10 best gadgets and services for boomers

While some people may decrease of lattes, an increasing number of more spend on a variety of wire (or wireless) high tech gadgets. Last year's consumer electronics group Trade Association reports, Americans spent nearly 170 billion. $ USA electronics ranging from laptops to Smartphones. Although these electronic contraptions can become overwhelming incursions or distraction that you do not need to be. The right gadgets and services that they connect to — in fact, you can free you to some of the common efforts in the past (how to spend the whole evening, balance your checkbook), giving you more time to enjoy life. Here are 10 mini-applications and services boomers may wish to consider:

AppleiMat

IPad terrible e reader and, in many ways, it's just a really great iPhone (without phone). It is also a heavy (1.5 lb) and has been unable to play the majority of Web video.Nevertheless, it may be the perfect living room PC, which is why over 80 days, Apple sold 3 million are sleeker and Sexier than. "laptop, iPad ($ 499-$ 829) is designed to work together.Think of it as a community gateway news, sports and just about any information you can find on the Internet.

For example, you can verify the details during commercials, see pitcher while watching a game, peruse the actor bio online or impromptu game of Scrabble. Apple iPad is generation must have digital coffee-table book, albeit expensive to save money and avoid monthly fees, eschew 3 G model and stick with WiFi only retroactively.

BLOUET A nt S4

Distracted driving is a serious problem, said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which reported that nearly 6000 people were killed and more than half a million people were injured in 2008 in crashes involving a driver distractions. This is why eight States and the District of Columbia have made unlawful use of handheld cell phone while driving, according to the insurance for roads.Drivers you can buy a simple wireless speakerphone for $ 30 to remain in compliance with local laws.But there is a more convenient solution features: wireless Bluetooth speaker-phone that clips to your car visor and allows you to communicate with both hands on the wheel.

Although you can find some similar models in the market, BlueAnt S4 ($ 100) is unique in being truly hands-free device continually voice of his master. All we need do say "BlueAnt talk to me" and he awakens, ready to respond to oral instructions.To make a call, you can say "call" or "callback" without reaching up and fumbling with buttons and when you forget the correct command, just ask, "what can I say?" and he will tell you what to do.

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Barnes & Noble nook

E-books and e-book readers catch on quickly because of their impressive potential.Digital texts can cost less than half the price of their hardcover cousins, new books can be downloaded wirelessly in 30 seconds and handheld readers, you can replace e wall shelving storage over a thousand books.Of course, the question becomes: what happens to your electronic library to die for your device or you decide that you want to shop in another store e-books?

Barnes & Noble corner e reader ($ 149-$ 199) tries to alleviate these problems by using the open EPUB e-book format that allows rendering of e-books with friends and is compatible with competing e readers such as Sony and Cobo boundaries thus shall you break your corner or simply want a different model in the future, your e-library, you can come with you.(Unlike Amazon Kindle and the Apple iPad try to lock customers into retail stores, using exclusively.)EPUB Format is backed by the likes of Google, which make over a million public domain books available online finally if you don't have your corner with you, Barnes & Noble is a free application to read your eBooks on iPhone, BlackBerry or Smartphone based on Android.

Garminfone

Standalone portable navigation devices, quickly giving free smartphones based GPS mapping and navigation solutions. the problem with most of these smartphones, what direction often ends when you lose your connection, the screens illegible in sunlight and audio directions may be inaudible.

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