half of us spend £5,000 a year on gadgets

a brand new survey famous just what Britons spend a enormous chunk in their earnings on every 12 months - buying new devices and gizmos.

Over 60 in keeping with cent folks spend £five,000 on gadgets every yr, with almost a third (30 in keeping with cent) of these surveyed announcing that they have 15 gadgets in general.

of those puzzled, forty six in step with cent stated that excessive definition tv is the best new client technology invention, which goes together with the reality that Sky has already pre-sold 40,000 subscriptions to its Sky HD carrier.

humans's favored system remains, unsurprisingly, the mobile smartphone, with 26 in step with cent saying it become the fine system ever and greater than a third announcing they wouldn't be capable of stay with out theirs. The tv came in second region, with 27 in keeping with cent saying it became their maximum loved tool.

this fall's imminent gadgets are eagerly awaited, with Sony's playstation  three being the number one desire for the forty four according to cent that have been looking forward to its release subsequent month. Nintendo's Wii become the second most famous, with a quarter of the vote.

the fast battery life in transportable devices consisting of pocket book computers, MP3 players and mobiles became named as the most demanding thing approximately the present day generation devices.