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Gareth unboxes the Archos Activity Tracker and Connected Scales. These now budget fitness accessories cost £50 a piece and promise to enhance your fitness tracking.
The Activity tracker is a simple pedometer that connects, by bluetooth, to your smartphone, Apple or Android. An app collated the information and presents you with targets and results from your daily activities.
The Connect Scales are another simple addition. To keep you weight loss (or gain) in check the scales can differentiate between four different people can record results to the same app as the activity tracker. Trying to lose weight is not always easy. Many of us need a bit of help, and there is no reason to be ashamed of that, check Resurge weight loss supplement, it claims to help burn fat by improving sleep quality.
In the battle for thin, Samsung may well be the sinner with their Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5. This 10.5″ tablet boasts a gorgeous hi-res Super AMOLED display and 8 cpu cores but packs it all in to a form just 6.6mm thick.
In the video below you’ll see me fondling this little beauty. We take a look at the hardware before looking closer at the OS and UI.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 is available now from Currys.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 specification:
- 2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- 3G Network: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
- 4G Network: LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600
- Micro-SIM
- Dimensions: 247.3 x 177.3 x 6.6 mm (9.74 x 6.98 x 0.26 in)
- Weight: 467 g (1.03 lb)
- Display: Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, 2560 x 1600 pixels, 10.5 inches (~288 ppi pixel density)
- Stereo speakers
- 3.5mm jack
- Card slot: microSD, up to 128 GB
- Internal Storage: 16/32 GB
- 3 GB RAM
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
- Bluetooth: v4.0, A2DP, LE
- Infrared port
- microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2.1)
- Primary Camera: 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, dual camera, panorama, HDR, 1080p@30fps video
- Secondary Camera: 2.1 MP
- OS: Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
- Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
- Exynos 5420
- CPU: Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 (S800), Quad-core 1.9GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 (Exynos 5420)
- GPU: Adreno 330 (S800)
- GPS: A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
- Battery: Non-removable Li-Ion 7900 mAh battery
Gareth takes a look at the Ultimate Ears Boom Social Speaker. This pricey Bluetooth speaker pushes itself as the wireless speaker made to rage, riot, party and play the music you love, out loud. UE BOOM’s 360-degree design blasts bold, immersive sound into any space. Its versatile, go-anywhere shape is designed to be as spontaneous as you – it brings the music, you bring the friends. And with a water and stain resistant acoustic skin and 15-hour rechargeable battery, you’re ready for wherever the day or night takes you.
RRP: £169.00 and you can order one from here: UE BOOM.
A few weeks ago HTC held a small press conference and announced the new HTC Nexus 9.
The Nexus 9 is one of the first devices featuring the latest Android 5.0 Lillipop. This new OS version breathes new life in to Android and unusually for HTC, the Nexus 9 has no HTC Sense overlay so there is a nice clean feel to the UI.
It has been quite some time since HTC produced a tablet and we have high hopes for the Nexus 9. In the video below we start with a short unboxing and then go hands-on with the hardware and a look at the OS and UI.
The HTC Nexus 9 is available now from Currys. Our thanks to them for the for the review device!
HTC Nexus 9 specification:
- 2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- 3G Network: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
- 4G Network: LTE
- Dimensions: 228.2 x 153.7 x 7.9 mm (8.98 x 6.05 x 0.31 in)
- Weight: 425 g (Wi-Fi) / 436 g (3G/LTE) (14.99 oz)
- Display: IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, 1536 x 2048 pixels, 8.9 inches (~281 ppi pixel density)
- Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass 3
- Stereo loud speakers
- 3.5mm jack
- Internal memory: 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
- Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, apt-X
- NFC
- microUSB v2.0
- Primary camera: 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec.
- Secondary camera: 1.6 MP, 720p
- Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
- Chipset Nvidia Tegra K1
- CPU Dual-core 2.3 GHz Denver
- GPU Kepler DX1
- Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
- GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS
- Battery: Non-removable Li-Po 6700 mAh battery
Quite some time ago I decided to get myself a stylus for my iPad as I wanted to hand right notes. At the time I chose the Adonit Jot Flip.
Things have moved a long quite a bit and the folks at Adonit have just released their latest incarnation, the Adonit Jot Touch. Boasting features such as 2048 pressure levels and feature buttons that allow access to menus or other items the Jot Touch has a Pixelpoint™ fine point stylus.
Jot Touch with Pixelpoint™ works seamlessly with tons of your favorite digital creation apps. Connect it to a Jot-Ready App to take advantage of features like palm-rejection, pressure sensitivity and shortcut buttons.
Inateck have provided us with a 2 in 1 Micro USB Cable + Apple Lightning Adapter Cable 1.2m (4ft.) This is ideal for charging your iPhone 6/ 5/ 5s/ 5c /iPad 4/ iPad air/ iPad mini mini2/ iPad 4th gen, whilst also providing a cable for a MicroUSB based device. The cap on the top can also slip onto any other MicroUSB cable in the event his cable, like so many Apple charge cable, doses.
You can purchase from Amazon, here.
- Material: PVC and PC; Length: 1.2m / 4 feet. The extraordinary flat cable design prevents pesky cable tangle
- Charge your device with your computer or a USB Car/Wall Charger! Sync your device with your computer to transfer music, videos, files and backup your data
- High durability with transparent and robust protection heads at both plugs，robust durable for stable and reliable transfers. Both for data transfer and charging
- Plug and play; freely convert between micro B and adapter with lightning plug
- Compatible devices: smartphones and tablets with lightening or micro B connection, e.g. iPhone 6/5/5C/5S, iPad Mini/iPad Air, Android phones and tablets etc
Gareth unboxes Inateck’s 4 Port USB3.0 Hub With 1 Port Charging, the cheapest USB 3.0 hub on around. This hub is equipped with both a 5V 4A power supply and built-in surge protection, 4 Port USB 3.0 + 1 fast charging port (5V 2A) for SamSung tablets and smart phones etc.
SuperSpeed USB 3.0 supports transfer rates up to 5 Gbps – The actual transmission speed is limited by the setting of the device connected; Backward compatible with USB 2.0/1.1. Support 4 ports USB interfaces for Desktop/ Notebook/ Ultrabook/ SATA HDD Docking Sation/ Digital Camera; Compatible With Windows XP / Vista / 7/8 /MacOS X 10.8.4/ Linux. High Performance with VIA VL812 Chipset; Slim Size – Easy Carrying and Experience; Safe and reliable; Build in Overvoltage/Overcurrent/Leakage and Short-Circuit protection unit. Plug and play; Supports hot swapping. No install driver needed; LED indicators display the status of DC power supply and USB connections.
You can grab one from Amazon.co.uk here for only £19.99
Gareth has gotten his hands on, and unboxed Samsung Galaxy Note 4. This latest Phablet offering from Samsung is due to spark all manner of uncomparable iPhone 6+ vs Note 4 debates, battle and stand offs. Here Gareth, a Note veteran, unboxes the phone and takes a couple of days to adjust to the features and form some some early opinions of the feature set.
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 specification:
- Dimensions – 153.5 X 78.6 X 8.5 mm / 176g
- Display – 5.7” Quad HD Super AMOLED (2560 x1440)
- Processor – 2.7GHz Quad Core Process
- Memory – 3GB RAM + 32GB Internal memory
- Supports microSD up to 128GB
- Network – 2.5G (GSM/GPRS/EDGE) : 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
- 3G (HSPA＋ 42Mbps): 850/900/1900/2100 MHz
- 4G (LTE Cat.4 150/50Mbps) or 4G (LTE Cat.6 300/50Mbps)
- Camera – Front Camera 3.7MP + F1.9/ Selfie (90º), Wide selfie mode (120º)
- Rear Camera 16M+ Smart OIS/ Fast AF, Live HDR(Rich Tone)
- OSAndroid 4.4 (Kitkat)Connectivity – Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2X2 MIMO)Download Booster
- NFC
- Bluetooth® v 4.1 (BLE),ANT+ ,
- USB2.0, MHL 3.0
- IR LED (Remote Control)
- Battery3220mAh Fast Charging
- S Pen – 15g, Hovering 15mm, Pressure level 2,048
- Sensor – Gesture, Accelerometer, Geo-magnetic, Gyroscope, RGB ambient light, Proximity, Barometer, Hall Sensor, Finger Scanner, UV, HRM
Gareth takes a look at the RAVPower FileHub a Wireless SD Flash Card Reader, USB Storage Media Sharing, NAS File Server, power bank, Wi-Fi portable hotspot device. This new pocketable device is available from Amazon for £29.99 and manages to not only improve on the basic portable power source but add in some pretty neat hardware features to reduce the contents of your gadget bag. Check the video to see what it’s all about.
A FileHub is a revolutionary device that you can use to:
- Transfer files (photos, movies or videos) between your SD card/USB Portable Hard Disk Drive and your Kindle Fire, Android/iOS smartphones and tablets
- Transfer files between your iOS and android devices
- Move files (photos/Movies/Music) from your mobile device to SD card / USB HDD / Flash Disk
- A built-in 3000 mah power bank that you can use to charge your mobile devices.
Portable WLAN Hot Spot – Bypass your internet access to your existing Wi-Fi router,so you may access any data in the SD or HDD while surfing the internet simultaneously.(Allow 5 maximum connections at the same time for data sharing,or connecting to the internet service.
Specifications:
- CPU: Ralink RT 5350 MIPS24KEc 350 MHz
- WiFi Frequency : 2.4 GHZ Speed: 72Mbps at 20Mhz / 150 Mbps at 40MHZ
- External Battery Pack : 3000 mah 1.5A Max Input 1A Output
- SD Card Speed: Read: 3MB/S Write: 3.5MB/S
- USB Interface: Micro USB 2.0
Product Notes:
- Please download AirStor app or Solid Explorer first from iOS or Android app store.(You can also manage filehub by ES File Explorer (Android)/ File Browser (IOS) )
- You have to connect the filehub with your existing Wi-Fi router to have internet service.
- RP-WD01 only support hard drives with DOS/Windows format.
- Due to the limitation of Apple iOS system, you can not open the folder in your iPad, so you cannot copy it out to your external storage devices.
Gareth takes a look at a new low end, budget offering from Binatone. Taking a few queues from Apple and Samsung’s similarly sized devices the Binatone Homesurf is a £75 alternative that might suit someone not chasing that high end feel or experience.
Binatone HomeSurf 84 specification:
- Android KitKat 4.4.2
- 8” multi-capacitive touch screen
- Dual core 1.5GHz processor
- Latest Android 4.4.2 KitKat operating system
- 1GB RAM and 8GB flash memory
- Expandable Micro SD storage up to 32GB
- 0.3MP front camera
- 2.0MP rear camera
- High quality loudspeaker
- Integrated microphone
- Audio file supports MP3 player
- Video file supports MP4 player
- 4 dimensional gravity sensing
- Battery life 2800 mah
Gareth unboxes the Archos Activity Tracker and Connected Scales. These now budget fitness accessories cost £50 a piece and promise to enhance your fitness tracking.
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