Stuff UK – September 2019

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Sometimes it’s just
not practical to whip
out your phone and
start tapping away.
Or perhaps you need
to sketch out some
ideas and your sausage
fingers aren’t sharp
enough for a phone
screen. Moleskine’s
Smart Writing Set
Ellipse uses a special
pen and paper to
automatically sync
anything you write
or draw with an
accompanying app
on your phone.
£199 / moleskine.com

If you make your living

out on the road you’ll

know the importance

of having an in-car

charger, especially

if you’re using your

phone as a sat-nav

and also fielding calls

(hands-free, of course).

Having to unplug it

every time you get out

of the car can become

a hassle, so it’s the

perfect place to take

advantage of the

wonders of wireless

charging. This universal

mount can charge any

Qi-compatible phone

in portrait or landscape.

£60 / uk.cygnett.com

Cars run on petrol,

people run on coffee.

But when you’re busy,

it can be easy to let

your morning cup of

human-fuel go cold.

Ember’s self-heating

travel mug has a

leakproof lid and an

adjustable dial that

allows you to set your

perfect temperature.

It’ll maintain that for

a couple of hours,

so even if you do

get distracted your

coffee will stay as

hot as when you first

poured it.

£160 / ember.com

As good as you might

be at firing off tweets

and texts with an

onscreen keyboard,

there’s no substitute

for a proper QWERTY.

Admittedly, Logitech’s

K480 isn’t really one

of those – it’s only 12in

wide and doesn’t have

a numerical pad – but

it’s easy to carry about

and has a two-year

battery life, so you

won’t have to worry

about charging it all the

time. Propping a phone

up in the slot at the

top does look faintly

absurd, but it works.

£55 / logitech.com

GOOGLE DRIVE

The best of the

cloud storage

options – mainly

because you

just need a Gmail

account to access

15GB of free

storage – Google

Drive’s app allows

you to view any

supported files

you’ve got saved

within it, with

separate apps for

editing documents

and spreadsheets.

£free / Android,

iOS, web

GET INTO THE

FAST LANE

The 5G era is very

much in its infancy

right now, with

networks only

live in London and

a few other cities

in the UK, and only

a few phones able

to connect to them.

But if you’re not

desk-bound and

rely on your mobile

for your job, 5G’s

higher speeds and

greater capacity

could revolutionise

your work.

MOLESKINE
SMART WRITING
SET ELLIPSE

EMBER

TRAVEL MUG

CYGNETT RACE LOGITECH K480

MOBILE

MAESTRO

In a world of speedy

internet and cloud

storage, who needs

a computer anyway?

WORK TECH