The Samsung Gear 2 - Product Review

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Match the Samsung Gear 2 with your style and mood with more color options to show off your individuality! It also allows you to decorate your own customized screen. Choose and change styles and designs of your clock, wallpapers, and font.

The Samsung Gear 2 allows you to make and receive calls and read more on a large sAMOLED display making communication smooth and seamless. It enables you to receive instant notifications from your phone and apps plus a variety of 3rd party apps which you can view clearly on a sAMOLED screen.

With the built-in camera, Gear 2 equips you to easily capture

and record day to day moments as they happen with its FHD stillshot and 720p video recording. It provides personalized real-time information on the progress and results of your workout by deploying the device’s optical heart rate sensor. Personalized and adaptive next workout recommendation will help you to exercise according to your individual needs.

Gear 2’s Standalone Music Player connects with Bluetooth headsets to bring musical enjoyment to your fitness routines without the need to carry around a smartphone.

Samsung Gear 2 is resistant to dust and water which is IP67 certified so that you don’t have to feel limited by rough conditions or unpredictable weather.

Samsung Gear 2 acts as a remote control as the WatchON Remote with its IrLED sensor equips you with more control over your TV and Set-Top Boxes. It is compatible with a variety of Galaxy smartphones and tablets plus a wide range of 3rd party apps enabling more connection with your devices.

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Pros:

-- Camera: The Gear's 1.9-megapixel camera also shoots 720p HD video for up to 10 minutes.

-- Display: The Gear's screen may measure a scant 1.63 inches, but the 320 x 320-pixel resolution ALOMED display is gorgeous.

-- Speakerphone: Throw in support for Samsung's S Voice command system and you have a watch you can talk to all day long.

-- Find My Phone: If it's within range (about 30 feet), the Gear can be used to set off an alarm to find the misplaced phone.

Cons:

-- Smartphone Dependent: You need to be within 30 feet of your smartphone to get those. Worse, it will only work with the new Galaxy Note 3 smartphone at first. No Note 3, no Gear.

-- No Wi-Fi: 

-- Cumbersome Charger: The charger for the device snaps on like a protective shell. It protects the Gear while it is charging, but renders much of the device useless because it obstructs the Gear's only button.

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Motorola Droid Maxx Full Review

The Motorola Droid Maxx heads the trio of Verizon's most recent Droids, in a sense. It has the largest battery capacity of the three - the other two being the Droid Ultra and Droid Mini - so it gives it a huge edge over the Ultra and the Mini. If you're a Verizon customer considering the Droid Maxx, there's really only one reason you're doing so - the 3,500mAh battery.

Like the Droid RAZR Maxx before it, the Droid Maxx will take a lot of abuse before you can kill off its battery. Motorola promises up to 48 hours of battery life with mixed use, and it gets pretty close in real life. And like last year, we continue to wonder why Motorola makes two near-identical phones where battery and size is the only real differentiator. We can't imagine why anyone would refuse killer battery life to shave off just a few millimeters from a device's overall thickness.

The Droid Maxx measures 5.41 x 2.8 x 0.33 inches, and weighs 5.89 ounces. It's not as thin and light as some other smartphones out there, but considering the benefit of battery life, it's not a bad tradeoff. The 5-inch display has a 1280 x 720 resolution, which is only a slight disappointment. When compared to the HTC One or LG G2, it's clear that the Droid Maxx isn't nearly as sharp, but in day to day use it's not a terrible ordeal.

Inside, there is a Motorola X8 chipset, which has a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 1,700MHz processor and 2GB RAM, along with 32GB of onboard memory storage. It also has 4G LTE connectivity with Verizon's network, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and NFC. The camera is a 10MP "Clear Pixel" camera, like the one in the Moto X, but we'll get in depth with that later in our camera section. The Droid Maxx's key feature is its 3,500mAh battery, which should provide up to 48 hours of mixed usage (i.e. phone calls, messaging, music streaming, etc.).

When it comes to specs, there is nothing lacking about the Maxx. It's loaded with just about everything you'd expect from a high-end Android smartphone these days. But unlike other Android handsets, this one has juice for days.

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Pros:

• Dual core processor.
• Very fast processor (1500 MHz).
• Lots of RAM (1024 MB RAM).
• Very big display (4.7 inches).
• Extremely high pixel density screen, over 300ppi.

Cons:

• Expensive.
• Filled with Verizon bloatware.
• Difficult to access microSD card slot.
• Camera not as sharp or fast as competition.

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SPECS:

Smart phone OS: Android (4.4, 4.2.2)
Dimensions: 5.41 x 2.80 x 0.33 inches (137.5 x 71.2 x 8.5 mm)
Weight: 5.89 oz (167 g).  The average is 4.8 oz (137 g)
Body material: Kevlar

Display Physical size: 5.0 inches
Resolution: 720 x 1280 pixels
Pixel density: 294 ppi
Technology: AMOLED
Touchscreen: Multi-touch
Features: Light sensor, Proximity sensor

Camera: Popup10 megapixels
Flash: LED
        Features: Autofocus
        Camcorder: 1920x1080 (1080p HD) (60 fps)
        Front-facing camera: 2 megapixels

Hardwarebenchmark
System chip: Motorola X8
Processor: Dual core, 1700 MHz
Graphics processor: 400 MHz, quad-core
System memory: 2048 MB RAM
Built-in storage: 32 GB

Battery Capacity: 3500 mAh
Wireless charging: Built-in

Multimedia
Music player:
     Filter by: Album, Artist, Playlists
     Features: Album art cover, Background playback
     Speakers: Earpiece, Loudspeaker
YouTube player: Yes

Internet browsing
Built-in online services support: YouTube (upload), Picasa/Google+

Technology
CDMA: 800, 1900 MHz
GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
UMTS: 850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz
FDD LTE: 700 (band 13), 1700/2100 (band 4) MHz
Data: LTE, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, EV-DO Rev.A
nano-SIM: Yes
Positioning: GPS, A-GPS, S-GPS, Glonass, E911
Navigation: Turn-by-turn navigation

Connectivity
Bluetooth: 4.0, EDR
Wi-Fi: 802.11 a, b, g, n, n 5GHz, ac
Mobile hotspot: Yes
USB: USB 2.0
Connector: microUSB
     Features: Mass storage device, USB charging
Other: NFC, Miracast, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Other features
Notifications:Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Additional microphone/s: for Noise cancellation, Video recording
Sensors: Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer
Hearing aid compatibility: M4, T4
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording, TTY/TDD

LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt 2 Review

The World's Fastest Portable Storage. 

At $1,300 (€1,250 in Europe; pricing for the UK and Australia is not yet available, but it converts to £760/AU$1,380) for just 1TB of storage space, the LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt 2 is the most expensive external storage device you can find. But if performance is of the utmost importance, you'll be happy to pay it.

Sporting dual high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) on the inside, the new Little Big Disk is by far the fastest external drive to date. Additionally, its compact and rugged design means you can easily bring that performance with you.

If you need to do data-intensive work such as editing 4K video -- especially doing so in the field -- the LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt 2 will make your life a lot easier.

Watch this thorough video product review about the Thunderbolt 2. It got us excited for sure.

The new LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt 2 looks very similar to its predecessor, with its rugged and distinctive full-metal body design. On the front is LaCie's signature round blue button that works as a power indicator. On the back, there are two Thunderbolt ports and a power port. The drive supports Thunderbolt 2 but will also work with Thunderbolt. Both standards share the same cable and port.

Specs:

Drive type: Thunderbolt 2 external drive

Connector options: Thunderbolt

Available capacities: 1TB

Product dimensions: 5.5 x 1.6 x 3.3 inches (40 x 140 x 85 mm)

Weight: 1.4 lbs (620g)

OSes supported: Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later

Software included: Intego BackUp Manager Pro, LaCie Private Public

Warranty: 3-year

Pros: 

• ultra-fast
• compact
• supports RAID

Cons:

• requires separate power adapter to run
• very expensive unless you really need and want a super fast compact storage, then this is worth it.

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