Bluetooth Capability Without Looking Like Captain Kirk

By Aditi | February 25, 2008 10:27 pm |
Categories:
Cell phones, Wireless

blualert_wristband_3 Tired of the inconvenience of a wireless Bluetooth headset, or looking like some sort of cyber-geek with that thing sticking out of your ear all day? Or perhaps you work in an environment where it is not possible to wear or hear a headset. The BluAlert Vibrating Bluetooth Wristband is intended for Bluetooth users who want a more discreet device or don’t want to worry about fiddling with an earpiece. The simple, sporty-looking band is intended to rest comfortably around the wrist and vibrate to alert the user of incoming calls. The wristband works at 2.4GHz. and takes about three hours to charge for 100 hours of standby time. To assure you will never miss an important call, once paired with your mobile phone, the band will pulsate if it is ever taken more than five meters away from it.

The BluAlert Vibrating Bluetooth Wristband goes for about $68.

XM or Sirius or Not!

By Aditi | January 22, 2008 3:22 am |
Categories:
News, Wireless

What is honestly the better of the two? XM or Sirius? I really couldn’t care less for either one to be honest however they both have their pluses.

My personal take on the whole business of satellite radio is that it is a waste of money. Why? I am much more of a local feel type person. Meaning that many people who are like me care for the local station much more than a nationally televised station.
XM
When watching TV, would you like to here about news in your city? Or somewhere you’ve never even heard of. If I want that kind of stuff, I’ll just watch Matt and Meredith, then finally see what’s in my neck of the woods half way through the whole thing.

XM has a lot of great sports channels as does Sirius. They are pretty much the same thing with a few differences here and there. Its like trying to compare the Zune and the iPod…you can make a whole list of differences if you care to read that many or just simply state that they do pretty much the same thing in different ways.

Finally: Why Satellite or Why Not? Here goes, Satellite works for the person that does not care about local stations and who is constantly traveling. This person will like one station and be on it for the whole time. It also fulfills the needs of a person that doesn’t like too much interruption. Up until about a year or so ago, I never heard a lot of commercials on the radio. That has changed a little…for the most part, not too many.

You will like satellite radio, IF…

1. You enjoy one station for a long trip

2. You like sports and hearing a wide array of the whole topic

3. You care more about national news than select audience local news

4. You want a channel that plays only a certain type of music…more and more radio stations are broadcasting and trying to make money by attempting to catch a lot of different listeners…This can be annoying!

5. You simply like telling people that you pay 20 bucks a month for your radio and they pay nothing.

Happy Listening!

~Jason

Apple Time Capsule

By Aditi | January 16, 2008 8:23 pm |
Categories:
Data storage, Wireless

Macworld 2008 will be definitely remembered as one of the most significant IT events of this year. It’s no need to specify all presented stuff, I want to tell you a little about Apple Time Capsule

Apple Time Capsule

This is a wireless hard drive from Apple that uses wireless network controller (supports 802.11a, b, g and n draft2.0 specification). This storage is really versatile – you can use it as file server for your media files, it has all necessary interfaces for working with other Apple’s wireless devices like iPhone, iPod touch, and Apple TV. But the main and most significant feature (it actually has brought the name for this gadget) is backup.

Apple Time Capsule can be mounted as wireless hard drive to any PC or Mac computer and will have special file backup & recovery software in package. It is already available for pre-ordering in Apple Store. The prices are $299.00 for 500 GB model and $499.00 for 1TB model.

Bluetooth Sports Helmet

By Aditi | December 19, 2007 7:59 pm |
Categories:
Media players & accessories, Wireless

Usually extreme sports addicts are also big fans of music. Look at any skater/roller on the street – they’re always carrying some mp3 players and wearing earphones. Modern youth music is totally connected with extreme sports – just watch any extreme show on TV, and you’ll hear it. But some sports require helmet, maybe you don’t like it but it can save your life. So here is a good device for everyone who like winter extreme sports and listening to music:

Bluetooth Sports Helmet

This winter sports helmet offered by Hammacher Schlemmer has built-in earphones and bluetooth receiver that receives signals from transmitter. That means that you can listen to music from your mp3 player while skiing or snowboarding, for example.

The helmet is made from modern materials that are common for such things, includes 16 airflow vents, removable ear pads, vent plugs, easy-to-adjust straps, and a goggle-securing lock, available in three sizes  – small (fits heads 20″-21″ around), medium (up to 23″) or large (up to 25″) and is sold for $299.95.

Chumby – the new fancy internet device

By Aditi | December 12, 2007 8:57 pm |
Categories:
Wireless

Have you already heard about Chumby? This is a compact Linux-based device with touchscreen that displays any information from internet. It’s not a usual WiFi internet console – it has AC power only and is not portable. Basically it’s primary usage is showing set of small user-customizable Adobe Flash animations that deliver real-time information. Technically it’s built of 350MHz ARM9 controller, has 64MB of SDRAM, 64MB of NAND flash ROM, a 320×240 3.5 inch TFT LCD touchscreen running at 12Hz, stereo 2W speakers, an audio output, an integrated microphone, two USB 2.0 ports, and integrated WiFi.

Chumby

Working with Chumby is very easy. All you need is to activate the device via internet, download all necessary widgets (every widget is made for viewing some website, blog, rss feed etc., it could be a gem, media viewer or anything else) and plug it in electric socket. Everything will be downloaded via wi-fi, and you can control the device with touchscreen and stock sensors – those four tactile “buttons” on edges. Yeah, you squeeze this soft insets and they’ll work like actual buttons.

My opinion is that Chumby could be a good replacement for usual kitchen or bedroom TV. It can replace such usual things as morning newspaper or night movie viewing. The main disadvantage that it’s still not a portable gadget, but anyway it is worth its price – $179.95 (free shipping).



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