The channel 5 program 'The gadget show' had their live show in the Birmingham NEC a few weeks back. It was an interesting collection of all the series gadgets so far, plus some retailers such as GameStation and Ebuyer.

I was surprised by the diversity of gadgetry on show, although in several instances there wasn't an option to purchase some of them on site, which was a shame. It was reasonably techie but not overly so, so still enjoyable for all the family, and they had regular 'Tech-talks' from hosted speakers on various subjects.

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So generally a pretty entertaining event, with less of a commercial slant than I expected. It will certainly be interesting to see how this develops, as it was the first event they have done. It was nice to actually see some of these gadgets in real life though, rather than just through a TV.