Archive for the ‘Accessories’ Category
My laptop is great on the go, but once I get home I like to expand my workspace a bit. I don’t have a proper dock, but my desk has a full sized keyboard and mouse. When I’m feeling really fancy, I’ll even connect an external monitor.
What I don’t have? Fancy speakers.
But Palo Alto Audio is ready to spice up our laptop listening experience with a pair of USB powered speaker sets. Musik ($59.95) looks to be inspired by the Macbook and has a simple white and silver finish. Cubik ($199.95) is edgy and looks like it was inspired by a futuristic jet engine.
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The one bummer about gaming on an Android device?
You’re holding the screen displaying your game with the hands that are also trying to interact with the game. Putting your tablet in a stand won’t always work as then you’re doing an awkward pointer-finger-holding-my-arm-out dance with your device.
If only there were a small wireless joystick-like piece of gear which could help us alleviate some of this gaming burden… +Continue Reading
When it comes to rugged iPhone cases, no one seems to do it better than Ballistic. Way back in 2010, we told you about the Ballistic HC–a case that could stand up to just about anything you threw at it. A couple of months later, we told you about the Ballistic SG; a slightly less bulky case that offered excellent protection, with a slimmer profile. Well here we are in 2012, and it’s time you got to know a bit about the third member of the Ballistic iPhone case family: The Ballistic LS. While the HC and SG are still incredibly popular cases, Ballistic knows that many customers are looking for something even slimmer and a bit more fashionable, without having to sacrifice protection–and the LS hits the mark beautifully.
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What are you rocking? Four inch screen? Four and a half? Bigger? 3G data? 4G data? Dual-core processor?
If it’s cutting edge, you likely have problems making it through the day before your battery dies. There are a number of solutions in the field charging.
The Mophie Juice Pack Powerstation might just be one of the more stylish solutions for keeping my phone juiced… +Continue Reading
Bags are rad.
Recently we took a look at a great messenger style bag by Booq called the Python Courier.
It was a great solution for moving and protecting gear on a short shoot. While it was perfectly capable for a DSLR, small collection of lenses, and a tablet, there will be times when you just need to haul more kit.
Of course Booq has a solution for you. It’s called the Python Pack.
So let’s take a look. +Continue Reading
Bags are rad.
I pretty much live my life out of various backpacks, sleeves, shoulder bags, and laptop cases.
I book a job. I pick my gear. I go.
Selecting the right way to haul my gear is almost as important as selecting the gear to haul.
Booq’s Python line of camera bags is more than happy to help; and for a day gig, the Courier bag would probably be my weapon of choice… +Continue Reading
You know you’re growing up when you look at your review table (who am I kidding, it’s the kitchen table), and with all the tablets, media players, smartphones, and toys, the device you’re most excited to review is a piece of office equipment.
I’m not totally nerding out on you guys though, because this particular piece of office gear just so happens to mulch up your documents in a very satisfying way… +Continue Reading
For those unfamiliar with this feature, our My Daily Kit segment is pretty much what it sounds like: an opportunity for me to share the actual gear that I keep with me on a daily basis. After our testing period, there are just some pieces of gear that I can’t bear to let go of, and become an indispensable part of my daily tech arsenal–and Booq’s Folio for iPad 2 is one such piece of tech. Carrying my iPad with me wherever I go, keeping it well protected (yet still portable) is a major priority–and the Folio does both…and does it with style.
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Memory card readers aren’t that exciting right? You put in a memory card, and your computer, like, reads it. Woot.
However, in this era of ridiculously large memory cards and DSLRs that shoot HD video in 4GB chunks, moving large quantities of data from one device to another can be a time consuming activity.
Or should I say WAS a time consuming activity… +Continue Reading
I’m sure that by now you’ve probably heard how mobile devices, for better or for worse, are the preferred gaming console of consumers worldwide; it’s not so much that the “gaming experience” is better on your iPhone, iPad or Android handset–it’s just that we always have them with us, making casual gaming and impulse purchases that much more accessible. With the video game industry still in a state of flux, many publishers and developers are fighting this move to mobile gaming tooth and nail–while others, like Atari, are embracing this new trend. But Atari also knew that simply porting their existing library to modern devices might not be enough to capture the attention of today’s more savvy consumer; so they partnered with the folks at Discovery Bay Games to create a piece of retro hardware to give new life to older classics–and thus, the Atari Arcade Duo-Powered Joystick was born… +Continue Reading
All right – I’ll start this off by saying that you shouldn’t necessarily buy a battery case solely based on its internal battery. There are quite a lot of battery cases out there these days, each with its own design and feature set; so let’s take a look at what the PwrVault has that separates it from its competitors so we can see if it’s right for you… +Continue Reading
I recently had a chance to play with Rogers latest LTE device here in Canada – the Sierra Wireless AirCard 313U. This is not your average Rocket Stick. For one thing, design-wise it’s a bit larger than you may be accustomed to, sporting a larger, square form-factor protruding from your computer. While it may lose a few beauty points, it more than makes up for its less-than-ideal size when it comes to speed….
The Rogers LTE network is new in Canada. They originally launched in Ottawa and have since expanded to Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. So, expectations were not too high when the first place I tested it was within a concrete building a couple of kilometers from the downtown core. Like any Sierra Wireless product, the communication manager is on board making it a breeze to Install (I’m using a MacBook Pro, so Mac software was also just sitting there and waiting for me). After a quick install, reboot, and press of the “Connect” button, we were on 4G LTE and headed on over to the first place I could think of – Speedtest.net.
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