September 2014 archive

Product Warranties – Stick to Your Guns

Whenever we spend our hard-earned money on products such as electronics we do so with the usual expectation that those products will work for a long time to come. You may formulate that expectation based upon the brand, its reputation, the cost or other attributes of the product. In December 2013, I bought myself a …

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Aftershokz AS500 Bluez 2 Open Ear Wireless Stereo Headphones Unboxing

Bone Conduction Headphones

I have gone through a number of headphones over the years as I’ve either been interested in or required specific features, such as: noise-cancellation, Bluetooth connectivity (to use with my Lumia 1520), built-in microphone, software integration with other peripherals (i.e. keyboard and mouse). My Logitech UE9000 headphones seemed to easily cover all of those features …

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Logitech G930 Wireless Gaming Headset Unboxing

So, the replacement for my ill-fated Logitech UE9000 headphones finally arrived in the form of the Logitech G930 Wireless Gaming Headset and, of course, that demands an unboxing video! Given that Logitech no longer manufactured the UE9000 headphones I was offered a choice of another product up to the same value. Given that I needed a headset with …

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