Belkin’s new YouType Bluetooth Wireless Keypad looks a lot like Apple’s Magic Trackpad. But the only folks who might actually find it ‘magical’ are accountants, because Belkin trades gestures and multi-touch input for a set of numerical keys and extra shortcuts for navigating large documents.
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Belkin recently introduced a new product to enhance the control and monitoring of smart homes. The product is called the Belkin WeMo Insight Switch and it is designed specifically to give homeowners the ability to monitor power consumption and power costs of connected electronic devices within the home. This swhitch is designed to share information […]
Back in the day before smartphones and tablets, kids used to play with LEGO to the point where even in our late twenties and early thirties, playing with LEGO is still an enjoyable past time. Well if you have some loose LEGO pieces lying around, LEGO and Belkin have announced a partnership in which the toy maker and case manufacturer have created an official LEGO iPhone 5 case. Given that this is an official LEGO product, it means that it will be compatible with other LEGO pieces you might have lying around the house, thus allowing you to customize your iPhone 5 casing in a rather unique way. Granted the end result could be rather bulky and impractical, but at the same time we’re pretty sure no one else has your design.
The case has been described as being made of a “co-molded hard plastic back for scratch-resistance with a semi-flexible outer frame for shock-absorption” and will set you back $39.99. For those interested you can hit up Belkin’s websiteif you’d like to get your hands on it, or if you’d like to see some of the example cases that have been built with it, hit up Belkin’s Facebook page for some photos!
LEGO And Belkin Team Up For iPhone 5 Case original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Belkin promised a simple approach to connected lighting when it unveiled the WeMo Light Switch back at CES, and the company is making good on its word by releasing the switch today. The WiFi-based controller is now available both online and at retail shops for $50. It isn’t arriving alone, either — Belkin is simultaneously launching the finished version of its free WeMo app for Android to complement the existing iOS release. If you’d rather have smart switches than smart light bulbs, the new WeMo hardware awaits at the source link; the companion Android app should be available shortly.
Filed under: Household
Source: Belkin
Back in January during CES 2013, Belkin revealed their latest WeMo product for home automation. The WeMo Light Switch allows users to remotely control the lighting in their house over WiFi via their smartphone or tablet. Finally, the new product is available today and is ready to take on The Clapper as the ultimate automated light switch device.
The WeMo Light Switch can control more than one light, though, so you can control a whole host of lights in your house through your mobile device, and you don’t even have to be connected to WiFi — the accompanying app and the light switch can talk over a data connection as well.
As for all the neat stuff that the WeMo Light Switch can do, there’s obviously the basic turning on/off the lights in your home through the mobile app, but you can also set schedules for turning them on and off, which is perfect when you’re on vacation and want it to look like there’s someone home in order to prevent burglaries.
The switch can also turn on and off lights automatically based on the sunrise and sunset, and you can even integrate Belkin’s WeMo products with IFTTT (which just recently released an iOS app), for things such as sending you a text whenever the switch is activated.
Belkin says the light switch can be “easily” installed into your existing electrical wiring setup in your house, so it doesn’t seem like there’s a whole lot preparation work you need to. Although you may need to call up a trusty electrician if your electrical and wiring skills aren’t up to snuff. In any case, the WeMo Light Switch is available now for $49 at several retailers.
Belkin WeMo Light Switch arrives for 21st-century WiFi alternative to The Clapper is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Listen, you probably shouldn’t be here. The iPad is a pure and carefully honed machine. If its designers wanted you to use some kind of ludicrous hybrid contraption that fused a tablet with a physical keyboard and doubled the weight, they’d have built one for you. But they didn’t. So go away and don’t come back until you’ve saved enough money to buy a MacBook Air. (Still here? Good, because we’re about to compare three of the latest iPad keyboard cases: the ClamCase Pro, Logitech’s Folio and Belkin’s Ultimate Keyboard, designed to fit 2nd, 3rd and 4th-gen tablets. Read on for more.)
Gallery: Belkin Ultimate Keyboard Case
Gallery: ClamCase Pro
Gallery: Logitech Keyboard Folio
Filed under: Peripherals, Tablets
We’ve seen a couple of iPhone and iPod cases that are compatible with LEGO, but this is the first officially-licensed case that I’ve seen. Belkin managed to get the toy maker’s approval and have now released a limited edition of LEGO cases for the iPhone 5.
Now that’s a brick phone.
Head to Belkin’s website to order the LEGO iPhone 5 case.
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