appleJAC Users Group

Avantree Sacool: Cool & Comfortable Bluetooth Headset

a review by Tom Piper

 When listening to music (or anything else) on your iPhone, iPad or iPod, the earbuds will suffice, but wouldn’t a wireless set of small headphones be much nicer? This allows you more freedom of movement without carrying the iOS device.

Avantree Sacool, a Bluetooth stereo headset featuring stylish design for outdoor and indoor use, now offers high-fidelity stereo sound for both music and crystal clear speech. The long music time will play up to 5 hours, and talk time of up to 5 hours too. This unit is lightweight (only 18g), comfortable and easy to carry securely for your complete listening enjoyment.

My experience has been delightful with incredible sound, including strong bass and clear treble tones. I have found them to be comfortable and secure for for wearing, I never miss a phone call (auto switching between music and calls), easy pairing, easy to use, and compatible for gaming, chat and VoIP (Skype, MSN, iChat, more).

The specifications are also impressive with Bluetooth V2.1+EDR, CSR BC05-Multimedia single chipset, support profiles include headset/handsfree/A2DP/AVRCP, operation range of Class 2 up to 10 meters, 100mA rechargeable lithium battery, standby time up to 100 hours, and headset size of 36.2mm x 21.2mm X 29.7mm. It also comes in multiple colors.

I have listened to music while exercising at the gym, walked around the house enjoying my techie podcasts, walked outdoors on the local trails, and done numerous other things while wearing them. Initially, it took a few minutes to mount them properly on my ears (they come with 3 sets of inserts), but didn’t take long to learn how comfortable they are to use. The sound is very good and loud (easy to adjust on the bottom of the left unit), easy to pair with one button (top of left unit), which is also the on/off button, and telephone connect/disconnect switch. My only concern was that people I talked to on the phone said my voice seemed far away (this cannot be adjusted).

For more information, go to http://www.avantree.com/. The Sacool headset can be purchased for $49.99. I think this is a good value for a nice sound in a great little package.

 

Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery: Precious Salvage

Backup, backup, backup . . . but, what if you forget, your hard drive fails, or your backup gets corrupted? Your first reaction may be panic, but then you need a reliable solution.  

Stellar Data Recovery just launched its Phoenix Mac Data Recovery version 5.0.0.6 which is the world's first and only software that previews recoverable Files during scan on the Mac platform. It now includes the Advanced Scanning Engine which is up to 20% faster and has an improved user interface.

According to Sunil Chandna CEO, Stellar Data Recovery . . . “Apple Devices are getting more prevalent crossing 60 million+ user base. With their ease of use, remarkable graphics, Hi-Tec innovation and great mobility, we see significant data being stored on these devices and an urge to recover this data in the event of data loss. There is a growing trend in the requirement of an advanced Mac Data Recovery Software. Stellar has launched next generation Mac Data Recovery Software to meet consumer needs.”

Stellar has been in the data recovery business for almost 20 years. This latest version of their recovery software features a simple interface, previews more files now along with Scan (45+ more files added), set preferences to limit the search results during lost and deleted volume search, introduction of "Go Parent” icon on the toolbar to reach parent folder quickly, right-click on files to recover during preview, free-up resource in thread to increase scanning speed, free updates for Mac v5 customers, "Created date" label is redesigned to display actual data, and running tree view during Quick Scan and Advance Scan.

As established with the original version, Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery helps you to recover back lost, missing or deleted files & folders. You can recover all file types including documents, emails, photo, music and videos after almost all instances of data loss. This comprehensive software restores lost data from volumes that are corrupt, damaged, deleted and even reformatted. The new version is world’s first and only software that can recover ‘Original Filenames’ from recently deleted files.
 

The Mac Data Recovery is very straight-forward and easy to use, with a simple selection of either Recover Data, Create Image or Resume Recovery at startup, then the opportunity to chose which type of recovery, then the volume to salvage files from. Pop-up explanations of each choice make it easy, and the results are quite impressive.  

This software is available for immediate download (http://www.macintosh-software.net/) at a starting price of only $99 in English, French, German and Italian. A free downloadable trial version is also available prior to purchase. This is a very competitive product that can help you breathe easy again.