Author: Emily Dolloff

*Mac Basics*
_South Burlington Store_

Sunday 04/17/2011
5:15 to 6:45pm

Click “*here*”:http://www.smalldog.com/classes/at_bis to register, or come into the store for more details about the classes we offer in South Burlington.

Buster is the loyal companion of Jan Knutsen, Small Dog’s new Director of Marketing. Both Jan and Buster have recently joined the Small Dog crew. Buster is certainly not a small dog, but his gentle demeanor and soft brown eyes have quickly melted our hearts.

*Hammerhead Leather Envelopes for 11″ & 13″ MacBook Air*

Protect your MacBook Air in style with these premium leather sleeves from Hammerhead. Just $59.99, click “*here*”:http://www.smalldog.com/search/?find=envelope&refinecat=Notebook_Gear|Cases|Notebook|MacBook_Air to buy.

Apple TV is by no means a new product for Apple. This little device has been around for a number of years and is quite possibly the most misunderstood Apple device.

Apple TV is designed to be a central media hub for your home. It’s a tiny little box that connects to any HDMI-enabled TV and wirelessly streams all kinds of media to your television from a number of sources. You can wirelessly access multiple computers in your home to stream movies, photos, and music in your iPhoto and iTunes libraries. With Apple TV you can also access a variety of Web-based content, including photos in Flickr accounts or MobileMe albums, video on YouTube, and movies and TV shows from Netflix Watch Instantly or the iTunes store. Apple released an update a few weeks ago for Apple TV that now allows you to follow your favorite MLB and NBA teams. For small subscription fees you can follow multiple games and teams at once, a fantastic feature if you’re unlucky like myself and can’t follow your favorite teams through the local cable provider. Visit “NBA”:http://www.nba.com/appletv/ and “MLB”:http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/subscriptions/appletv.jsp?&vbID=appletv for more information on this new feature to Apple TV. From one location you have the ability to source endless amounts of media instantly.

What Apple TV doesn’t do is replace a television or replace your regular cable or satellite provider. You cannot watch live television (unless you have the MLB or NBA packages) or TV shows at the time they air on broadcast TV. However, you can rent many TV series and movies through the iTunes store from your living room, instead of rushing out to rent new releases. Apple TV is a cool addition to the digital lifestyle, and once you bring one home, you will likely wonder how you ever lived without it!

The calendar says spring is here, but looking around our main headquarters in Waitsfield it’s still a bit of a winter wonderland. As New Englanders we are all too familiar with the reality that the seasons don’t always accurately follow what the calendar indicates, and this year it’s no exception. I do admit I am a little jealous of my southern friends who are already sharing stories of spring flowers blooming, windows wide open, and the smell of fresh spring air.

The big buzz in all of our retails stores right now is the long-anticipated arrival of iPad 2. Here in Waitsfield, in the days leading up to the official release, anticipation was high. At exactly 5pm on March 11th we began selling iPad 2, and customers eagerly lined up in all our stores hoping to be one of the lucky few who went home with a new iPad. In the weeks since the release, demand is still very high, and while we can’t always fill customer requests right away, shipments are steadily arriving each week and orders are being filled daily. Accessories are beginning to arrive as well; the Apple Smart Covers have arrived, and we expect other manufacturers to have products available soon.

-Emily and the Waitsfield retail staff
“emily@smalldog.com”:mailto:emily@smalldog.com