Best Tech Under $20

So Christmas is literally next week! Insert home alone Kevin scream as you process that statement. But no, its next week and I know Dustin put out a nice little nerd Christmas wish list but I wanted to bring you this post with some of the best tech for relatively cheap for that nerd in your life.  

Let's jump right into the Best Tech for Under $20 list.

First the Aukey 30w/6A 3 port USB foldable travel wall charger. This is great for those like myself running an extension cord to my nightstand just to have enough plug ins for both my iPads and iPhone while I sleep! For only $12.99 this is a can't miss for the multi-device special someone in your life!

Next on the list is the Anker 12,000 mah Portable Battery Charger! Yes I said TWELVE THOUSAND mah! That's prolly 10 or more full charges on your phone and it's only $19.99. May be one of the best items I carry in my bag when we are out and about for convention season! ** Better hurry, 2 days before this post it has went up by $5 so hop on it quick!

This item if for that phone photographer in your life. For just $19.99 you can pick up this 3 Lens set from Mpow. You'll get Macro, Wide and Fisheye lenses that flip on to your smartphone that will definitely step up your picture taking game.

Next the Anker Multi-Angle phone or tablet stand and its only $9.99. Perfect for any desk or workspace and since they are only $10 maybe get them 2 one for each their phone and tablet!

Last item on the list is this awesome keychain from Nomad. Comes in either Lightning or Micro USB and right now at hellonomad.com you can get 20% either one. Lighting will run you $19.95 (after 20%) while the micro USB will only put you back $15.99 (after 20%). I've been eye'ballin these for a while and thanks to the 20% off their site is running I can't wait to get mine!

So that's it what did you think of the list? Are you thinking of getting any of these items for yourself or someone you know? If so let us know in the comments below.

I hope you and yours have a Merry Christmas!

Joe

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This Week in Tech & Pop

This week in Tech & Pop: Ant-Man Teaser Trailer, Marvel's Agent Carter, Gambit and CES 2015.

​Ant-Man Trailer review: 

Narrated by Michael Douglas he offers Paul Rudd (Scott) a 2nd chance. To become a hero in his daughters eyes. It's not about saving our world but saving theirs. He asks Scott to be Ant-Man. With a Paul Rudd comedic response he says: "hhmm..." & "is it too late to change the name?"

Great teaser that I unfortunately had to sit through 2 hours of Marvel's Agent Carter to see. But in the end well worth it since I now have this trailer on DVR plus Hayley Atwell wasn't bad on the eyes. Although I didnt like the show very much. But there is more on that below.

See? Told you she was easy on the eyes!

Wasn't much a fan of this show... I did like some of the flashbacks and tie-ins with other Marvel characters including a clip from Captain America. Other than that... If not for the Ant-Man trailer it would be deleted already. However I did cancel it from recording the series.

Channing Tatum to play Gambit in 2016 film!

Channing Tatum went to twitter where he posted: "How do you say October 7th, 2016 in Cajun?"

Gambit (real name: Remy Etienne LeBeau) first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #266, and as previously mentioned, is a professional thief and gambler hailing from Louisiana. His mutant power grants him the ability to charge things with kinetic energy and turn any object into an explosive. 

Yet another Marvel movie I'm looking forward too! I'm already a fan of Channing Tatum plus I've been a fan of Gambit since I was younger, this should be a good mesh pending Tatum's ability to have a Cajun accent! We all know his Spanish accent was lacking in the sequel 22 Jump Street when he said "I am Jeff" haha. #cantwait

From Cars, TV's, Wearable's and Cable TV if it has to do with Technology CES is the place to be. January 6th - 9th companies as big as Samsung to smaller independent companies come from all over the where to show of their new technology. 

Wearables are still an ever growing market for many of these companies. With the announcement of the AppleWatch in September and other companies already in the segment wearable tech is here to stay for a long amount of time. One thing with wearables is that it isn't always for fitness. Granted the fitness wearable has saturated the market with companies like Fit, MisFit, Nike, and Garmin just to name a few. Google has the best example of something other than fitness wearable tech and thats GoogleGlass. This is just one example wearable tech outside of fitness another that has been mentioned was a device that assist those who have suffered from a stroke and lost some functionality with facial expressions.  

2015 also seems to be the year of the OLED TV. An LG rep stated that its not how bright or great we can make colors pop out from the screen. Instead its achieving the blackest black possible. Not only can you get the blackest black picture from this OLED TV's due to its durability you can also bend the sccreen. So more cost effective Curved screen television should be hitting the market this year. 

There are so many more companies there with many more idea's I'm sure that span from delivery services, dvr systems and plug in devices for streaming services such as Hulu and Netflix.  

For more info go checck out http://cesweb.org

Posted by: Joe @thee.social.nerd