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LifeGoesStrong.Com Unveils First List of Best Boomer Tech Products for 2012
NEW YORK --(Business Wire)--
LifeGoesStrong.com (www.lifegoesstrong.com),
the popular boomer lifestyle site, today unveiled the site's first list
of best tech products for boomers. From laptops and tablets to TV
antennas, cameras and more, the "2012 LifeGoesStrong.com Best Boomer
Tech Products" list features the gadgets, gizmos and apps for every
mid-lifer.
The complete list of LifeGoesStrong.com's 15 technology must-haves for
baby boomers (in alphabetical order) includes:
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Amazon
Kindle Paperwhite E-Book Reader, an advanced e-reader
featuring a higher resolution, higher contrast touchscreen with
built-in light and an 8-week battery life
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Apple
iPad mini Tablet PC, the lightest and thinnest tablet
in its size class, sporting a rear HD camera/video recorder and GPS
capabilities for mapping, both missing in many other 7-inch models
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BodyMedia
Fit Link, an armband that monitors energy expenditure
(calories burned) with 95 percent accuracy then sends the information
to a smartphone app and website
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Clarity
Fortissimo Desktop Phone, a large dial pad landline for
boomers and seniors with enhanced audio capabilities via built-in
amplifier
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D-Link
MovieNite (DSM 310), bringing Netflix to the
technologically-challenged, consumers simply need to press the
Netflix, Vudu, Pandora (News - Alert), or YouTube button on the small remote for
movies, TV shows, music, or videos
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Dish
Hopper, the satellite dis DVR that allows consumers to
record up to six channels at once and automatically skip commercials
in primetime TV on ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC
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Lenovo
Twist, a laptop with a full keyboard and mouse that
twists to transform from a laptop to a tablet and also stands for
presentations
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Life
360, a leading mobile app for family safety that
enables families to see where their loved ones are located, sends
alerts when they need help and warns of potential threats around them
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Mohu
Leaf Ultimate, a TV antenna that features a high gain,
low noise state-of-the-art pHEMT amplifier to increase signal range
and improve the quality and reliability of over-the-air HDTV signals
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Panasonic
VT50 3D Smart Plasma HDTV, a state-of-the-art
television with an Infinite Black Ultra panel, the VT50 is also a
"smart" TV with powerful processing that smoothes out videos streamed
from the Internet
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Samsung
Galaxy Camera, a breakthrough camera model, offering both
Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity for smartphone-like photo uploading
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Samsung
Galaxy S III Android Smartphone, the first Android (News - Alert)
phone to offer the same model through all carriers
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Siemens
Aquaris Hearing Aids, the first mainstream hearing aid that is
waterproof, dust proof and shock proof, and also includes Bluetooth to
answer and conduct wireless conversations on your cellphone. It
includes an FM receiver to receive your TV's sound directly through
the device when an optional transmitter is connected
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Swivl
iPhone Remote Camera Mount, a remote control that
allows consumers to capture video with an iPhone (News - Alert) from up to 30-feet
away
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Xbox
360 Video Console, the upgraded gaming system that adds
streaming video and advanced workouts to its voice and gestured
control game system
To create the "2012 Best Boomer Tech Products" list,
LifeGoesStrong.com's staff of seasoned technology experts and writers -
who are boomers themselves - tested thousands of new products and
attended countless consumer electronic shows over the course of the past
year, both domestically and abroad. They tested and compared numerous
products in lifestyle situations as everyday consumers would use them,
evaluating which tech devices would enhance their day-to-day activities
and entertainment.
"Baby boomers have a unique relationship to technology - different from
any generation," said Barb Gonzalez, Tech Expert, LifeGoesStrong.com.
"They are savvy consumers who expect technology to be safe, easy-to-use
and flexible enough to adapt to their individual needs."
"Boomers are considerate and cautious adopters of new technology," said
Stewart Wolpin, Tech Expert, LifeGoesStrong.com. "They first decide if a
product or technology solves a particular problem or provides a
necessary benefit before leaping, then rely on hearing from experts on
the best value products available in the marketplace."
To access the complete "2012 LifeGoesStrong.com Best Boomer Tech
Products" list feature with photos and more in-depth information about
each of the picks, please visit www.lifegoesstrong.com/toptech2012.
About LifeGoesStrong.com:
LifeGoesStrong.com (www.lifegoesstrong.com)
was launched in May 2010 by Procter and Gamble Entertainment and Digital
Works@NBCU, a division of iVillage Networks, as a vibrant online
destination for adults between 46 and 65 years of age who are living
well and going strong. A network of websites celebrating the topics and
passions at the center of the boomer generation's everyday lives,
LifeGoesStrong.com currently attracts over 1.5 million uniques a month,
featuring verticals devoted to family, style, technology, health, home,
work and play.
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