How to Choose a Wireless Keyboard and Mouse

Keyboard and mouse are often preferred wireless at home and at offices. The basic reason behind it is the reduction in wires which will ultimately result in better safety for children in homes and even reduce unnecessary tensions in the office because of tangling wires. But it really takes a lot to choose the perfect wireless keyboard and mouse.

Here are some of the tips on how to choose the wireless keyboard and mouse.

Wireless Keyboard

• Whenever you plan to buy both the wireless keyboard and mouse, be prepared for the expensive cost because they are equipped with the Bluetooth Technology. So it will be better if you buy the wireless keyboard and mouse in bundle as they tend to be cheaper on your pocket. Lots of wireless keyboard are having the RF or infrared based transmission.
• While buying the wireless keyboard, ask to yourself first that what kind of keyboard you prefer. There are two types of keyboards such as ergonomic keyboard and regular keyboard.
• The ergonomic keyboard provides you the comfortable typing because the keys on this keyboard are split into two separate sections that are slightly angled towards each other. This feature allows your arms to maintain a natural position while typing, which in turn reduces the tension in your shoulders and arms.
• The regular keyboards are the general ones with multimedia and internet short cut keys.
• There are also wireless gaming keyboards and media center keyboards. Both groups have copious amounts of extra buttons for launching programs, adjusting the volume and more littering the sides of the keyboard. So if you are a gamer or media player junkie, check out what you need the most.

Wireless Mouse

• There are two kinds of wireless mouse; one is the wheel mouse which is a regular one and is suitable for most of the needs. Another is the wireless optical mouse an optical mouse window in order to determine its position. This kind of mouse also shows better performance on surfaces that are too rough for a wheel mouse.
• While choosing the right mouse check out the one which is of right size in your hands.
• Another thing to check is the contour of a mouse that how nicely it is gripped on our hands.
• Check out how many buttons you need on the mouse. It will be beneficial if you it has the scroll wheel also on it.

Wireless mouse needs two AA batteries for power.

• There is gaming mouse as well as regular mouse. So if you are a game freak then the game mouse having lots of programmable buttons and providing custom weight control sensitivity and loaded software packages with perfect accuracy.
• There are laser mouse also which are compatible with wide array of surfaces and are more accurate than optical. The gaming mouse are generally laser ones only.
• Advantages
• It is because of wireless keyboard the user has the additional freedom to make data entries without sitting in close proximity to the computer system. The installation and operation become simpler too and ensures uncluttered workplaces. Wireless keyboards usually use a USB keyboard protocol.
• With the help of wireless mouse, we can easily point and click the programs even if we are sitting far around one and a half meters away. They are helpful for playing games also and reduce tiredness and strain.

Thus we see how advantageous it is to have wireless keyboard and mouse.

Here comes the big Apple iPad Pro with pencil option to attract more users

Apple has got the answer for dropped iPad sales, simply increase its size!

Unveiling the larger version of tablet the Apple CEO revealed the device name as iPad Pro with a 12.9 inch screen that can be used with both hands and has the feature of running two applications simultaneously.  The reason behind the new design is to prove that it can be used other than surfing web and just watching videos.

The other new features introduced in this model are a smart keyboard and a stylus pencil to help the user interact with the tablet in a more specific way.  The CEO also told during the San Francisco event that in five years iPad has changed the way of creation, learning and working and claimed that iPad Pro is their best creation.

The staring price of iPad Pro is approximately $1000 with 32 GB of storage and this includes keyboard and pencil also.  This step is Apple’s effort to attract users in crashing tablet industry.  The iPad sales was a weak spot for the company for several years and has witnessed consecutive decline for six years.

According to analysts consumers are reluctant to buy new tablets as they opt for large screen iPhones and computers.  Another factor that has contributed to low iPad sales is that Apple has not tried much to increase the demand by offering jumps in tablet technology but now is taking new measures to turn around the things like IBM partnership to increase iPad sales and targeting the business users.  The new release might help in creating demand as tech industry is inclined towards devices which lie in between laptops and tablets and Apple can gain the advantage by offering a device like that.

The interesting part of these new moves is that they are from the trend of the industry, which has been happening for some years recently.  For example Microsoft announced keyboard for its tablet and later on added a stylus also.  But if we look at Apple Pencil it goes against the view of Steve Jobs the cofounder of the company as announcing the iPhone back in 2007 he clearly said that people don’t want to use stylus anymore as its annoying to carry and store, so we are not going to use the stylus.

Aside from the accessories, Apple also introduced some other technologies to attract the new iPad Pro like battery that could give 10 hours as well as four speakers covering both sides.  The battery enhancement is due to new technology called variable screen, which saves power when there are no images to display and the speed has been enhanced due to a new chip named A9X, which gives increased speed almost double to PCs in use currently.  The frame of iPad pro is little thicker than the current iPad and the whole device is approx 1.5 pounds more than the current iPad.

Latest lens of Lensbaby brings new feature to iPhone shooting

Initially Lensbaby introduced LM-10 which was all fun but little difficult to use.  Now the company has introduced a new creative kit with two lenses of special effects with a kickstand for $90 only.  The new system has the usual fun picture effects with a better design and bigger lenses which are simple to handle like the previous version but is with bulkier mount.  The mount is available for iPhone 5, 5s, 6 and 6 +.  For iPhone 5c and android phones mount of stainless steel is available.

The kit is quite easy to use.  A clamp holds the mount over camera lens and lens slide in.  The lens having magnetic circle gets attached to metallic plate of the mount with plastic sides keeping lens in center over camera lens.  Its pretty simple overall and mount can be left on phone as it is quite small.

The kit comes in with two new lenses of LM-20 and LM-30.  LM-20 has a larger focus area and LM-30 is little different from the usual as it gives the kaleidoscopic effect using exterior of lens.  It can be used for videos having extraordinary movement.  LM-20 does not give much effects when taking square Instagram photos but LM-30 works much better for such photos.

The new app is quite different from the earlier one with more feature and interface.  There are six icons on right of screen which include flip, white balance, exposure lock, sharpness, spot meter and gridlines.  Toggling between still mode and video is through upper right icon and shutter or record button is on middle right side.  Tapping the screen gives autofocus and option for color effect like vivid and monochrome is not available but can be used through camera app.  The new version is quite faster than the previous one.

Samsung’s smartwatch Gear S2 will be available in three different options and would have battery life of 2 to 3 days

Till it now it was known that Gear S2 has round watchface and rotating dial with Tizen operating system.  This operating system belongs to Samsung and is quite different from Android platform.  Now it has been revealed that Gear S2 is not a single watch but it will have three versions and each would have different designs and features.  Moreover, the firm claims that battery life would be extended going around two to three days and if its true then it would certainly gain edge over Apple Watch whose battery life is around one day.

Samsung was already ahead of Apple Watch for around eighteen months with its first smartwatch Galaxy Gear and also released its different models before December 2014.  There are two different styles in Gear S2, one is named Gear S2 and other is Gear S2 classic.  The classic model comes with black body and leather band.  The simple Gear S2 is little larger and heavier.  Both the watches are water and dust resistant and inside specs of both models are almost the same.  The watch is equipped with a processor of 1.0 GHz and has storage capacity of 4GB.  Both the models have different features like sensors, accelerometer, heart rate monitor, gyroscope, light sensor and also a barometer.  The watch will also have Bluetooth and wifi options.

The simple Gear S2 will be having two different options for color like silver body with white band or matching body with dark grey band.  The Classic version will be having black color with leather band.  According to rumors Samsung is going to gain market share once again with its new launch with bezel controlled interface.  So far there is no information regarding the price, device compatibility and availability for Gear S2.

Apple TV goes down at fourth place even behind the Fire TV from Amazon

A new TV from Apple maybe is in the pipeline and may help to regain the dropped sales figure.  According to last year sales data the sales of streaming media box got behind of its rival devices and for the very first time behind Amazon.  The once popular media box got the fourth position after it was superseded by others like Roku and search engine Google.

Apple Inc developed Apple TV, which is a media player just like a microconsole for entertainment purpose receiving digital data via different sources and streaming the data to a TV screen for playing.

The streaming boxes are in demand as people prefer to watch internet related entertainment via their TVs.  However, Apple box is still with a three years old model and has been sidelined by the company in its product line.  Most probably the company is going to launch the new version in near future as it unveils the new models of iPhone.

According to the statistics Amazon got the third place and its purchases rose to approximately 16 percent as compared to 13 percent allocation of Apple company.  Roku continued its supremacy in leading the sales figure by enjoying the 34 percent of the market share while Google was in the second position having 23 percent share for its little device named Chormecast which gets plugged into the backside of TV.

In a nutshell these four companies have the control of approximately 86 percent of streaming media boxes and it was also estimated that in 2019 sales of these streaming devices will be around 86 million globally.

Still on a whole the largest seller worldwide is Apple TV as it has sold 25 million devices in its lifetime while in comparison Roku with its leading sales has so far only sold 10 million devices and so far there are no statistics for Google or Amazon as the companies have not released stats for Fire TV or Chromecast.

Chevrolet introduces little air conditioner in its models to cool down heated smartphone

In summers when its too hot and phone starts heating up lying on the seat even though the AC is running at full throttle comforting the passenger but is no good for the phone then you must need to check out the phone cooling provision in latest Chevrolet models.  The car manufacturing company has introduced this new personal cooling system for the smartphone with an air vent with chilling cold air in a small tray lower down the dashboard that cools down your phone instantly and maintains the phone temperature at optimum level which helps in improving the battery life and performance of the device.  As it’s a common sight when the phone efficiency gets lowered when its cooking like pancake in the hot car.

This cool breeze emitter works with the ventilation and air conditioning system of the car.  According to Chevrolet this is the first technology of the industry though similar result could be attained by hanging the smartphone in front of the car’s ac vent but this new facility is quite a better solution.

The phone cooling system will be provided in 2016 models of Malibu, Impala, Cruze, Volt that also have the facility of wireless charging.  This is quite handy for phones users who depend on their phones for playing music and taking calls hands free while driving on roads.  This gives the double benefit of charging and cooling simultaneously.

Chevrolet’s charging system was built in collaboration with the wireless charging firm Powermat.  Currently very limited phones support this type of charging and most smarthphone owners require a back plate or a dongle to utilize it.  The active phone cooling system have been announced with the perfect timing in summers in US with cars getting boiling up and drivers our hesitant to hold the wheel.

Chevy experimented on its vehicles during quite extreme climates to check if the subsystems like cooling phone and charging are working under stress.  When the cars were tested for wireless charging, engineers noticed that in some cases phones stopped charging or switched off because the thermal protection function when the car temperature gets too high.  It is quite frustrating when one is crippled to use the phone due to overheat problem so engineers came up with the idea of phone cooling system to prevent the overheating of the phone.  The system works with AC and helps in lowering the phone temperature.

Sharing and Creating playlists for Apple Music

Apple Music gives different features and options.  Some can be found easily like Beats 1 Radio but some are hidden like creating a playlist and then sharing it.

Creating the playlist is quite simple procedure but you need to grasp its working.  After launching the Music app at the bottom some new buttons can be seen and then tap on My Music button.  Now on screen top tap the Playlist button.  Moving through recent songs and albums and other playlists you will find new button.  Tap on it and type in the name you want for your playlist.  You can add songs or even a picture.  Searching content give you two options either search through Apple Music or your own music.  You can even skip the photo option allowing the music to create playlist icon based on songs in playlist.

After adding song in the playlist, the button for sharing will appear.  The option is on position by default meaning the link can be sent to others to add your playlist in their own Apple Music.  If you want to keep playlist private then just slide the button to off position.  After you are done with the playlist, you just need to save it.  For sharing it just tap the share button.  In future if any changes are made in the playlist then it will get updated on all devices where it is saved which means if your friend has saved the playlist then changes will also appear in his/her device.

Currently your friends have no option for adding a song in the playlist you create.  Another limitation of significance is if a song is present in the list that is not from Apple Music then although it will be present in the shared list but it will be inactive until the user also owns the song.

So you can now easily share your organized songs which you have collected through a lot of effort with your friends and close ones.  At least you can help others for finding the right selection and they don’t need to go through all the tough work.  Now you have the option of giving your music list as a present or goodwill token to your loved ones.

Apple Watch versions more speedily available

US customers who order the watch via Apple website don’t need to wait for long for doorstep delivery.  Browsing through the online store it is quite clear that majority of the models are in stock which means they are available for immediate shipping and even if the order gets into the queue, the wait is for just one working day before its gets mailed.  It’s a huge improvement since the watch was launched initially as buyers were in waiting for many weeks and even for a month to get some specific models.  The credit goes to supply management of the Apple company.  The gap between the demand and supply was the reason behind the company limited its sales initially to online orders only.

Senior official of Apple during its launch stated that they are expecting strong demand and to meet it appropriately reaching the maximum customers they will be entertaining orders only online for the initial launch time.

Apple Watch is the first product from Apple in wearable device and comes in three editions: the Sport version which starts from $349, Apple Watch range starting from $549 and Apple Watch Edition from $10000.  On the whole Apple watch is in competition with different products like smartwatches, activity and fitness bands as well as expensive luxury watches.  The company has not provided any sales figure for the device so it is difficult to know supply and demand status in combination.

There are different analysis from different research firms regarding Apple Watch sales per unit.  Slice intelligence said that Apple sold 2.79 million units since April.  According to Strategy Analytics the company would sell 15.4 million units this year, which would give it 54.8 percent global market share for smartwatch.  Morgan Stanley predicts that Apple would sell around 30 million units during its first year.  Irrespective of the numbers it is quite evident that Apple is generating good profit and for example it is estimated that it only spends $83.70 to manufacture the Sport version which sells for $349.

The product brings benefit to the firm in multiple ways which goes beyond profits and sales.  Apple Watch is dependent on iPhone to perform all features.  The iPhone user is already in the Apple system who is purchasing Apple apps, music and other company related products with services.

As far as the order and delivery time is concerned it all depends on the version and price of the watch.  The Sport Edition which cost $349 is immediately available while customer needs to wait for one day to get $399 model.  The watch which cost $549 is readily available while for $599 variant waiting is required for one day.  The pricey Apple Watch Edition which cost $10000 having white band and rose gold case is available in three to five days while the same model having yellow gold case with black band requires five to seven days.  The edition costing $12000 need three to five business days.  The more pricey models have different shipping times but all between five to seven business days.

On a positive note the order through online store is now not the only option as company has started in-store buying through reservations and customers have the option for buying from different boutique stores in addition to retailers globally.