BBC Focus

OCTOBER 2016

Verne: The

Himalayas

This app lets kids

explore the Himalayas

as Verne the yeti, who

can climb mountains,

or fly using a jetpack,

balloon or hang glider.

Free, Android

Paper

Paper is a new

Google Docs-style

collaborative working

tool from Dropbox.

It ’s jus t gone into

public beta, and

now comes with apps

for Android and

iOS devices.

Free, iOS/Android

BBC+

This new app lets you

select topics you’re

interested in, from

business news to

rugby league, then

alerts you when

relevant content

appears anywhere

across the BBC.

Free, iOS/Android

APP FEED

REACH FOR

THE LASERS!

LASERDOCK

PRIVATE

DTEK-TIVE

BLACKBERRY DTEK50

Turn your home into a nightclub with

LaserDock, a unit that combines lasers and

musical visualisation software to put on a

stunning show right there in your front room.

It’s the brainchild of Wicked Lasers – maker

of some of the most stupidly OTT laser

pointers in the world – and gives you the

choice of selecting from one of over 100

pre-programmed displays, or creating your

own using the supplied Spaghetti Lite and

LaserShow Xpress apps.

$299 (£230 approx), wickedlasers.com

BlackBerry may no longer be the high-
flying executive’s go-to smartphone,
but the company isn’t taking the loss
of its market-leading position lying
down. Its latest attempt to revive
its fortunes is the DTEK50, an
Android phone that it’s touting as
“the world’s most secure”. The phone
has a 5.2-inch touchscreen, 16GB of
storage and a 13MP camera, but it’s
the custom, security-first build of
Android Marshmallow that
Black Ber r y is hoping will bring t he
suits rushing back.
£275, blackberry.com

LET’S GO

ROUND AGAIN

NINTENDO CLASSIC MINI

There’s no shor tage of ret ro-t hemed ga ming devices on t he
market, but this miniature, HDMI-enabled version of the
classic NES console is slightly unusual in that it actually
comes from Nintendo itself. Coming preloaded with over 30
games including the likes of Pac-Man, Final Fantasy, Super
Mario Bros and Donkey Kong, it’s due to go on sale in
November – and with a price tag of £50, we could be
looking at one of Christmas 2016’s biggest sellers.
£50, nintendo.com