Tag: travel
MacBook Air Travel Express Bag from Waterfield Delivers Svelte Travel Friendly Design
Waterfield Bags has just announced a new bag for the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro notebooks which is slim and designed to carry your essentials as you travel. As such, it’s being called the MacBook Air Travel Express Bag and starts at $79, The MacBook Air Travel Express comes in form fitting sizes for the McBook [...]
FlipIt Charger Lets Add a USB Charger to any Outlet
If you have trouble finding a location to charge your MP3 Player or smart phone because there are no outlets to spare then you should check out the FlipIt USB charger which slips in between a normal plug and the outlet, adding a USB port. As you can see in the illustration above the plug keeps the [...]
MacBook Air is a Great Travel Notebook
When we did our review of the new MacBook Air, we had not yet taken it on a long journey. Over the holidays we had that chance on a trip from North Carolina to Wisconsin and back. And we found that the MacBook Air is a delight to use on the road in many situations. [...]
DisplayLink Monitor2Go Mobile Monitor adds 15.4″ Of Screen Real Estate
DisplayLink announced a new mobile monitor solution at CES 2011 in Las Vegas today. The Monitor2Go is a USB powered 15.4″ monitor which folds flat and packs up in your bag for use in the field or at your hotel, addressing the issues many mobile users find when using low resolution small screens. The Monitor2Go uses DisplayLink [...]
Ford Sync Destinations App Gives A Mobile Connection to In Car Navigation
Hot on the heels of announcing an update to the Ford Sync system that will allow users to control smartphone apps with their voice, Ford has announced the Ford Sync Destinations app for iPhone, iPad and Android users, with BlackBerry support coming in the near future. The Sync Destinations App allows SYNC users who have SYNC TDI (Traffic, Destinations [...]
Holiday Travel: A Look at the Tech We’re Taking With Us
In just a few days airports will get busier, the roads will get even more crowded and we as a nation will begin our collective journey towards friends and family. Just a decade ago a trip of this magnitude would involve a paperback book, license plate bingo and some burnt CDs, but thanks to the [...]
ScotteVest Revolution Plus Jacket Review: Pockets, Protection & Warmth
When it comes to outerwear, the ultimate gadget lovers coat has to have the ScotteVest name on it and pockets all over. The new Revolution Plus Jacket is the latest cold weather coat from ScotteVest that replaces the Evolution Plus and provides a jacket that doesn’t just allow you to carry your gear, it keeps [...]
Lenovo Power Hub is a Charger that Pulls Double Duty as USB Hub
Lenovo quietly introduced a new charging option for notebooks that adds an easy way to charge and attach multiple USB devices to your laptop on the road. The Lenovo Power Hub is a laptop charger that also comes with 4 USB port. Unlike some options we have seen, which are designed just to charge your [...]
Kensington Universal Laptop Power Adapters Announced
Kensington announced two new additions to their line of universal laptop power adapters today aimed at on-the-go users who need a replacement power adapter or are looking for one to leave in an office or in their go-bag. The two new power adapters are identical other than the USB port that can be used to [...]
Hotel Power Outlets: Subpar across the country
While most of the hotels we stayed in appeared to be built after the laptop become commonplace, there was a notable lack of power outlets in every hotel we stayed at. In most of these locations even your standard traveling family with a few cell phones and a portable gaming system would be hard pressed [...]
