Pocket projectors: personal or business gadget of need?

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Technology is moving quickly everyday. From various types of gadgets that can help increase productivity for business to gadgets for an individual’s entertainment–the choices are vast.

One of those up and coming gadgets is the pocket projector. These handy devices are small, wireless, and economical priced overall. Most of them have the ability to connect with other portable devices as well, which adds to its convenience. Some such items are memory cards or USB ports.

This gives you the capabilities to view video and images at anytime or anywhere. It also has the option of sharing those videos and images from your mobile phone. A few that are currently capable are the iPod and the iphone. The new and continued-to-be-improved-uponDLP technology gives this little gadget the power to project images up to 60 degrees on most surfaces.

If you can imagine having the ability to give a powerful presentation through power point with your pocket projector, imagine how you will be able to wow the masses! Another side bonus is that because of the DLP technology, the picture lasts even after years of use because the DLP is only reflecting the light of the projector.

Most pocket projectors come with your basic AC adaptor, users guide, AV cable, and typically a rechargeable battery. The question it comes down to is: what are the uses and needs for this form of technology? It is important to always check the reviews of each new product available, and there are plenty of useful resources that will help in the walk through determining accurate reviews of the product chosen.

Lastly, the need to establish what you will use a pocket projector for will weigh in your decision on which suits your needs best. It also generally comes down to the cost. Overall, most of the pocket projectors on the market are fairly economical.

Minimizing Your Office Space

Everything comes in miniature these days. Mini computer mice, mini USB drives, mini pens — mini computers too. Everything is smaller, faster and more expensive than it was a year ago. Which means if your office is an older one, you might be the victim of giant equipment. Giant, old and painfully slow scanners are common in most offices. If you need to scan several hundred pages, you might just have to write off the next two years of your life. Your office space might be getting tight too, especially if you work from a home office. With a home office you need one of everything; a scanner, a printer, a shredder and, of course, something to amuse yourself with on slow days.

First on your purchase list might be a smaller scanner. There are many models available and the new style of scanner is so small you can just tuck it into your desk drawer when you’re not using it. Its dimensions are slightly wider than a piece of paper in length and only around four inches across. You just feed the document you want to scan into one side and your paper is digitized. The newest compact printers are slightly bigger, but they can still sit alongside a laptop without taking up the space for your coffee cup.

Who doesn’t like to shred paper? Though the future holds shredders that convert paper into pencils, right now you’ll have to settle for smaller size. There is a USB powered mini shredder on the market right now that is so compact it’s the size of a kid’s shoe box. If you don’t want to use up your laptop battery, check out the hand paper shredder from a website named ThinkGeek. The shredder requires no power; you simply twist the end and it shreds.Once everything is smaller in your office, maybe you’ll have room for a mini basket ball hoop. Hey, you never know.

Technology: Home Offices for Teleworkers

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Due to computers and the Internet, the way people do business and where they do business is forever changing. Recent trends show that more people are working from home as teleworkers than ever before. Gone are the small writing desks in the corner of a room; instead, there are large home offices filled with technology stations, comfortable chairs, and workstations.

Overwhelmed and don’t know where to get started? Here are a few home office technology suggestions:

• Internet-The most important tool for a home office is reliable, fast, and fixed broadband service. It will give you access to the company’s network and applications through a VPN, which can be connected via cable modem or wireless modem.

• Laptop computer-Laptops give users the flexibility to work in any room of the house or to be taken outside of the house and used anywhere with WiFi connections. Purchase a few accessories such as a docking station, wireless full-sized keyboard, flat screen monitor, webcam, and external hard drive to make it a highly functional full-time office system.

• Tools for communication-When you work from home, you need a way for people to communicate with you. Every home office needs a telephone with its own designated business line. The phone should include features such as hands free speaker, mute, voicemail or recorder, and caller ID.

The computer needs to have email for correspondence, tasks reminders, and appointment scheduling. Consider having an instant messenger service such as Microsoft Lync installed on your system. It allows for instant messages, personal notes and status, provides application sharing and uploads, whiteboard capabilities, and the ability to copy and paste content or images.

• Multipurpose products-No home office can function without a printer, scanner, copier, and fax machine. Consider purchasing a multipurpose machine that does all this. This will save you space, time, and money.