Category: Product Reviews

Lately, my husband and I have been taking a lot of road trips. Navigation has become a lot more interactive since we have gotten our iPhones, and we are constantly trying out new apps to use when we travel. AllStay’s iExit (link opens iTunes) is one of those apps that renders others redundant. On my…

Everyone is buzzing about the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics starting tonight. Some people love to watch Alpine Skiing, Figure Skating or Snowboarding. This year the Olympic Games are being held right in our own backyard, plus we have a lot of contenders, so it’s especially exciting. Cowbell2010 is your perfect new app for the iPhone…

Being one of the few people left in America without a DVR, I’ve had my eye on an EyeTV for quite a while now but have not had a hands-on experience with one. Last week, one of our buyers came to me with an open-box EyeTV Hybrid to try out; I jumped at the chance!…

Several times I’ve mentioned that Onyx is my primary OS X maintenance program. It’s free and easy to use. Click here to visit the developers web site or click here to read about the app on Apple’s website. A few people have inquired about the best way to use Onyx. It actually has a great…

Many of us live and work in areas with many available wireless networks, or cannot get a full strength signal from our networks for whatever reason. While AirPort reception on modern desktop and portable Macs is excellent, and getting better with each generation, sometimes we just need better reception. There are solutions that include disassembling…

If you enjoy running, biking, or snowboarding, you’ve probably brought along your iPod to keep the energy flowing and have realized that reaching into your pockets to fumble with your iPod to change songs can be tricky (not to mention dangerous). The Quiver aims to eliminate this hassle, sporting a simple yet ingenious design that…

I’ve written time and time again about how I love screen real estate. I use a high-resolution 17-inch MacBook Pro and a 23-inch Cinema Display, but still want more space. Unfortunately, no Apple laptop has built-in support for more than one external display. When I heard about a USB to DVI adapter I was skeptical…

The iPhone has proven to be another game-changing product for Apple; it’s hitting record sales numbers and has helped usher in a new era of portable computing. It’s amazing that we have essentially the same functionality of our old desktop computers, now in a pocketable size and touch-screen smart phone. Everything from web browsing, emailing,…

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A simultaneous comparison of video from the iPod nano and the Flip minoHD. We basically put them side by side and hit record. The Flip has a 1280 × 720 aspect ratio vs 640 × 480 on the iPod nano. We’ll post the iPod nano file by itself shortly. Of course these videos are ultra-compressed…