Vehicle gadget puts the sun's rays to work
BY LOWELL CONN, POSTMEDIA NEWS FEBRUARY 16, 2012
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Some people see the sun shining its benevolent glow through the car window and smell money. The Solar Window Charger, by XDModo, is a phone/gadget charger that attaches to the car window and uses the power of the sun to juice USB-attached devices. The charger employs a very simple and sleek design and does not draw needless attention. It has a 1,300milliampere-hour battery, and it will connect to your electricity-starved gadgets by way of a standard USB port or a mini-USB port.
A very nice solution for those of us who already occupy the cigarette lighter adapter with another accoutrement and need an alternative source to keep our juice-sucking smartphones powered up to the end of the day, the Solar Window Charger is available in three colours - grey, black or green. Until we figure out a way to destroy the sun, it is going to be shining through your car window, so you may as well use a product such as this to put that ball of fire to good use. $65; visit xdmodo.com.
Kenwood gets chummy with streaming video: Kenwood's DDX419 is so new it's not even listed on the company website. Launched at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, this double-din 6.1-inch touchscreen DVD player is available from online retailers and contains some innovative features. It has a built-in standard Bluetooth component for handsfree calls and audio streaming.
Your phone's contact directory will automatically transfer over to the stereo, making it easy to start outgoing calls. The stereo's real integrated link to iPhone apps is unique. Users can watch streaming video sources such as Netflix and YouTube with the DDX419, which features on-screen controls to pause, fast forward and rewind these video apps. And, while the device does not feature integrated GPS, users of Garmin's Streetpilot app for iPhone will be pleased to discover the app works very well on the DDX419's screen. A solid operator through and through, Kenwood should nevertheless have opted for a smaller knob and buttons so that more touchscreen real estate could be fit into this worthwhile product. $400; visit kenwood. com.
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BY LOWELL CONN, POSTMEDIA NEWS FEBRUARY 16, 2012
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Some people see the sun shining its benevolent glow through the car window and smell money. The Solar Window Charger, by XDModo, is a phone/gadget charger that attaches to the car window and uses the power of the sun to juice USB-attached devices. The charger employs a very simple and sleek design and does not draw needless attention. It has a 1,300milliampere-hour battery, and it will connect to your electricity-starved gadgets by way of a standard USB port or a mini-USB port.
A very nice solution for those of us who already occupy the cigarette lighter adapter with another accoutrement and need an alternative source to keep our juice-sucking smartphones powered up to the end of the day, the Solar Window Charger is available in three colours - grey, black or green. Until we figure out a way to destroy the sun, it is going to be shining through your car window, so you may as well use a product such as this to put that ball of fire to good use. $65; visit xdmodo.com.
Kenwood gets chummy with streaming video: Kenwood's DDX419 is so new it's not even listed on the company website. Launched at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, this double-din 6.1-inch touchscreen DVD player is available from online retailers and contains some innovative features. It has a built-in standard Bluetooth component for handsfree calls and audio streaming.
Your phone's contact directory will automatically transfer over to the stereo, making it easy to start outgoing calls. The stereo's real integrated link to iPhone apps is unique. Users can watch streaming video sources such as Netflix and YouTube with the DDX419, which features on-screen controls to pause, fast forward and rewind these video apps. And, while the device does not feature integrated GPS, users of Garmin's Streetpilot app for iPhone will be pleased to discover the app works very well on the DDX419's screen. A solid operator through and through, Kenwood should nevertheless have opted for a smaller knob and buttons so that more touchscreen real estate could be fit into this worthwhile product. $400; visit kenwood. com.
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