Like Andy Murray and English sporting teams, tech can often be given immense pre-release hype before belly-flopping into ignominy.

Hot on the heels of our historic gadget flops, we bring you their modern day equivalents. All of this tech was hailed. All subsequently failed. But hey, at least they tried. It's the taking part, right?

Launch the gallery for our modern day gadget flops

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As the latest version of Android (1.6 or Donut) nestles in the palms of avid Android developers everywhere, with it comes the hope that the Google OS can be more desirable than it already is.

While Google isn't calling it a major change, there's certainly enough to make the OS far more compelling. So in the hope of making your Hero/Galaxy/Magic experience a much more fulfilling one, we run down 10 reasons why Android 1.6 is going to make your Android-powered smartphone the love of your tech life.

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In April T3.com brought you the planet's hottest tech under a £100. Now we've upped the budget a bit to gather together the best kit you can get your hands on for an extra £100.

Launch the gallery to see our Hot 100 gadgets for under £200 and bag yourself some of the planet's best gadgets without breaking the bank.

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We're not saying that no daft tech is created nowadays – just look at wrist exercisers and aromatherapy foot spas – but it does seem that the golden age of inventive yet mad gadgetry went west with the British empire and tennis players in long trousers.

Just look at these failed inventions of yore and weep for the passing of an era when anything, no matter how foolhardy, futile or life-endangering, was possible...

Featuring as black marks on the long and illustrious path to technological innovation, launch the gallery to see our historic gadget flops.

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As another glorious pay-day arrives, we serve up a list of goodies that will help to tempt that credit card out of your wallet. After all that hard work, what better way to treat yourself than with one these tech beauties? Go on, you know you want to.

This month we feature all the must-have Apple gadgets and the best places to get your mitts on them. From the sleek iMac to the portable powerhouse that is the iPhone, prepare to swell your gadget-infested abode with yet more drop-dead gorgeous tech.

Launch the gallery for our Salary Burner: Apple gadgets special

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