"Gadget" Greg Gazin Demystifies Tech & Life in a useful, fun & practical way!
Headphones have become somewhat of a piece of apparel and sometimes it’s not only how they sound and what they do that’s important but also how they look. Wicked Audio has taken all of these things into account and created theSOLUS DJ Headphones. Solus is Latin for “be yourself” and wearing these will no doubt make a personal statement.
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Encrypting your data is certainly a good way to keep those prying eyes away from confidential, personal and sensitive information. So StarTech has come up with a creative way to easily keep your files, specifically those not located right on your computer safe and secure, especially while you’re on the road.
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Want to legally take calls in your vehicle, but don’t want to wear a Bluetooth earpiece while driving? Or perhaps while in the car, there’s a call for the family? In either case, you certainly need a gadget that can be placed within earshot that you can use hands-free. One solution is the new SuperTooth Crystal($69.99). It’s a wireless speakerphone that connects to your iPhone or Smartphone via Bluetooth 3.0.
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There are many new Bluetooth devices arriving up on the scene as the demand for hands-free in-car devices drives forward, but they’re not all designed to be in-ear or for use in your vehicle. One such device is the Braven 600. It’s a wireless portable Bluetooth speaker, plus a whole lot more, that’s designed to be used just about anywhere.
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There is quite an abundance of gadgets that allow you to use your iPhone hands-free in your car while driving, but most of them would require some sort of power, whether AC or battery, to operate. Griffin Technology has come up with the gadget for your iPhone (4/4S) that allows you to accomplish this task plus amplify the sound, without any electrical power or even cables.
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Propping up your camera or video recorder properly can often act as the ultimate test of patience. You seem to be forever at the mercy of the tripod itself and the surface it’s sitting on. You always need to make sure you’re centred and have adjusted each of the tripod’s legs until it’s just right. Sometimes the table wobbles or the tripod slips on the surface and you’re frustrated even before you’ve started shooting.
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iOS devices have decent little built-in microphones but of course, they have their limitations. So IK Multimedia decided to come up with the iRig Mic Cast, an ultra-compact microphone, that’s designed, with no pun intended, to take the recording capability on your iDevice to the next level.
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After all the buzz and announcements regarding Apple’s Mountain Lion, or OS X 10.8 the OS X’s 9th major release and the over 200 new features it would bring, I couldn’t wait to take it for a test drive. I quickly recalled the events of a year ago during the last major release, Mac OS X Lion. It was then l made the unfortunate choice of sitting and watching the screen anxiously as the new OS downloaded and proceeded to install. So this time, acknowledging the comprehensive update of Apple’s latest cat, which weighs in at a hefty 4.05GB, I decided I would do it a little differently.
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You find yourself stuck in a situation where you need to make an emergency phone call but sadly your phone is dead with no power source in sight. You say to yourself, “I wish I had a spare one”. XPAL Power Inc. has developed a product for that and it’s appropriately called SpareOne. It’s a low-cost, vanilla emergency mobile phone that’s designed to be there just when you need it. It can call 911 with or without a SIM card and can operate as a phone with one installed.
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Your iPhone rings and you quickly answer it. You want to be hands-free so you reach for your earbuds but once again you have to fiddle and fumble and untangle them before you can actually plug them in to get to your call.
It’s certainly a pain, no only for you, but also for your caller.
So Jays, a Swedish based company decided to create the a-JAYS Four, a set of earphones designed primarily for iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch) that put an end to that endless problem. The solution was elementary, but cleverly executed – they made the cable flat; it’s 5mm wide, quite flexible and won’t tangle.
Also available via AMAZON
