the gadget show

Gadget fans rejoice! Coming soon to Five is a new series of the show that investigates the latest must-have devices on the market, testing them out to discover on what we should be spending our hard-earned cash.

The new series kicks off with the test for which all serious phone fans have been waiting –the Nokia’s N95 versus Apple’s new iPhone. Can the much-anticipated iPhone possibly be better than the N95 –the most feature-rich phone ever made? Suzi Perry and Jason Bradbury head to Barcelona, where they submit the two phones to a series of challenges to find which one emerges victorious.

Jon Bentley, meanwhile, will be investigating the trend for miniaturisation by kitting out Britain’s smallest house with the smallest technology he can buy. He then enlists the help of one of Britian’s smallest men –actor Warwick Davies, who appeared in ‘Willow’ and ‘Extras’ –and Britain’s tallest man to test whether small gadgets are a viable alternative.

Elsewhere, Jason Bradbury builds the fastest (and only) water-rocket-powered vehicle ever – using an array of water cooler bottles, and a homemade kart –then tests it on a drag strip. It may not be the fastest vehicle in the world, but it gets a massive thumbs-up in terms of entertainment value...