Headphones: a deluge of news! - II

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Discrete, but not too ... The range of in-ear headphones Quarkie proposed will allow you to travel light while you are doing anyway (a bit) says. Designed by a team of British designers and Asian models are available in four sizes and sold online at a price of 89 euros.




Second youth for Purity

Nokia Purity Pro, released just a few days ago at the IFA 2012 in Berlin, is a model change Purity, collaboration between the Finnish manufacturer and specialist Monster. While the design does not change substantially, it is in terms of features to look for novelty at that time as it becomes wireless and equipped with an active noise reduction. It will most likely be available during the fourth quarter of 2012, in four colors (red, yellow, black or white) and sold around 300 euros.

Fun & Off-Road

Recently presented at IFA 2012, in-ear headphones Rugged Image S4i Klipsch the U.S. is advertised as virtually any terrain and particularly weather resistant with the addition of various rubber components. The unit is equipped with a remote control equipped XL 3 buttons and a unidirectional microphone for hands-free calls from a mobile phone. This model will be available prior to a few weeks at a price of approximately 100 euros.

Apple adapter that will make controversy

The rumors that Apple has decided to change its dock connector present on all mobile devices. With him, are all accessories for sale that are becoming obsolete. According to iLounge, Apple would be in his cartoons adapter.

Do not throw the cables and accessories for your iPhone and iPad, Apple has planned the coup. Little affable, the Cupertino company has locked in against this market. Alone and could design and sell the famous adapter.

Mow the competition; this is a good way to monetize a product excessively. The adapter cost $ 10 to the customer. Packs of three to 29 dollars would also be provided. According to sources iLounge, Apple might prefer to sell 10 million by the end of 2012 and would be able to collect 100 million dollars just with this adapter (excluding manufacturing costs and routing).

Remember that the next Apple mobile products should accommodate a 9-pin connector against 30 now. It would gain speed for data transfer and charging devices.

Apple will hold a conference well on September 12. iPhone 5 and / or iPad Mini should be in the game.

The keyboard-mouse Bamboo Ecoline Hama

 

Hama has expanded its Ecoline after the release of the famous cases for phones or "liquid wood". Environmentally friendly, the company continues to create products based on renewable products.

This time, it comes with a keyboard and mouse made ​​from bamboo. Hama uses bamboo as it is among the fastest renewable resources not to mention its resistance against certain materials like metals. This keyboard-mouse is equipped with all the functions in the ordinary keyboards and mice. The keyboard has the usual buttons. As for the mouse, it is equipped with a high-resolution optical sensor for precise cursor. Connection to a computer is made from a Integrated USB nano receiver.

The wireless keyboard bamboo costs € 69 while the price of the mouse amounted to € 29.99.

Headphones: a deluge of news! - I

Wireless Headphones

Available in France since mid-July, DenonAH NCW500-range Cruiser Globe probably delights music lovers and world travelers. The supra-aural headphones finish relatively simple and rather upscale (available in black or aluminum / brown) includes a set of functions and elements which, without being revolutionary, is very much in tune with the times. With 400 mm headphones, it incorporates an active system to reduce noise outside, amplifier, microphone, control buttons and a volume control wheel to drive a Smartphone which can be connected with wireless (Bluetooth 3.0). On the software side, the manufacturer also offers a free application for Smartphone Travel Denon IOS or Android. Comes with a battery of accessories, including a carrying pouch leather, priced at 500 euros.

A decoration at the head of customer

Colorware, the American specialist "customization-coloring" of multimedia equipment (mobile phones, computers, game consoles, iPod, Segway ...) also offers a dedicated service for headphones: Beats By Dr. Dre range, Bose QuietConfort 15 , Sol Republic Tracks, SkullCandy Mix Master, to name a few. Originally, it was possible for you to send your own equipment, after being "treated", you had returned to begin his new life under new colors. This option is no longer offered by the company (too many defective materials and counterfeiting ...) it is now possible after using the web application for colors that control one or more new parts, that 'you have to mount it yourself, or buy the new helmet. For example, it will cost about 430 euros for a Bose QuietConfort 15 plus service colorization.

Total customization

The other U.S. based company also offers customization of headphones. The offer, however OrigAudiodiffère substantially from that proposed by ColorWare insofar as it is an original helmet model (Designears) and allows customization based on a black and white helmet, of apply a photo, text, texture ... on the headphones and the headband. 55 euros.

Barrack Obama chooses Steve Jobs rather than Google

 

The race for the White House that engage Mitt Romney and Barack Obama in the United States seems to imply some personalities of the high-tech, and especially the late Steve Jobs, founder of Apple. His name was indeed mentioned by both candidates as a model of success in the U.S., especially by Obama, who would have preferred to mention his name rather than Google in a speech.

"We believe that a girl who has the opportunity to escape poverty, or who has the opportunity to go to college could build the next Google," is the phrase that Barack Obama had before, on his teleprompter during his campaign speech Thursday. However, the sentence he gave is slightly different: "We believe that a girl who has the opportunity to escape poverty, or who has the opportunity to go to college, can become the new Steve Jobs. "

This small change sentence may seem trivial, but it has been noticed. The successful example given by Steve Jobs would it be speaking, as candidates for the U.S. presidential election, that Larry Page and Sergei Brin with Google? It should be noted that Mitt Romney, Obama's opponent in this campaign has also used the name of the founder of Apple in a speech last week, again suggesting a model of success: "Steve Jobs was Apple does return, then he came back and he changed the world. "