 years ago I think it was Alex Tramell of Palo Alto Innovations sent us a clock called the Sandman that we did a review on. It is Steve's favorite clock and we're here to talk to him again because he's come up with some new enhancements. You wouldn't think a clock was interesting but these clocks are really cool. Thank you. I really appreciate that. So yeah the Sandman clock is great. I actually used one very similar to yours still a beta unit but we have the Sandman Doppler here today which is the big fancy all the buzzwords feature or you know I should say sibling brother of the original say smart assistant to me smart absolutely of course it's got Wi-Fi it's got Bluetooth of course it has to have Alexa built in I should have said that I don't care say it is a lady sure I actually like that so right now it's muted but the a lady does work it is kind of loud in here but it does work in here we have a fancy DSP with two microphones so you can mute it so it's not listening in the bedroom so let me just mute it on mute it here so let me describe what this looks like it's got a great big display on the front with a giant clock and then it's got a bunch of controls across the top that are lit up they seem to be changing colors on us yeah so the backlit the buttons are backlit and depending on if you're in a menu so for example if I hold down this middle button here it's going to go into color setup mode and you'll see that in color setup mode green is confirmed and yellow is to adjust so I can adjust the brightness or I can adjust the color as you can see let's go ahead and go to a nice teal and let's change the color of the clock I see and you'll also notice that the buttons change color as well now they changed a teal that's cool you like to know what if I can't see can I still use these buttons absolutely because there are two little nibs on here which call those high dots high dots exactly and the high dots are so you can tell where you are in the snooze button so this entire thing is actually the snooze button and it's also the media controls for volume up volume down play pause so you'd still need to know that play pause was in the middle in the middle you have high dots on either side but high dots on either side to show you where they are correct correct we have a couple other features on the top here we have two quick access buttons which are customizable so you hit the button and it can trigger an action whether it be something with if this then that which is a service you can have it you know turn on your lights or open your garage door or lock your house whatever you'd like it's completely customizable just by hitting that button you do have alarms if obviously you want to use your alarm clock for alarms if you don't want to use your phone this is a light sensor back here so it will auto dim at night just like the original sandman believe it or not that is the best feature hundred percent that is auto dimming you know you want a clock but you don't want it glaring in your face exactly but you want to be able to see it during the daytime right so you know you're waking up groggy with or without your glasses and oh yeah I know what time it is I don't have to open up my phone and tap it and have it blind you also I'm on Twitter yeah well that's a different issue on the back of this clock there's six USB ports oh wow this one is three type a and three type C oh fantastic we also have three type a versions and this whole back here is a base port because this thing actually has some really good speakers sounds really really nice so yeah it's got the a lady as we as you nicely called it Wi-Fi Bluetooth speakers like I said every buzzword under the sun comes in gonna be three colors black gray and blue okay coming in the summer of 2019 retailing for $149.99 that looks fantastic by the way I've got to give credit to Joe Dugansik of Smarter Home Life for coining the a lady okay I'll take that I like that a lady I'll use that all right if so if people want to find out more about the Sandman or the Sandman Doppler Doppler where would they go Sandman clocks calm Sandman Doppler calm or Palo Alto innovation whichever one you like you get all the info or just hit it in Google all right thank you very much Alex thank you