Mobile Devices

Logitech Uses Smartphones, Tablets as Universal Remotes

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Logitech enters the smartphone/tablet as universal remote arena with the Logitech Harmony Link-- a wifi-enabed IR device and app combination working with both Android and iOS devices.

Logitech HarmonyOne connects the hockey puck-sized Harmony Link to the TV before installing the app on their devices-- without the need for attaching any dongles to smartphones or tablets.

Users can use iPads with the app as a full entertainment control system (complete with personalised program guides) while smartphones get universal remote functionality.

Receiving wifi signals and turning them into IR commands the Harmony Link controls up to x8 devices, using technology from the Harmony universal remote series.

Logitech also includes an IR mini-blaster accessory, allowing control of entertainment devices inside a closed cabinet.

Go Logitech Harmony Link

The Tablet's Place is the... Belkin Kitchen?

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Belkin announces a new set of tablet accessories for customers wishing to use their devices in the kitchen.

Belkin Kitchen MountThe Chef Stand + Stylus has a non-slip rubber base supporting devices in either landscape or vertical mode, and an iPad-compatible stylus (with a magnetic tip to awaken an iPad 2 from sleep mode).

As the name suggests, the Fridge Mount secures tablets (7-10" in size) to a refridgerator door or wall, using 3M Command Strips to secure the device in place.

Finally the Kitchen Cabinet Mount allows users to securely suspend tablets (7-10" in size) on any cabinet or shelf.

The entire Belkin kitchen mount stand is case-compatible, and appears to be ideal for your more culinary-oriented customers.

Go Belkin Kitchen Tablet Accessories

Stick to It, Says Clingo

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Accessory manufacturer Allsop Europe launches its new Clingo brand with the “Stick to it” slogan. A range of products designed to universally hold mobile phones and mobile devices, Clingo showed its “sticky” products, each available in multilingual European retail packaging, at IFA.

ClingoLook for nine different versions of Clingo solutions: car phone mount, tablet stand, mobile necklet, game wheel, universal podium, mobile tether, vent mount, mobile stand, and, our favourite, the parabolic sound sphere (Clingo holds your media device inside a parabolic-shaped for amplification).

Whether in the car, office, home or on the go, Clingo solutions work because Allsop discovered a new super-sticky material. This material lets the buyer stick, peel, repeat (without leaving any residue. It’s non-toxic, lead-free, and phthalates-free…which might explain why Clingo comes in green.

Clingo can be rinsed in water, wiped with a lint-free cloth, and it will still be sticky. Allsop says it has tested Clingo in extreme conditions, which is all well given the climate change weather that Europe has been experiencing lately. Frozen, heated, submerged for prolonged periods, Clingo stays as sticky as you’ll find it on the Clingo stand.

Go Clingo

Asus Tablet for Enterprise

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The Eee Slate B121 is the tablet aiming for SMBs-- at least according to Asus. 

Eee Slate B121It carries an Intel Core i5-470M processor and Windows 7 Professional, providing a familiar PC environment in slim tablet format. 

Security is also covered-- being Computrace LJack ready (subscription required) and a trusted platform module (TPM) storing cryptographic information (like encryption keys) on a separate chip. 

The LED-backlit multitouch display is 12.1" with 1280x800 resolution, while Asus also provides an included Bluetooth keyboard and an integrated Wacom Digitizer stylus. 

Connectivity options include x2 USB 2.0 ports, mini HDMI and card reader (SD/MMC with SDHC/SDXC). 

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The Boogie Board Now Saves

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Improv Electronics presents a new version of the Boogie Board eWriter at IFA 2011, adding one previously missing feature-- the Boogie Board Rip, with save capabilities. 

Boogie Board RipIf one remembers, the Boogie Board is a bare-bones writing pad with a pressure sensitive reflex LCD for users jot down notes on before erasing everything with a button press (just like chalk boards from pre-electronic days). 

The 9.5" Boogie Rip (Rip stands for "Record. Image. Preserve.) has an internal memory, on which it saves doodles and notes in .pdf format, before users export to their PCs via mini-USB port and included software. 

It still uses a reflex LCD display-- using power only to erase for erasing, with a battery Improv says lasts over a week per charge.

The Boogie Board Rip should start shipping from November 2011.

Go Boogie Board eWriters