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70 SEPTEMBER
TECH TIME
Clever gadgets you’ll wonder how you ever lived without
BUSINESS
PICK
OF
THE
Upgrade your smartphone’s built-in
mail app by switching to Airmail. Set up
your accounts in minutes, and all your
messages will be imported. It’s been
designed with the user and platform in
mind, acknowledging that people may
interact with emails differently on a
smartphone than they would at a desktop
computer. Tap on a contact’s avatar
to see other correspondence with that
person, easily filter messages to show
unread emails, threads or those with
attachments. Assign actions to swipes and
gestures, format emails as you type via
the custom keyboard toolbar and tap and
hold on an attachment to see a preview of
the content. Mail made simple.
MAIL ENHANCEMENT
Airmail, £3.99 on iOS
APP, APP & AWAY
SECRET SERVICE
Blackphone 2
£718.80
If apps aren’t enough
to put your mind at
ease, try Silent Circle’s
Blackphone 2, a
smartphone that puts
privacy at its heart. As
well as being a fully-
functional smartphone
with all the features
you’d expect (3GB RAM,
32GB, 5.5” display,
13MP camera sensor,
24-hour battery life),
it features a Security
Centre to fine-tune the data that individual
apps can access, and Spaces, whereby you can
create entirely-separate profiles that effectively
allow you to use one phone for both business
and leisure with no overlap in between. That’s
one way to stick it to the NSA.
SOCKET SCIENCE
OneAdaptr Twist+World Charging Station
£27.99
CLOUD-BUSTING
Lima
€99
If you’re a frequent business or leisure traveller, you’ll
likely have come across the situation where you’re either
lacking a plug adapter altogether, or don’t have enough
to charge all your devices. Then there’s the issue of
knowing what type of sockets to expect in the country
you’re visiting. Traditionally, multi-region adapters
have been bulky, fitting just one plug, but OneAdaptr’s
Twist+ World Charging Station is a one-stop solution
to those pesky problems, housed in a single, compact
design. Simply twist the middle ring to expose or retract
the different pins to suit the socket you’re working with
(compatible in over 150 countries). There are four
USB ports for charging cables, plus a MagSafe power
brick to juice your MacBook. Alternative versions are
available with differing numbers of ports and the option
of a standard plug socket.
Cloud storage is great, but it’s not always a
failsafe way of keeping information private.
Lima is a clever system that puts security
back in your hands: plug the hardware
adapter into your internet router, and then
connect an external hard drive of your choice.
Using the companion app on your devices,
you can wirelessly add a file to Lima at any
time, and it will automatically keep a copy
of it on the hard drive. All your files are
then accessible on the go, providing you’re
connected to the internet.
EDITOR’S
PICK✔