Todd chats with Tracy from Kanex at CES Digital Experience about their new Multi-Sync Keyboard for Apple devices. Although touch is great way of interacting with tablets and smartphones, it really doesn't replace a keyboard when it comes to large amounts of text entry. In response, many manufacturers have come out with add-on keyboards that typically connect to the tablet
Todd and Don chat to Bradley Whitchurch from Seal Shield about their latest products aimed at both the healthcare market and technology users with active lifestyles. With expertise in waterproof and anti-microbial technologies, their core products are washable keyboards, mice and TV remote controls. In the video, Bradley demonstrates the Seal Shield's washable True Type keyboard by submersing it in
Ventev offers innovative combined battery packs and chargers for smartphones and tablets. Scott Franklin, Director, chats with Todd and Don about Ventev's latest mobile accessories at CES. External battery backs for smart phones and tablet are very common these days, but the benefit of Ventev's unit is that the charger is integrated into the pack itself; there's no need for additional
There are times when only hard copy will do but anyone who has tried to print from a tablet will know that it's not always easy. The main ecosystems from Apple and Google have their own printer strategies with AirPrint and Cloud Print respectively but support is spotty at best. Several printer manufacturers have gone so far as to create their
Last week, I had a first look at the Hue "Personal Wireless Lighting" kit from Philips. As I mentioned in the review, Philips has opened up the lighting system to developers via an API and this week, I'll take a look at some of the apps available, both from 3rd party developers. As you'd expect, they run the gamut from
Kevin Ashton coined the phrase "The Internet of Things" back in 1999, but a decade later most of the on-line gadgets in my house are still recognisable as being technology. My fridge is still a fridge, my front door still needs a key and my house doesn't talk to me. That was the situation until a couple of weeks when
Incredibly, it's been 21 years since the first commercial SMS text message was sent, and appropriately the message was, "Merry Christmas". It was sent from Neil Papworth to Richard Jarvis on 3 December 1992 but it was a little one sided as Richard's phone didn't have a keyboard to reply on. I know how Neil must have felt as I never