Samsung Tab 10.1 Vs Apple iPad II
Apple introduced its first iPad in April of 2010. Just like the iPhone before it, the Apple iPad was an instant sensation and Apple sold three million iPads in less than three months. In the consumer electronic field being first out of the gate with a new product doesn’t guarantee that you will be able to hold your lead when your competitors introduce competing products. The question becomes can Apple keep its lead as other companies introduce tablet products?
Kingston
Data TravelerLocker +
The Kingston Data Traveler Locker + physically looks like any other knife blade style thumb drive. See photo. The significant difference is that this drive is designed to encrypt everything that you load onto it using a hardware based AES-256 bit encryption.
IPods + Mikey=
High Quality Voice & Music digital Recorder
The Mikey is an Apple certified product that will work with the IPod Classic, IPod Touch, and even your IPod Nano (2nd Gen or above). It is definitely a microphone that visibly tells whoever sees what you are doing that you have the equipment for serious recording.
Rebit Save Me
Rebit AUTOMATICALLY saves EVERYTHING, for FAST INSTANT RECOVERY. If it is on your computer Rebit will find it, copy it, and place it at your disposal. If you need to restore a single file or perform a total restoration to a new or reformatted hard disk drive, Rebit does make it quick and painless.
Logitech Wireless Speaker Z515
The Logitech Wireless Speaker Z515 system makes it a snap to broadcast your music from your computer or
any device that supports Bluetooth. The actual radio signal is strong enough so the Z515 and your computer can be at different ends of your home. I tested the Z515 on a number of devices and found it extremely easy to create the wireless connection on everything that I threw at it.
Muzx Ultra
Earbuds
The Muzx Ultra earbuds have a built in remote control that can change volume, skip songs, start and stop your player, and skip back to the start of a song without you needing to touch your compatible Apple device. See photo. The microphone built into the remote control will allow you to use this set of earbuds for hands free conversations on your Apple compatible device.
VuPoint's
Magic Wand
If you twist and turn rather than move the scanner in a straight line, you can turn just about anything into a piece of art.
Magic Wand Scans Straight
Or can scans image into a work of art
3M MPro 150
The newest Pico Projector is still palm sized. The MPro 150 has built in speakers and the OS to run Microsoft Office files, movies, and photos from its internal 16 GB micro SD card. To find out what else it can do, you will just have to read the full story.
Bringrr
Don't Drive Off
Without It
Bringrr (MSRP $ 34.95) is a new product that will make it very difficult for you to drive off without your bluetooth enabled cell phone inside your car. See photo. Installation is as simple as plugging Bringrr into your car’s accessory port; the port that on some cars still includes a cigarette lighter.
Nuance’s Dragon Naturally Speaking 10
Product Review
I dictated this review into a microphone. My typist was Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 Professional. It had the job of setting my words into type using Microsoft Word on a Netbook computer.
Any correction that was made during the editing process was marked so you can see specifically how well Dragon handled my dictation.
Solid State Drives
Google’s new Chrome OS is about to show up in a slew of new netbook computers that will all have SSDs.
Flash memory, which is a form of Solid State Memory, is already the mass storage system of choice in cell phones, many iPod models, and most other small handheld electronic devices.
Is the SSD about to become the mass storage device of choice?
How is an SSD superior to an HDD?
How difficult is it to replace an HDD with an SSD in a Netbook Computer?
SSD vs HDD
the Battle Begins
ASUS CrossLink
A Simple Way to Synchronize Two Computers
The ASUS CrossLink isn’t much to look at. It is a USB 2GB thumb drive with its own synchronizing cable and built in software. You use it to connect two computers together so the data on each machine can be synchronized.
When CrossLink is connected both computers will then show you the same dialog box for you to choose which operation you want to perform. The instruction manual for CrossLink is a PDF file on the thumb drive.
Imation Pro WX
World's first Secure Wireless External Hard Drive
The Imation Pro WX is a wireless external hard drive that provides secure read/write communication to and from your computer without a wired connection. See photo 1. It is packaged with a pre-matched USB host adapter that you plug into one of the USB ports on your computer. The Pro WX establishes secure 1:1 wireless communication with your computer through this adapter.
Roku helps TV Join the Internet
Many new TV models now come with built-in modules that allow viewers to easily stream Internet content from their home broadband wired or wireless network.
A TV Internet link from Roku, Sezmi, Boxee, Neuros, Vudu, your game machine, or other portal device is not the same as purchasing the next generation Digital Video Recorder (Tivo).
This column explores TV's evolution to the internet.
Laser Guided Wearable Camcorder
Catch your extreme sports antics with this wearable camera. You can capture a full 135 degree panoramic of your action stunts.
You can shoot HD (1280x720) at 30fps or you can shoot SD (848x480) at 60fps. Your (mov) file is stored on a micro SD card.
The camera uses 2 lasers to align your shots and you can rotate the lens 180 degrees to match the camera's alignment with the location where it is mounted.
Video Enhancement
Software
If you watch CSI you often see crime scene investigators improve video quality.
MotionDSP designs this type of video enhancement software for police and government agencies.
They have created vReveal software for the consumer market. With this software you can enhance any video you shoot.
and much much more
Seeing is Believing
WikiReader
Are you smarter than a 5th grader?
The WikiReader is a small $99.00 handheld device. It contains the same three million Wikipedia Encyclopedia articles that children and adults read on the Internet to check facts and perform elementary research.
WikiReader
WikiReader_Review.pdf
Casio's
EX-S12
Casio recently released a new series of cameras that can create dynamic digital pictures. The EX-S12 has this best shot function that lets you lasso people, pets, or movable objects out of one scene and then insert them into a different photo.
This is only one of the amazing new features you will find on this camera. It gives you the power to create amazing photos that can defy gravity, logic, or even the space-time continuum.
3m's SCP716
Can literally turn your classroom's whiteboard into a fully functional Smartboard. 3M and Tablo
Hantech Tablo
It has a special wireless pen that allows you to treat your notebook screen as if it was a tablet PC. 3M and Tablo
Pisat K-Light Solar Lantern
Comes with its own 1.5 watt solar panel recharger. The lantern's light contains 16 white LED bulbs.
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The Magellan
RoadMate 1430
The Magellan RoadMate 1430 has a 4.3 inch color touch screen, street by street detailed maps of the United States and Canada, 6 million points of interest (POI's), a speech synthesizer that says the street names and highway names of impending turns, QuickSpell for entering addresses, an SD card slot, and a live traffic option feature that can help you avoid road delays. Magellan lists the live traffic coverage areas on its website at: Goto: Magellan /traffic
The Rebit Computer Backup System
Total Operating System, Software, & File Recovery
The Rebit backup drive automatically copies everything that is on your computer. To say this as succinctly as possible, if it is on your computer Rebit will find it, copy it, and place it at your disposal. If you need to restore a single file or perform a total restoration to a new or reformatted hard disk drive, Rebit makes it quick and painless.
Zoombak
A James Bond Style
Tracking Device
Zoombak is a GPS locator not a GPS navigator. So it could find your current location but not help you find your intended destination.
Another way of putting this is Zoombak is more James Bond than Map Quest.
Zoombak is designed to locate people, pets, or vehicles that have been tagged with the device. It is designed to tell the person who tagged you or your vehicle your current location.
Casio Exilim EX-FH20
Casio has developed a new high speed CMOS/LSI technology (complementary metal oxide semiconductor large-scale integration) which allows their just released Exilim EX-FH20 camera to process the data generated as you shoot 40 high resolution images in just one second.
Click the link to learn about these
amazing features
20x Optical Zoom, Pre-record, High Speed Night Scene,
High Speed Anti-Shake,
Multi-Motion Image,
Digital Panning
Black & Decker
Power Monitor
People are frustrated by their inability to control their energy use and the amount of money that this energy costs. The Black & Decker Power Monitor is designed to help people conserve electricity by helping them constantly monitor their electricity usage. This product can help you save money at home.
Black & Decker
SmartScan
The Decker SmartScan, auto diagnostic tool, can help you self diagnose your 1995 or newer vehicle. It will work on all 1995 or newer foreign or domestic vehicle's sold in the placecountry-regionUS because they are all equipped with the OBD 2 (on board diagnostic 2nd generation) system.
Slacker Radio
Slacker Radio, has actually invented a new type of portable radio player (Photo 1). After you properly set up your computer, Slacker Radio’s G2 can automatically download future free personal radio programming. The Slacker G2 player receives its free music from slacker.com
Picture This - Digital Frame
Revolution
Thanks to the camera-empowered cell phone and the pocket-sized digital camera people are constantly shooting photos. Now, if your goal is to view and share all of these photos without a computer, you should explore the advantages and disadvantages of a digital picture frame.
Clickfree Automatic
Backup
The products have all the active software necessary to automatically start and perform the backup without your assistance.
Casio Ex-Z150
The Casio EX-Z150 is
an 8.1 megapixel camera that
can produce monaural videos
and high quality photographs. It features a 28mm wide angle 4X optical zoom lens, a CCD shift anti-shake technology, a face detection feature, and a very bright 3.0 inch LCD screen.
DiscPainter
The Dymo DiscPainter is a small inkjet printer that directly prints your own full color CD or DVD label designs directly onto the surface of your spinning printable discs. It uses its one tricolor (RGB) ink cartridge to print from edge to hub in about one minute.
Crazy Talk 5 Pro
With CrazyTalk 5 Pro you can take old photographs or drawings and breathe life into a character’s face by turning the face into an animated face puppet.
You choose the face which can be human, animal, insect, cartoon, or even a whimsical talking vegetable or tree trunk.
Kingston's Mobilelite
Card Reader
The new Kingston Mobilelite card reader isn’t much larger than the average thumb drive.
But don’t let its small size fool you. It can read 9 different flash memory cards.
Wet Electronics
You probably already know that your average electronic device can basically drown in a miniscule amount of water. The enjoyment of all water sports or near water activities would be enhanced if your electronic devices could be made water safe.
Empowering Children
They want to provide laptop computers to the almost 2 billion children who live in parts of the world where poverty and the lack of an adequate structured educational system make it impossible for them to receive an adequate education.
XO Computer
One Laptop per child
PinnacleStudioPlus 11
This program is a very powerful software package that you can use to turn your old videos into digital productions and your new HDV camcorder movies into true 1080i high definition videos.
OLED TV
OLED screens have an organic semiconductor layer sandwiched between a transparent positive electrode layer and a nontransparent negative electrode layer. The flow of electrons between the two outer layers causes the individual organic cells in the organic layer to glow.
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Casio EX-V8 Camera
At this time the eBay Best Shot Mode, the YouTube Best Shot Mode, and the continuous still photo shutter mode are 3 features that only appear on some of the newest Casio EXILIM cameras.
Belkin Network USB Hub
The addition of the Belkin Network USB Hub could provide you with wireless connectivity to probably all of your support devices when you are within range of your current wireless network.
The Picoo Z Helicopter
The Picoo Z helicopter is tiny in size and extremely light in weight and it compensates for its size/weight limitations by being tons of fun to fly. And 3 controllers can independently control their own helicopters for simultaneous flying .
Laser TV
Novalux’s optoelectronic chipset uses a gallium arsenide laser combined with a lithium niobate crystal (LiNbO3) optic modulator to produce the critical wavelengths to output RGB (red, green, and blue) beams of light. Once you have red, green, and blue light you can create all the colors of the rainbow.
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Car MD
The Car MD diagnostic unit is an interactive tool that is designed to hel the average car owner determine the health of their motor vehicle. It can help you determine why your check engine light is on and whether the light is indicating a major or minor problem.
Virgin Mobile's
Switch Back Phone
Switch Back is a new Virgin Mobile digital phone. In its closed position it is a standard bar phone. Flip it open you find a larger screen and a full QWERTY keyboard for text messaging plus.
VHS to DVD 2.0
The recording medium used to make video recordings has a lifespan of five to seven years.
Your current precious moments are sentenced to death if you don't take the time to save them.
iTilt by Backetron ($19.95)
If you have an e-Reader, tablet computer, or other flat product with a viewing screen it is nice to have a stand that you can use when it is inconvenient to view and hold your device at the same time. It is simple to setup and use. The perfect device to use to support your iPad or other brand tablet while watching a movie on an airplane.
PowerSlice by Fuse ($89.95)
Do you have a tangle of recharger wires plugged into a wall or power strip? The
Fuse charging station can eliminate the tangle. This product contains a round power base ($49.99) that is designed to hold 4 charging slices ($9.99). You purchase the slices separately to match your electronics. How did the product perform when we tested it? Read the full review.
System Mechanic ($49.95)
This program will make certain that your hard drive doesn’t get too fragmented, system clutter is removed, registry errors are repaired, and the Central Processing Unit (CPU) isn’t tied up
performing unnecessary operations.
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Having most computer problems fixed automatically --- priceless.
iLuv ICK826
Professional
Workstation Portfolio ($130.00)
The iLuv Professional WorkStation Portfolio is a beautifully designed leatherette case with a micro suede interior. It is the perfect packaging for
its removable keyboard and your tablet.
Echo Smartpen
($99.95 - 2GB, $149.95 - 4GB, and $179.95 - 8GB)
The Echo Smartpen (photo 1) is a tape recorder and a computer that also writes just like an ordinary pen. This pen catches and links what people say to the notes that you jot down on special notebook paper. The pen lets you jump through the recording by touching points in your notes.
iTwin ($99.00)
An iTwin is “Two ends of a cable, no cable” see photo. This invisible cable can be any length you need. It will connect your computer to another computer regardless of how many miles separate their locations.
The iTwin is now cross compatible so you can access files between a Mac system and a Windows system with either computer serving as the home machine.
Playlater
2 Week free trial, $4.99 a month
PlayLater is a PC DVR that is married to an Internet browser. It lets you record shows from all the channels shown in the photo. You need an Internet connection to record your shows, but you don’t need a connection to watch them.
Kingston Wi-Drive
16GB $49.99 32GB $89.99
The Wi-Drive establishes a private Wi-Fi network. It is about the same size as an iPod Touch and it lets you supersize the storage capacity of your handheld devices. It can broadcast different content to up to three different-brand handheld units at the same time.
OllioClip iPhone Lens $69.99
The OlloClip is an auxiliary slip on lens system for the iPhone 4 and 4S. To use it your iPhone will have to be removed from its case. You just slip the OlloClip onto the corner of your iPhone so it covers your phone’s camera lens. See photo.
TP-Link TL-WR700N $29.95
The TP-Link WR700N is a pocket sized wireless router that can instantly convert that lonely network cable into a secure WPA/WPA2 encrypted wireless modem, that can serve all of your Wi-Fi enabled devices at the same time.
Yurbuds Headphones MSRP $59.99
Their shape is dramatically different from standard headphones because they have been designed to twist lock in place in your ears. You can see how they work online. (Click to Watch Yurbuds Video)
It does however take some time to get used to putting them into each ear. See photo 2. The way they lock in place in your ears does prevent them from falling out while you exercise.
LifeProof Case MSRP $79.99
The LifeProof case protects electronics by preventing water from getting into the device. The engineers and designers created a case that adds only 1/16" to each side of a phone.
They say that their case makes an iPhone water, dirt, snow, and shock proof.
D-Link Streams Surveillance Video to Your TV, iPhone, iPad, and/or Android Device
Products Reviewed: MovieNight (DSM-310) MSRP $48.00 & Day/Night Network Cameras DCS-932L & DCS-942L - MSRPs of $149.99 & $ 199.99
The mydlink™ streaming Surveillance System allows you to view streaming video from one or more D-Link networked cameras. You can view the video on your TV, iPod, iPad, or Android device.This video looks at the MovieNite (310) Player and 2 D-Link cameras (DCS-932L and DCS-942L) cameras. Both cameras have remote viewing, night vision.
Jam HMDX MSRP $39.99
Bluetooth Wireless Speaker
They named it Jam because it is the perfect sweet awesome sounding speaker for you to Jam to music with. They package it in a Jam food jar because it comes in 6 food colors grape, apricot, apple, blueberry, and strawberry.
My Charge Portable Rechargers
Power Bank 6000 MSRP $79.99
Peak 6000 MSRP $99.99
The Portable Power Bank 6000 and the Peak 6000 both allow you to charge three different devices at the same time. Both units have a molded Apple and a micro USB plug. What makes them different ...
iPhone 4/4s Mirror Case
(MSRP 49.95)
The RHP Multimedia Mirror Case allows you to take photos and videos while your phone is in a horizontal position. Since horizontal is not the normal iPhone position for shooting videos and photos it is unlikely that the people in front of your phone will know that they are being photographed.
D-Link SharePort Go DIR-506L (MSRP $89.99)
The D-link SharePort Go does so many different things that it can best be described as a digital Swiss Army knife. Instead of separate blades it has receptacles for the wires that will let you do different types of internet sharing and file streaming.
Testing included putting it through its paces streaming to an Apple iPad, Samsung Galaxy Smartphone, and a Samsung 10.1 Tab.
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The NewKube MP3 Player
(MSRP $33.00)
The NewKube MP3 player is so tiny that it reminds me of something out of a spy novel. I found that the sound that it delivers is as rich, crisp, and clear as the sound produced by my
iPod Classic.
If you use your own 32GB micro SD card you can probably play your entire music collection from this little device. All is not perfect so you should read the full review.
Simplicikey (MSRP $249.99)
A SimpliciKey deadlock can be opened with a key, built-in touch pad, wirelessly with its keyfob, or, by the end of this year, with your smartphone. However their KeyCloud and Apple and Android Apps won't be available until perhaps September 2013. Without KeyCloud you can accidently unlock your door from 20 feet away and not know it. We will cover KeyCloud when it goes live. Click below to read the full story on what's new in Keyless entry.
Geneva’s World Radio
(MSRP $300.00)
If the only time you listen to a radio is when you are in a car, you still might find this new Geneva product very interesting. It is actually a Bluetooth auxiliary sound system for your Smartphone or tablet that can also function as a radio. It is perfect as a radio in an emergency and a sound system for all other occasions.
The Mohu Leaf ® Indoor HD TV Antenna MSRP $39.99
Television was once free to watch. If you have ever contemplated returning to free TV there are many things you need to know. This review of the Mohu Leaf antenna covers it all.
iFi (I Found it)
Smart Electronic Key Fob
Apple IOS 5 and higher MSRP $ 34.95
Android 3.2 and higher MSRP $ 39.95
Does the statement “I’d lose my head if it wasn’t attached” sound like something you might say? If you answered yes, then the iFi Smart Tag might be a product you would like to own. It is a small Bluetooth electronic key fob that you link to your telephone through a free iFi app. If you misplace or forget your cellphone or the key fob item this smart tag system will help you retrieve them.
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