The Problem I ALWAYS try to get a phone which will have a long lasting battery. I am not always successful. This lack of success is for 2 main reasons. The first reason, and my biggest problem, is that I use my phone for virtually everything. Since my job is in the information technology field, there are all kinds of IT apps on my phone, including such obscure things like databases for computers and, since I work in a Cancer Center, of NCI designated cancer centers. There are more databases and there were nearly 1100 other apps until I paired […]
Gadgets
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I started off with a simple desire, an easy way to answer my phone and getting one of the BlueTooth devices which I really liked. Just the idea of wireless communication between my device and anything else makes me think of Star Trek. I started out, because it really wasn’t “necessary,” finding a lost bluetooth earpiece on the street, This wasn’t the kind that went into your ear canal, but rather over one’s ear. None the less I got it home and cleaned it thoroughly. I had to buy a new behind the ear earpiece, because that was there, but […]
There are gadgets and then there are, what I consider really cool gadgets. This one falls into the latter category. I saw it on a deals site (I don’t even remember which one) and it met my primary requirement – it was inexpensive. But the lure didn’t stop there. Not only is it inexpensive, it works like it is supposed to, and is useful (especially when I am trying to fix a computer and I either can’t tell what is inside or I drop a screw, more on that in another blog on magnetic screwdrivers). So here I am with […]
I think this is a loaded question. The question should probably be what makes the tech in question cool and why. The technology I can afford is generally only “cool” in my eyes when others say something like, “Oh, I wish I had something like that!” So, I generally try to get not only things I need/want, but also those items that would elicit that response. When it comes to where to get this type of item, for me at least, Amazon has been a real boon. To begin with I am a Prime member, which gets me some discounts […]