Multi-Touch Virtual Clay for iPad
“Beautiful Modeler” is a pair of applications that lets you sculpt virtual modeling-clay with your fingers, thanks to the iPad’s multi-touch capabilities. The iPad itself is the controller, and displays nothing but five dots that represent your fingertips. A companion app, running on a nearby Mac on the same Wi-Fi network, shows the actual model [...]
3D on an iPhone from Hasbro
The device, which resembles a pair of binoculars with a slot in which users insert their iPod or iPhone, will be priced at $30. It will be available starting next spring at stores where Apple’s iPhones and iPod Touches are available. Read more at: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Hasbro-unveils-device-that-apf-1430279378.html.
Devon Technologies’ Free Software
Devon Technologies is giving away four useful utilities for the Mac. Check out the free downloads at: http://www.devon-technologies.com/products/freeware/ and check out their other offerings at http://www.devon-technologies.com.
Apple’s Tablet Computer History
It is difficult to believe that Apple has been pursuing tablet computing now for over 30 years. Many of the devices which preceded the iPad were somewhat less than mobile. Read more and check out the photos at: http://liquidpubs.com/blog/2010/11/08/apple-their-tablet-computer-history/.
Gorillamobile for iPhone4
For those familiar with their Gorillapods, Joby has now introduced the Gorillamobile for the iPhone4. Position your iPhone for photos or video at any angle. Read more at: http://joby.com/gorillamobile/iphone4/.
Vapor from Element Case
This may be one of the most unique iPhone cases available to date. CNC machined from a single block of aircraft-grade aluminum, it is both strong and light. I initially thought that $80 was a little on the steep side for a phone case, but when you consider that the plastic cases from Belkin and [...]
Nintendo Worried About Apple
Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime has said that Apple is currently his company’s greatest threat, not the rival console makers. Read more at: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/26/reggie-nintendo-sees-apple-as-larger-threat-than-microsoft-and/.
iWear
With Halloween this weekend this seemed appropriate. This seems like something Gap should be all over. Read more at: Scoopertino.
RIP: Sony Walkman
The first generation Walkman (which was called the Soundabout in the U.S., and the Stowaway in the UK) was released on July 1, 1979 in Japan. Although it later became a huge success, it only sold 3,000 units in its first month. Sony managed to sell some 200 million iterations of the cassette Walkman during [...]
John C. Dvorak | A Man With Vision
I respect John C. Dvorak a lot and have read (and listened to) his work for years. He is a provocative thinker in the tech world and is quite often right on target on a great many issues. He is, however, also an excellent barometer for product successes. Not in the normal sense of If [...]
Lacie USB Keys
These actually have been out for quite some time, but somehow they got past me. Check them out at http://www.lacie.com/products/range.htm?id=10052
Zune Syncing Coming to the Mac
No it’s not April 1st. According to a Tweet from the UK head of Windows Phone Marketing, Oded Ran, a version of Zune software will soon be available for the Mac. Read more at Neowin.
Stream iTunes to Other Devices
Have iTunes or other downloadable video content and a wired or wireless network? Want to be able to watch this content without needing to sit in front of the computer? “Vuze automatically detects iTunes, game consoles, and Tivo, knows which video formats they understand, and streams or transfers for easy playback. All you have to [...]
How Bad Do You Want A White iPhone4?
Zeetron is offering a white iPhone4 color swap that will not only change your black iPhone4 to white via a quick trip to their offices and back, but most certainly will void all Apple warranties. And while it does look pretty good, if Apple can’t seem to get the white glass right, how did these [...]
Throwboy
This is pretty cool. Icon dock pillows for the true Mac fan. Buy one or the whole set. Check them out at www.throwboy.com/icons.php.
What 10 Years Did to Apple’s Main Product
Brett Jordan provides an illustration of just how far Apple has come over the last 10 years with it’s main product line. His comparison of the 2000 Bondi Blue iMac and the 2010 iPhone specs really shows just how much power we now can carry around in our pockets. Click on the photo below for [...]
Office 2011 Shipping Next Month
As much as I try to avoid it, I still find myself using something that Microsoft makes almost every day. You just can’t avoid a Word or Excel file if you work with other people. I does appear that MS might be finally taking some hints from Apple in that they are going to offer [...]
External Drive Shopping
Over the years I have owned a number of external drives. Some I purchased pre-assembled (i.e. iomega MiniMax, Lacie Studio), some I purchased as a separate loose drive and enclosure and assembled myself. Both of these solutions worked out well at the time, but now I need a new one and am looking for something [...]
The Trouble with Mozy
I like cloud storage. I like it a lot, but of all of the cloud-based storage apps I have tried, Mozy is the only one (so far) that has proven to be more of a hindrance than a help. While I does backup and synchronize the files I have given it to deal with, it [...]
Puppy Tweets
When I first heard the term “Puppy Tweets” I thought it was some new pet snack food product. I was wrong. I kind of knew I was wrong from the get-go, but this is one of those unions that really shouldn’t be first on your mind. Who would think of their pet Twittering? Apparently Mattel [...]
Desktop Essentials | Rain Design mStand
As much as I love having a laptop, they can tend to take up a bit of desk space, especially if you are like me and you have countless other things hanging off of it (external drives, USB hub, iPod, iPhone, etc.). Rain Design’s mStand is an awesome accessory which has permitted many of my [...]
