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Holiday2015Tech
gift guide

H ere is my 2015 Holiday Tech Gift Guide, items that I 64GB version if you are planning to download a lot of games.
have used and can personally recommend for anyone on
your gift list! $149 and $199 (32GB or 64GB)
apple.com/tv
The Ray Super Remote
Nest Protect Smoke Plus Carbon Monoxide
The Ray Super Remote wants
to declutter your coffee table This updated smoke/carbon monoxide detector uses a human
and become the central nervous voice to calmly warn you when the alarm is about to go off.
system of all of your home
entertainment systems. The The Nest Protect takes something as
touch-screen device is designed boring as detecting smoke and makes
to control TVs, cable boxes, it slightly exciting. The companion app,
DVRs, video game consoles night and path lights and integration
and Internet streaming players with other Nest products are nice-to-
such as Roku and Apple TV. What’s more, it runs on software have features, but it’s the company’s
that learns viewers’ preferences so it can list programs suited to focus on safety that makes the Protect
personal interests. It requires a Wi-Fi system and pay-TV boxes worthy of your ceiling.
to work properly.
$99
The Ray remote controls more than 200,000 devices and can tinyurl.com/kqe7b82
run applications that will enable it to control other Internet-
connected home appliances, such as Google’s Nest thermostat. PROTAG Duet Bluetooth Tracker
The search and recommendation features are set up to eliminate
the need to spend a lot of time looking for content. Users can Losing important items is always a concern, especially when
tell the remote what kinds of programming interests them, it comes to smartphones. Whether phones are misplaced in the
such as soccer or comedy, so shows fitting those categories are course of a day or left behind when moving about, it is something
automatically highlighted on the nearly 5-inch screen. that happens . The Duet device allows you to track down a lost
item using wireless Bluetooth technology, as well as it can be
$249 set to notify you if you get a certain distance away from your
ray.co phone. At just 1 x 1 x 0.19 inches, the Duet can easily be added
to a number of items that are carried
AppleTV every day. Users can attach the Duet
to a keychain, laptop, luggage or bag.
The newest version of Made from plastic and containing only a
AppleTV is out now. If you circuit board and battery, the Duet snaps
have ever used an AppleTV, together tightly, and it stands up to as
you know that it has a great much abuse any normal keychain faces.
interface and is easy to use.
The current AppleTV adds an $30
new remote, Siri voice search tinyurl.com/pds5fvk
for programming as well as
games. The 32GB model will
be perfect for most, go for the

Jeff Bohr | Naples Mac Help 239.595.0482 | jeff@jeffbohr.com

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