Mobile Magazine » power strip http://www.mobilemag.com Gadgets, Smartphones, Android Tablets, iPhone, iPad and all the latest tech you'd expect. Thu, 23 May 2013 21:05:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 MetaWatch’s Strata: The World’s First iOS6-Compatible SmartWatch http://www.mobilemag.com/2012/08/05/metawatchs-strata-the-worlds-first-ios6-compatible-smartwatch/ http://www.mobilemag.com/2012/08/05/metawatchs-strata-the-worlds-first-ios6-compatible-smartwatch/#comments Sun, 05 Aug 2012 11:50:06 +0000 Andrew Grush http://www.mobilemag.com/?p=136184 The idea of the “smart watch” is nothing new, but the MetaWatch STRATA certainly seems to take the concept to whole new heights with its new iOS 6-compatible design.

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The idea of the “smart watch” is nothing new, but the MetaWatch STRATA certainly seems to take the concept to whole new heights with its new iOS 6-compatible design. This unique sports watch uses Bluetooth 4.0 technology and can connect with your iPhone or Android phone in order to push certain information to your wrist, making life all the more convenient. This smart watch not only can alert you about incoming calls, display text message, emails and social network updates but also has many on-screen widgets at their disposal for weather, appointments, stock prices, and of course the time. Unlike many similar watches, the MetaWatch STRATA can even keep existing widget information for viewing, even when the smartphone it is paired to is out of range. Once your device is back in range, it will update again and resume, but it’s nice to have an offline mode.

Probably the best thing about the STRATA is its open source embedded system that is open to changes and tweaks from developers and hackers alike. This means that the STRATA has even more potential down the road through tweaks and changes. The bad news? At least for the moment this product is a Kickstarter project and not a fully available product, but the company is in line to start its first shipments to Kickstarter backers in September, so you don’t have to wait that long. If the STRATA sounds right up your alley all it takes is a minimum pledge of just $159 to secure your copy with choice colors of blue/black, tangerine/black, green/black and camouflage/black styling. Want something even more unique? You can secure a customized special edition for just $299.

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Trying to keep your gadgets organized when you are on the road can be quite the challenge, especially since you have so many chargers to go along with so many gadgets. The super-handy Charge4All Charge Folio seems to address this very concern perfectly, fitting everything into a package no bigger than a paperback book. You know, those things that came before the Kindle.

The Charge4All Charge Folio looks like one of those CD wallets or perhaps the folio that you got with your car’s user manual and maintenance schedule. Inside, you get a power strip down the spine that can then be used to charge all sorts of doo-dahs.

There are five ports in all: iPhone/iPod, mini-USB, micro-USB, Samsung, and LG. I don’t know how much mileage you’ll get out of those last two unless you happen to have a Korean cell phone, but this is still quite the handy little solution. Slip it into your messenger bag and keep everything in one place.

The Charge4All Charge Folio retails for a touch under $50, so it’s not the most expensive cell phone charger on the block either.

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