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17 August 2017
Excellent cover for iPad Air 2
Made by Apple, this is possibly the best thin cover and case for the iPad Air 2. The materials used and the fit are excellent as may be expected. The suggested retail price from Apple is too high. However, this one I found on Ebay (new) was less than 1/3 of what Apple was selling it for.
01 August 2009
Good product for the price
I bought this product mainly because I was going on a trip to Italy and this model had US and European maps unlike most other products on the market in the US. The product worked well enough all over Italy, with some exceptions, stemming mainly from the fact that this is an older model. Also, this was a refurbished model (hence the low price of around $110), but this didn't cause any problems. The problems I had were:
1) The maps are somewhat outdated. So in some places the system took me by older and slower roads instead of the newer highways that have been built. It also took me to closed highway entrances, causing major delays and detours. The best way to use this system is to combine its guidance with road signs whenever possible. When you follow a road sign that is at odd's with the system guidance, the system eventually figures out where you are and modifies its guidance accordingly.
2) The system loses connection with satellites very easily. This was mainly due to the large number of tunnels in Italy. However, the system loses satellite connection in narrow streets and sometimes in open areas for no reason at all.
3) When the system starts from its "off" state, it's very slow, possibly because of a slow processor and relatively little memory.
4) The system doesn't give the user the option to choose a route from multiple possible options.
One advantage the system provided that I haven't seen in built-in navigators here is the warnings it provides about speed enforcement cameras together with the local speed limit. This was very useful in a place like Italy where there are far too many of them and where speed limits change constantly.
28 October 2016
Very good router for large homes
This router has solved the problem I've been having with signal strength in my 3,500 sq ft house. Despite the non-central location of the router, all devices, including streaming devices, can now access the Internet at high data rates without the use of extenders. The two 5 GHz bands are also useful for connecting different streaming devices to the Internet using different channels. The setup was a breeze. No resets have been required after one week of use (which wasn't the case with my previous router).