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Tech Review – Creative Chat USB-C headset.

Many of us now are working from home and it looks like it will be the new norm but working in the office is als not entirely ruled out either post pandemic but having said all that you need the tools that can be used in both and this new headset from creative is one to look at which is affordable and lightweight too, being wired though may put some off but there is still a large cohort of people out there that do like wired headsets and for me either is fine.

This headset has USB-C which is the new norm and can also be used with your mobile phone which is handy and can be used in a personal capacity to take calls do zoom calls and listen to music too so you are not confined to your PC either so in effect you could save money here to with one headset and remember it is lightweight too.

Build

The build quality is decent enough too and being lightweight makes it even better especially for long term use the cups are soft too a nicely settle on the ears which make for a comfortable experience overall.

Controls

This is a simple plug and play unit but it does have an inline control panel built in you also get some software to play around with that can enhance the experience and we show you this in the video review below with a standard set up and one connected with the software running, the controls are simple to use and nothing is complicated here at all.

Smarts

The headset comes with a built-in noise-cancelling boom mic and swivel-to-mute function along with SmartComms Kit’s auto-mute and two-way noise cancellation features that make online calls a breeze for users. From webinar presentations to conference calls, the Creative Chat USB offers quality audio and effective noise-cancelling capabilities that works to prioritize voice pickup over unwanted background noises

Audio

Built with a pair of 40 mm Neodymium drivers, the Creative Chat USB has been intricately designed to deliver excellent audio performance that precedes its price by offering a much bigger audio bang for the buck. So, be it for work calls or entertainment, users can expect nothing but high-quality and crystal-clear audio playback all day.

Multiplatform

The Creative Chat USB also works with gaming consoles such as PS5, PS4, and Nintendo Switch so again you are not tied down to one product to use this headset on so it is a win if you have all the above including a phone or tablet.

Conclusion

Overall this is a great affordable headset that is not restricted with it use case scenario and gives decent audio too and being light it is comfortable and even though it is wired it still offers more options than others out there with connectivity

BUY – creative.com/chatusb.

Creative sent us this to review and no compensation paid nor any input given and are seeing this review the same time as you.

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This HP backpack is all you need to save your gadgets life. #HP #Powerbank

If something has changed since the inclusion of smartphones in our life, is how important wall outlets have become.

Therefore, the need for power banks is common but sometimes its just harder to find them in local stores. Thinking about it, HP came out the idea of turning the battery into a full backpack.

HP Powerup Backpack

 

The idea comes in handy when you paired with a generous capacity. Included is a 22400 mAh power bank that can charge smartphones, tablets and even laptops.

As far as they don’t use USB Type-C, everything should be fine. But the novelties don’t stop there, there’s also a “heat sensor” that will automatically adjust the temperature.

The Power up comes with a wide variety of charging cables but Type-C or any proprietary charging method, albeit with an adapter you should be ready to go. The Laptop charger works for most HP laptops (as you could expect) but also works for those that use 4.5mm or 7.4mm barrel connectors.

The Power bank comes with USB 2.0 and USB 2.4 and 19V outputs to have you covered.

The material seems to be very durable and is said to withstand some rain, but in case the sky in falling over you, there’s a rain cover include in the box.

But lets take a look:

Unfortunately is not yet available, but it will be on September 14th, you pre-order yours via Amazon, but with a price tag of $199.99 is not precisely “cheap”.

You can get one HERE

Let us know what are your though on this? Would you take one for school? Or to play Pokémon GO nonstop? Sound off below or join us on Twitter at @techbuzzinfo and @VicenteA_George.

 

 

The Google Pixel C is finally available for purchase from the Google Store By VicenteA_George #PixelC #Android #Google

Announced way back at September alongside the new Nexus devices, this is not the first time you heard about the Android Notebook-Tablet hybrid from Google

The curious Pixel C

As you can imagine is like the classic tablet with a detachable keyboard but on this occasion the bottom portion is bonded through magnets instead of ports.

Here we have the promo video to help you remind a little

As you can see one the the highlights of the tablet is owning a Tegra X1 processor, which promise to give that extra smooth feeling to your gaming.

The rest of the specs are pretty solid as expected with a 10″ screen with 2560 by 1800 pixels and an interesting 1:√2 aspect ratio, Camera combo, a USB Type-C, 3GB of RAM an 32GB or 64GB of storage and Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

The device itself is pretty interesting but unfortunately the prices are a bit of a downside being asked  $499 for the 32GB model or $599 for the 64GB plus the $150 for the keyboard you’ll ended up with pretty much enough to buy a full Windows 10 Notebook.

But if you really want to try one and are a diehard Android fan this is your chance to get to get the job done.

At the moment, the Google Pixel C is available in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the USA.

Do you think is worth the try? Let us know in the comments section or tweet us using #techbuzzireland

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#Microsoft launch a powerful #SurfacePro4 with new Surface Pen & Type Cover by @Tiwaash #Windows10Devices

Last year Microsoft had shown the new way of how a tablet can replace your laptop with the formidable Surface Pro 3. The transformation of tablet into a full fledged was aided with the sleek Type Cover and the Pen. The Surface Pro 3 has been a top choice for consumers ever since it was launched. Improvising on the successful Surface Pro 3, Microsoft today announced the Surface Pro 4 which had taken the game to a level of its own.

Surface Pro 4 has evolved from the Surface Pro 3 and following the same design ques, the former resembles the latter in many ways. Microsoft refined its design from last year to create a hybrid tablet that’s slightly thinner and more powerful.It also managed to include a slightly larger 12.3-inch screen in the Surface Pro 4 (0.3 inch bigger than the SP3) without making the case bigger.

There’s a fingerprint sensor on the keyboard and Cortana integration inside the new tablet. Microsoft has done a lot of upgrades to its keyboard covers this year. There’s an all-new Surface Pen as well, which also has an eraser on the end of it. The new pen has 1,024 levels of pressure sensitivity and attaches magnetically to the side of the Surface Pro 4 when not in use. It comes in a variety of colors and even has Cortana integration: you can activate Microsoft’s voice assistant by holding the button on the Surface Pen.

Microsoft claims Surface Pro 4 to be 50 percent faster, against Apple’s MacBook Air, however, it also has high-end specs that wouldn’t be out of place on an ultrabook laptop. Storage goes all the way up to 1TB and you can get 16GB of memory to go with that Intel 6th-gen processor.

The Surface Pro 4 is available to preorder now, starting at $899 or £749. It will be available on October 26th.

Tech Specs of Surface Pro 4:

    • Windows 10 Pro OS
    • 12.3” PixelTouch display with a Resolution of 2736 x 1824 (267 PPI)
    • 10 point multi-touch
    • New gen Surface Pen
    • 6th Gen Intel Core M3/i5/i7 processor with Intel graphics
    • 4/8/16 GB RAM
    • 128/256/512 GB SSD Storage
    • Full-size USB 3.0 port
    • microSD™ card reader
    • Headset jack
    • Mini DisplayPort
    • Cover port
    • SurfaceConnect™
    • 5.0 MP front-facing HD camera
    • 8.0 MP rear-facing autofocus camera, with 1080p HD video recording
    • Stereo microphones
    • Stereo speakers with Dolby® audio
    • Battery- Up to 9 hrs of video playback
    • Magnesium casing

I’m really excited about this handsomely crafted Surface Pro 4 and Microsoft already has a winner under its products.

Stay tuned for more tech buzz.

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Upgrade your kids for school with the new 2-in-1 #KurioSmart for students By @VicenteA_George #Windows #Tablet #Kids

In this “modernized” world we live now, things are a lot different from what they were when we where kids. For example our biggest success used to be owning the highest score on the Snake Game.

Now, some children do not even use a notebook (the classic one) to take notes, they use their phones, their tablets or even their laptops to get the job done.

And its not always easy seeing our child carrying  expensive gadgets to take a walk.

Well, enter the Kurio Smart the Windows Hybrid specifically designed for kids.

The 2-in-1 Kurio Smart is like having a small Surface or an ASUS Transformer, our kids can play and work with.

Take a look at the specs:

DISPLAY: 8.9 inch IPS capacitive touch screen
RESOLUTION: 1280 x 800 pixels
CPU: Quadcore Intel® Bay Trail™ – T Z3735G
GPU: Intel® HD Graphic- Gen 7
OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 8.1
STORAGE MEMORY: 32GB
RAM: 1GB
CAMERA: 0.3Mpx Front / 2Mpx Rear
CONNECTIVITY: Wi-Fi b/g/n – Bluetooth 4.0
LANGUAGES: Supports multi languages
CONNECTION: Micro USB – Micro HDMI
MICRO SD CARD SLOT: Up to 32GB of extra memory
BATTERY: 4900mAh

Apart from all that (as you can imagime from the title and part of the reading) there’s also a Detachable Keyboard include that also acts as screen protector and stand, transforming your Tablet into an small notebook (a modern one)

It also packs the proprietary Kurio Motion Technology which allows the kids to play with 18 games that tracks the motion from the tablet itself (Like a small Nintendo Wii)

With Windows 8.1 and  Office 365 personal subscription and Free Unlimited storage on OneDrive! The Kurio Smart is ready to go and help your children in whichever task they might need.

The device packs Windows 8.1 but as you’d expect is upgradable to Windows 10 and by the end of September, the tablet will then come with Windows 10.

The Kurio Smart has a price tag of £180 for U.K  and  $200 for the U.S  (Keyboard included)

Take a look

As you can see is a pretty solid buy, Let us know in the comments what do you think of it .

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Taiwan becomes the second country after China to get #Nokia N1 by @Tiwaash #Tablet #Android #NokiaN1

Nokia N1, was first announced in November last year and then first launched in China in January this year is finally ready to leave China. Taiwan has become lucky because after China, N1 is now available in Taiwan. While there are no official details on its global release, it is expected that the company will release it to other Asian markets later.

Priced at TWD 8,199 the tablet can be bought by an online retailer iSunfa.

Nokia N1 specifications

7.9-inch (2048 × 1536 pixels) IPS LED-backlit display at 326 ppi with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
2.3 GHz quad-core 64-bit Intel Atom Z3580 processor with PowerVR G6430 GPU
2GB LPDDR3 RAM, 32GB of internal storage
Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Nokia Z Launcher
8MP rear camera, 1080p video recording
5MP front-facing camera
Dimensions: 200.7×138.6x 6.9; Weight: 318 g
Wolfson WM8958E, independent audio codec
WiFi 802.11/b/g/n/ac Dual Band (2X2 MIMO), Bluetooth 4.0
5300 mAh lithium polymer battery

Linx 7 Tablet review. A budget tablet worth the money. by @jimboireland #Linx7 #Windows #Review

Ok so we are all pretty use to seeing plenty of Android tablets on the market and to be honest most of them if not all that fall under the €109 mark are piles of trash,the specs look good and that is as far as it goes,i have tried many budget tablets running one or another kind of version of Android but below that price is only going to be a headache.

Now we are beginning to see some new Windows tablets coming onto the market and thankfully they are not running on RT which is kind of annoying and basically has no real place in the market now.

So lets look at the outside then we will check out what’s inside and how it performs.

Build quality is quite good its solid and does not feel cheap even though its completely housed in a plastic it has some kind of premium feel to it so we are happy there with this.

The top of the device is i must say somewhat pleasing to look at all the action seems to be in one place so its no fumbling around looking for buttons etc.

 

On the top we have our camera,home key,headphone socket,USB port,SD card slot and HDMI and down to the right we have our power on/off key and volume toggles.I like how all is place together and it does not look cluttered either.

Specifications.

Windows 8.1 OS,1GB RAM,7 INCH IPS TFT LCD DISPLAY,2 MP FRONT CAMERA,2MP REAR CAMERA,HDMI OUTPUT,43 GB INTERNAL STORAGE,MICRO SD SUPPORT,3,500 MAH BATTERY,BLUETOOTH,WIFI. 

Unboxing of the linx 7 and walkaround 

Ok lets begin with the camera its a 2MP camera and to be honest its poor,it will not be taking any wonderful photos at all,i am by no means any camera expert but the sample below was the best i could get and trying different exposure settings but then again a tablet is not for taking photos and when i see people in the public doing so i can only just laugh but hey people do it but with this tablet no,do not attempt it.

There is no point at all in going into video,i did not bother to be honest with the results from trying to use the camera,another downfall is that you can’t share images once captured which is probably just as well in this case.however the camera is there should you perhaps come across something urgent and do not have a phone at hand.

MUSIC 

For music we use Mix Radio,its not pre installed but you can get it in the app store and it works a treat,no lag,no problems at all we have to say,the speaker is the problem though,placed at the bottom it does from time to time sound a bit tinny,the tablet could of had one on top too to be honest but again its a budget tablet so dont expect top end performance,also you can add your own speaker to it too via the headphone socket to enhance the sound,Mix Radio is free to download from the store and unlocking the features is £4.99 per month,preloading Mix Radio on every Windows Tablet sub 9 inch would be a fantastic idea in my opinion as its a superb service to have..

2 / 7

Gaming 

Well i was impressed with how it handled games,i am not a huge gamer no more but from time to time i like to check out what’s out there and see how they run same as i do with my Lumia devices,the tablet did not let down here which was good to see.For example we tried FIFA 15 and it worked a treat it did not lag at any stage..

Apps 

Having such good performance with gaming we expected no issues with apps,this was true all our apps worked fine from social media,Netflix,Office and One Note for example,Browsing the web was also fine using IE,All the preinstalled apps worked like clockwork plus what we have downloaded app wise to our personal taste i was happy with this overall..

Maps.

We are a fan of HERE maps which is also not preinstalled on the device HERE maps is also free to use and download and the benefit of HERE maps is you can use them offline which is a great bonus and proves and much better overall than Google Maps.HERE worked flawlessly we are delighted to say..

 

Under the hood.

Intel Atom QUAD CORE, Processor Speed IS 1.83 ghz

Windows 8.1 OS.

16/GB 32GB storage we used the 32GB version in our review this is expandable via SD to 64GB

1GB RAM ,this is not so great but it performed well to be fair with what we threw at it.

Front and rear camera is just 2MP which was its biggest letdown for me..Video res 720p @ 30FPS.

Video files supported H.264, WMV, MP4, AVI, ASF , and Audio files AAC, WMA, MP3, PCM, M4A, WAV, ASF.

Display – Was quite fine to be fair and sporting IPS (1280 X 800) TFT LCD it does the job.

Battery – 3,500 mAh it  will see you a good 3 to 4HRS use if you are heavy on it.

Good points to keep in mind.

HDMI output,this is not something you see on most tablets today even on Android.

One Year of Microsoft Office 365 FREE this is quite handy to have…

Overall my opinion is this is a great tablet for the price which is around €99  you can’t really go wrong,the only big issue with it is its camera and video capabilities ,having said that you don’t buy tablets to take photos but some do,IF you are one of these people stay away from it apart from that it excels many Android tablets in the same price bracket in many ways,again an issue would be apps especially local apps this is another area to consider should you be requiring apps but for the majority the apps are there be it third party or not..Its also a fingerprint magnet too.

Any questions on the Linx 7 Feel free to ask below or we can also assist on Twitter @jimboireland.

We take a look at the budget Windows tablet #Linx7 by @jimboireland #Tablets #Linx

There is plenty of Android tablets on the market and as disgussed before most sub 100 euro tabs just dont do it,they are just a waste of money and more hassle than they are worth and for me a steer clear buy even though they are cheap and cheerful they will quite honestly irritate you in the end.

Windows tablets are now catching up on with several types available but for the money again they fall into the same issue with Android tablets again you could say its you get what you pay for but there is some both in the Android world and Windows.

The Linx series tablets are newish enough but seem to be getting popular due to the build quality and options available on them such as HDMI,something you do not see on many tablets today..

5 / 8

 

The Linx tablet line have decent specs all round and a good quality build which give them a good headstart over other tablets in the sub €120 price range.

On the Linx 7 which we will look at today we have the following.

12 month subscription to Office 365,Windows 8.1 OS,1GB RAM,7 INCH IPS TFT LCD DISPLAY,2 MP FRONT CAMERA,2MP REAR CAMERA,HDMI OUTPUT,43 GB INTERNAL STORAGE,MICRO SD SUPPORT,3,500 MAH BATTERY,BLUETOOTH,WIFI. 

Firstly the 2 MP camera is poor but tablets are not really for taking pictures either but you have a camera there just in case,also the 1GB RAM is not impressive but plenty for running tasks,Battery is quite good but again the persons usage will again yeild different results,overall its battery life is quite good..So far the tablet seems to run quite smooth and fast with only the wifi causing issues with connection it seems to loose connection quite often so hopefully this will be sorted out soon enough with an update,others have reported the same issue..

Check out the video below and if you have any questions just ask.

 

#ALDI Launching Kids 7 inch MEDION JUNIOR TAB August 7th. #Kids #Tablets #MobileTech

Aldi have already announced the new smartphone that is also launching this Thursday the Medion smartphone,now they also have a quite cool tablet to offer as well which would be a great gift idea for kids and also a learning tool for those smart minded kids which most seem to be today,they like tech and some are very very smart too.

 

 

Security in mind..

Internet security is a priority, that’s why this tablet is great for kids. With its child-friendly junior operating/safety mode and password-protected parental mode, you can add and delete apps and user modes as your kids grow – perfect!

Features in junior mode

    • Protective cover made from extra-thick, non-toxic silicone
    • Junior operating/safety mode:

– Time and date limitations

– Whitelisting: Specify accessible web content, videos and photos

– Define the usage of apps as well as their content

– Child friendly apps pre-installed

– Automatic start in junior mode

  • Pre-installed apps: video player, picture viewer and drawing pad


Features in Lifetab mode

  • Razor-sharp HD multitouch display (1024 x 600 pixels)
  • ARM Cortex A9 (1.6GHz) quad core processor
  • Wi-Fi 802.11n connectivity
  • 0.3 MP front and 2.0 MP rear camera
  • 8GB DDR3 RAM memory
  • Li-ion battery that lasts for up to 6 hours1
  • Built-in speaker
  • Micro USB 2.0 with USB host function, micro SD/micro SDHC and micro SDXC memory card connections
  • Choose from: Green, Pink or Blue
  • Dimensions: approx. 192 x 122 x 10.8mm
  • Weight: approx. 310g

 

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