We had the honor of interviewing Paul Reed Smith of PRS Guitars during Experience PRS 2013 in Stevensville, MD. We talked about how he got started building guitars to technology!
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LIFX at CE Week 2013
Jun 28
LIFX started as a Kickstarter project that had a goal to raise $100,00, instead raised $1.3 million to star manufacturing their WiFi LED bulbs. They debuted their WiFi enabled, multi-color, energy effecient LED light bulb that you can control with your smartphone.
Checkout our interview with Phil Bosua as he explains about the LIFX LED light bulb:
Soundflow at CE Week 2013
Jun 28
Soundflow debuts the Soundboard which allows your smartphone to play audio with no wires or Bluetooth. Comes in three colors, Black, white and wood. Retails for $29.99.
Checkout our interview with Greg Urban of Voxx International as he explains about the Soundboard:
IK Multimedia is a music technology company which was founded in 1996 and they debuted some of their new products at CE Week 2013.
Checkout our interview with Starr Ackerman as she explains about some of their product lines:
by James Valle
We have come a long way with television technology from the first working CRT television in the 1920’s to the 4K Ultra HD televisions of today. The 4K Ultra HD is now the biggest trend in consumer televisions. Today at CE Week in New York City, Sharp introduced its new 70-inch 4K Ultra HD LED television, model LC-70UD1 which will be available for purchase in July for around $8,000.00. The design of the television is very attractive with a sleek looking bezel and base.
The features:
– Dual-core processor.
– Optical digital output.
– SD card reader.
– 2 USB 2.0 inputs.
– 4 HDMI 1.4 inputs.
– Smart Central hub.
– Control apps from iOS and Android devices.
– Six-driver audio speakers with Sharp’s DuoBass subwoofer systtem.
– and many more…
Looks like LG, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony and others has some competition.
Checkout our interview with Kerry Hodel as she explains about the new Sharp 70 inch 4K Ultra HD LED television:
By James Valle
LifeProof deduts their new line of waterproof cases at CE Week 2013.
The LifeProof Nuud and the Fre are now available for the iPhone 5, iPad and iPad mini. Later this year they will be avaiable for the Samsung Galaxy III and IV. The biggest difference between the Nuud and the Fre, is the Nuud has an open face, meaning it’s exposed. There is no screen cover so you will not get better sensitivity and no issues with double tapping. The case seals tightly around your screen so no water can get though. The Nuud comes in two colors, black and white and retails for $89.99. The Fre only comes in black and retails for $79.99.
Checkout our interview with Barbara Meyer as she explains about the new LifeProof Nuud and Fre cases.
We got several request on how to replace an LCD screen in a Dell Latitude E6400 laptop.
Here you go:
by James Valle
The reason they call the SONY Xperia TL the James Bond phone is because it was featured in the most recent action-packed film, Skyfall starring Daniel Craig. The phone is also loaded with exclusive James Bond content like the ring tone, videos, wallpapers and pictures.
This SONY Xperia TL smartphone, Model LT30at is running Google Android 4.0 with a 1.5 gigaHertz Dual Core Processor with 1 gig of RAM. The phone comes with 16 gigs of internal storage.
It has a back facing camera which is 13MP and records in 1080p HD. The front facing camera gives you 720p HD video. Viewing pictures and videos is displayed on a sharp 4.6” inch 720p HD Reality Display powered by Mobile BRAVIA Engine. This phone comes packaged with a lot of multimedia features and apps from the Album app, Movies app, WALKMAN app, FM Radio app, it is also PlayStation Certified, and much more.
For connectivity; It features NFC which gives you one-touch connection with other NFC smartphones. It also has Wi-Fi, a 3.5 mm audio jack, an aGPS, Bluetooth, it is DLNA Certified, and also MHL.
The phone weighs 5.2 ounces and measures 5.09” x 2.65” x .37”.
This is a nice and solid phone which has a slight arch on the back. It doesn’t feel cheap nor flimsy when holding it. On top you have a 3.5mm headphone input and noise cancellation mic. On the front you have the front facing camera, ear piece, light and proximity sensors, blue notification light and microphone down here. On the right side behind this flap, you have the microSD slot and the micro SIM slot. Here you have the power and lock button, volume rocker button – which also doubles as the digital zoom, and the camera button which are all closely located from each other making it a little confusing from determining which button you are pressing without looking. On the left side you have the Micro USB port which also works as a video out with an MHL adapter. And on the back you have the rear facing 13MP camera with a back-illuminated CMOS sensor, LED flash, NFC/SmartTag touch point and the speaker.
When viewing pictures or watching videos on this phone it is amazingly detailed and clear due to the Mobile BRAVIA Engine. The home button is incorporated in the interface instead of a physical button. The recent apps tray here on the bottom right hand corner is a nice feature that allows you to view recent pages or apps. There is also a mini apps icon that gives you a calculator, the time, post it notes and a voice recorder. Scrolling through pages is very responsive and fluid with no lag. The phone is fast and responsive due to the 1.5 GigaHertz dual core processor and the 1 Gig of RAM. When using the Walkman, it makes listening to music a pleasure with very low to no distortion even at high volumes. The 4G LTE makes surfing the internet fast and responsive. We ran a speed test and depending on where in the Metro DC area we were, we got anywhere from 5 – 10 MegaBytes per second. The camera takes quick and vibrant pictures. The colors, however, were a bit over-saturated. For taking 1080p videos it was nice and bright but the continuous focus took awhile to actually focus on an object. While making calls, the clarity was great with no dropped calls.
The 1850 milliamp-hours battery is pretty average, giving talk time about 6 -7 hours and about 15 hours when listening to music.
This phone is available through AT&T and is FREE with a new 2-year contract. Without a contract, the phone retails for $449.99.
The things we liked about the phone are the:
– 4.6” inch 720p HD Reality Display.
– 4G LTE making internet surfing fast and loading pages faster.
– Sleek and stylish look.
– Responsive and fluid with no lag while swiping through pages and gesture commands.
– 1080p video-recording.
– 13MP camera with back-illuminated CMOS sensor.
The things we didn’t like about the phone are the:
– Screen. It’s very reflective which makes it hard to view at certain angles.
– Can’t replace the battery.
– When recording videos it took awhile for the video to focus on an object.
For free, you can’t beat what this phone offers. It’s a great and fast smartphone for the average user or hard-core James Bond fan.
by Mark Valle
The Samsung Series 7 Gamer is an ultimate gaming laptop designed to offer the hardcore gamer a customized, versatile and powerful gaming machine.
The model of this gaming laptop is NP700G7C-S01US and it is powered by a third generation Intel® Core™ i7-3610QM Processor running at 2.3Ghz that can be turbo boosted up to 3.3Ghz in gaming mode. It comes with two 750GB hard drives totaling 1.5TB with 8GB of ExpressCache. It comes with 16GB of DDR3 RAM which is the maximum allowed in this laptop. Viewing content is displayed on an amazing full HD 1920×1080 SuperBright Plus display with a brightness of 400nit, powered by an NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 675M with 2GB of graphical memory. Sound is powered by Dolby Home Theater v4 surround sound speakers. It comes with a 101 backlit keyboard with u shaped keys. 2.0 megapixel web cam. On the right side you it has a Blu-Ray/Super Multi Dual Layer DVD drive and two USB 2.0 ports. On the left side it has the Kensington Lock Slot, the power port, the LAN port, VGA port, HDMI port, two USB 3.0 ports, the 7 in 1 multi card slot, mic in jack and the headphone out jack.
For connectivity you have a 802.11 a/b/g/n and the RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet. It also comes with Bluetooth version 4.0.
The laptop has a professional brushed black metal look. It has light enhancements when laptop is turned on at the touchpad, keyboard and the top control panel. On the top control panel, you have controls for the volume, mute, wi-fi, the backlit keyboard and the power. Here on the right side is the 4 mode dial switch which gives you different power plans. The first is the Eco mode which gives you the maximum battery life. The second is the library mode where mutes the speakers, brightens the display and the fans are turned off. The third is the balance mode which is the every day mode. All components are balanced to give you great everyday laptop experience. And the last is the gaming mode which turbo charges the CPU and the graphics card for optimization for the latest games.
On the back, you have two vents which blow out the hot air by two huge fans. Watching blu-ray movies on the Full HD SuperBright Plus display is very amazing with every detail you will notice. The sound from the 2 way Dolby Home Theater v4 surround sound system is loud, clear with no distortion and it is also customizable. Even though there is a sub-woofer built-in, the low end frequency is lacking.
While gaming, the battery is not sufficient for extreme games, you will notice a drop in frame rate. It is recommended to keep the ac adapter plugged in.
This is a great gaming laptop/desktop replacement. Not a laptop to carry around since it weights close to 9lbs. For a gaming laptop with all the great features, it is price at $1900.00 which is good deal.
