This is the TravelCard charger: a portable backup battery charger for your smartphone. There are both Android and iPhone versions, but today I’ll just be reviewing the TravelCard for the iPhone. It’s available in 4 different colors: black, silver, blue, and red. It gives your iPhone an additional 50% charge, give or take a little depending on your phone. So that’s roughly 5 hours of talk time, 4.5 hours of internet usage, or 98 hours on standby.
To charge your phone just pop out the TravelCard’s Lightning connector, plug it into your iPhone, and press the power button on the TravelCard. It’s that simple. I’ve found it charges my iPhone a little over 1% per minute which is pretty dang fast. It’s pretty small too, the size of a credit card: only 4.77mm thick and weighs just 2 ounces. So yes it can fit in your wallet, but I’m going to just keep it in my front pocket because for some reason I don’t want to sit on a battery being that close to my rumpty.
It comes with a USB cable so to recharge the TravelCard you simply connect the USB cable to a USB port on your computer or into your iPhone’s power adapter. So if you need a small and lightweight portable backup battery charger for your smartphone then the TravelCard is something to check out. Big thanks to Go Design for letting me review it, and thanks to you for watching. Be sure to subscribe and like this video for more tech reviews in the future. Keep having fun out there, and I’ll talk to you later.
Inspired by this Reddit thread, here are 10 awesome iOS apps that you probably don’t know about! (in no particular order)
FastCustomer – With a single tap, FastCustomer will navigate the phone tree to nearly any company’s department – like tech support or billing – then it will ring your phone once it has an agent on the line for you.
NextDraft – Dave Pell, Internet wit and news addict, provides a smart summary of the day’s 10 most fascinating news stories.
Places I’ve Pooped – A little gem that helps you track all the places you’ve pooped in the world. Expand your territory, mark everywhere you’ve visited – bombs away!
RunPee – Tells you the best time to take a bathroom break during your favorite movies without missing the best scenes. Also provides a synopsis so you know exactly what you missed.
Zombies, Run! – An immersive running game and audio adventure. Delivers a story straight to your headphones through orders and voice recordings while you are on your run – and when you get back home, you use the supplies you’ve collected while running to build and grow your base.
Songza – (Bought by Google) Working? Relaxing? At the gym? Songza plays you the right music at the right time.
SongPop – Fun music guessing game. It plays a clip from a song, and you must answer it as fast as you can to beat your opponent. Pretty addicting.
Aviary – A fun & simple way to make beautiful photos in seconds. Use professionally designed filters, creative stickers and frames, touch-up tools and more to create amazing pics.
CamScanner – Takes pictures of documents and converts to PDF. Helps you scan, store, sync and collaborate on various contents across smartphones, iPads, tablets and computers.
TuneWiki –(Removed from US Store) Great lyrics app. Play your music or radio with scrolling lyrics.
What’s your favorite app that almost nobody knows about?
Here are 20 iPhone apps (in no particular order) that will change your life!
20 iPhone apps that will change your life!
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In no particular order these are 20 iPhone apps that will change your life!
Google Maps (free) – Turn-by-turn GPS app that makes navigating your world faster and easier. Waze (free) – a fun, community based mapping, traffic & navigation app. With millions of drivers from across the globe joining forces to outsmart traffic, save time, gas money, and improve daily commuting for all. Alien Blue (free or paid) – a feature packed client for browsing Reddit. It has been developed from the ground-up for an intuitive touch-screen experience. Pocket Casts ($3.99) – a powerful Podcast manager for iPhone and iPad. Feedly (free) – The more you read, the more you know. Feedly delivers all your favorite sites in one place. Google Voice (free) – Access your Google Voice account right from your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Send free text messages to US phones and make international calls at very low rates. Access your voicemail messages with transcription. Full Fitness ($1.99) – Becoming and staying fit has never been easier with the help of Full Fitness. Hundreds of exercises are explained with clear pictures, videos, and text instructions. Fantastic workout tracking app. MyFitnessPal (free) – the fastest and easiest-to-use calorie counter app. With the largest food database of any iOS calorie counter (over 3,000,000 foods), and amazingly fast food and exercise entry, it’ll help you improve your weight and hit your fitness goals. Pocket (free) – Over 10 million people use Pocket to easily save articles, videos and more for later. With Pocket, all of your content goes to one place, so you can view it anytime, on any device. You don’t even need an Internet connection. Evernote (free) – an easy-to-use app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve your productivity. Evernote lets you take notes, snap photos, create to-do lists, scan business cards, record voice reminders–and it makes everything searchable, whether you are at home, at work, or on the go. Balanced (free) – Struggling to make time for all the little things that matter? Join over 100,000 others who use Balanced to stay motivated & focused on what’s really important in life. Lift (free) – Lift provides personal coaching for any goal by giving you daily motivation, expert instruction, reminders, and celebrations. Dropbox (free) – Dropbox lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Access any file you save to your Dropbox from all your computers, iPhone, iPad, and the web. With Dropbox you’ll always have your important memories and work with you. Musi (free) – Musi lets you stream audio directly from YouTube, build playlists, and share music with your friends. You can even stream and listen to music when your device is locked. Mint (free) – Mint.com allows you to track, budget and manage your money all in one place, so you can see where you’re spending and where you can save. Open an account, add your bank, credit, loan and retirement accounts and Mint will automatically pull in and categorize your transactions. It’s safe, secure and easy to keep your personal finances organized. Udemy (free) – Udemy is the world’s largest destination for on-demand, online courses. Whether you want to get promoted, break into a new industry, start a company, further a passion, or just accelerate your life, Udemy has a course to help you get there and get there faster. RetailMeNot (free) – The RetailMeNot Coupons app makes it easy to save in store and online with thousands of coupons and deals to the places you love to shop. Relax Melodies (free) – Can’t sleep? In 20 minutes you will, or less. Introducing the most popular sleep aid app. Start sleeping now and enjoy full nights of sleep like you haven’t in a long time. 1 Second Everyday ($0.99) – Imagine a movie that includes every day of the rest of your life. GasBuddy (free) – Find the cheapest gas near you.
What is one app that has changed your life for the better?
This is my review of the best headphones for running and working out. This is just my personal opinion, but they are the Motorola S305 Bluetooth headphones. Of course you need a device with Bluetooth capability to use these. But the Bluetooth feature is a huge part of why these are the best for working out because once you get rid of the cords and wires you’ll never want to go back to a wired headset ever. The Motorola S305 Bluetooth headphones are very affordable. You can get them on Amazon for a great deal, and I’ve been using this exact same Bluetooth headset for almost 3 years now. Never had a problem with it. That’s why I can recommend it as the best headphones for running and working out.
Let’s go over what I love about these headphones. Of course I love the wireless aspect. Since these are Bluetooth headphones they do run on a built-in battery that is rechargeable. It comes with a charger. I’ve never had a problem with the battery life. I only have to charge them about once a week. I get about 5 to 6 hours of use per charge. I’ve had these for over 2 years, and the battery life is as long as it was when I first got them. They charge very quickly too.
The sound quality on these is fairly good for the size. These are quite small. Of course they’re not professional studio quality headphones. They’re made for durability and portability. You’re not going to get extreme high-quality studio sound from these headphones, but they are good enough for working out. They get really loud. I’ve never even reached the full loudness on these things. You will not have a problem with it not being loud enough when you’re in a noisy gym.
These headphones are fairly comfortable. They have a snug fit. They’re not going to shake or rattle or fall off easily when you’re running or doing any type of high intensity activity. I usually wear them for an hour and a half each use, and they stay pretty comfortable.
They also have a built in microphone and controls on the headset. This includes a power button, volume buttons, play and pause buttons, call answer button, and skip buttons. All the controls are on the right side of the headset. If you are listening to music on your phone and somebody calls in it goes directly to the headphones and you can talk directly into the built-in microphone without having to hold your phone up close to your mouth. You can also control your music from the headphones with the buttons.
These headphones are extremely durable. During my ownership I’ve thrown them across the basketball gym floor many times. They still work perfectly to this day. They are lightweight and flexible. You can bend them with ease. I’m not a very sweaty guy, but I’ve read other reviews on these headphones and they said that it handles sweat pretty well. The foam on the headphones seem durable too. Mine are still intact.
So if you’re looking for the best headphones for running and working out I do recommend the Motorola S305 Bluetooth headphones. I hope you enjoyed the review. Get a pair of these. They’re extremely affordable and they do make working out and running easier and more fun!
