Sitex 2012 - Energizer Rechargeable Battery AP1201 for iPhone 4

Energizer has been producing a line of portable rechargeable battery chargers. The Energi To Go lineup is quite innovative. One of it caught my interest for the quite awhile. It is the Energizer AP1201 for the iPhone. As my iPhone is a hand-me-down, it's battery life is quite short. I needed a boost.

So at Sitex 2012, I bought this Energizer AP1201 for the iPhone 4. It works for the 4S as well. Original price was SGD119 but at Sitex, it's at SGD49. I think they mark it down because of the introduction of iPhone 5.

It is a rechargeable battery embedded into its silicon skin. The skin offers minimal protection as compared to my Otterbox Commuter, as can be seen from the pictures below. The Otterbox Commuter offers superb protection for the iPhone. It was with a heavy heart that I replaced the Commuter with the AP1201.

The Energizer Rechargeable Battery AP1201 provides additional battery power to the iPhone. There are a series of indicators behind it to show the battery status and it provides the additional charge continuously. However, the Energizer AP1201 does add weight to your phone. It tends to pull my pants down when I put it in my front pocket.

The battery life claims to be extended after the use of the AP1201.

It comes with a very short micro-USB cable.

My original Otterbox Commuter case for the iPhone. There is a raised bezel 

around the iPhone. This protects the iPhone screen if 

it is dropped or scratched.

 The Otterbox Commuter comprises of a silicon skin and a plastic 

polycarbonate outer layer.

 The length of the AP1201 is longer than the Otterbox.

 After putting on the AP1201, the charging port is now at the side.

 There are 2 gaps at the bottom of the AP1201 for the speakers of

the iPhone.

The light indicator for the battery level.

 It gives the iPhone perpetual charge. 

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Sitex 2012 - Powerbank Dual USB Portable Battery Powerocks

The Powerocks Stone 3 is a rechargeable portable battery charger catered for the various portable devices that we use everyday. The capacity is quite large for a small device. Its 7800 mAh. It has 2 USB output, which means it can charge 2 devices at the same time. The capacity of the 2 USB output is 2.1A and 2.0A respectively.

For recharging, it has 2 types of USB input to recharge, micro and mini-USB which gives users a choice. This is a very useful feature.

The red light is the power on/off switch.

The rest of the lights indicate the battery level.

The package includes a nice bag and micro-USB cable.

Output at the individual USB is 2.1A, sufficient to charge

the 2 x iPads.

The items laid out.

There are 2 type of ports used to charge. This is nice feature

which allows to have a choice of the cables used to

charge the device.

Works on Blackberry.

Works on the old iPhone 3

Works on the iPad.

The device being charged using a micro-USB cable.

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Sitex 2012 - Jambox Bluetooth Speakers

Sitex 2012 was held 22-25 November 2012. I will be blogging some of the devices that I bought at the Exhibition.

First is the Jawbone Jambox. It is a bluetooth speaker that can work with the various iDevices. It has received a lot of good reviews. I have listened to demo product at numerous places and I am quite impressed. The reason I bought it is mainly for my business travels. At nights, when I am working on my laptop in my hotel room, I would listen to internet radio from my laptop and the sound would come out from the laptop speakers. The sound can be quite pathetic at times.

I have been looking for a compact bluetooth speakers and my needs are quite simple. It has to be small and portable but the sound has to be powerful. I have read reviews on various other speakers from Creative and Logitech for bluetooth speakers but nothing has as much good reviews as the Jambox. It has a good battery life and connectivity is simple.

So on the Sitex 2012, there was a good price promotion on it, which was too good to miss. I bought the device and have been using it since.

My unboxing photos:

You can get an idea on the size of the Jambox bluetooth speaker

from the image of the hand holding it.

The contents of the box.

This is the colour that I chose. I like the texture of the speakers.

At the side, these are the ports and switch.

Jawbone has kept the packaging like an Apple package.

Compact and neat.

I am glad they have provided a plug attachment. It also includes a black felt case

at the top of the picture.

The charging plug uses micro-USB. Thank goodness for that.

There are 3 buttons at the top.

The bluetooth speaker is capable of loud sound.

Pros:
- It is small, compact but produces a very loud soud
- can also be used as a speakerphone if it is connected by bluetooth to the iphone.
- very good battery life

Cons:
- normal price is quite pricey.

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Cisco Linksys Wireless Entertainment Bridge

Unboxing the Cisco Linksys WES610N: 4-Port Dual-Band N Entertainment Bridge.

The WES610N is a wireless bridge that connects to the existing home Wi-Fi router and has 4 Ethernet ports for your non-Wi-Fi device to hook on. Cisco labeled it 'entertainment' because it is catered for your media devices that does not have Wi-Fi capability but has Ethernet ports. For example, I have a AC Ryan Playon HD2 Full HD Media Player which I blogged about here. I have a 1TB HDD in the media player but my movies are from my NAS. So I am streaming my movies from my NAS to the media player using the proprietary Wireless-N USB dongle. However, the signal is not consistent and I would get severe lagging. It has affected my viewing pleasure. 

So I decide to get this Linksys WES610N Entertainment Bridge to connect my AC Ryan. I can also connect my Sony TV, my Wii and old PS2 if I want to.

So far, I have only tried the AC Ryan and the signal I get is very good. There is no lagging and the movies are quite smooth now.

Setting up is simple as my existing router was able to detect it quite fast.

At the moment, there are 2 wireless bridge by Cisco Linksys. This one and the other one is WUMC710 Wireless-AC Universal Media Connector.

Here are the unboxing photos:

Contents of the box

One thing I like about Cisco product, the plug can be inter-change.

The 4 Ethernet port.

The lights can be quite annoying as it blinks all the time. I have placed the wireless bridge behind my peripherals so that it does not distract.

Please check out my other related posts on this blog:
Cisco Linksys EA4500 Router
Cisco Linksys RE1000 Wireless N Range Extender
Sony Bravia 46NX720 With Bunchin Stand