In the photographs, the screens are black, the speakers are silent, the wheels are still: after months of previews, news and reviews, we have turned everything off and took some time to reflect. There choice of hi-tech news to report in our special issue (on newsstands on 8 December with Repubblica, Stampa, Secolo XIX) it was long and complex, and obviously questionable, but in the end it gives an idea of what 2021 was like for gadgets, understood in a very broad, much from even include dishwashers and desks. No new possible icons are seen on the horizon, but more than anything else improvements to existing devices, as in the case of the Samsung Z Flip 3 or Phone 13 smartphones: they barely stand out from previous models, and if anything, they focus on solidity and reliability. We’ve grouped the phones into three price ranges, and there are interesting models in each, such as the re-release of a very successful Nokia, the 6310, complete with the Snake videogame: super cheap but very snobbish.
“Italian Tech Award”: Thursday 9 December the evening event organized by 2031 in collaboration with Italian Tech
Windows 11 has arrived, but this time there was no rush to replace the pc. Also because lockdown and remote work have redefined our relationship with computers, and today the camera and audio often have a greater weight in the choice of the processor or the operating system.
AND changed the concept of home, which for many has also become an office, and that of mobility, increasingly electric, personal and sustainable. The scarcity of chips has affected the availability of cars, appliances, computers and smartphones, as well as video game consoles, and in fact the latest Xbox and PlayStation are still difficult to find: in the Games section of the special, however, alternatives are not lacking. And for fun there is a space dedicated to audio and video devices to bring the cinema into the living room: literally, given the increasingly frequent use of projectors instead of televisions. In the music pages, again we suggest ideas and solutions in every price range, from turntables to active speakers that sound better than a complete hi-fi system, passing through headphones and smart speakers: this year under the tree as well as Google Assistant and Alexa there is also Siri, with Apple’s HomePod mini just arrived on the Italian market.
We have not forgotten health, with smart shoes, gold-plated massagers and smart mattresses. There are the latest cameras, all mirrorless, and then curiosities, oddities, objects of desire like James Bond’s Leica and cheap amusements, for example the scooter for the paper airplane that you can control via smartphone. A perfect Christmas gift, poetic, inexpensive, magical like a children’s toy.
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