Travel Tech Gadgets

Dec 29, 2016

The Best Travel Tech Gadgets Posts of 2016

The Best Travel Tech Gadgets Posts of 2016

It has been an interesting year. A lot of changes. Great travels and destinations, as well as new and great innovations. Here is a look back at some of the most popular posts on Travel Tech Gadgets:

10 Great Smartphone Camera Hacks For Travel
http://www.traveltechgadgets.com/2016/04/10-great-smartphone-camera-hacks-for.html

5 Coolest Travel Gadgets Currently in Crowdfunding - July
http://www.traveltechgadgets.com/2016/07/5-coolest-travel-gadgets-currently-in.html

What's New in iOS 10 for iPhone and Benefits for Travelers
http://www.traveltechgadgets.com/2016/09/whats-new-in-ios-10-for-iphone-and.html

How To Travel Light With Your Family To the Beach
http://www.traveltechgadgets.com/2016/05/how-to-travel-light-with-your-family-to.html

Last Minute Gift Ideas For Travel And Gadgets

Last Minute Gift Ideas For Travel And Gadgets

Last-minute shopper? Or still have a few hard-to-shop-for people on your list? Here are some easy last-minute gift ideas:

Check the holiday shipping calendar
» For most standard shipping options, it is a no go. These take a minimum of 5 days and will not make it before Christmas (You are still good for other holidays such as Hanukkah and New Years)
» If you are an Amazon Prime Member, you have two-day shipping, and your presents will make it just in time
» In some locations, Amazon even offers one-day or same day delivery

Give the gift of Prime
» Great Last-Minute Gift
» FREE Two-Day Shipping on over 30 million items
» Watch thousands of movies and TV shows with Prime Video
» Stream millions of songs and thousands of playlists
» Also get free Kindle e-books, unlimited photo storage, exclusive access to deals, and much more

The Best Gifts for Travelers

The Best Gifts for Travelers

Power Bank
Don't leave your home without one. Especially if you have an iPhone with the latest software (see: iPhone's Unexpected Shutdown Issues & What To Do)

Anker Astro 5200mAh Candy bar-Sized Ultra Compact Portable Charger

Lowepro Passport Sling DSLR Camera Bag

Not only is it versatile to carry in multiple variations, it is also versatile in what it can pack. It is designed for a DSLR camera with a large padded compartment inside. And when the camera is in there, you would not be able to tell. It also has additional space inside for other travel gadgets and accessories. Plus multiple pockets on the outside, which are great for easy access during trips.

Lowepro Passport Sling DSLR Camera Bag

Bose QuietComfort 35 Noise-Cancelling Headphones
Planes, trains, and automobiles, these headphones come in handy in all of these modes of transportation. You can listen to your music, watch a show or a movie, without getting distracted by the noise around you

Bose QuietComfort 35 Noise-Cancelling Headphones

Holiday Family Road Trip in Northeast

Holiday Family Road Trip in Northeast

This weekend we took a road trip to Northern New Jersey. Ultimate goal of the trip was to get our holiday tree from in-laws house. The trip had multiple stops each with holiday filled activities.

Our first stop was in Chester, NJ. We first went to the Festival of Trees that was held in a barn as a fundraiser for the local community. There were more than 60 holiday trees decorated in various themes, including international travel:

New Cool Up-and-Coming Travel Gadgets - December

LeEco’s SuperBike isn’t electric, but it sure has a lot of gadgets attached
http://techcrunch.com/2016/11/09/super-bike
» Advance bike design with tech built-in
» GPS Voice Navigation
» Trip/Workout/Ride Tracking
» Bike-2-Bike Voice Com
» Music Player
» Bike Security Tracker

Image: bmwblog.com

BMW New Motorcycle Have A New Amazing Look
https://www.glozine.com/technology/bmw-motorcycle-new-amazing-look.html
» The new concept motorcycle is built with flexframe. It allows the bike to be steered as one unit and changing the direction by adjusting the entire frame
» This motorcycle has a zero-emission engine
» Has self-balancing technology via built-in gyroscopic sensor
» Wide wheels for better stability

iPhone's Unexpected Shutdown Issues & What To Do

iPhone's Unexpected Shutdown Issues & What To Do

iPhones have fallen recently victim to a serious battery problem. Apple has stated that this effects only iPhone 6s that was manufactured between September and October 2015. However, it has been discovered that the shutdown malfunction also exists in the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s Plus, in addition to iPhone 6s devices. And I can confirm that on a personal level as my iPhone 6 keeps shutting off when it is at around 40% of battery life remaining. Unless plugged in, it will not restart. And when I do plug it in, it jumps back up to 40-45%. These issues started after an update to iOS 10.1.1.

There are a limited number of things you can do:

Top Gadgets Liked By Our Travelers

Top Gadgets Liked By Our Travelers

Garmin Vivofit JR. - Digi Camo

Garmin Vivofit JR. - Digi Camo

Why good to have on a trip:
» 1+ year battery life, no need to recharge while traveling
» Kid-tough - easy to put on, the 1-size-fits-most, nonstaining
» Tracks steps, sleep and 60 minutes of daily recommended activity
» Free app includes fun and educational mobile adventures for kids and chore/behavior management for parents

Garmin vívosmart HR Activity Tracker Regular Fit

Thanksgiving Travel Cheat Sheet

Thanksgiving Travel Cheat Sheet

As security measures ramp up around the holidays with higher volumes of travelers, and with pat-downs and new scans, navigating packed airports and overbooked flights just got a bit dicier. Expect that you'll have lots of company in your quest to share a turkey dinner with relatives

Best place to go during the Thanksgiving Holiday? Overseas. There, they don't care about Thanksgiving. If you travel directly, you are likely to experience minute crowds compared to domestic travel.

DO:

Call to confirm
Delayed or canceled flights are a major cause of holiday stress. Call the airlines within 24 hours of departure to confirm your flight information. You can also sign up for text and email alerts about flight delays and cancellations from your airline.

How To Never Be Late Again When Traveling

Traveling for business, you know you have to be up at certain times to make your meetings. Or make sure you are notified of an upcoming meeting. This is especially important if you are traveling across time zones as your internal clock will be thrown off.

Traveling for leisure, you might think I am on vacation, why do I need to get with an alarm. On most days, I would hope you do not. If you have any activities planned, looking to do some sightseeing, or have reservations, you will need to keep track of the time.

Best Holiday Gift Ideas for Travel and Gadgets

Best Holiday Gift Ideas for Travel and Gadgets

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All Of The Great How To's for iOS 10

All Of The Great How To's for iOS 10

iOS 10 - with the newest update for iPhone's operating system, there are quite a few new features that have been updated and added. To find out more about these changes and to take advantage of them, check out great resources below:

How to Get Siri to Announce Incoming Calls with iOS 10
http://www.iphonelife.com/content/how-to-get-siri-to-announce-incoming-calls-ios-10

How to keep your iPhone from tracking your location in iOS 10
http://www.dailydot.com/debug/how-to-disable-location-services--iphone-ios-10

Traveling During the Cold Season - What to Take and Do

Traveling During the Cold Season -
What to Take and Do

Every year in America alone, there will be more than 1 billion colds reported, resulting in more than 50 million missed workdays along with 60 million school days. And you see the news reports, school notices, and health alerts about cold and flu season. Why is it this time of the year? The answer is in how cold and flu viruses spread.
The “cold season” begins in November when the number of reported colds and flu illnesses rises sharply and remains elevated until late April. This is the case for North America. In the opposite hemisphere, the season has just passed. We keep passing colds back and forth across the hemispheres like the great, big, global family that we are. The main reason for it could be airplane travel.
A Harvard study found that domestic airline travel volume in November, especially around the Thanksgiving holiday, was an accurate indicator of how rapidly a flu virus would spread. The more air travelers there are, the higher are the rates for colds. The combination of drier air and people spending more time indoors enables the germs to survive during these times of the year and to migrate.
Cold weather doesn’t give you a cold. However, spending more time indoors causes you to breathe more germ-infested air, which likely contributes to why you get sick more often in the winter.

Travel Tips:

Autonomous Cars - The Ads Tell Us Why We Need Them ASAP

Autonomous Cars - The Ads Tell Us Why We Need Them ASAP

The drivers don't pay attention and swerve across lanes
Driver does not notice cars stopped ahead
The driver is too distracted to react to a car cutting in front of him
Pulling out of a spot without looking around

The list goes on and on in the commercials of cars with automatic braking, lane departure, and other tech systems:

New Cool Up-and-Coming Travel Gadgets - October

New Cool Up-and-Coming Travel Gadgets - October

Google Station aims to bring Wi-Fi to public spaces across the globe
thenextweb.com/google-wants-to-bring-wi-fi-to-public-spaces-across-the-world-with-its-new-initiative
Access for everyone. That is the goal for these tech hubs providing free Wi-Fi in places that did not have it before. This also means more users and more visitors to the online sites then ever before. However, this also opens up more opportunity for unscrupulous folks to road the public access for devices with weaker protection and try to steal data. To avoid getting hacked or scammed, just make sure to have your Wi-Fi and devices protected with private VPN that will make public wi-fi more secure.
Protect the ones you love with a PIA VPN service for safe and secure Web Browsing: Desktop,VPN for Android, VPN for iOS

Best Time To Travel Is Right Before The Storm

Best Time To Travel Is Right Before The Storm

Experts predict a slightly more active hurricane season in 2016. While this is something to keep in mind, it should not dampen your travel plans.

Need to Know: Water Resistant Gadgets VS Waterproof Gadgets

Water Resistant Gadgets VS Waterproof Gadgets

Water Resistant Gadgets Aren’t Necessarily Waterproof!
And that is a very significant difference to be aware of. Before you take your new gadget anywhere near water, it is extremely important to know if it is water-resistant or waterproof.

6 Coolest Travel Gadgets Currently in Crowdfunding - October

6 Coolest Travel Gadgets Currently in Crowdfunding - October

Smart strap allows you to take phone calls from your fingertip on your ear
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sgnlstrap/sgnl-make-phone-calls-with-your-fingertip
Sgnl enables you to make calls by pressing a button and placing your fingertip on your ear. The strap receives voice signal from your phone through Bluetooth. When a voice signal is received, Sgnl will generate vibration through its Body Conduction Unit (BCU) which transmits the vibration through your hand to your fingertip. As transmission is made through vibrations, there is no risk of harm to the human body. When you place your fingertip to your ear, the vibration echoes to create amplified sound within the closed space of your ear.

Halloween Travel Plus Tips & Tricks

Halloween Travel Plus Tips & Tricks

Are there reasons to travel on Halloween? Yes, and a lot of them. There are many towns that boast some amazing Halloween festivities, including pub crawls, pumpkin beer on tap, costume parades and late-night shows.

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We Are Not A Civilized Society, Not Even Close

We Are Not A Civilized Society, Not Even Close

It is the 21st century. We consider ourselves advance. With advancement in technology, transportation, medicine, and science, we are doing a lot of things on tiny gadgets. We are communicating instantaneously from around the globe, traveling vast distances in shorter time, live longer and healthier lives, and know a bit more about the far universe around us.
This is far from the truth when it comes to air transportation.

What's New in iOS 10 for iPhone and Benefits for Travelers

What's New in iOS 10 for iPhone and Benefits for Travelers

There are a few significant changes that are going to be released in the 10th version of the iPhone software. The changes that would be beneficial while traveling are:

How We Survived (Enjoyed) A Family Trip To Mexico

How We Survived (Enjoyed) A Family Trip To Mexico

Zika Virus
Mexico Travel Warning
Weather.com prediction of thunderstorms every day of the week

None of these things stopped us from going and enjoying our trip to Riviera Maya, Mexico

New Cool Up-and-Coming Travel Gadgets - September

Image via 4moms.com

This Stroller Charges Your Phone Using Generators In Its Wheels

Labor Day Weekend Travel Tips and Essentials

Labor Day Weekend Travel Tips and Essentials

Labor Day honors the American labor movement and the contributions that workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of the country. It is the Monday of the long weekend known as Labor Day Weekend and it is considered the unofficial end of summer.(wikipedia.org)

Getaways
The closer we get to the Labor Day weekend the more expensive it is to fly. The best time to fly,

No Headphone Jack On The New iPhone, What To Do

Apple’s New iPhone Will Not Have A Headphone Jack, What To Do

Update 2.0: Galaxy Note 10 has no headphone jack

Update: Galaxy S8 smartphone kept the 3.5mm headphone jack on its new line.

Next iPhone (7) is expected to be at the forefront of a new generation of phones that are sine a slot for the most universal of audio connectors.

Solutions:

Travel Gadget Video of the Week - Summer Tech Built For travel

Travel Gadget Video of the Week - Summer tech built for travel

Travel Gadget GIVEAWAY: iPhone 6S Plus Case, Incipio STOWAWAY

Travel Gadget Giveaway: iPhone 6/6S Plus Case by Incipio

I did not receive this gadget as compensation. All opinions and all prizes are my own.

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