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Review: Teckin Smart Plugs. Budget smart home with Amazon Alexa & Google Home support.

4th May 2019 By Gidon 5 Comments

Today I’m looking at some inexpensive smart plugs from Amazon, that enable you to use voice commands via Amazon Alexa or Google Home to control whatever’s plugged into them. So if I have a lamp plugged in, I can say “Alexa, turn on the lamp”. You can plug pretty much whatever you like into them. As well as lamps, I’ve got heaters, dehumidifiers and fans plugged into … [Read more...]

Review: SanDisk iXpand Flash Drive. Increase your iPad and iPhone storage

26th April 2019 By Gidon 1 Comment

The SanDisk iXpand USB drive is a simple device that lets you transfer files easily between any iPhone or iPad with a Lightning connector and your computer. It has a standard USB connector on one end, and a Lightning connector on the other end that is sprung back on itself, resting in a lip on the body of the drive. It works with an app on iOS that lets you copy files … [Read more...]

Free unlimited storage for your iPad or iPhone, using your Mac or PC

12th April 2019 By Gidon Leave a Comment

Limited storage on iPads and iPhones has always made purchasing a device with enough capacity a difficult decision. Apple charges a lot of money to jump up to their larger capacities, as much as £1 or $1 per GB for example to increase the basic iPad’s rather paltry 32GB to 128GB.  And you don’t always know exactly how much capacity you will need. Apple still don’t let you … [Read more...]

The iPhone X review. The best iPhone yet, but is it worth £1000?

28th February 2018 By Gidon 4 Comments

https://youtu.be/YDlreZmGvCA I've had the latest iPhone from Apple for almost 3 months now, so plenty of time to determine whether its worth its £1000 or $1000 price tag, to me at least. The iPhone X has a new 5.8" HDR OLED screen, face recognition, is waterproof to IP67, has a wide angle and short telephoto lens both with image stabilisation, supports wireless charging and … [Read more...]

How to back up your iPhone photos and videos (with the new HEIF and HEVC file formats), and make more room on your device

9th January 2018 By Gidon 13 Comments

Google Photos "Free up space" feature

iPhone (and iPad) storage is expensive. For example, Apple charge £150 to jump from a 64GB iPhone 8, 8 Plus or X, to the next model up with 256GB of storage. Uploading your files to the Cloud, not only keeps them safe, but it also allows you free up space on your phone. It also has the added bonus of making them very easy to share. There are a number of services that will … [Read more...]

Anker Astro E1 6700mAh review. Is this the best value portable charger?

20th November 2017 By Gidon 2 Comments

https://youtu.be/0Yoh7C1CODk The Anker Astro E1 has a 6700mAh capacity, which is enough for at least one complete charge of any of the latest smartphones. It won't be enough to completely charge a tablet, but could typically provide a 50% charge at least. And unusually for a smaller portable charger, it offers a fast charging current of 2A, comparable to a wall … [Read more...]

Apple’s next generation phones iPhone X, 8 and 8 Plus – the future is even more choice

13th September 2017 By Gidon 2 Comments

New iPhone X

Apple released its next generation of iPhones last night, skipping a 7s model, announcing an iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, and introducing a new flagship iPhone X model to mark 10 years since the launch of the original iPhone. The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus are available from 22nd September and the iPhone X won't be available until 3rd November, with prices starting at £699 ($699) and £799 … [Read more...]

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Gidon’s obsession with technology began at an early age with a BBC B Micro computer. After working for 12 years at British Telecom travelling around the world as a technology researcher he opened a technology retail store in Tavistock in Devon, selling the latest tech and offering IT services to residential and business customers. Read More…

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