Category: New Gizmos
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Fire TV Cube = Logitech Harmony + Amazon Echo
Today, I received my Amazon Fire TV Cube right at my doorstep and was able to set it up in about half an hour, including the installation of all my apps — mostly to watch TV shows and movies all over the web. I would admit that it is fascinating yet cheap -got it at…
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A Tale of Two SSDs: OCZ-Toshiba and PNY Customer Supports Story
While we don’t want our computer hardware to fail at all, or even during its warranty period, it’s a fact of life that some of them do. In my case, I thought solid-state drives (SSDs) would be more reliable than conventional ones because the former has no mechanical or moving components. I was dead wrong.…
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Sony Dash Resurrected
Sometime in May of this year, my six years old (purchased in January 2011) Sony Dash Personal Internet Viewer (HID-C10) received a control panel update to inform me that service for the device would end in July. The last firmware update (from version 1.7.1461 to 1.7.1526) was done on April 08, 2016, after the device had issues “downloading…
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ALLFLAC and High-Definition Audio Players
If you’re a hard-core music enthusiast but still listen to your collections on your phone, then, you’re missing out a lot. And, if you’re an Apple fanboy still buying songs through the iTunes Store and listening to them through your iPhone or iPad, then, you’re simply paying a hefty premium for the brand. Songs bought…
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Why Wearable Gadgets Have a Short Life Span…. (Or, Why the Apple Watch is so Overpriced)
Never had the consumer been inundated with so many gadgets than today. They had become so compelling and so affordable that people change phones like they change their socks. Just look at your power strip and see how many device chargers you have plugged in there. Tablets, phones, cameras, range extenders, personal hotspots, GoPros, activity trackers,…