Gadgets of 2013
Before the year ends, let’s take a look back and remember what gadgets this year has given us; here is a list of one of the best gadgets 2013 has brought us:
Sonos Play:1
This hi-fi wireless speaker has 2 perfectly tuned Class D amplifiers, one 3.5” mid-woofer designed to reproduce mid-range frequencies and deliver deep bass, and one tweeter to create a crisp and accurate high-frequency response.
Leap Motion Controller
This tracks both hands and all 10 fingers with pinpoint precision and incredible speed. Distance between you and your computer is nothing now, you can play, create and explore.
PINPOINT precision, when playing games you can steer, slice, grab, push, pull, crush and shoot with your hands and finger. You can also create and use instruments like strum, drum, sketch, draw and paint with your fingers. You can even sculpt easily. Like in the movie Ender’s Game, you could do all kinds of hand gestures with your screen.
Bose QuietComfort 20i
The first in-ear noise cancelling headphones from Bose that gives you more control than ever. It features advanced noise reduction compared to full sized headphones, or use Aware mode so you can still a bit of what’s around you while listening to music. Its StayHear+ tips provides you a soft and secure fit that you don’t need to force it in your ears. Its cone shape spreads contact evenly across your ears for comfort, and seals them in which contributes to the headphone’s full spectrum noise reduction.
Sony Smartwatch 2
The SmartWatch 2 expands your android experience via Bluetooth, use it as a phone remote for receiving and making calls, read text messages, emails, calendar, call log, Facebook, Twitter, Gmail and more. It’s also weather proof, it can take the rain, and if it’s sunny the watch has a sunlight readable display.
PS4
The successor to PS3, the PS4 with its new DualShock 4, social sharing, applications for movies and television shows gives a new experience to gaming. And it also has a new feature, the PlayStation Plus that brings games and gamers together.
Google Chromecast
A 2.83 inch dongle plays audio/video from Netflix, YouTube, Google Music or HBO on a HD TV by streaming through Wi-Fi from the internet or local network using your Android or iOS tablets as remotes.
TomTom Runner
It’s like a futuristic pedometer. You wear it like a watch, and gives you an extra large display to see your running stats, the distance, run time and pace. TomTom runner is waterproof up to 165 ft/ 5 ATM and is weather ready. Also features a GPS tracking, outdoor and indoor tracking, share your stats online, and an optional heart rate monitor.
Canon Legria Mini
The best gift for vloggers, it’s ½.3 inch CMOS with 12.8MP and has a 160-degree field of view, MP4 recording at up to Full HD at 24Mbits/sec and a WiFi remote control function.
Razer Blade 14”
Razer Blade 14’ is the world’s thinnest gaming laptop. 0.66 in ultra-thin aluminum profile, with a future 4th gen Intel Core processor and the lates NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M graphics. The world’s thinnest gaming laptop also makes the most powerful in its class. It’s designed for gaming with essential gaming grade peripherals, with a Synapse 2.0, a fully functional anti-ghosting backlit keyboard, an adjustable ultra-sensitive track pad and plenty of green USB 3.0 ports.
Kindle Fire HDX
The kindle that’s designed to do it all according to Amazon. Fire HDX has an exclusive 8.9” HDX display, ultra-light weighing only 13.2 oz, really fast with a 2.2 GHz quad-core processor, an 8MP rear-facing camera, and the new “Mayday” button – connect to an Amazon expert for free 24/7, 365 days a year.