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Recently I was informed of a headset aimed at those who require a device that is suitable for both work and play.
Following on from the general acceptance of the Work From Home concept and its WFH logo, we now could be about to be asked to accept a concept that combines work and play within the home environment - something I have been doing for a good few years. To this end JLab, a leading personal technology company and number one true wireless brand in the US, has announced the arrival of its Go Work Pop headset.
Offering a wide spread of choice, this next game is a mine of information regarding a part of America.
As I take my first look at this next title, the cars, parked in the street outside my home, bear a thin layer of frost to mark the recent drop in temperature. It does seem appropriate that the product facing me for review is entitled Vacation Paradise - Florida. Lets hope it will help warm me up somewhat as my ageing fingers play their tune on my computer.
Some screens come without a webcam but there are times when one is required and indeed these may require better resolution so a 4K webcam has its place, this offering from HP is quite chunky and because of the higher resolution it needs to be connected via USB3.
This iHP 960 4K streaming webcam measures 11cm deep, 5cm wide with support and 6cm from base of folded support to top of camera. The only other items in the box are a 1.5metre USB ‘C’ to USB lead and a getting started sheet. Let’s start with the instructions they are one of those multi language sheets that say very little and expect the six illustrations to say everything.
One way of making your product stand out from the herd would be to add a decoration.
In a dim and distant past, situated in the time of magic, there were two kingdoms represented by a Dragon and a Phoenix. This is one version of their story.
At first I though an apostrophe was missing from this product's title but then I decided the eyes were of a type rather than a belonging.
Mystical Riddles - Behind Doll Eyes is a Hidden Object Adventure game developed by Domini Games. I have been looking at the Collector's Edition of the title which features a number of bonus items to supplement the main game.
This is a ground coffee machine that has the huge advantage of a built in timer so that your first cup of coffee can be ready to drink either when you wake up or arrive at your work first thing in the morning all you need to do is prime the machine with water and your favourite ground coffee before you leave the night before or before you go to bed. Even if you forget I found around six minutes was enough to be getting that high from the coffee smell.
The measures 35cm tall, 24cm wide and 21cm deep. This works in a slightly different way in that all the water in the talk is turned into coffee so working out the amount of ground coffee to inset in the top is important as otherwise the coffee you get with not be to your taste.
A problem shared can be a problem solved as happened with this product.
Recently I reviewed the Murena One smartphone. This review is accessible at . While I was reasonably happy with most aspects of the smartphone with its additional layer of privacy protection, I did encountered a particularly annoying problem regarding the delivery of email messages to the phone.
There is a twist to the tale of a Fairy Tale heroine as revealed in this next game.
Taking on the role of a stepmother, especially in the realm of Fairy Tale Land, may not be everybody's cup of tea. But in this case the role does come with a castle for residence, the title of Queen and a step-daughter named Snow White. So how could you resist the opportunity when it comes offered in Elephant Games' Cursed Fables - White as Snow title. The Collector's Edition version of this Hidden Object Adventure game comes with a number of bonus items to supplement the main game.
A new entry to the Match 3 genre offers a choice of mini game puzzle action.
It makes a pleasant change to come across a Match 3 puzzle game that does not come with a back story to justify its existence. Often the back story will have little reference to the Match 3 action around which the game is based and could be regarded as an excuse to re-release previous game play technology. Rather than opt for a back story, this next Match 3 title, developed by Itera Labs, has replaced it with several mini game puzzles.
This is the latest ink tank unit that can print, scan and copy. Early versions required very careful filling of ink tanks, now this is easy and there is no chance of spilling even a drop of ink. The unit itself is smaller and best of all no difficult questions to try an answer as you link it into your network.
The measures 40x40x19cm; add another 13cm to the depth when you pull out the tray to receive printed sheets. I would say that that installation time from removing the various bits of tape to having downloaded the software inserted the contents of four bottles of ink and printed a test sheet at around 35 minutes. Everything is easy from the small 2.5cm square screen on the unit, and indeed from your PC.
Yet more Match 3 action with a new lead character from e-Funsoft.
Dipping into its seemingly inexhaustible supply of characters, e-Funsoft introduces Jake Everest to fans of Match 3 game play. Jake has the appearance of a typical comic book character cast in the role of an archaeologist specialising in the retrieval of ancient items that some how have ended up for sale on the black market. Jake's introduction to the gaming fraternity comes in the form of e-Funsoft's Match 3 title Wakanga the Unseen Civilization.
Follow-up titles can take you in many different directions as this next game goes to show.
Thanks to the work and skill of various story tellers, we know of several fairy tale heroes and heroine in their moment of glory. But have you considered what life had in store for them after their initial fifteen minutes of fame? With this next title, 4 Friends Games has taken a look at what might have happened once life settled down after Goldilocks invaded the personal space of a family of bears.
While Star Trek had enough problems with its transporter, image the problems a commercial version of the device could bring.
Teleportation does not always deliver the service you might expect. Sometimes, rather than transport you to the requested destination, you could end up in circumstances that were not as you expected. For instance, a family of three were looking forward to a relaxing holiday in pleasant surroundings when they ended up on a deserted island. This was bad enough but then matters took a turn for the worst.
This is the latest offering to cross my desk; it is a SmartPhone that takes the screen right to the edge of the display. Like most recent quality SmartPhones it is all about the cameras and here they are amazingly good. The rest of the phone is also rather nice.
The Honor Magic5 Lite measures 15.7x7.5x.7cm and it weighs 177 grams. The viewable screen is 15.5x7.2cm which gives the notional diagonal imperial measurement of 6.67 inches. The screen resolution is 2400x1080. As supplied to me there is 6GB of RAM + 5GB Turbo, 128 GB of storage and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 processor. For those who need it the USB ‘C’ connection also supports an OTG (on the go) storage device. This phone came with Android 12 and Magic UI 6.1.
Digging into the Academy's past, e-Funsoft relates a story that has a familiar ring (no pun intended) to it.
Following a gap of some six months, e-Funsoft has returned to its Academy of Magic series with this next offering in a tale of Match 3 action. As with the previous offering in this series, "The new Beginning" being a prequel in the Academy's time line, this latest episode entitled "Ring of Darkness" returns you to the early days of the Academy's history as a new school term begins. Enrolling into this new batch of students can be achieved by creating profiles for individual players.
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I will relate the new of a pair of headphones that could enhance your listening experience.
A recent announcement from Sony informed me that the company has two new headphone models that could well appeal. These headphones are the and models. The two models give the purchaser the choice of over-ear or on-ear wireless connectivity when wearing the headphones. Designed for over-ear use, the WH-CH720N is a wireless headphone product.
If you do not use a device then maybe somebody will pay you to let them use it.
You may recall hearing that an old mobile smartphone fetch a rather substantial amount of money when it was put up for auction recently. The phone in question was an original Apple smartphone, released in 2007, that had never been used. In fact it was safely ensconced in the original packaging. This was the 8GB phone with its 2mp camera, original bearing a £500 price tag, was sold at the auction for £52,617 which, even at today's prices, was a rather large mark-up.
Few devices get reviewed more than once, one exception was another Pure offering called ‘The Bug’ and that was one of their first offerings and it is still in daily use. So when a friend asked me to see if I could get her Pure StreamR working I sort of remember reviewing it shortly before Lockdown so I said yes.
She had got it cheaply somewhere and all she had was the unit so firstly I downloaded the Instructions and then found a lead to charge it, while it looks like a USB ‘C’ it’s not so that took a while of sorting out from a range of slightly older offerings. This is basically a battery unit and you should only need to recharge it after around 15 hours of use. Next I left it charging overnight and when I looked in the morning a saw a green light on top of the near square unit.
When is an Android smartphone not an Android smartphone? Could it ne when it has been deGooglised?
Usually when a smartphone arrives for review purposes, it is accompanied with details regarding the physical components making up the device. However in this case the relevant information was not included. The reason for this was that this review was to focus on the software installed on the smartphone. However I do feel that the hardware does deserve a brief mention before concentrating on the software element. The smartphone in question is the Murena One. Featuring a 6.
Can you assist Juliette when she tries to restore the balance between the Azure and Crimson Worlds?
Daydream Mosaics 2 - Juliette's Tale is the forerunner of Daydream Mosaics 3 - Shards of Hope which I reviewed recently. Based on Nanogram game play, this Suricate Software title introduces the player to Juliette who will require your assistance in restoring the balance between the magical Azure and Crimson Worlds that have been disrupted by a mysterious event known as Riving.
Our Beautiful Earth 6 brings together an exploration of the world with Hidden Object game play and some mini game puzzle solving.
Developed by BD Studio Games, Our Beautiful Earth 6 is available in Collector's Edition format with several bonus items being added to the game's main exploration of the world. The extra items, available from the game's title screen, consists of 10 bonus locations featuring Hidden Object scenes, access to the 40 mini game puzzles featured in the main game, 19 music tracks and 18 wallpapers. All the extra items are available immediately.
This is the latest set of over ear headphones to cross my desk. On the face of it they are Bluetooth meaning you have the freedom to move around within the range of Bluetooth. However unlike earbuds which are either Bluetooth or corded with this set from Shure you have the option to use them corded should you wish to do so.
The Aonic 50 wireless headset measures 15cm from earpiece to earpiece when parallel; there is 18cm from base of earpiece to centre of the well-padded headband. There is 3cm plus of expansion available on each side for those who need it. The right earpiece has USB ‘C’ connection for charging as well as on/off button, volume up and down and a slider control. The left earpiece has the 3.5mm connection for the times for wish to use them corded.
Mixing travel and mosaic creation is the aim of this next game.
As its title indicates, Travel Mosaics 16 - Glorious Budapest combines elements of travel, Budapest and nanogram creating game play. Developed by Jet Dogs Studio, this puzzle title allows different people to play the game through the use of profiles to record their progress. Adjustments can be made to the volume levels used for background music and sound effects with the game being viewed in full screen mode with a custom cursor.
Returning home after a long absence can highlight changes that you might find disturbing.
"Lost Grimoires - Stolen Kingdom","Artifex Mundi"Lost Grimoires: Stolen Kingdom is a game that sits firmly within the Hidden Object Adventure genre. In case you are wondering the Grimoires part of the product's title refers to a book of magic spells and invocations.
It is Fantasy Mosaic time yet again as Match Gem takes you back to school to brush up on your mathematical skills.
As the latest environment for their long-running Fantasy Mosaics series, Match Gem takes us back to school to tackle nanogram game play. You will be accompanying Penguin Harry as he goes back to school to brush up on his mathematic skills. He can then put this knowledge to work by becoming a mosaic puzzle expert in Fantasy Mosaics 54 - Back to School.
This is the latest set of small in ear earbuds from Creative. They connect via Bluetooth so you get a cordless connection. This allows you more freedom to move around that little bit further away up to around ten metres or maybe a little less according to what the walls are made of.
In the outer cardboard box is an inner white plastic container this is 6.5x5.5x2.5cm and this contains the earbuds. Also in the outer box is a short USB ‘C’ to USB lead to charge the container and a couple of difference sized gels as well as a small Quick Start Guide. The container with the earbuds weighs 46 grams and the buds within it weigh only 5 grams each. Before staring you should charge the container.
This next title offers the opportunity to enhance images and create your own wallpaper scenes.
Recently I reviewed a game entitled Daydream Mosaics 3 - Shades of Hope. This game was based on the story of two individuals from separate worlds coming together to try and stop the destruction of their environment. As I enjoyed playing this game, I decided to check out the earlier titles in the Daydream Mosaics series developed by Surricate Software. Not surprisingly, this first title in the series is entitled Daydream Mosaic.
While having important relatives can be useful, be aware they might call on you for favours.
There exists a magical land, hidden from view of normal beings by layers of spells, known as Albian. This is the home of the most powerful wizards, sorcerers and magicians who have been known to enjoy a good knees-up and party well into the night. Each year the residents organise a massive knees-up under the guise of a Convention of Magic Masters. The latest such event is to be held at the castle belonging to the Fairy Godmother who just happens to be your Aunt Gwendolyn.
Combining together different USB ports, Atom Studios has developed a plug which might prove useful.
It is surprising how easy it is for your collection of devices, whether portable or not, can build up in even a short time period. When checking through your various devices that make use of USB technology for their data and power transfer, you will probably find a range of different USB standards. My own personal collection of such devices produced candidates that were of the Type A, Type B, mini, micro, USB 2 and the latest USB C type connection.
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