Gadgets :: January 25, 2017
By Gregg Ellman
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It’s really amazing how technology has changed what you can carry in the palm of your hand.
Kingston Digital has doubled the capacity for the world’s largest USB flash drive with the new DataTraveler Ultimate Generation Terabyte. The capacity of the flash drive is in 1 and 2TB, which can probably store every family photo you have from every generation, along with all your movies, music and documents on just a single flash drive.
The USB 3.1 flash drive has the capacity to store up to 70 hours of 4K video on the 2TB drive. It measures 2.8-by-1-by-0.8-inches and has superior quality design with a zinc-alloy metal casing, making it shock resistance.
To really show you how much storage 2 TB is, you can store 256,000 24-megapixel photos (uncompressed) or 531,344 MP3 music files.
Kingston says the DataTraveler Ultimate GT will ship both capacity flash drives in February. Pricing hasn’t been set, but expect the 1TB version to cost in the $400 to $500 range and the 2TB to cost between $900 and $1,000.
If you’re not a working professional, this flash drive is simply amazing to enable you to put your digital life in the your hand, back pocket or a safe for secure storage.
Lemon Technology’s California Roll is not only one of the best-named portable Bluetooth speakers I’ve come across, its also one of the most innovative.
Along with great sound and portability, it charges in two ways. You can connect it to a USB cable for AC power but the main attraction is the built-in solar panel on one side of the compact speaker.
So if the waterproof speaker is poolside or even in the pool since its is built with IPX7 grade technology, 7 hours of sunlight will power it for 20 hours of use.
The panel has 33 solar cells and can also be used to keep your smartphone or other USB gadgets running. Just plug in your USB cable to the port to connect to internal USB power bank, which will power the speaker and your device to charge simultaneously.
As for the sound, six internal speakers produce the powerful and clear sound at any volume.
Pair two together for bigger sound from different directions, and a microphone for handsfree calls in stereo sound is built-in.
You can also connect up to three Bluetooth devices at once to control the music. Once the speaker is powered off and then back on, it will attempt to reconnect to the last device it was paired to.
In addition to Bluetooth, the California Roll uses NFC for a faster wireless connection and a lower power energy consumption. An AUX port allows a direct wired connection, which will not be waterproof.
The speaker is available in black, blue, red, silver and white in two different versions with a metal or cloth grill.
www.lemon-california.com available for pre-order for $249. A 20-percent off coupon (5W20) is available for pre-orders, with a March 2017 delivery
The Dart is the first device to help eliminate the big, bulky chargers for many of today’s laptops.
The 65 W laptop charger is up to 4 times smaller than many chargers and also is lighter, which helps drop the load of the laptop bag you carry around.
For the most part it looks like a portable power bank, but works as a pass-through, allowing a single cable to connect to the Dart, which is plugged into an AC outlet.
While it’s not a portable USB battery, it does have a USB port allowing a device to be charged while connect to an AC port.
According to the website, DART is compatible with most PC laptops and is 100-240 supported to use worldwide.
A new model, DART-C will be available soon for USB Type C laptops is available for pre-orders
There’s not a lot to it, it’s that simple and portable.
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