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Sentri Takes Home Security to the Next Level

Posted: 13 Jun 2014 01:52 PM PDT

Depending on how much you are willing to spend to secure your valuables, a security system’s price ranges from several hundreds to a few thousand dollars. Sentri means to prove that it’s one of the most cost-effective security solutions on the market.

The latest trend in terms of home security systems is to make these accessible from remote locations. Still, it’s one thing to view what happens at home while you’re away, and a totally different thing to be able to control the security system remotely. Fortunately, Sentri is a complete smart home security system that tackles both of these problems graciously.

Sentri includes all the things that makes a security system great: an HD video camera, a motion detector and a few sensors for measuring your home’s humidity levels, temperature, and air quality. The camera is able to record videos in various light conditions, so if you happen to be away at night, you needn’t worry. All the data picked up by the sensors is displayed on a minimalistic, yet appealing display. Once set up, Sentri can be accessed via mobile apps from anywhere else in the world.

This is how the developers of Sentri describe their product: “Unlike traditional security systems, which can take hours to set up and cost upwards of $1,000 a system to install in addition to monthly service fees, Sentri is ready to use out of the box with no professional installation service required. Simply plug in, power on, and connect to your home’s WiFi network.

With Sentri, we imagined – and built – a home that is as intelligent as you are, one that not only provides you with a smarter view of your home, but also empowers smarter decisions that result in safer homes.”

Sentri is currently featured on Kickstarter, where 640 backers have already provided $21K more than the initial $200K goal. In fact, the goal was reached within 48 hours since the crowdfunding campaign started. In this context, anyone who pledged $249 (or $199 as an early bird) will get their Sentri in May 2015.

I think it’s great that Sentri does more than protecting you, in that it measures and displays relevant data regarding your home. If you know these, you can proceed to adjusting the environmental variables (humidity and temperature), in order to make staying at home as pleasant as possible.

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MobileFun Leaks Moto 360′s Price, Surprises Us Pleasantly

Posted: 13 Jun 2014 01:10 PM PDT

Moto 360, one of the two watches running Android Wear that will be launched this summer, was shrouded in secrecy until now, but thanks to MobileFun, at least we know how much this smartwatch is going to cost.

Google and its partners conceived the two Android Wear smartwatches with different audiences in mind, or at least that’s what the design lead us to believe. LG G watch comes in a rectangular shape, being more similar in design to Pebble, Galaxy Gear and Sony’s smartwatch (among many others), while Moto 360 maintains the classic lines of conventional watches. Both of them will sport never-seen-before features, as far as wearables are concerned, but Motorola’s device seems to be for the ones who aren’t just ready to give up on wristwatches with round cases.

MobileFun mentioned in a blog post on its UK site some of the features Moto 360 will come with. First of all, this wearable will be able to tell the time (fact that’s definitely unexpected, this being a watch), besides displaying notifications. It will also act as a fitness and sleep tracker. In terms of design, Moto 360 will be quite customizable, and there will be plenty of watch faces and wrist wraps available. Google Now will provide voice control and feedback on this smartwatch, and the only thing left to ask would be the ability to use it without having it connected to a smartphone.

As far as the price is concerned, MobileFun stated that Moto 360 will cost £199, the equivalent of roughly $279, which is lower than previously estimated. As smartwatch prices go, this is a bit on the expensive side of things, since even Pebble Steel is $220, as of yesterday. Still, Moto 360 can’t really be compared to Pebble, as it will sport more functions, and will most probably be compatible with more apps. If the battery life is at least decent, we might have in Moto 360 the winner of the smartwatch wars.

MobileFun is already taking pre-orders for the device, even though the device is not expected to be launch earlier than June 25, when the search giant will host the Google I/O conference. Until then, we can only speculate what the other specs of this smartwatch are.

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