by Caitlyn - on September 30th, 2013
We all want things to be as easy as possible. Just browsing through this site, you’ll likely find a few things that were only made to make our lives easier for simple tasks (for a price of course). We have a few go-to items that we always keep around like our phones, e-readers, and laptops. While they make some aspect so our lives easier, the transition between them can be a bit difficult. Take playing a round of League of Legends for example.
When you’re playing, you can’t very well pause the game and talk on your phone, especially when you’re in a call with your teammates. This is the case for just about any other multiplayer game as well. Plantronics must have seen our woes, and decided to make a headset that would take care of this and many other issues. It is called RIG, which is a headset and mixer combination that will work with your Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Mac, and mobile devices.
This allows you to seamlessly move from one device to the other with a single touch. You can take a call or adjust your music volume to your liking in the middle of a game. It has an inline mic as well as a detachable boom for on-the-go jamming or stationary game time. This is great for those of us who like to have a lot of different devices handy, and don’t want to have to stop and make a shift to change between them. This will cost you around $130, and seems like it might be worth the expense.
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LG Electronics has announced a brand new speaker system which will boast a minimalist design while offering a huge audio boost to your home entertainment center, calling it the LG SoundPlate. Having revealed at CEDIA 2013, the LG SoundPlate, carrying the model number LAP340, is said to help usher in a new generation of home theater audio systems and it has been optimized for today’s flat-panel HDTVs.
When it comes to the world of tablets, most folks are torn between the iOS-powered models from Apple, namely the iPad and iPad mini, as well as the Android-powered tablets which seem to come in all sorts of screen sizes from a slew of manufacturers. However, the folks over at Amazon are not blind to the situation, and to see them make an announcement concerning the third generation of tablets from their Kindle shows that they have been doing something right all this while â€" and the new Kindle Fire HDX looks set to continue in the footsteps of its predecessor.
Despite what the economists have told you, not every part of the world is doing well, and despite that, some of us do want to own a tablet for us to while our time away. Well, Amazon has heeded that call, and just in case you are unable to purchase one of their recently announced higher end Kindle Fire HDX models with LTE connectivity, you might want to settle for something which is pretty proficient at what it does best without burning too large a hole in your pocket along the way. We are referring to the all new $139 Kindle Fire HD, where it will arrive in a slimmer as well as lighter form factor amongst other features.
Microsoft’s event yesterday certainly brought about a couple more players to the world of tablets â€" and they are the Microsoft Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2, not to mention keeping company those two new tablets were an expanded range of new Surface accessories for you to further spend your money. Just what can one expect from the new Microsoft Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2? Well, each of them will benefit from significant updates, where among them include improvements to processing power as well as battery life, in addition to display and a higher camera resolution, and of course, the Kickstand would now arrive with dual angles, making life a whole lot more comfortable as you use the Surface on your lap or at your desk. 
How many of you do take advantage of your smartphone’s camera as the primary digital camera instead of using the DSLR or Micro Four Thirds shooter that you purchased a while back? I suppose important functions would still see you whip out that full sized camera, but most of the time, the smartphone’s camera has advanced to a point where it is capable of taking “good enough†photos for everyday use. Oppo intends to change the way we snap photos using our smartphones, with the launch of their latest flagship device, the Oppo N1.
When the iPhone 5s was first announced, one of the things that blew away the audience was the fact that its 64-bit processor, working in tandem with some great coding, could deliver some high quality graphics in a game. Of course, a full touchscreen display is not going to be optimal when it comes to some of the more complex games out there, not to mention you would always have a finger (or two) appearing on the display, blocking out your view in select parts that might just dampen your portable gaming experience. What is needed would be a physical controller, and this is where the GameCase iOS game controller comes in handy.
When it comes to the world of speakers, there are just way too many different models to choose from. The thing is, if you are in for some wireless audio fun, you might want to check out a couple of offerings from iWALK â€" the new Sound Angle and Sound Angle Mini. Both of these will play nice with all Bluetooth equipped devices, where the speakers are more than capable of delivering heart pumping audio via a stylishly compact design. Needless to say, it will be a large step compared to conventional Bluetooth speaker designs; as the Sound Angle and Sound Angle Mini will take advantage of modish form factors alongside a bunch of joyful shades. The kind of design incorporated would seamlessly include both volume and track control buttons, in addition to a 3.5mm auxiliary input so that users who do not have Bluetooth-enabled devices are still able to use it to play music from such sources, such as older school MP3 players and DVD/CD players among others.
There is nothing quite like cuddling up to your other half, and the entire experience is made all the more cozy when it is raining or cold outside, while the both of you are under the sheets. The actors and actresses in the movies make it seem all too easy, they go to sleep looking sharp, and wake up without a strand of hair out of place, breath that is worthy of any perfume bottle, not to mention missing those panda eyes. Of course, even better is, they have slept throughout the night holding one another without ever being apart. With the Cuddle Mattress, you might not be able to achieve all of the above where looking great physically is concerned, but you can definitely try to see whether this mattress lives up to its name as the two of you snooze through the night.
Who would have thought that Adobe would churn out hardware apart from software that they are so famous for? Adobe originally shared their vision for the Creative Cloud at MAX, where they claimed that this would open up the door for innovation and ultimately, help empower a new generation of creative folk. Of course, in order to make that vision come to pass, Adobe has decided to dip their toes into the world of creative hardware, and in this particular milestone, Adobe has introduced the idea of two devices â€" the cloud pen known as Project Mighty as well as the digital ruler that they call Project Napoleon. In order to bring both devices to pass as part of our reality, Adobe has teamed up with Adonit, who happens to be an awesome band of manufacturers that also believe in the power of creative devices that are paired with apps and services. The Adobe Mighty and Napoleon are tipped to ship sometime in the first half of next year. 
BlackBerry has just announced their latest flagship device, where it will be known as the BlackBerry Z30. Touted to be the biggest, fastest and most advanced smartphone from the Canadian mobile device manufacturer, the all new BlackBerry Z30 is said to arrive with a 5†Super AMOLED display that should be large enough to ensure your productivity remains on the up. Not only that, BlackBerry claims that the BlackBerry Z30 will also boast of the largest battery to date on any smartphone that they have churned out. To sweeten the deal, the BlackBerry Z30 will arrive with BlackBerry 10 OS version 10.2, where it is said to feature hundreds of refinements in addition to a slew of new features to help enhance your user experience.
When it comes to the world of fashion, it is said that the old never really go out of style permanently. Sure, whatever is hip and happening at the moment might be shelved shortly for the next fad, but it will return eventually to make its mark once again sometime down the road, although as to when that will happen remains to be seen. I suppose the same can be said of design, as everyone loves a little bit of retro once in a while. Seiki Digital decided to take a modern day consumer electronics device and give it a touch of retro, resulting in the 22-inch Retro Design HDTV (which carries the model number SE22FR01).
Some of us like the feeling of running â€" it makes us feel extremely light, not to mention that running happens to be great exercise for one to burn all those additional calories that have accumulated around the waist. Having said that, Garmin, a name that is synonymous with GPS navigation devices, has just unveiled a couple of GPS running watches, and they are known as the Garmin Forerunner 620 and Forerunner 220. Both of them are said to be the lightest, thinnest, most advanced offerings for runners from Garmin, making it your very own non-living personal running coach.
The Sony Xperia Tablet Z is by no doubt a tablet that has picked up its fair share of bouquets and accolades ever since it was released, and it was even recognized as the Best Power Performer Android tablet by Good Housekeeping’s September 2013 issue. Fans of this tablet would most probably ask themselves, is there more to the Sony Xperia Tablet Z than meets the eye? The answer would be an affirmative “Yes!â€, as Sony Mobile has just lifted the veil on the Sony Xperia Tablet Z: Kitchen Edition.
We took a closer look at two second generation styli from Wacom yesterday, and here we are with yet another offering from the folks over at Wacom in the form of the Wacom Bamboo Pad. This is no ordinary tablet from Wacom, as it will feature support for navigation gestures in addition to its bread and butter, which happen to be drawing and handwriting capabilities. The moment you plug a Wacom Bamboo Pad into your Windows 8 or Windows 7-powered computer, the Bamboo Pad would be able to serve up an authentic and more natural navigation experience right on the spot. 
When it comes to digitizer tablets, the name Wacom would surely resonate with many of us, especially artists who have taken to the stylus like a duck to water, instead of relying on the traditional pencil and paper methods. Having said that, Wacom has a couple of new Bamboo styli for you to consider â€" the Bamboo Stylus solo and Bamboo Stylus duo. Both of these will arrive as second-generation and improved versions of the popular range of digital styli which was originally rolled out back in 2011. The Bamboo Stylus solo happens to come across as a stylus that will cater for touchscreen devices such as the iPad, where it sports a protective cap for the rubber nib this time around. As for the Bamboo Stylus duo, this is a two-in-one solution that comes with not only a stylus for touchscreen displays, but also caters for those unexpected moments when your John Hancock is required, hence a ballpoint pen function is also thrown into the mix for good measure. 
Where do you turn to when you want a highly affordable notebook that gets the job done as well as handles all of the basics in a cinch, such as checking your email, reading 9gag, and booking movie tickets? An Ultrabook might sound like overkill if you are on a tight budget, and since netbooks have more or less gone the way of the dodo, perhaps it is time to try something different. Have you ever considered picking up a Chromebook instead? HP has just announced their latest entry into the Chromebook market by introducing the HP Chromebook14 to the masses which offers powerful performance as well as a new connectivity option.
