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WHAT IS THE OSMO? The Osmo starter kit is an iPad accessory that will work with all your iOS tablet devices. The pack includes a stand, camera reflector, a box of letter tiles and another set of coloured tiles. It’s easy to repack everything back into the sturdy box, repeatedly – important for anything aimed squarely at the junior market. WHAT DOES IT DO? Slide your iPad into the sturdy base, jump into iTunes and download the compatible apps. There are currently four available – Tangram, Newton, Masterpiece and Words. Once downloaded, your undercover education mission is about to commence. The seven multi-coloured tiles that comprise Tangram is an interesting start. Gameplay involves replicating the on-screen image with said tiles in the playing field – an A4 paper-sized area that the attached reflective camera can pick up. In Easy mode, it offers up the colour and shape for you to copy and, as you increase the difficulty level and progress, it will take away colours a...

Hasselblad True Zoom hands-on – Has the Moto Z got the ultimate camera add-on? Companies have been trying to make the ultimate smartphone camera for over a decade, with things really hotting up after Nokia launched the Pureview 808 in 2011. However, in my mind, no-one’s really nailed it. Noble efforts, including the  Galaxy K Zoom , the Sony DSC-QX100 attachable camera and the  Huawei P9  have worked hard to innovate, but all universally fallen short of their creators' lofty photography claims. The Sony lens was chunky and had a habit of overheating. The K Zoom may have had optical zoom, but the main sensor wasn’t up to scratch. The P9’s dual-lens system is innovative and pretty good, but it’s a Leica camera in name only and doesn't perform as well as even the most basic of dedicated cameras. The True Zoom is Motorola’s attempt to rectify the situation and finally deliver the ultimate camera-phone experience. The Zoom’s one of the Moto Z and  Moto Z Play ’s...

LG has wowed us in the past with its ultra-high-end flagship  televisions  that use organic light emitting diode (OLED) technology rather than LCD panels, like the Editors' Choice  OLED65G6P . As fantastic as OLED televisions are, they're obscenely expensive. Fortunately, LG offers a much more reasonably priced alternatives. Super HDR is LG's term for LED-backlit LCD televisions that are capable of displaying high dynamic range ( HDR ), ultra high-definition ( UHD, or 4K ) content. LG's UH8500 series isn't cheap, but it provides impressive value and earns our Editors' Choice for its performance and features. The 65-inch 65UH8500 we tested retails for $1,999.99 and offers a gorgeous picture accessible through a well-designed and feature-rich webOS 3.0 interface. Design LG continues to emphasize minimal bezels and slim profiles for its high-end televisions. While it isn't as thin as the OLED65G6P, the 65UH8500 is very sleek and stylish, with a bezel-free ...

Vizio's P-series of ultra high-definition ( UHD, or 4K ) TVs are among the first to use the company's SmartCast connected platform. SmartCast takes all of the menus and apps off of the  TV  screen and puts them onto an included Android tablet that doubles as a remote (or onto your own Android phone or tablet, which can function in the exact same way thanks to Google Cast). It's an interesting, powerful new approach to connected features. The series also shows very impressive contrast with high dynamic range ( HDR ) compatibility, but it falls a bit short on color reproduction when compared with LG's  UH8500  series. We tested the 50-inch P50-C1, which retails for $999.99. Design The P50 is attractive and slightly shiny, with half-inch brushed metallic bezels instead of the typical black plastic seen on most televisions. The bezels are completely flat, with the sides of the screen featuring a grid-like texture and the top edge sharing the same smooth brushed surfa...

PlayStation VR is close. In less than two month's time, Sony's first virtual reality headset will be in homes around the world. There are dozens of ways to feel about this – it's as fair to feel excited about the potential of cheap, accessible virtual reality as it is to feel scared about how a miss here could sour virtual reality for another decade. While PCs have enjoyed high-end, upscale virtual reality for a few months now, consoles have yet to see a compatible headset of their own, despite all three major manufacturers – Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft – talking about the future medium. This is all set to change in October with the release of Sony's PlayStation VR headset, which for the first time will allow gamers to get a full virtual reality experience with their  PS4  rather than a beefy gaming PC. I was initially skeptical that the console would be powerful enough to cope with a fully-featured VR headset, but after having experienced it for myself at GD...