We have reviewed quite a few Urbanz products in the past, but I believe I have got to review the ultimate craze for this summer. Certain to impress all beach buddies is the Urbanz Beach Bag. This great looking carry bag is not your average run of the mill beach bag! No, this bag is actually a fantastic fun speaker bag where you can easily listen to your favourite music, whilst enjoying the sunshine, wherever you go.
Any device with 3.5st output is compatible with the bag. You can listen to your iPod, music phone, iPhone or MP3’s with incredible sound, as the bag comes ready to Plug’N’Play for your summer activities.
Not only do you get fantastic sound from the Urbanz Beach Bag, it also doubles up as a useful carry space for all your personal bits and bobs needed for your day’s activity. Your ‘music device’ will be protected with a separate pouch within the bag, and if that’s not enough, the speaker is also splash proof.
We all like to bring a bag with us to the beach, or a picnic, a festival or even just on holiday; so why not make it this incredible Beach Bag. Available from http://www.urbanz.co.uk for £17.99, this is one bag you cant really do without this summer!
Now, this is impressive!
Aliph is the maker of the revolutionary Jawbone Headsets, and they may well be your new best friend! Jawbone is being worldly recognised as the Noise Assassin, offering people solace, in a way of being heard against any noisy environment.
This is perfect timing, especially for all those football fans out there. With the Jawbone, people can now be heard against the Vuvuzela fuelled Stadium noise. And, by gosh can they make a deafening noise, especially when hundreds are blasted at the same time!
Jawbone say:-
“Aliph makes personal technology comfortable, usable, and beautiful. The flagship product, the award-winning Jawbone Bluetooth headset with NoiseAssassin™ technology set a new standard for mobile voice quality. Unmatched in the industry, Aliph’s NoiseAssassin technology was originally perfected with DARPA for battlefield applications. It eliminates background noise and provides unparalleled call clarity in all environments.”
So, by cancelling out virtually all unwanted background noise with the amazing ‘Noise Assassin’ technology, you can talk wherever you what! If you are reporting from a football stadium; calling home from a noisy pub; phoning from a building site; the only thing the person at the other end of the phone will hear is your voice. Fantastic!
The Jawbone starts at a marvellous £49.99. However, Aliph is offering 30% off any Jawbone bought from its European online shop - all customers need to do is enter the promo code ‘Vuvuzela’.
For more details on Jawbone products, or to buy a Jawbone with 30% off go to http://www.jawbone.com
If your Dad is a ‘green’ Dad, likes to have everything ‘Eco’, and is also hooked on his iPhone, smartphone, iPod or the new iPad, then porporta have the ideal gift for him this Fathers Day. This truly eco range of mobile accessories are just beautifully designed and look very smart indeed. My very generous and kind friends recently bought me an iPod for my birthday, and the only thing missing was that perfect cover to protect it. Now I have found the most amazing looking holder for it.
The skilfully designed Recycled Leather Case looks very chic. It hosts a bamboo screen protection that will protect your handheld device from knocks and bumps, much needed if you are forever on-the-go, like most of us are! The Bamboo plate which comes with the packaging, also acts as your screen shield by simply popping into the top of your case, very clever indeed.
Other options available are a pouch style in either recycled leather or in a soft hessian. These also offer protection by inserting the bamboo plate in these options.
Proporta has themselves declared to be really proud of their new product range. Joint founder Guy Monson states:-
“In early 2008, we decided that we wanted to do more than simply pay money to offset carbon emissions and rename products “green”. Ever since then we’ve been conducting extensive research on how we can run our business in a more sustainable manner – looking at every aspect, from the drawing board to the manufacturing and supply chain. Proporta Smart is the culmination of this and we hope we shall be able to adapt some of the best features from the range into the rest of our products”.
The Proporta Smart range is available to purchase online from http://www.proportasmart.com priced at:
£29.95 for the Recycled Leather Case with Bamboo Screen Protection, £19.95 for either of the pouches and £34.95 for the Recycled Leather Case for iPad
The Recycled Leather Case with bamboo screen protection is available for Apple 2G iPod touch, Apple 5G iPod nano, Apple 2G iPod classic, Apple iPhone 3G S, Blackberry Bold 2 & HTC Desire.
Specifically aimed at the older Dads who can’t get their head around the latest technology, Emporia Telecoms has introduced the TALKpremiun mobile phone.
This mobile looks rather funky and host many sensible features which make it easy to use, no matter what age you are. I am blown away with how sleek the TALKpremiun handset looks, and, there are plenty of over 50 year olds I know that will find this the best thing since sliced bread!
The keypad has got large buttons which make it easy to access and see. Those individuals who are slightly visually impaired will find this mobile may be the one for them also. Emporia Telecoms say:-
‘With talk and text, a handy torch function and an alarm clock this mobile does everything you need it to do without complicated menus and unnecessary functions! The display colour is optimised for people with minor sight impairments. A special font has been developed for optimum readability and the loudspeakers are created to ensure no whistling feedback.’
The TALKpremium is therefore, without a doubt the perfect gift for those dads who are scared of technology. For those who like to get out and about, want a mobile but don’t want a complicated phone, and just want to talk and text, making it just right for Father’s Day.
TALKpremium is currently available through Talkmobile, priced £79.99 (http://www.talkmobile.com / Tel. 0844 854 0838).
I remember when it happened….It turned me into a right miserable plonker.
I am talking about being on holiday, relaxing in the sun (with beer) and enjoying my tunes. My MP3 holds the greatest tunes ever. Fact.
That’s what I must have been thinking as my enjoyment was cut short and I was left with silence. My MP3 had just run out of charge (= miserable and plonker).
If only I had known about Duracell’s Instant Charger, a device so simple and yet so important! The design is clever. sleek and understated. It is here to do a job, it’s purely functional.
The charger will give an iPod up to 50 hours run time, An iPhone or Blackberry 180 minutes. For more charging stats see http://www.duracell.com
It is so easy to use. Charge the Charger via USB connection and then use that charge on your favourite devices by using the USB or mini USB connection lead supplied.
You can get this Must-have compact travel companion at Amazon for only £24.99, with free delivery.
