Too. Many. Gadgets. Our lives are filled with em. They don’t operate on endless power, though. These things need to be charged and its easy to forget nowadays. Thanks to the Powerbag you won’t have to worry about losing juice on your iPhone right before needing to find a public restroom again.
Inside the bag is a removable rechargeable battery that’s connected to a dock with 30-pin Apple connector, micro-USB, mini-USB and regular old USB ports attached for charging up just about any gadget. This does add a modicum of weight to the bag, however. Worth it? We say yes.
The whole shebang will set you back around $140. It’s available now. Finally we can be lazy and forgetful in peace!
Posted in: Backpack, Bags, Mobile Phone Integration, Powerbag, iPhone Integration, iPod Integration
You gotta hand it to Plantronics, they really love pumping out headsets for smartphone users. Well, hold on to your iBritches as the company has prepped another cool unit for your collection. Introducing the Marque M155.
So what makes this one any different from previous models? For one it’s fast. Like super fast. There will be no delay with this unit. It’s also light, as a matter of fact it just may be the lightest Bluetooth headset of all time. It clocks in at just 7 grams. Somebody give this thing a turkey leg! The M155 also offers voice-guided pairing assistance, customized apps and the ability to answer or ignore calls with verbal commands.
The Marque M155 is available in black or white, just like the cookie. It is available for pre-order ..read more
Posted in: Bluetooth, Earwear, Mobile Phone Integration, Plantronics
Sleeping is awesome. Sleeping can also be difficult and ruin your health if you aren’t doing enough of it or if you just aren’t doing it right. But aside from getting an early stroke, how do you know? Sleep issues aren’t easy to diagnose. Now you may have help in the form of a rather ingenuitive smartphone peripheral.
Zeo are making their famous all-in-one sleep clinic available for smartphones. Dubbed Zeo Mobile, this gadget hooks up to your smartphone, and then to your brain, in order to give you up-to-the-second results on how you are sleeping. It does everything except make a Youtube movie of your dreams. Don’t worry, they are working on that.
All you do is wrap the patented headband around your head before you fall asleep, and then let the machine ..read more
Posted in: Armbands, Mobile Phone Integration, Vitals Monitoring, Zeo, iPhone Integration
Mirror mirror on the wall who is the farest of them all? Well, actually, it’s you in your skivvies. The New York Times, yes that New York Times, has been developing a cool/terrifying bathroom device called the Magic Mirror. It, well, tracks your bathroom activity and lets you act accordingly. Sigh, I’m not letting one of those in my bathroom.
If you are one of the brave few who is ok having your bathroom activity monitored and commented upon by an all-knowing artificial intelligence device then here is what is in store for you. The mirror uses a hacked Kinect system to create a display/HUD that you can access via your movements. You can read news, your email and all of that stuff. The interesting part, is the system analyzes your ..read more
Posted in: Accessories, Display, HUD, Mobile Phone Integration, New York Times
Wristwatches come and go, but how many are basically computers that you wear? That’s the case with the WIMM Wearable Platform series of Android-enabled devices. These handy dandy gadgets do just about anything you can think of.
WIMM Labs have created the product, which is comprised of a bunch of tech all stars. The Wearable Platform is made special via a series of included “Micro apps.” These teeny apps may be small in size but they are big on productivity. These include but are not limited to weather, email, and time(duh.) The display is a 1″ x 1″ (160 x 160) touchscreen, and the internal board includes wi-fi, bluetooth 2.1 EDR, GPS, an accelerometer, magnetometer, vibrator, speaker, and up to 32GB of microSD memory.
The device will be available later in the ..read more
Posted in: Mobile Phone Integration, WIMM, Watches, Wearable Tech
Not many dresses interact with mobile phones. This is about to change, thanks to Icelandic fashion designer Thorunn Arnadottir. The designer’s new line of dresses uses the magic of QR codes to turn each dress into a walking, talking information machine.
How does it work? Well, you may notice in the photo that beads are working together to create QR codes near the shoulders. All you need to do, then, is snap a photo of the code with your mobile phone. You’ll then be transmitted all manner of relevant information on the dress and the designer. Really cool, right?
The line of dresses have been appropriately named “QR U.” They are just for show for now but, who knows, perhaps they will show up at your local boutique really soon. You can ..read more
Posted in: Dress, Mobile Phone Integration
We all love our iPhones, but that touchscreen keyboard can be the pits. Korean company iPazzPort is on top of it, offering up a miniature wireless keyboard intended for use with the iPhone. The thing is so small, so cute, that it actually fits right in your pocket, pocketbook or bag of any sort.
Not only is it a functioning keyboard, it also doubles as a mouse, laser pointer, universal remote controller, and touch pad. That’s a lot of functionality. The item was debuted today at an exhibition in Hong Kong. No real word on the price or time of availability. Still, you have to admit, it’s pretty cool. This may cut the number of texting mistakes by a good 20 percent! Now you’ll actually mean the embarrassing things you say to people ..read more
Posted in: Accessories, Mobile Phone Integration, iPazzPort, iPhone Integration
You know us. We love mobile phone integration. Wearable phones. Clothing doodads. You name it. That’s our bread and butter. Cancer, however, is not our bread and butter. It gives us great relief then to announce that a new study has been published nixing the heretofore thought notion that mobile phone usage causes brain cancer.
A scientific journal, Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), has published an overview of similar studies that casts doubt on any links between cell phones and cancer. The journal has no affiliation with the cell phone industry, should you be foaming at the mouth just waiting to say “conspiracy.”
More on this as it develops, but for now, it seems we can keep gabbing.
Posted in: Mobile Phone Integration, News
So you are leaving the house and forgot to charge your phone. What to do? Not a lot, as it stands. However, thanks to a group of students at the Aalborg University this may soon be a thing of the past.
The crew invented something they call Powertex. The microfibers allow you to charge your device just by affixing the device to it. This means that chairs, walls and even clothing can one day be used to charge your many gadgets. It works using wireless induction. A wire coil generates a magnetic field that is picked up by the receiving end and transformed back into electrical current.
Of course, this is just a lowly concept design but it shows a lot of promise and soon, very soon, we may never miss an ..read more
Posted in: Concept Design, Mobile Phone Integration, iPhone Integration, iPod Integration
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We told you about Withings Blood Pressure Monitor for iOS devices back in January. Well, we said it would only be a matter of time before it was released. Guess what? That matter of time is now upon us. You can order yours today.
To the uninitiated, the device does what it says it does. It monitors your blood pressure. It features an external monitoring attachment that works in tandem with some on-board software. The whole thing works pretty effortlessly and for those of you with blood pressure issues, it truly is an inexpensive solution to an ongoing problem.
The accessory costs $129 for now.
Posted in: Mobile Phone Integration, Vitals Monitoring, Withings
