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The Apple Watch Ultra 2 is the best smartwatch for iPhone users who love spending time outdoors. Athletes and explorers rejoice!
The Onyx Boox Page is an Android-powered e-reader with more than a few quirks.
The reMarkable 2 is a tablet designed for collecting and organizing thoughts. It's the best tool out there for this job.
By guest contributor Seamus Bellamy* I found Santa Muerte before I came to Mexico. I had seen Her many times, in many ways, over the years. I spoke to Her before I even knew her name. She was with me at times when I did harm to others.
Mobile World Congress kicked off earlier this week in Barcelona, Spain with manufacturers bringing the latest phones, tablets, laptops and more to the annual mobile-first tradeshow. While phones get released all year long, MWC 2023 still had plenty in store for us.
If you're already a dedicated iOS or Android user, the argument over which smartwatch to invest in-an Apple Watch Series 8 or Google's Pixel Watch -will be a short one. Apple's wearables won't work with anything other than an iPhone.
For business travels, flights home for Thanksgiving, or a resort vacation, a good suitcase or carry-on bag will serve you well. However, they're not well-suited for hopping on and off buses and trains or walking long distances over uneven terrain.
An Amazon Kindle provides readers with the ability to carry thousands of books, magazines, and comics with them, wherever they go. The fact that a Kindle has a display that can be read in any lighting conditions, outstanding battery life, and the ability to purchase and download books on-the-go is the icing on the cake.
If you spend five minutes with the Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8, you'll know that it's not in the same league as the current generation iPad Mini or a top-shelf Android tablet like Samsung's Galaxy Tab S8. And that's OK-it's not trying to be.
The 11th-gen Amazon Kindle is an outstanding e-reader that will make most bookworms happy. Amazon's entry-level Kindle used to be difficult to recommend due to ts low-resolution display, lack of backlighting, and pokey processor. However, Amazon has flipped the script for 2022 with its 11th-gen Kindle, making it impossible not to recommend it to digital book aficionados.
We love the Kobo Clara 2E's size and sharp display but were deeply disappointed with its pokey performance. Display: 6-inch HD E Ink Carta 1200 touchscreen Display Resolution: 300 PPI (1448 x 1072) Dimensions: 112.05 x 159.02 x 8.66 mm Weight: 6.03 ounces Supported Formats: Audiobooks (Kobo Audiobooks only), EPUB, EPUB3, FlePub, PDF, MOBI, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, TXT, HTML, RTF, CBZ, CBR Fall is here, let's get cozy.
Here are the specs of the camera we tested: Camera type: Digital, Point and shoot Lens: Fixed prime lens, Leica Summilux 28mm f/1.7 ASPH., 11 elements in 9 groups, 3 aspherical elements Sensor: Full frame CMOS ( sensor, 50.4/47.3 million pixels (total/effective) Digital Zoom: Simulates 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, or 75mm
Paper and cloth masks don't provide a tight seal between their edges and your face. This means that while they offer some protection against COVID-19 when social distancing isn't an option, some of the droplets that carry the virus can still get into your lungs or out into the world.
Hurricanes, volcanoes, political instability-some things you just can't plan for when traveling. Or can you? If you're a world traveler-especially if you're traveling by yourself-you know that not every trip is a by-the-book weekend in Paris or a cloistered stay at an island resort.
Millions of people will be hitting the road this holiday season, often stopping for the night in hotels and motels out of necessity. These aren't the 4-star accommodations you plan vacations around, and yet you're still packing the room full of your electronics, cash, and all those presents for the family-tempting targets for criminals.
Thirteen years ago, Lars Ulrich filed a lawsuit against Napster, geocaching became a thing, and Harman Kardon released the Jony Ive-designed iSub 2000 Subwoofer and SoundSticks. Today? Napster's had its lifeforce sucked out by Rhapsody, geocaching is a bigger thing, and the timeless design of the iSub 2000 Subwoofer and SoundSticks keeps on keeping on with new guts and connectivity options.
After nearly 20 years as a Mac user, I'm switching to a Windows PC-and I'm bringing you along for the ride. In this series, my personal journey from Mac to PC will be your guide to the fundamentals of venturing forth from Apple's walled garden to the vast, teeming, and sometimes confusing world of Windows 10 computers.
Time fritters away funny during a pandemic. It moves faster than shit through a goose when the weather is good. The sun's warmth whispers for you to take off your mask and enjoy the spring. Pray you're upwind from death. Come the cold, it crawls with the moody pace of a dying widower.
Paddy Maloney, who over a span of decades has entertained hundreds of thousands with his wit, warmth and talent, has passed away at 83 years of age. One of the founding members of The Chieftains, Paddy, along with his band mates not only returned traditional Irish music to popularity in the Republic of Ireland, he...
This is the trailer for an upcoming horror movie called The Djinn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRxTEuIaZmU Watching it reminded me of a story. Just before COVID-19 really came into its own in the winter of 2020, I spent a month on a working vacation. It was the last bit of traveling my wife and I were able to...
This past September, I discovered that I had a heart condition that could have dropped me dead at any time. An 80% blockage of some fairly important plumbing and, as an added bonus, heart disease caused by shitty genetics and aggravated by the anxiety and frequent panic attacks I get down with thanks to my...
In April, my wife and I returned from a few months in Mexico, to Texas. We were planning on hanging around until the end of the month before driving back up to Canada. On a particularly hot day, we thought it'd be nice to take our pooch to the beach so that she could cool...
I've been back in Canada since May and I am certain I am losing my mind. It's a certainty that takes hold of me, every year. We come home because we have to. As Canadians, we can only stay in the Untied States for a maximum of six months at a time.
Two days of waiting in Casper, Wyoming, $1,200 and two new tires later, we were back on the road. Casper is a small city. It is one of Wyoming's most populated cities. It is a city flanked by mountains and, while we were being held captive by a blown out tire on a holiday weekend,...
We left Claresholm after eating a continental breakfast of terrible coffee and decent muffins. The hotel's owner chatted lazily with us as we noshed. He had been a manager of Woolworth's department stores, from Toronto, Ontario to Terrence, British Columbia. He served the chain loyally for decades of his life, never questioning when they sent...
With sophisticated sensors and advanced controls, even the simplest kitchen gadget has grown up. We tested four of the latest models by lining them up, loading them to full capacity, and setting them to all levels so we could compare each model's bread for color, consistency, and texture.
It can be hard to settle into reading online, with so many distractions that come from modern life. To get away from constant notifications from online services like Facebook and Instagram, you could turn off your smartphone or tablet and crack open a good book. Alternatively, you can invest in an e-reader.
Amazon nails some important e-note fundamentals with the Kindle Scribe, but there's room for improvement. Dimensions: 7.7 x 9.0 x 0.22 inches Weight: 15.3 ounces Display: 10.2-inch 300 ppi e-ink display Front Lighting: 35 LED, Storage capacity: 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB Connectivity: USB-C, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth File Compatibility: AZW3, AZW, TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; PDF, DOCX, DOC, HTML, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion; Audible audio format (AAX) Warranty:...
There's so much to say about the Lenovo Yoga Book 9i: It sports dual 13-inch OLED displays to use as part of your own personal battle station; it can be used as a tablet, configured as a desktop with its included magnetic keyboard and stand, or set up as a traditional laptop using the magnetic keyboard or an on-display keyboard and trackpad with haptic feedback.
Despite its premium price, problems that have plagued past iterations of the Apple Watch persist in the Ultra. Long-time Apple Watch owners may be able to overlook these issues-more on that below. Others, who are weighing whether or not to trade their Garmin or Suunto-branded wrist-candy for something designed in Cupertino, may consider the Ultra's comparatively short battery life and sometimes flummoxing user interface to be deal breakers.
Fast forward to 2019: Amazon has seen fit to refresh its flagship Kindle once again. Those thinking that they'd see another design mulligan in the All-New Kindle Oasis should brace themselves for disappointment. While the Oasis 3 ($279, with 32GB of storage and cellular connectivity as reviewed) does come packing a number of changes, they're incremental at best.
Your car can lug home your groceries or propel you across the country to enjoy new vistas with old friends. But it can also leave you stranded in the middle of nowhere or worse, injured and trapped in a tangle of glass and steel.
Maybe your home's heating system just isn't cutting it, and wearing your coat indoors for the next six months is just stupid. If you rent your home, or can't afford to install new insulation or upgrade your central heating system, then the best way to stay warm short of piling on extra layers of clothing is to buy a space heater.
I'd get the Black Diamond Spot headlamp. For as little at $33, it's a lamp that'll provide all the illumination most people will ever need out in the field, or for emergencies and chores around the house. (Note: If you need a hardcore expedition headlamp, I'd recommend you check out Gearjunkie.com) There are few portable lighting sources more practical than a headlamp.
After a six hours of driving and flying to my destination the Bluesmart's battery reserve was drained down to 34%. At that rate, if I'd taken a long haul flight, or had a layover or delay, I doubt that there'd be any power left at the end to tell me where the hell my suitcase was if I actually lost track of it.
No, you shouldn't buy one.
In my experience, the beds in Morocco are generally hard. Bounce a coin on one and you'll lose a fucking eye. They are also cool and pleasant to sleep on. It was still dark when I first heard it: a...
Few things can fuck an RV up worse than a frozen water system. Grey, black and potable water tanks, water pumps and the delicate tubing that run through the undercarriage and into the living area of a motorhome don't do well when exposed to subzero temperatures.
With my wife's gig in north central Alberta spinning down for another year and the cold charging hard at us like a bull moose in rut, it's once again time for us to head south. This year, thanks to the two weeks it took me to replace a lost passport, we started off later than...
16 October, 2018 My wife drops me at the airport in Calgary. I'm traveling to Chicago. A fancy audio hardware company called Shure invited me to the city to check out some of the new tech that they'll be releasing in the coming months. I pass through security with no issues.
I've always felt the urge to leave. Any place. No matter how beautiful. I want to go. When I was 18 and finished with high school, I attended my graduation ceremony, for the sake of my family, but I skipped my prom - Canada's east coast was calling.
According to the Department of State, around 42 percent of all U.S. citizens-roughly 136 million people-hold a valid U.S. passport. If you're one of them, congratulations! It's a truly amazing document capable of opening the door to travel and adventure in foreign lands.