Lightning Connector Cables

Cables in lengths from 2 to 10 feet!

Our Made for iPhone-certified charge/sync cables for your new iPhone, iPod touch or iPad are now available in these popular configurations.

• 2' straight USB-to-Lightning cable - Lightning charging on the road
• 3' straight USB-to-Lightning cable
• 4' coiled USB-to-Lightning cable - the best choice for charging in your car.
• 9.8' (3 meter) straight USB-to-Lightning cable - great for home, dorm or office use
To make sure we get our newest products to our online customers before anyone else, early units may ship without retail packaging. These are the same great products you'll find in stores, and they're covered by our one-year warranty.

Features

• Made for iPhone-certified
• Full-size USB Type-A connection to your computer to charge, sync or transfer data
• Lightning Connector to your device
• Use with Griffin PowerBlock and PowerJolt chargers, or as an extra charging cable for car, office or anywhere else
• Don't get caught cable-less; carry an extra in your bag or backpack to charge and sync on the go

Apple® - 3.3' Lightning-to-USB 2.0 Cable - White

Charge and sync your compatible Apple® device with this Apple MD818ZM/A cable, which features a Lightning connector for use with iPad® mini, iPad with Retina, iPhone® 5 and 5s, iPod® nano 7th generation and iPod touch 5th generation.

Product Features

Compatible with most Apple devices with a Lightning connector

Such as iPad mini, iPad with Retina, iPhone 5 and 5s, iPod nano 7th generation and iPod touch 5th generation.

Provides reliable connection to your computer's USB port

So you can easily charge and sync your device.

3.3' cable length

Allows for flexible placement while charging devices.

iPad is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries

Apple, the Apple logo and iTunes are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. iPod is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.

Razor has USB charger; footwear wards off rain

So everything's going gadget-y these days. So much so that even electric shavers are looking like iPhones.
The ShaveTech not only resembles a small iPhone, this sleek, travel-friendly razor can be charged via its built-in, pull-out Universal Serial Bus, or USB, outlet. This allows the user to plug it into any laptop or USB car charger -- "no more searching for the right adapter overseas or filling up outlets with endless cords," according to the news release. A single charge will last for 30 minutes. Offered in black or white, the ShaveTech comes with a soft pouch for protection and a cleaning brush.
ShaveTech is billed as giving an "incredibly close" shave. Having received a sample, I turned it over to the person in my household who could definitely use a close shave: my husband, Dre. For him, the gizmo gives a decent shave, but not a perfect one.
According to instructions, the user should stretch the skin taut before shaving for best results. Dre did this, but some stubborn hairs evaded the blades, especially under the chin. And we share the concern of some online reviewers of the ShaveTech: Allowing the battery time to run down completely before recharging -- per the ShaveTech's instructions -- could be an issue for time-pressed travelers. But the gadget's handiness factor is unmistakable.
ShaveTech is $29.99 and is sold online at Shavetech.com and at select retailers in the United States and Canada.
Rockin' that footwear
With the abundance of wet weather here lately -- sleet, snow, rain, repeat -- just what will those April showers be like? No telling. But shoe brand Rockport stands ready to help its wearers weather any storm.
Rockport's waterproof footwear offerings include boots and shoes -- including men's dress shoes -- bearing Hydro-Shield technology, which its makers guarantee will keep the moisture out even in the most oppressive precipitation.
Among the waterproof styles are the men's Ellingwood ($100), a leather, tapered-toe dress oxford that comes in oxblood or black. It's equipped with waterproofing substances tanned into the leather and a special seam-sealant designed to help keep the foot dry. A sample of the shoe proves its sleek, elegant looks and immaculate workmanship; it's easy to cringe at the thought of testing it out in wet weather. But my reviewer, who raved about the shoe's look and comfort level, will be doing so soon. Look for a follow-up report in a future Dressing Room.
Meanwhile, Rockport also has released its spring 2015 line for women. Among the styles is the 7 to Seven High Color Block Pump ($150), offered in a pearlized dark azure suede, black or nude with snakeskin detailing. The shoe features a 3 ³/4-inch heel made more comfortable with a hidden, half-inch, dual-density platform that bends with and cushions the feet. A NanoGlide lining helps reduce friction. There's a rubber outsole to help provide a good grip on various surfaces. I tried the shoe; here again, the workmanship, detailing and comfort level are laudable.

Still blossoming
It was in September that I first mentioned Cherry Blooms. This is the Brisbane, Australia-based product, founded by Jellaine Ross, that's basically a set of eyelash extensions in a kit: A tube of transplanting mascara gel and a tube of dry nylon brush-on fibers work together to make lashes up to 300 percent longer and thicker without looking fake. They can be worn up to five days.
I recently obtained my own kit for use, and have been getting better at applying Cherry Blooms and making them look natural. If you've worn the high-end NaturaLash or Xtreme eyelash extensions but can't afford them right now, this kit will prove a consolation. Multiple applications elongate the lashes considerably. (Note: I've found that if I make mine too long, the tips will become bent as the day goes on.)
Shirt up straight
We all know that slouching and hunching are bad for us, and that good posture gives us presence. The Paris-based UpCouture apparel is all about good posture. Offering items for women and men, UpCouture is said to be the world's first patented anti-slouching, posture-promoting shirt line.
UpCouture's signature shirt is the "Up T-Shirt." Thanks to a patented active mechanism, extra-thin elastic film -- built in between organic cotton layers within the shirt -- pushes and maintains the shoulders in an upright position. The configuration of the elastic bands offers optimal pressure, which makes the T-shirt less comfortable to wear when slouching than when maintaining good posture. (The shirt doesn't actually force the wearer's posture into position, which would weaken the back muscles.)
The Up Shirt line is the brainchild of lawyer Neda Naef, CEO of UpCouture, who was concerned about the nonaesthetic appearance caused by her slouching. A fitness enthusiast, Naef theorized that if she had trouble maintaining good posture throughout the day, then a great number of other people probably have the same problem.
UpCouture's anti-slouching Up Shirts are online and priced in euros, at UpCouture.com. Most shirts are $127 euros, which isn't cheap; that's about $142.
Women in black
Break out your mother's vintage black frock for Fashion Footprints: Celebrating the Little Black Dress. This event will take place from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the new studio of designer Linda Rowe Thomas, 310 Center St. in Little Rock. It's one of the Fashion Footprints Spring Events, in collaboration with Oxford American magazine, Esse Purse Museum, Thomas and the Capital Hotel.
Guests are encouraged to wear their family-heirloom fashion garments and accessories and share personal stories behind them in front of a "confessional" camera. They'll also be encouraged to share stories via video at the April event, whose details are to be announced. Clips from those videos will be shown at the final Fashion Footprints event in May.

iPhone 7 to feature slimmer form factor and amazing specifications

After Apple was able to sell a combined unit figure of 10 million iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus units in just three days, the company will no doubt be contemplating on how it is going to break its sales record when it gears up to launch the successor to its flagship device, the iPhone 7.

Rumor has it that the iPhone 7 is also going to be called the iPhone 6s and compared to the upcoming device's predecessors, it will possess an even slimmer form factor, which might worry future customers due to past incidents of the expensive iPhones being bent after enough force was exerted on them.
However, it is expected that the company will be retaining the same screen sizes as the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, which means that it is possible that the iPhone 7 will also be shipping out in two variants, although this has not been confirmed by Apple. However, as far as future smartphones go, they are always assimilated with better performing components so for the iPhone 7, the chipset is likely to be none other than the company's A9 SoC, which is reportedly being produced by Samsung.
After the Cupertino tech giant replaced TSMC with the South Korean phone maker as its chief manufacturer and supplier, the performance delivered by the upcoming device will likely obscure everything that the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus were able to achieve. It has been reported that TSMC will be making 20 percent of the company's chips while Samsung will be making the remaining 80 percent.
The iPhone 7 will most likely be given a 2 GB upgrade when RAM is concerned. It has also been suggested that Apple will be increasing the maximum storage capacity on its iPhones from 128 GB to 256 GB, although those devices will undoubtedly be stamped with a ridiculous price tag. As for the platform, the iPhone 7 will most likely be running iOS 9 out-of-the-box, and Apple is speculated to maintain the same timeline that it undertook for the release of its large screen iPhones (September).

Apple iPhone 7 Concepts, Release Date And Other Features Posted Online

There are millions of people around the world that have an iPhone from Apple and for the first time the company released something that can really compete with Samsung and the sales numbers are showing what happens when they do that.
According to Apple, the iPhone 6 is clearly the largest iPhone to date, but the sale might also be the highest ever for the company. According to reports, Apple sold more than 74 million iPhone over the last three months of last year.
That was the most that Apple has sold in any quarter since the iPhone hit the market back in 2007. The iPhone sales surge bumped Apple’s profits to more than $18 billion for the quarter, which is up 38 percent from the same period last year. Now that the iPhone 6 sales have started to settle, it is time to start thinking about the iPhone 7 and what the company is going to bring along with it. It is common for consumers to speculate about a new smartphone a year before its release date.
The iPhone 7 is likely to come in a little more than a year since Apple usually releases an “S” version of the new model before releasing a brand new model like the iPhone 7. Typically, the iPhone “S” version is one that has a few upgrades, but is usually used to fix a couple of bugs that came with software the version before it. The next major update is going to be the iPhone 7 and that is where all of the attention is going to fall.
For smartphones, the technology that comes along with them is completely out of hand. From huge displays that support 4k resolution to super fast quad-core processors that are faster than desktop computers in some ways. Apple has typically been behind the eight ball in terms of updates like that, but this time around they are going to add some technology that has become quite popular with the mobile world.
According to reports, the iPhone 7 is going to feature wireless charging support. That is nothing new to the smartphone world, but it is very new for those that have the iPhone. A few concepts have been posted online for fans to drool over and it looks like Apple just has to confirm the feature and all is good. Early reports suggest that the iPhone 6S will appear on the market with the Apple Watch in a couple months with the iPhone 7 coming along during the month of September.

Sony SmartWatch 3 Review: Android Wear's First Generation Champion

Sony is both early to the smartwatch game, and late at the same time. The SmartWatch 3 puts aside some of the lessons of Sony’s previous wearables, but manages to learn some valuable lessons from the competition.
Two things stand out for me with the Sony SmartWatch 3. The first is Sony’s use of Android Wear. The two previous numerical efforts (and the Sony LiveView watch that came before those) all ran proprietary operating systems. They all tied in heavily to Sony’s Smart Connect software on Android, and gave Sony the ability to determine its own wearables strategy.
And back in May 2014, Sony implied that Android Wear would not be used in its next smartwatch, before the remark was rapidly clarified back to a ‘we’re not ruling it out’ stance.
Sony’s SmartWatch 3 uses Android Wear.
The Best Of The First
Secondly, while Sony is later to the game than Motorola, LG, and Samsung, the SmartWatch 3 still feels like a wearable that belongs in that first wave of Android Wear devices. It suffers from many of the flaws that you will find in the existing Android Wear devices, although it does address two concerns that (just about) lift the Sony SmartWatch 3 to the lofty heights of ‘best Android Wear smartwatch’.
Interestingly, both concerns are to do with power. The first is the battery. At 420 mAh, it’s the largest battery I’ve yet seen on an Android Wear device. This will comfortably get through a full day of use, and for normal use (a mix of alerts, notifications, and some voice commands and searches) you will reach the 48 hour mark before it starts asking to be charged.
This is where the second advantage of the SmartWatch 3 comes in to play. It charges directly from a microUSB cable. Other smartwatches have a proprietary cable or a charging dock to supply the power. Sony has went with a vertically mounted USB port on the back of the watch, covered by a tight-fitting rubber gurney flap. The flap is used to keep the watch integrity in place. With dustproofing and waterproofing (to IP68 standards), the SmartWatch 3 should be comfortable immersed in water for up to thirty minutes.
Otherwise, the Sony SmartWatch 3 feels much like every other Android Wear device out there. The screen resolution is 320×320 pixels, on a 1.6 inch transreflective screen. This is not going to win any awards for clarity, and the resulting images on the display do exhibit some pixelation under normal viewing conditions. Of course a smaller screen with fewer elements means better battery life, so the current technology has found the compromise. It’s a good one to make, if I’m honest because I would rather more information and more battery rather than fancy display, HD graphics, and less battery life on my wrist.
Sony has let the side down on styling. The SmartWatch 3 consists of a standalone square unit, encased in a rubber wrist strap. It’s incredibly function, and feels like it was designed by engineers to provide a solid strap, protection for the electronics, and would never be worn on the red carpet at a Hollywood awards ceremony.
You can be sure that’s not the approach that Apple will take, but more on that as the year progresses.

Test solutions from Tektronix for USB 3.1 Rx and MIPI M-PHY v3.1

Tektronix released USB 3.1 compliance test solutions to include new USB 3.1 receiver test solution supporting the 10 Gb/s data rate, a new USB Power Delivery test solution and a new USB Type-C cable test solution. Tektronix solutions also support debug and margin analysis.

Tektronix explains "The new BSAUSB31 solution for Tektronix BERTScope bit error rate testers significantly simplifies receiver testing. No longer must the end user be an expert in USB. Processes for defining test parameters, putting the device into the proper test mode, measuring errors, showing results after each frequency is executed, and printing/storing the test results are all fully automated, saving time and improving accuracy. The solution provides all of the required signal impairments for USB 3.1, including SJ, RJ, SSC, and signal attenuation with a compliance channel."

"The latest version of USB 3.1 is all about speed and better user experience – faster data rates and fast time to market," said Brian Reich, general manager, performance oscilloscopes, Tektronix. "With this latest release, Tektronix continues to demonstrate its market leadership in providing USB test solutions that enable our customers to confidently and quickly validate, characterize and troubleshoot designs and gain a competitive advantage."

"With the help of advanced Tektronix instrumentation and software, ASMedia's controllers, switches and other USB 3.1 I/O products have excellent electrical characteristics with minimal jitter and a very clear eye," said Weber Chuang, Senior Vice President Product Marketing Division for ASMedia. "We're confident it will provide a very stable and consistent link to the host controller and yield excellent throughput even with a cascaded three meter USB 3.1 cable. Tektronix tools were crucial in helping us achieve our design goals so quickly."

The new GRL-USB-PD software developed by Tektronix and its partner Granite River Labs supports critical PHY layer testing as detailed in chapter 5 of the Power Delivery specification. Tests include rise/fall time, transmitter and receiver eye mask and others. In addition, the software provides pattern decode of the Binary Mark Coded (BMC) signals for further debug and analysis.

"The updated USB Power Delivery specification is an exciting addition to the USB ecosystem and will open up a broad range of interesting applications for USB that simply haven't been possible until now," said Mike Engbretson, chief technology engineer for Granite River Labs. "Since USB Power Delivery is now more complex than it has been in the past, test solutions such as GRL-USB-PD will be critical to efficiently debugging and validating new USB Power Delivery ICs and system designs."

Tektronix is also offering a new USB Type-C cable test method of implementation (MOI) document, which can be downloaded from www.tektronix.com/USB.

"From faster data rates with USB 3.1 reaching up to 10 Gbps to an exciting new USB Type-C cable design and upgraded USB Power Delivery specification, USB is well-positioned for long-term growth and even broader market acceptance," said Jeff Ravencraft, USB-IF President and COO. "But this doesn't happen without a thriving ecosystem and the ability to ensure product compliance and reliability under a broad range of conditions. Tektronix continues to make major contributions to the success of USB specifications with comprehensive test solutions that have been broadly adopted across the industry."

The TekExpress USB 3.1 transmitter test solution (option USBSSP-TX) is available now worldwide for use with Tektronix DPO/MSO70000 Series oscilloscopes with 16 GHz bandwidth and above. The BSAUSB31 USB 3.1 receiver test software requires a BSA125C or higher BERTScope.

Tektronix has recently announced the first physical layer transmitter characterization and debug solution for the MIPI M-PHY v3.1 specification recently approved by the MIPI Alliance. The new Tektronix solution includes support for MIPI M-PHY High Speed Gears 1, 2 and 3, PWM Mode (G0-G7), and SYS Mode and offers the industry's lowest noise solution for MIPI M-PHY measurements when used with Tektronix MSO/DPO 70000DX oscilloscopes and P7600 series probes.

Testing MIPI M-PHY requires scope and probe system with rise time 3X faster than the signal rise time, sensitivity of 200 mVFS, minimal added noise (<1 or 2 mVrms), and high return loss as specified in the MIPI M-PHY standard, Tektronix says its latest solutions fulfills all this. The closest alternative has 10X worse sensitivity (Tektronix: 35 mVfs vs. Competition: 360mVfs) and adds 4X more noise (Tektronix: <1mVrms vs. Competition: 4 mVrms) to the signal, claims Tektronix.