Blazing MacBook Pro Benchmarks
After being available for less than a week, benchmarks for the new line of MacBook Pro are already rolling in. In a word,…
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Classes 2011
**_Coming soon…_**
Starting this Spring, our Manchester, NH location will be offering classes. We’ll be posting a schedule online very shortly. Currently, we are offering one-on-one in-store lessons as well as consulting services (1-800-511-MACS ex.515).
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Featured Rebates: March '11
“*iWork ’09*”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/72887/apple-iwork/at_bis
Buy any Apple computer with iWork ’09 and receive a *$30 Mail-in Rebate**.“*HP Printers*”:http://www.smalldog.com/search/?find=HP
Add an HP printer over $69 and get a **$40 Mail-in Rebate**.Check out all of our current rebates “here.”:http://www.smalldog.com/rebates
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Hot New Product – iBallz
Protect your iPad in a unique way from falls with the shock-absorbing and stabilizing iBallz. Adds a lift for surface protection and works as handles for gaming! _$19.99_
“Available now in four different colors!”:http://i.smalldog.com/search/?find=iballz
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Must Have: Turbo Tax
“*Turbo Tax*”:http://www.smalldog.com/search/?find=turbotax Deluxe was designed to make it easy for you to get the biggest tax refund possible, checking for accuracy and uncovering 350+ deductions and credits. Includes free Federal Efile and TurboTax State for completing your state taxes. _Starting at $42.99_
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Meet Our Dogs!
Meet Kaplan! He is a two year old Golden Retriever/Chow Mix.
Kaplan was recently adopted from Praying for Paws in Henry County, Georgia. Kaplan was picked up as a stray, where he was then put in a kill shelter. “Praying for Paws”:http://www.prayingforpaws.com/donations.php, a non profit organization, rescued Kaplan and housed him at their facility where he waited a year for a home. “Heather Forest”:http://www.smalldog.com/heather, one of our Manchester sales associates, and her boyfriend Matt adopted him 2 weeks ago. He was transported up to New Hampshire from Georgia where he is finally in his happy new home!
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Check out our blog, Barkings! to keep up with the latest Mac news, tips and tricks.
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Plantronics Voyager 520
Have you ever wondered who those people in the grocery store are talking to, as they stand yelling at the produce? Then you notice they’re wearing an earpieceand were shouting to the office while leaving their hands free to feel if that mango was ripe or not. It used to be that these people wore three-piece suits, but now everyone can enjoy the ease of Bluetooth with the “Plantronics Voyager 520”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/72821/at_bis. You may now be wondering, “Do I want to be that person yelling at the produce?”
Bluetooth headsets can be used with many more devices than just a cell phone. Today, most of Apple’s products come standard with Bluetooth technology: iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Macs all support Bluetooth devices–and that’s just the Apple side. I currently use my Voyager to speak with friends on my Playstation 3. The greatest advantage of an earpiece is, of course, its wireless functionality. Using the Voyager 520, I can sit comfortably on my couch, with no cords threatening to spill the contents of my coffee table. The primary use of the Voyager is for chatting. Whether it’s on the PSN network, Skype, Google Talk, iChat, or iPhone, you are able to use your hands freely for whatever else you may be doing.
Let’s say you’d like to share your headset across multiple devices. That is where the advantage of the Voyager 520 comes in. The Voyager is simple to use but powerful, making it an excellent third-party compliment to Apple products. There is only one button to control the whole device, making it extremely simple to hook-up and control. The passcode for pairing is already set to 0000, so you simply hold the button until it goes to pairing mode (blinking blue and red). Once the Voyager is in pairing mode, your bluetooth device should detect it. Punch in the 0000 code and you’re all set. The sound quality is great, and the headset includes a mic that blocks out interference from street noise, children yelling in the next room, or just everyday noise. The range is quite good too–stand anywhere from 25-50ft away and you will still be coming in loud and clear. The Voyager 520 comes with a stand/charger so you can pick it up and run. It’s a great accessory for anyone who uses Skype or Google Talk, and especially useful for someone who switches from a mobile device to a computer–with a simple hold of the button, you’ve switched devices. _$55.99_
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Reader Write In: Spaces and Jiggly Icons
Di asks, “I’d love a rambling about Spaces. Is it possible to have multiple desktops for one app?”
Well, Di, Spaces is an aspect of the Mac OS that enables you to have multiple desktops for organizational purposes. We had a technician here who was a multi-monitor addict and had a hard time adjusting to having only one monitor on his bench here in South Burlington. In order to compensate for this, he would use Spaces to create several desktops to organize his applications and work flow as though he had several monitors. To my knowledge, you can’t use Spaces to create multiple desktops for a single application. What you can do is have that application appear in each Space, but as far as I know, it doesn’t virtualize multiple instances of that application being open. You still only have one install of Word, for example. A good quick intro to Spaces is the Apple Knowledge Base article HT1624 that you can access here: “http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1624”:http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1624
Kirsten asks, “What does it mean when the icons on the iPhone 4 start jiggling? Also, I have noticed that I can switch apps but can’t open more than one page in Safari at a time.”
To answer your first question, Kirsten, the jiggling icons signify that you’ve held your finger down on an app for a few seconds longer than it would take to start that app. This enables you either to rearrange the icons by dragging them or to delete apps from your iDevice by tapping on the ‘x’ in the upper-left corner of each icon you wish to remove To stop them from jiggling, just click your home button once. This applies not only to your iPhone 4 but also to any of Apple’s iDevices running the current version of iOS.
As far as Safari is concerned, you can open another Safari window by tapping the icon that looks like two squares on top of one another, located in the lower-right corner of the screen. The screen will change slightly, and you’ll see a button for ‘New Page’ in the lower-left corner. Just tap that, and you’ll now have multiple browser windows. That double-square icon will now have a number in it showing how many windows you have active in Safari.
If you have any questions for the service team here at Small Dog Electronics, send an email to “support@smalldog.com”:mailto:support@smalldog.com or find our direct contact info on the “Small Dog Contact Page”:http://www.smalldog.com/contact
