Huffington Post – GPS For the Soul at Showstoppers CES 2013

January 9, 2013
Showstoppers CES 2013 in Las Vegas was once again loaded with exhibitors with interesting products and services.  One of them was an app just announced at CES, “GPS for the Soul” by the Huffington Post.

As Arianna Huffington explains, “The GPS for the Soul app is designed to work in conjunction with the GPS for the Soul section on the Huffington Post, HuffPost’s new stress-reduction daily email newsletter and GPS for the Soul online services provided by our partners, such as talktala and meQuilibrium. The app measures your heart rate and heart rate variability which, taken together, are a proxy for stress levels. The app then connects you to a personalized guide that offers music, poetry, breathing exercises and pictures of your loved ones that can help you re-center and de-stress. Or you can access the guides of stress-reduction experts, other users or your friends. Continue reading

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Question: When does a Phablet become a Tableph?

Answer – Not so fast. First of all what is a Phablet? Wikipedia says,  “Phablet (\’fæb.lɪt\), is an informal term for consumer touch-screen devices with screens that are between five and seven inches. These devices combine the capabilities of a smartphone and mini tablet — and occasionally incorporate a stylus. A phablet is larger than most smartphones, but not as large as a tablet or mini-tablet.”

Girls focus now, the keyword is larger which unfortunately is a subjective term and kind of wishy-washy mush. So let’s put some definition and metrics to it, shall we?  Size matters and as we all know that means more than six inches.

Now, if a Phablet is a larger smart phone, then a Tableph™  is a larger Phablet, so, doing the math a Phablet is a larger smart phone under six inches and a Tableph is a larger Phablet over six inches.

What does this have to do with CES which as we all know starts tomorrow for most, today for some and some never ever?  Well, at this years Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas we are expecting big announcements about bigger Phablets, ie: Tablephs ™.   By the way of example Huawei 6.1 ” Ascend Mate, Tableph™ , Note 3 Tableph™ from Samsung is rumored to be perhaps at some unknown size north of six inches.

This could be big. This could be huge.

 

 

All TM’s are ours.

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iHangy Necklace Interview with Palki Kochar

iHangy necklace for iPhone & iPod
iHangy necklace for iPhone & iPod

During CTIA in New Orleans, Girliegadgets in search of where glamour meets technology discovered iHangy music, necklace and keychain that keep a girl tied to her iPhone. No more turning your bag upside down to find your phone. Palki Kochar, PR & Business Development of Ontrion demonstrates how the iHangy works. I have to admit I liked the idea but was skeptical that my iPhone hanging off the side of my purse was a recipe for disaster.  The next day in the halls of CTIA I tried out the iHangy keychain.  I found it extremely handy, not just for the convenience of quickly answering a call but also to grab my phone to take a photo.  Typically I would be digging through my purse to find my phone for a quick photo op and by the time I found my phone the photo op may have passed but with the iHangy keychain I just quickly unhooked the phone, took the snap and I was on my way.  iHangy gets the Girlie Gadget Seal of Approval

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Frenchmen’s Street New Orleans

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Frenchmen's Street New Orleans
Frenchmen's Street New Orleans

 

 

 

 

Even covering the tech news at CTIA 2012New Orleansit can’t be all work and no play. Frenchmen’s Street is far more entertaining thanBourbon Street.  From swing dancing at The Spotted Cat or having poetry written for you by a young woman with a vintage typewriter this is a great spot to put away the electronics for a while and groove to the music.

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