Geek Treat of the Week Hats off to Belkin for coming up with some really neat iOS-oriented gadgets just lately. Following on from its kitchen stands for the iPad, it has now come up with some handy little photographic accessories for the iPhone. The first one to arrive is the LiveAction Camera Grip, with an external microphone and remote control unit on the way as well.
The Camera Grip might seem unnecessary to anyone that just wants to point-and-shoot with their iPhone Camera, but the thing I’ve noticed since getting an iPhone 4S is that the improved clarity of its new 8Mp Camera still tends to be marred by the shakiness of my hands when I’m taking pictures. For me, it’s the act of tapping on the screen that always seems to shake the shot up. Read the rest of this entry »
Review There is no shortage of wireless routers that will let you hook up a printer and maybe some USB storage too and make them available to anyone on the network. If your router lacks this ability, there are plenty of gadgets that will add it by bridging USB to an Ethernet port.
The downside of either approach will be instantly apparent to anyone whose router and printer and not close to one another. If the gadgets aren’t adjacent, you end up with long cables or powerline Ethernet adaptors, all of which defeats the object.
Belkin’s Home Base: wireless device sharing over your home network
This is what put us of sharing a printer on the network, even though our router will let us do so. Now, though, we can, thanks to Belkin’s Home Base accessory – a wireless printer sharing device.
Home Base is a small box with four USB 2.0 ports round the back, though it can handle up to 15 devices, connected through hubs. It has an Ethernet port if you do want wires, but crucially there’s an 2.4GHz 802.11n Wi-Fi adaptor inside that will talk to your router from any point in your premises that’s capable of getting a decent signal. Read the rest of this entry »
