It is amazing the sound quality that can be had from our smartphones and tablet computers; especially, when you can drive that sound to a your speakers or home theater system. One way to accomplish this, without the mess of wires and actually connecting the device to the speakers, is to use a wireless speaker adapter for bluetooth enabled audio devices (such as your iphone, android phone, ipad and android tablet).
Back in January I featured the Kindle Fire HD tablet as the tech product of the week. This week is sort of a repeat on the Kindle Fire HD and the reason is simply this: I noticed that Amazon has dropped the price $30 on the 8.9” Wi-Fi model and $100 on the 8.9” 4G LTE model (with data plans). I am sure this is to keep Amazon competitive and my guess is that they have something else coming at us on the horizon. If you want to get on board with a tablet, the Kindle HD Fire with the price drop is an excellent opportunity.
This week’s tech product is unique in that it is a product that everyone should have in their bug out bag. When I refer to the term “bug out”, I am talking about getting out of your immediate home based area due to an emergency condition, such as a weather emergency. When this occurs I would want to get my hands on theAdventurer Ambient Weather WR-11B (multi-purpose emergency device).
When I look at products such as this, I take a look at the customer reviews and the reviews on Adventure Ambient Weather WR-11B is very impressive [ see here ].
Power Specifications:
Dynamo Power: The hand crank generator charges the internal Lithium Ion battery
Solar Power: You can play this Radio with the direct Sun or charge the Lithium Ion battery
USB Power: With the included adapter, you can play or charge with USB power from a computer
Rechargeable Power: 3.7V/800 mAh Lithium Ion Battery Included (non-proprietary)
Maximum Power Consumption: 0.5W
Radio Bands:
AM: 525 KHz to 1710KHz
FM: 88MHz to 108 MHz
Digital 7-Channel Weather Band
Weather Alert Mode with audible and visual indication
Other Features:
USB Charging Cable
Mini, Micro, and USB charging tips included (Apple™ owners can use the USB cable that came with your IPod, IPhone, or IPad)
3-LED Flashlight
Flashlight Intensity: 15 lumens
Retractable Antenna
Audio Out for Personal Head Phones
Wrist lanyard
Dimensions: 5.5″ x 3.0″ x 2.0″
Weight: less than 0.5 lbs.
Benefits:
Ideal as an everyday radio, MP3/MP4 USB dock and an essential part of any preparedness kit. Always ready to provide vital information and illumination in any emergency.
Rubberized finish makes the ADVENTURER comfortable to grip.
Green energy – a sustainable product that’s built to last.
The WR-111 offers a real alternative to grid electricity or fossil fuels, so you can feel cleaner about your nature experience. Never worry about buying, carrying or disposing of batteries again.
The ADVENTURER self-charge mechanism converts over 70% of your kinetic energy into stored electricity.
Self-charge while playing anytime to top up the power – never miss the end of that song, the end of the game or that last item in the news report.
The integrated LED is a vital source of light in blackouts, or just when checking your alarm clock at your bedside in the morning.
I can tell you, from personal experience(s), that dust accumulations inside a computer, over a period of time, will cause a heat build-up that will ultimately affect the operation of the computer. You can literally fry the computer…
It is important that any electronics you own, you should regularly clean the device of dust and debris. In the spring and fall, I disconnect my computer, remove the case entry cover, and blow out the dust and debris. I also clean the printer and keyboard on this same maintenance schedule. I use a can of compressed air to perform this task; however, I am now looking at another powerful option called the Metro DataVac Electric Duster 500 which features a 500 watt motor, .75 HP, 120 volt, 4.5 amps, 70 CFM air flow.
The Metro DataVac over a period of time will outweigh the initial cost; versus buying cans of compressed air over that same period of time. I can also see using this blower for other things as well, such as blowing up my inflatable boat and blowing out the air filters in the mower, car, etc… : )…
How would you like a 1TB (terabyte) external drive that is economically priced; carries a 3 year warranty; is the thinnest on the market; can be easily carried in your pocket; can dissipate heat by design; is USB bus powered (no power adapter required);, and, when connected to a USB 3.0 port is 5 times faster than USB 2.0?
Oyen Digital is an innovative developer and manufacturer in the portable storage industry, specializing in professional A/V and RAID storage.
Customer Reviews: See what other people are saying about the U32 ShadownTM 1 TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive– [CLICK HERE]
Readers: To keep the blog interesting, I plan to feature a tech product of the week that will feature a direct link to the manufacturer for specifications and a link to Amazon to see the customer reviews (and how the product is being rated).
Ok, with Pocket TV there is good news and there is bad news. The good news is that Pocket TV is a small pocket-sized device that will turn your TV into a Smart TV by simply plugging the device into the HDMI port on your TV. The bad news is that Pocket TV will not be available until September or October of this year.
Pocket TV is unique in that it is a fully functioning (thumb-sized) micro-computer, with Wi-Fi, running Android OS 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). PocketTV uses the HDMI port on the TV as the display (up to 1080p resolution). In essence, what you are experience on your Android based smartphone, you will be able to experience on your large screen TV (such as downloading apps from Google Play Store, streaming videos, playing games, social networking, web browsing, etc…). Pocket TV also comes with a standard IR remote or an optional air remote. You can even use your Android Smartphone as a remote.
When the holidays roll around you can really find some decent deals on computer and technology products. One tech bargain that jumped out at me was at Amazon (TODAY ONLY) that can be a real benefit to everyone is the Seagate 500 GB Portable External Hard Drive.
I cannot overstress the importance of backing up your personal files (such as pictures, documents, videos, etc…). The cool part about this particular drive is that it is designed with portability in mind. No power adapter is required. Simply connect a single USB cable and you are ready to go. These types of drives are useful in backing up your data, then moving the drive to an offsite location. Another factor with this drive is that it is Bus-powered USB 3.0, backwards compatible with USB 2.0. So if you have USB 3.0 technology built into your PC, then file transfers will occur at lightning speed. Again, this deal is TODAY ONLY!
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