be carried in your satchel. A 64 GB solid state hard drive secures your data; Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 give you connectivity, and there’s even a webcam so you can videochat. Other specifications include a 1.2 GHz Pentium processor, 2 GB RAM and dual 1024x600 LED-backlit displays. Windows 7 is offered in both 32- and 64-bit flavours. There’s a USB port for connecting an optionally bundled Tata Photon Plus module, and an SD card slot for loading your camera pictures.
Rs. 79,990,

toshiba-india.com


SLIDE TO SLIDE

The motion-sensing tech for the Wii wasn’t invented by Nintendo. It was leased from Movea, which now brings that tech to the workplace (through its offshoot, Gyration) in the Air Mouse Elite. Lift it off the desk, squeeze the trigger and it becomes a motion controller. The bundled MotionTools software suite allows you to programme each of the four buttons, coupling button presses with gestures. Gesturing back and forth whips you through PowerPoint slides; more complex options include zooming and air-drawing directly onto slides. It runs about two weeks between recharges. Be aware that you’ll have to install software on any computer you want to use it on.
Rs. 6,500,

gyration.com/gb


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