This Apple Watch stand looks like a Macintosh 128K

Love all things Apple? Accessory maker Elago has a new Apple Watch stand that might tickle your fancy. It’s called the W3 Stand and when you put your Apple device on it to make it look like the original Macintosh. Of course it isn’t just a stand, it’s a charging port, too, that when you line the watch face with the screen and have the screen in Nightstand mode, it’ll look like a small Macintosh 128K is showing the information. It’s available in black and white versions for US$13.99.

Source: Apple Insider

CES 2017: Introducing Lenovo’s Microsoft Surface competitor

Lenovo has its own take to the hybrid laptop and tablet in the Miix 720. Appealing to the younger, mobile crowd, this 2-in-1 comes equipped with 12-inch QHD+ touchscreen display (2,880 x 1,920 resolution), up to 7th-generation Intel Core i7 processor, up to Windows 10 Pro, up to 16GB DDR4 memory, and up to 1TB PCIe SSD. It also has a Thunderbolt 3 port for faster data transfer and Windows Hello support.

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CES 2017: Lenovo outs a 6TB NAS for the home

By Nicole Batac

Las Vegas - Lenovo’s smart home solution doesn’t end with the Smart Assistant. There’s also the boxy Smart Storage. And as its name suggests, it’s a network attached storage for the home. It has 6TB capacity, dual-band wireless access, and multi-device auto-sync capabilities. It can store any of your personal files and with peer-to-peer access, Lenovo promises the Smart Storage is built to be a secure NAS for the home. The focus for Smart Storage, though, looks to be photos as its integrated facial recognition software can organize your entire photo library based on faces. The Smart Storage is coming to the US in May and its retail price starts at US$139.99. 

CES 2017: Casio brings GPS to its rugged WSD-F20 Android Wear watch

By Nicole Batac

Las Vegas - Casio shows its taking its smartwatch segment seriously with the second iteration of its Android Wear-powered timepiece. Called the WSD-F20, this watch now falls under Casio’s Pro Trek Smart Series. It brings a much-needed feature: built-in GPS. What this introduces is compatibility with Glonass and Michibiki satellite systems to improve tracking further. Truly built for adventurers, it comes with coloured maps and you can download maps offline so you won’t get lost when data connection fails. Aside from that, the watch gets a new Location Memory feature. What this does is it reads your location and lets you lay down markers by hitting one of the physical buttons. You can also leave voice notes for spots you want to revisit.

This rugged smartwatch is built to military standards and is still water resistant up to 50 meters. It has a 1.32-inch dual layer LCD touchscreen (320 x 330 resolution) and has a battery life of up to a day if you have everything running and a month if you use it in normal watch mode. When you’re low on battery, it’ll go into monochrome mode. The watch also gets better activity tracking, especially for snow sports where it delivers additional data such as maximum speed for each run.

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