1MORE SonoFlow Bluetooth ANC Headphones: The $100 Champion!

1MORE SonoFlow review!

This is it. These win.

If you’re looking for a  GREAT travel headphone at a reasonable price, the SonoFlow are now my  top recommendation. Great sound, solid ANC, and fun tech features, these  are an all-rounder win.

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Ikko ITX01: A Laptop Hub with A HI-RES AUDIO DAC!

Ikko ITX01 Review!
I’m NERDING out on this one HARD! What if we took a really nice laptop hub, and added a premium DAC? It’s such a silly little idea, but it’s EXACTLY what I’ve been hoping someone would make. If your laptop has a mediocre headphone jack, this hub will add additional ports, memory card readers, AND improve that audio playback!
This is a totally new DAC chip, so let’s check it out!

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UPerfect X Mini Laptop Dock: Big Battery, More Ports, Smaller Size! Moto ReadyFor and Samsung Dex!

UPerfect X Mini Review!

Get more use out of the gadgets you already own! A portable monitor is a GREAT way to enhance your phone and tablet use, and a laptop dock is one of the best ways to pack and carry a portable screen!

UPerfect’s Mini X is a smaller version of this idea, but keeps a big battery and adds more USB ports. This is the easiest way to add a screen to a phone, tablet, console, laptop, camera, or ANY other device that can put out a video signal.

Let’s take a look at what this dock can do! Continue reading “UPerfect X Mini Laptop Dock: Big Battery, More Ports, Smaller Size! Moto ReadyFor and Samsung Dex!”

#SGGQA 266: iPhone 14 Pre-Orders, Z Fold4 Price Cut, FCC Satellite Clean Up, Poco M5, XPERIA 5IV Overheating

The FCC is looking into satellite clean up! More drama in the Musk vs Twitter lawsuit. One of my favorite video editors is increasing subscription pricing. NVIDIA’s newest GPU price might have been leaked. Samsung has already cut the price of the Z Fold4. iPhone pre-orders are coming in weaker than expected.

And we get to spend some time with a couple review phones!

Let’s get our tech week started right!

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Phone Camera Video Torture Test! Did the XPERIA 5IV Fail?

Camera video torture test! Let’s shoot some HEAVY video!

Looking at the concerns from other reviewers, people are wondering if the XPERIAs this year are overheating. Is this a “problem”, or should we be more concerned with video quality? Lining up phones to shoot 4k at 60fps and 4K at 120fps, we can build some data to predict how long a phone SHOULD last out in the field.

XPERIA 5IV, OnePlus 10 Pro, Axon 40 Ultra, Pixel 6A, and the Xiaomi 12S Ultra!

If you’re relying on a phone to capture memories or get work done, it’s critical we know how hard we can drive that phone for real work. Let’s see how long we can shoot before these phones tap out!

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Eufy Solo IndoorCam P24: I REALLY wanted to like it…

Eufy pan and tilt security camera review.

It’s a great little home security camera. Eufy includes terrific features and software. The performance is fantastic, and the phone app is one of my favorites.

ALL this for an attractive price, but there’s one fatal flaw…

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Sony XPERIA 5IV First Look: A Smaller POWERHOUSE Phone!

XPERIA 5IV first impressions!

Sony is the LAST option left for folks who want lifestyle features like headphone jacks and memory card support. This year the XPERIA 5 picks up a new design, more lifestyle features, and a bigger battery at a friendlier price than the XPERIA 1.

For a new phone launch this year however, is it TOO powerful for its own good? Continue reading “Sony XPERIA 5IV First Look: A Smaller POWERHOUSE Phone!”

Can we finally admit that in-display fingerprint sensors on phones are terrible, and that no company should use them?

You pull your phone out of your pocket and casually place your thumb on the screen. You feel THAT buzz as your phone refuses entry. Without investing too much focus, you slide your thumb to re-orient, but before you properly place your thumb down again, you feel the “bad buzz”. Now, fully invested with your visual and tactile attention, you prepare for attempt number three…

Best case scenario, you get into your phone and realize the notification you received really wasn’t worth this effort. Worst case, you have to put in your pin or password, and the notification was even LESS worth this effort.

We had it so good. What happened? Continue reading “Can we finally admit that in-display fingerprint sensors on phones are terrible, and that no company should use them?”