London Mail Names Lepow Moonstone “Gadget of the Week”!

London Mail Names Lepow Moonstone “Gadget of the Week”!  

London Mail

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2389156/Portable-phone-charger–Lepow-Moonstone-6000-review.html

Gadget of the week: Lepow Moonstone 6000 portable power bank

•Excellent way of keeping your phone charged while on the move

•Can charge your phone three times before the Moonstone needs recharging  

By Rik Sharma PUBLISHED: 20:17 EST, 10 August 2013 | UPDATED: 20:42 EST, 10 August 2013 Rating: 5 STARS Price: £45/$69.99

Ever been out and about and your phone’s run out of juice? Of course you have. The Lepow Moonstone 6000mAh portable power bank could be a lifesaver.  

It’s a simple device that you charge up – and then it charges your phone.  

The Moonstone is designed for women, in that it can be easily carried in a handbag and is shaped in a similar fashion to a make-up box – a smooth, rounded surface with no edges.

Stylish: The Moonstone is shaped like a make up box, is smooth and easy to hold and carry  

But it didn’t look out of place on my desk at work or when I used it when I was out. As well as the ‘green apple’ colour we were sent, you can also get it in ‘bright yellow’, ‘red rose’, ‘ebony black’ and ‘pure ivory’.

It is easy to carry as it weighs just eight ounces, thanks to the Li-Polymer battery. The Moonstone comes in a nice felt case and as well as the stone, you get a micro USB cable (or, if you get the iPhone version, the equivalent) to connect that device. I could charge the Samsung S4 three times with the Moonstone, although the stone itself took eight hours or so to charge. This could be done overnight. It charges phones in about two hours – so as quick as if you plugged your device into the mains. The cable you charge your phone with has a mini USB head on one end and a normal USB on the other.

There are two USB ports and one micro USB port on the Moonstone  

When you charge the Moonstone – which retains its power for up to 6 months – you reverse this, plugging the USB into a computer and the mini USB end into the device. If you were going for a weekend away, bringing the Moonstone with you instead of a charger would be a good idea – especially if you were heading for a city-break abroad. It has two power outputs which allows you to charge at different speeds, depending on what is optimal for the device you want to charge. This is a straightforward device – if you’re looking for a way to extend your phone life while out and about, and have somewhere to put it (the Moonstone is probably too big for your pocket) then it does exactly what you want.

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London Mail on iBike Dash Cycling Computer by Rebecca Romero, Olympic Gold Medalist

London Mail on iBike Dash Cycling Computer by Rebecca Romero, Olympic Gold Medalist

By Rebecca Romero, London Mail

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-2114910/Olympic-gold-medalist-Rebecca-Romero-reviews-new-cycling-computer.html

Time to get on your iBike: Rebecca Romero reviews a new cycling computer

By REBECCA ROMERO, Olympic gold medalist

PUBLISHED: 17:00 EST, 17 March 2012

A device that turns your iPhone into a bike computer – gold medal winner, or false start?

I may be the only British woman to win Olympic medals at two separate sports – rowing and cycling – but that doesn’t mean I’m always fast with technology.

The iBike Dash is a new cycling computer from America that has full colour graphics, touchscreen controls, and even animation.

If it sounds complicated, don’t worry, because it’s linked to an iPhone (or iPod Touch) and is a simple tool for any cyclist.

Once the mount is attached to the handlebar there are a couple of cables that link to wheel and pedal sensors, which are easy to fit.

Then you slide the casing onto the mount and you’re ready to go.

It’s waterproof and fairly robust, so your expensive iPhone won’t be damaged in a shower – or if the worst happens and you take a tumble.

The iBike Dash is controlled by an iPhone app, which displays all kinds of readouts, from hill slope to elevation, trip distance to cadence.

The app pops up as soon as you mount the iPhone on the bike.

I particularly liked the speedo because it looks like a dial from a car dashboard. It’s very accurate, even at low speeds. If you’re using it with an iPhone, it also shows you where you are on a map, which is really useful if you’re on long cycle rides.

There are lots of ways to configure the screen, it’s just a case of finding one that suits you. It wasn’t that long ago that cyclists didn’t have computer technology to help them train.

Even in my six years of cycling – I’m now preparing for an Ironman event in July – computer systems have developed at a very fast rate.

You have a vast amount of information at your disposal and it makes a big difference to the way you train.

Most competitive cyclists nowadays use SRAM, a much more complicated system that requires a new crankset and can cost up to £2,500.

The iBike is a much cheaper option but for most cyclists it will be more than enough to improve their performance.

Even a recreational cyclist will find it useful, from looking up the next coffee shop to checking the wind speed on the route back home.

The iBike Dash + Power costs £350, ibikesports.com .

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