Whether you’re a business owner of many or of one, you need the flexibility to work inside and outside the office. Beyond your laptop, iPad and mobile phone, what technology is out there that can enable you to perform your daily work duties remotely?
Penclic Bluetooth Mouse
As much as we use the mouse for our computers, humans have long been accustomed to using a pen or pencil. Thus, the Penclic Bluetooth Mouse is an exceptionally designed piece of tech that should come natural to those who use it. This pen-like mouse has many upsides. For graphic designers, it provides a more fluid stroke. It can cut down on carpal tunnel and other typing-stress-related injuries.
Using Bluetooth technology, the Penclic works with Windows, Mac and Linux systems and requires no extra software installation. It measures 1.5 by 2.5 inches and stands 6 inches tall, weighing 1.6 ounces. It features five buttons — right, left, middle click, forward and backward — and includes a scroll wheel on the base. Those features may take some time to get used to, but that is about the only downside to this tech tool. It takes a AAA battery, which can be charged from a USB-to-mini USB cable, which is included, and the cable comes with a recoil device, which is great when you’re outside the office.
Logitech Bluetooth Multi-Device Keyboard
You may have an Android phone, a laptop with iOS X and a Windows-supported personal computer. Bluetooth keyboards are usually compatible with only one of these platforms though. The Logitech Bluetooth Multi-Device Keyboard works with devices of all kinds, Windows 7, 8 or later, Mac OS X or later, Chrome OS, Android tablets and smartphones (3.2 or later) and iPad and iPhone iOS 5 or later, to name a few.
This is an traveling business owner/manager’s dream, a keyboard that can pair with three different devices or three different operating systems and do so on the fly with a twist of a selector wheel. You avoid clutter of multiple keyboards, you can connect up to three devices at one time fluidly and keep on task with your work more fluidly by attending to each device when needed by just a twist of the keyboard’s wheel. It weighs only 1.81 pounds and the keys are stiff and exact, providing a clean stroke without shaking or moving.
Satellite Phone
You know those times when something at work goes completely wrong at the worst time? And it just so happens you’re stuck on your yacht, an island with a bad Internet connection or hunting in the Appalachian Mountains? Be it worse-case scenario or just having reliable telecommunications with headquarters while you are in a remote area, satellite phones are perhaps one of the most reliable and important tech tool you’ll own.
Relying on a network of satellites in space — rather than cell towers on the ground — sat phones work pretty much anywhere on Earth and through any kind of weather. Today’s sat phones weigh about the same as a mobile phone, and they are more affordable than ever before. They come with the same features as a mobile phone, with WiFi and Bluetooth capabilities, allowing you to connect wirelessly to your computer for data access. As for airtime cost, it is no more expensive than roaming charges you get using your mobile phone in foreign countries. Airtime for sat phones can be prepaid or paid for on a monthly service contract.
G-Drive ev SSD
When traveling or working from a remote area, like the coffee shop or Grandma’s house, you can’t always rely on connectivity to the outside world, mainly your office. Thus, being equipped with a data storage tool like the G-Drive ev SSD offers storage solutions editing, transferring and distributing data more efficiently and reliably.
Especially effective for graphic designers, photographers and even bloggers, the G-Drive ev SSD can handle, back up and streamline video, photography and other heavy digital data that can be delivered back to your office or to a client in a timely matter. You can transfer up to 400MB through a USB 3.0 for fast storage, transfers and edits, and it has a 512GB capacity.
