Special feature: Cool portable iPod Speakers and Mobile Phone speakers.
Schools out, so let the summer begin! I’m happy to say that the long-summer evenings are here and its time to spend days hanging around in the park or the garden and totally chilling with your portable sounds. You’ve probably spend lots of time loading all your cool MP3’s onto your mobile phone, your iPod®, Creative MP3 or Sansa player so now its time to share them with your friends. Perhaps you are dining al fresco and fancy some intimate dinner music on your balcony or for your picnic. Not to mention camping out!
I have the perfect (and affordable) product for you. It’s the Jivo Juicy Tunes. This is a portable speaker designed to dock the iPod®, but also to work with all types of MP3 players or with MP3 Mobile Phones. It comes with the special connectors for Sony Erickson, Nokia and Samsung Phones. Its available in stylish black or white and a padded carry pouch is included for transporting safely! It has a slot for 4 AA batteries for when you are on the go, but also gives you power with a plug. With a 3-pin and a 2-pin adapter, you have the flexibility of taking the Juicy Tunes with you on holidays abroad! You won’t believe the sound from the Juicy Tunes until you hear them!

Techie Bit:

• 2 x 2 magnetically shielded speakers.
  
• 5 volt AC/DC switching adapter included
  
• Output Power 3W
  

So let’s refresh, the Juicy Tunes is an iPod Speaker, a Portable Speaker, a Speaker for Mobile Phones, is battery powered for portability but also has an AC adapter for plugging to the wall outlet. The sound is great. What are you waiting for…

What makes sound isolating earphones different from other earphones on the market? How does this technology work and is it safe to use?
Being a daily commuter on public transport, an MP3 player is at times a necessity. Listening to your tunes can distract from the journey and make it a more enjoyable experience. But there is always that familiar background noise of the doors opening and closing on the bus, the surrounding conversations and the drone of the traffic outside.

 Turning the volume up can damage your eardrum and also means that the other commuters can hear what you are listening to. The answer to this is the sound isolating technology used in the new Jivo earphones.
Sound isolation makes it possible to hear greater detail at a lower volume than is possible with earbuds or most headphones intended for portable use. This means that all background noise you get while commuting is blocked out and all you hear is your favourite music with amazing sound quality. So what’s the difference between sound isolating and noise cancelling earphones?
Sound isolating earphones naturally prevent noise from entering the ear. The sleeve surrounding the earphone allows it to fit comfortably into the ear and its acoustic properties prevents outside noise from entering the ear. Sound isolating earphones do not require circuitry or batteries.

Noise-cancelling headphones use electronic circuitry to remove noise after it has entered the headphone earcup. The microphones inside each earcup sample the noise field, and an electronic circuit creates an inverse image of the noise signal, adding it to the music. The actual noise and the inverse noise cancel each other out. It requires batteries in order to operate and is larger, heavier and more expensive than the sound isolating earphones.
The Jivo sound isolating earphones come with three sets of ear-fit tips to ensure extra comfort and a secure fit, the perfect solution for all those music loving commuters!

Want to travel, but scared of losing contact with all your friends? 

A trend amongst young people today is the desire to travel. World tours, trips to Australia, America and Asia are common on the agenda of the average twenty-something’s. An even bigger trend amongst teens, tween’s and the twenty something’s is communicating with friends and managing relationships. Generally speaking, young people embrace technology, are internet Saavy and enjoy communicating and staying in touch. Sites such as Bebo or the Meetingpoint have hit the world by storm. Tools for chatting such as instant messenger and Skype are quickly becoming part of our daily routine. With this in mind I would like to highlight this month’s featured product: the Jivo Skype Phone. 

The Jivo Skype Phone allows you to make and receive phone calls over the internet for free. It simply plugs into the USB port or your computer or laptop and rings for incoming calls. You won’t need any external sound card to hear this VOIP phone ring. Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) is the term used to describe the technology behind making calls over the internet. Simply download the Skype software for free from www.skype.com, set up your profile and look for your friends. I spoke to my friend in Thailand using my skype phone and the line was crystal clear. Other functions of the device include viewing contacts which are on and offline and scrolling though your contacts. This is similar to using a mobile phone. The blue backlit LCD screen makes viewing contacts easy. You simply select your contact and call your friends for free by pressing the green “call” button.

The compact and light design of this VOIP phone makes it a must have on all your travels!