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Random Gadgets Review 2

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Post published:May 14, 2013
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Toshiba A300 PSAGCA-09Y01N

The A300 is a full-sized laptop with a high-gloss finish and a 15.4in WXGA display. My review sample ran Vista Home Premium on a Core2 Duo P8600 2.4GHz processor with a hefty 4G of RAM and a 400G hard drive.

Pros: With specifications like this, you’d certainly expect the A300 to perform well, and it didn’t disappoint, acing my performance tests both for basic office applications and more hardcore efforts like video rendering and gaming. As with many Toshiba laptops, the keyboard is very good, with excellent key travel characteristics.

Cons: It’s certainly powerful, but there are some drawbacks to that. First up, it’s physically huge – this is much more a desktop replacement machine than a portable machine. Also, having that much power also requires power, and the A300’s battery life was distinctly average.

Overall I give this a 3.5/5 – A good match for those who want power in attractive casing.

Apple iLife ‘09

Apple’s iLife ’09 suite updates the compan’ys ‘fun’ suite of applications, including iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb and iDVD. New features include facial and geo-tagging photos, star lessons in GarageBand and a reworked iMovie interface that’s easier to use.

Pros: The new facial recognition feature in iPhoto is surprisingly addictive. GarageBand is well suited now to experts (who will love the flexibility) and novices alike.

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Random Gadgets Review

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Post published:May 13, 2013
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Logitech Harmony 1100i Remote Control

The Harmony 1100i is Logitech’s premium universal remote control within its Harmony range. It features a large LCD touchscreen next to controls that should work on any device (volume, channels and directional choices).

Pros: Like the rest of the Harmony range, the 1100i’s emphasis is on ‘activities’, which you predefine via a very slick Web interface. However, this model takes this a little further than other Harmony remotes, as you can also define your own buttons and determine the screen placement for them.

Cons: Unlike wand-style remotes, the 1100i is strictly a two-sided affair, which can be fiddly. I found one HDMI switch in the setup that couldn’t be identified, which was disappointing. It also comes with an undeniably premium price tag, which puts it out of reach of many home theatre enthusiasts.

Overall I give this a 3/5 – A nice remote, but too costly.

Linksys Media Hub NMH305

The Media Hub is, in essence, a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device – a way to have a big, home-based external pool of storage for files, documents and multimedia that can then be shared out to any PC or compatible home AV equipment. Linksys’s promise is that, unlike many other NAS units, the Media Hub makes it easy.

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Now Play Pool on Your Smart Phone Using Apps for Android

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Post published:May 12, 2013
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The Gen Next seems to be always on the lookout for smart and sleek products. From their perspective, smart phones and tablets satisfy all their criteria. These gadgets weigh less so are much more portable than laptops, they are beautifully designed and always an eye candy and most importantly carrying them around is considered to be a prestige symbol.

Pool Break - Android Game — Pool Break – Android Game

Another striking point of the Gen next is that it also loves playing video games. To keeping in mind this particular set of customers, there are many gaming apps are introduced in the market every day. Of all the games, billiard games have always remained popular as they are considered to be games that require skill and logic to play it successfully.

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Genius in iPad

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Post published:May 9, 2013
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There are several features in the iTunes out of which Genius playlist is a very useful one. The Genius playlist is a collection of songs from the iPad’s library, which can be grouped together as per the taste of the user. The Genius playlist can be created directly and saved on the iPad by the user. The user can also create the Genius playlist in iTunes and can sync them to the iPad. The Genius mix is a selection of songs of the same kind of music, which is recreated from the library, when each time the user listen to the mix.

The Genius Mixes are synced automatically until the user choose manually which mixes to sync with iTunes. The user needs an Apple ID in order to use Genius, otherwise it is a free service.

If on the main screen you have tapped the Genius tab and at the same time no song is playing currently, a list of songs appears in an alphabetical order and now you need to select a particular song from the playlist, before the Genius playlist gets generated. (more…)