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...chandeliers, and normal overhead lighting—in various configurations and heights. This system, designed by D. M. Wood, immediately sets the place, from a grand ballroom to a garden to a monk’s cell. Apart from the retractable lights, intense strobes frequently frame the walkways or backlight characters, to great visual effect. In contrast to the other technical aspects, the sound design by David Remedios tends to detract from the play. From sudden bursts of industrial music between scenes that are just as suddenly cut off when the lights go back up to unnecessary...
...useful platform for software such as CoPilot. Though the system occasionally strains when it's given too much to do, it manages to pull through without freezing up. The battery life is pretty good, too: During a two-hour round trip with the screen backlight on and the speaker barking navigational instructions, the SDA didn't even lose a bar of battery power...
...edition suffered from a junky interior; the new version feels classier, with such options as an aluminum-ribbed dashboard, chrome-ringed air vents and red-and-charcoal leather seats. One funky touch: you can backlight the instrument cluster in one of more than 125 colors...
Medallion I is the first Imagewear product, and it will be followed later in the summer by Medallion II (each $299 at nokiausa.com) The rugged devices are made of steel and matte rubber, with backlighted screens 96 pixels square and storage for up to eight pictures. The necklace sends image files via infrared. (We tested it successfully with a Nokia 3660 phone and a PalmOne Zire 31, but most infrared-equipped phones and handhelds should work.) To receive a picture, you press the button above the tiny frame. Since it's square, your shots are automatically cropped, which...
...regular play (or 18 hours nonstop), so the rechargeable batteries, which last about 10 hours, could mean big cost savings. But the SP's smaller size, not much bigger than a deck of cards, makes the SP easier to hide in pockets or under pillows. With the new backlight--long overdue--kids will surely spend even more quality time lost in virtual combat. Vigilant parents may need to do a few spot checks to make sure Junior isn't sneaking SP under the covers after bedtime. --By Anita Hamilton