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iPhone App: PhoneFlix
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009No Steve Jobs at Macworld Expo
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Steve Jobs will not be delivering Apple’s Keynote at the Macworld Expo this coming January. Apple also announced this will be its last year attending the Macworld tradeshow. This could be the end of an era. Apple is able to reach more customers these days without the need for the tradeshow. Full article on the subject can be found here.
Modality: iPhone Applications
Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Please check out Modality (http://www.modalitylearning.com) for a number of iPhone applications geared toward people (students & professionals) in the Medical and Law industries, students K-12, and world travelers. If you don’t have an iPhone, they offer products for clickwheel iPods over at RayBook (http://www.raybook.com).
Nike+ iPod Nano and iPod Touch
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Nike and Apple have teamed up to offer a running kit that will track your running stats through an iPod Nano and now the iPod Touch. Soon to come will be the Nike+ capability on the iPhone and iPhone 3G. The kit from Nike is $29.00 and then you need to own a pair of Nike+ shoes or buy the shoe pouch that attaches to any shoe. Learn all about the capabilities here. I’ve been using the product for a while now and love it.
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Apple Introduces New Notebook Lineup
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008Last week Apple announced a new lineup of Macbook, Macbook Air, and Macbook Pro notebooks. Apple also released a sleek new lineup for Cinema displays. Check them out on Apple.com! As of right now Apple has not released a 17″ version of the Macbook Pro. I hope they do soon.
Free 411 through Google
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008Google now offers a free 411 service. Check it out. I’ve been please with the results.
NEAT RECEIPTS for Mac – Scanner to PDF
Thursday, September 4th, 2008I recently had the pleasure of using a great product by Neat Receipts (NEATRECEIPTS). They have models available for both PC and Mac. The scanner is compact and the quality of scan is great for documents and receipts. This scanner comes with software that will keep your scans organized. It also has a feature that will scan a document right to a PDF. Got clutter? Rid yourself of clutter with this product.
NEAT Receipts for Mac was developed in the Apple programming environment (Cocoa) to provide an easy to use, functional interface that looks and feels like the applications you use every day. Seasoned Mac users will feel right at home using the intuitive design and those who have recently switched from PC will get accustomed to the interface in no time. NEAT Receipts for Mac does not yet match the NEAT Receipts PC version feature-for-feature but it includes some new features available only on the Mac such as drag-and-drop functionality, Image Flow (our version of Cover Flow), Smart Collections and more.
Advanced released copy for mac is $179.95. Visit www.neatreceipts.com for more details.
iPhone Application: Shazam
Monday, July 21st, 2008
Shazam for the iPhone is a great new application that allows you to tag music you hear so that you can buy it through iTunes or similar service. Shazam is free through iTunes.
Key features include:
- Tag music: identify music anywhere – whether it’s on the radio, TV, in a movie or in a store.
- Build your own soundtrack: see the list grow every time music is tagged.
- Get the music: go straight to iTunes to preview and buy.
- Music Videos: see related videos of the track on YouTube.
- Capture the moment: personalise the tag by taking a photo and adding it to ‘My Tags’.
- Share the moment: send track details to friends via email.
I tried it out on my phone on a road trip this past weekend. My wife was the one who discovered it so I give her the credit for finding this gem.
iPhone / iPod Touch Application: iSofa
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008Use your iPhone (must have firmware version 2.0 +) or iPod Touch (must have firmware version 2.0 +) to control your Mac. This free application, iSofa, is great for controlling media remotely. I briefly had an opportunity to download it and try it out before my iPhone 3G’s screen cracked for no reason. The installation was fairly easy. I could not find it through iTunes so I had to manually install it on my Mac and then enter a private address in Safari on my iPhone. Once the installation was complete, the rest was a piece of cake. The remote worked beautifully. I will have more feedback tomorrow when I have a new phone to test it on. In the meantime, here is wha the creators of iSofa have to say:
iSofa is a web application, it uses the Apache web server of your Mac (already installed in your Mac).
You will access iSofa using Safari from your iPhone / iPod Touch by WiFi, EDGE with iPhone and 3G with iPhone 3G.
Requirements:
- Mac OS X Tiger / Leopard
- iPhone, iPhone 3G, or iPod Touch
iPhone 3G – Case – Contour Flick
Sunday, July 13th, 2008I’ve always found it important to buy a good case for the iPhone. After trying several different cases out on the original iPhone, I eventually found a slim case that was ideal-the In Case Slider (read). With the new 3G iPhone I was hoping a slider case was available, but was disappointed. I did discover the Contour Flick case, which actually is just as good, if not a little nicer. Combined with an anit-glare screen protector film, I can’t even tell the Flick case is on the phone. It’s lightweight and slim. You can buy them through Apple for $34.95. They come in black or white.
