The CrossOver power-adjustable desk from Xdesk (formerly NextDesk) offers users the option of a standing or sitting desk and is designed to work with existing desk and cubicle setups that can’t be easily adjusted. A 24-volt motor lifts the workspace up to 21 inches above the existing table height with a smooth, quiet start/stop. (Height ranges from 0.5 inches to 20.75 inches.) The CrossOver features a lifting capacity of up to 100 pounds. Users can choose between natural bamboo or rubberwood surfaces, and an optional digital LED display. The frame is designed of aluminum with a powder coat finish available in three colors. www.Xdesk.com/crossover
Serenity Phone
The ASUS ZenFone Zoom offers 3x optical zoom and optical image stabilization on its 13-megapixel rear camera (5-megapixel front camera) for crisper photo details. There’s also a super-resolution mode for up to 52x resolution photos. The phone consists of a 5-mm-thick metallic unibody with a burnished leather backing. It features a 5.5-inch display, and it operates on the Android 5.0 (Lollipop) platform. The ZenFone uses an Intel Atom Quad Core Z3580 (2.3 GHz) processor and MicroSD card (for up to 64 GB of storage). www.asus.com
Laptop Jealousy
The HP Envy notebook is 12.9 mm thick, has a 13.3-inch display and weighs 2.8 pounds. It operates with up to 10 hours of battery life on an Intel Core processor, and contains a 512 GB solid state drive, and Bang and Olufsen audio. The laptop includes a fingerprint reader, three USB ports, HDMI and an SD card reader. It uses 8 GB of RAM, and users can charge their other devices through the notebook’s USB Sleep and Charge while the notebook is on, off, sleeping or hibernating. www.hp.com
