This Virtuoso Touch Stylus and Pen from Kensington is comfortable to hold and seems precise when used with a smart phone or tablet screen. One end is a good stylus and the other end, covered by a cap with a chrome clip, is a ballpoint pen that takes Parker refills. If you want to use the pen, remove the cap and slide it over the stylus at the other end.
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The Cipher Cycling Gloves come with a patch of conductive fabric on the thumb and index finger that makes it possible to use touch screen devices like the iPhone without removing your gloves. The gloves have padded and reinforced palms, as all cycling gloves do, to soften the vibration coming from the handlebars.
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The Amped Wireless RTA15 High Power 700mW Dual Band AC Wi-Fi Router is blazingly fast, easy to set up, and broadcasts a powerful Wi-Fi signal that enables you to stream HD programs smoothly and without interruption. There are many similar products on the market for a lower price. Some are equal to or faster than this one, but for ease of use, reliability and coverage, the RTA15 is a strong competitor and highly recommended.
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With this Bluetooth speaker adapter from Amped Wireless, you can wirelessly send music from your iPad, computer, smartphone, or other Bluetooth enabled device to any speaker in your house. Set up is simple and takes less than five minutes.
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The Staad Backpack is an attractive case for hauling around a 15-inch laptop, a tablet, and related gear. For people wanting to make an impression in the corporate environment, this may be just the ticket, as the company’s promoters imply. I tend to doubt that any backpack is going to make much of a splash among the tie and cufflinks crowd.
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The big selling point for these Skullcandy Fix In-Ear Earphones is their remarkable ability to comfortably remain fixed in your ears when you’re exercising. I tried them while on a treadmill and also on a bike ride, and neither sweat nor bumpy asphalt caused them to dislodge. Fix headphones really are comfortable. Nice!
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It’s always refreshing when an audio device works as advertised right out of the box. WaveJamr v5 Bluetooth Audio Receiver enables the user to wirelessly connect any Bluetooth enabled device to almost any speaker dock, docking alarm clock, plus home or car audio system.
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earHero Earphones are unusual lightweight ini-ear headphones made with hearing aid speakers. Developed by audiologists Matt and Mali Murphy, theyre a comfortable and safe alternative to noise canceling earphones, but only if youre listening to voice recordings such as podcasts and audio books. The tinny speakers make them inadequate for listening to music. Bass is almost undetectable.
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If you want a bulletproof camera bag, either of these exceptional products from Think Tank Photo will serve you well. There are major functional differences between the two, but the build quality for both is remarkable for the strength of the materials used and the thought that went into the designs.
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Published roughly two years apart, these companion books are the equivalent of a one semester crash course in Photoshop. Both books are lavishly illustrated on quality stock. Both provide step-by-step instructions for achieving a wide range of effects in Photoshop. The tutorials do not cover everything there is to know in Photoshop. The focus appears to be a mix of simple tasks, like moving images from the camera to the computer, to the more complex, such as using LAB channel adjustments to change colors.
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The Amped Wireless Rec 10 Wi-Fi range extender overcomes the problem of dead spots (and lost connections) within a 6,500 square foot area, or for a linear distance of 75 feet. Amped Wireless also sells more powerful Wi-Fi extenders that can cover up to 10,000 square feet, that are useful for small businesses or people living in modest sized castles.
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The Thule Perspektiv Messenger Bag is a tote suitable for your daily commute or a weekend overnighter. Persketiv becomes more than a mere tote or duffle when you unzip its cover and realize there’s a well-padded removable compartment inside that can accommodate a Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) camera with a 70-200mm lens and battery grip attached. In addition, there’s a separate padded compartment for a 15-inch MacBook Pro, as well as an abundance of small zippered compartments suitable for SD cards, extra batteries, filters, and other small objects.
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Strotter’s unusual Platforma Messenger Bag for iPad is basically a high quality carrying case that can be converted to a sort of desktop that dangles from your neck and enables you to use your tablet without holding it in your hands.
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The Genius Traveler 9010LS Laser Mouse is a comfortable wireless mouse (not Bluetooth) that feels good in the hand and provides some features that make it worth checking out. The mouse comes with a wireless receiver that you’ll plug into a USB port. The receiver didn’t work in the USB port on my Mac Pro but as soon as I plugged it into my USB hub the mouse promptly sprung to life. No setup required.
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The tesseract Mobile Device Station consists of two heavy duty aluminum cubes with slots that enable this combo product to be used to provide a stand for the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and iPad.
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The Airbac AirTech backpack looks like any other well-made daypack. It has well-padded shoulder straps, mesh compartments on the sides for water bottles, and plenty of space for a laptop, books and office supplies. But go beyond the obvious and you’ll see that the Airbac has some characteristics that set it apart from similar products and make it a little easier to carry heavy loads.
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Lowepro has been making camera packs for over 40 years, frequently modifying its designs based on recommendations from professional and amateur photographers. That experience comes through in the way each of these three packs is tailored to a different type of activity.
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The Brenthaven BX2 Backpack, a medium sized camera bag with padded shoulder straps and a chest strap, accompanied me on a trip to the California coast. I carried a DSLR with an 18-55mm lens on the camera body and two additional lenses, plus a 70-200mm telephoto and a 35mm, and had plenty of room to spare. In addition, a side zipper opened into a compartment for an iPad or 15″ laptop computer.
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This video workshop consists of four hours of instruction on selecting subjects for photography, shooting the pictures, and processing them with Adobe Photoshop. The tutorial is theoretically aimed at the beginner to intermediate level student, but you must take that with a grain of salt. If you’re not familiar with the use of Adobe Photoshop, you’ll quickly find yourself in the dark.
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The NE-600X earbuds provide good value for the price. Bass response is acceptable when listening to classical music, though not particularly noteworthy. On the other hand, I gave them to a 19-year-old who listened to hip-hop with them and thought the bass was terrific.
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