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Combo battery cases for the Apple iPhone are commonplace from no-name clones to well-known manufacturers whose brand is almost synonymous with the product. On the other hand, combined case, battery and Bluetooth headset packs with smart battery management are really quite rare. In fact, On3's PowerCliq is the only one I know of, so watch Don get a hands-on demo
If you've followed our CES 2015 coverage at all, you've probably heard about Flic, the Bluetooth-enabled programmable button. One Flic button can be configured to perform multiple tasks with a simple series of (up to) three clicks. Brian was the latest correspondent to stop by the Shortcut Labs booth and speak with a representative of Flic. Using the Flic app,
There's a fine line between keeping a close eye on your kids and being an "overprotective" parent. Kids want to go out and have fun, and parents want to make sure they're safe. What are families to do when those two well-meaning viewpoints collide? With Kiband, they don't have to. Nick got to talk with Jeff from Kiband at CES.
Bluetooth headphone are commonplace these days but usually there's a connector between the two earphones, either as a wire or a band. The FreeWavz wirefree earphones are different, using Bluetooth to transmit the music to both earphones, so there's no physical connection between the earphones. The earphones are smart too, as the blend between sound from the smartphone and the
Smart homes and the Internet of Things are very much in vogue at CES this year with vendors offering a wide range of products, some of which hardly deserve the name "smart" and others that are genuinely innovative. In the latter camp, there is Oort which tries to "make your world smarter". Don learns more from Radek Tadajewski, Wizard of
Flic is a bluetooth-enabled button. That's it. But it's a simple idea that has a thousand uses from taking pictures with a smartphone to autodialling or even working as a personal distress alarm. Nick and Todd go "ah-ha" with Pranav Kosuri, co-founder of Shortcut Labs. Flic is a coin-sized button that can be stuck or clipped onto nearly anything. When
Bluetooth headsets are great for taking phone calls on the go, but they have one fatal flaw: when they're not being used, they have nowhere to go. While keeping your Bluetooth in your ear constantly may have been cool a decade ago, nowadays we need somewhere safe yet accessible to store it when not in use. Todd spoke to David Hurwitz