Category: Mobile Tech

Smartphones these days have remarkable cameras, but they aren’t shaped like a camera, so they aren’t easy to control while shooting, especially when you want to use accessories. The Beastgrip Pro takes your smartphone and turns it into a professional camera rig.

As Pokémon GO has proven, it’s a great time to get out of the house and explore the world around you. But if you want a bigger adventure than just walking around your town, you’ll find Google’s new app interesting.

Our phones are pretty tough these days. They’ve come a long way. Some cane even withstand drops and water pretty well. Fire, not so much. Our phones have a long way to go before they are fireproof.

After walking around for hours catching Pokémon, your arms may suffer. You may even develop something called “gamer’s arm”, a medical condition that happens after holding up your arms for hours at a time. Be safe while collecting Pokémon by taking the right equipment with you.

I’m sure many trainers get lonely, out there catching Pokémon all by themselves. If only they had a place that would help them find that special someone to catch Pocket Monsters with. Well, maybe this app can help.

Between the network connection, GPS, and camera, Pokémon GO will really drain your phone’s battery, which makes catching Pokémon even harder. You should pick up a portable charger or battery case for your device if you plan on playing for very long.

I have two kids and when kids are very young, a stroller isn’t something parents want to do without. Sure, you want to hold the baby a lot of the time, but you also want to put them down so they can sleep – and at times, you want to axe murder anyone who tries to wake them up.

I’ve seen commercials for Comcast’s Xfinity Home service, but have never seen the system in use until now. I recently had the opportunity to stop by a home that was fully outfitted with this smarthome and security service, and was really impressed with what I saw.

Today’s smartphones are shooting better and better video, making them more than sufficient for most purposes. However, one area where smartphones still kind of stink is in their audio recording quality. Their puny internal microphones were designed for making phone calls – so they tend to be tinny, and pick up lots of hiss and noise.

GoPro is the big name in action cameras and its cameras will do go just about anywhere. If you want to take your GoPro into the water though, you need to put it into another watertight case.

These days, smartphones can take some pretty great photos all on their own, but the biggest limitations of their cameras is the size of the lens and the size of their image sensors. Built-in lenses are usually set to a middle-of-the road field of view, so they’re usually best for general purpose usage, and not optimized for super wide angle shots, super close-ups or long shots.

This post brought to you by Cobra. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Technabob. These days, cars offer all sorts of built-in technology to improve driver safety and convenience. But there are some automotive gadgets that you’ll want to consider adding after the fact too.

No matter how much storage we have in our phones, it is never enough. Our music, photos, video, and app collections are always growing. Forget having to delete files so you have room to keep adding new media.

Now your greasy fingers have something new to filth up. KFC knows that your phone needs a charge and they are willing to help with a device charger bjilt into your take-out box. Sadly, like many cool and unusual things, we in America are left out.

Remember that Hyperkin Smart Boy case thingy that we saw last year? It was a case that slid onto an iPhone and turned it into a GameBoy from the Nintendo days. Turns out it was originally an April Fool’s joke, but enough interest was there that Hyperkin decided to build it.

Remember when Apple introduced picture-in-picture video in iOS 9?It was pretty awesome, but one thing was missing. The ability to use the feature with Netflix. This is a feature that many users have been waiting for, so they can watch movies and programs while doing other things.