News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
If you're finding your current CompactFlash (CF) cards to be a bit tight for space, Silicon Power has the answer: high-speed CF cards offering up to 128GB of storage.
David Braue | Jan 18, 2010
Region4 is aiming its Video Storage Pro 2500 hard drive at videographers who need a way to quickly transfer footage from their RAM-based videocameras to hard disk for editing, or just so they can get back to the job at hand.
David Braue | Jan 13, 2010
There's a pair of headphones to suit every taste in Sennheiser's new lineup of models, which the company launched at CES for use with portable music players while also announcing a partnership with Adidas to develop sports-friendly headphones.
David Braue | Jan 13, 2010
Every once in a while, something comes along that changes everything. myTVR, an outsourced video recording service, certainly falls into that category. By allowing users to record any show on free-to-air TV and then watch it as streaming video via a Web browser, iPhone or iPod touch, or Nokia smartphone, myTVR is pioneering a significant new model for watching TV.
David Braue | Dec 18, 2009
Media player maker DViCO has taken another stab at the Apple TV with release of the TViX M-6600N, the latest iteration of its line of networked multimedia players and its first to combine a 7-day electronic program guide, high-definition recording, Freeview compatibility, and more lounge room-oriented features.
David Braue | Oct 13, 2009
One of the biggest problems with conventional tablets is the disconnect between where you gesture with the pen, and where the mouse appears. Practice makes perfect when it comes to mastering these gestures, but wouldn't it be easier if you could draw directly onto the screen? Hanvon has tried to offer an easier solution with its SenTIP tablet – and, for the most part, it succeeds.
David Braue | Sep 25, 2009
We’ve tasted a few different types of apples in our time, so we can say authoritatively that the McIntosh is among the tastiest cultivars you’re likely to come across.
David Braue | Apr 1, 2009
Like it or not, the good old tape-based video camera is well and truly on its way out the door. Buoyed by advances in compression technology, tiny flash memory-based devices are setting the agenda in the video market, with tiny bodies and ever-improving features. Samsung's VP-MX20C delivers both, with more good points than bad, to stand as a decent example of how flash-based video cameras are evolving.
David Braue | Jan 6, 2009
It was only when I began watching a movie on the ceiling that I came to appreciate how a home theatre projector – one of a class of products that has always been far too expensive and esoteric for most people to contemplate – can in fact improve the viewing experience.
David Braue | Dec 17, 2008
As a writer, my everyday research process involves researching and collating information from a range of sources, then synthesising it, along with my own value-adds, into interesting new stories. For this purpose – and many others – there isn't much I could ask for that isn't provided by Circus Ponies Software's Notebook 3.0.
David Braue | Dec 5, 2008
If you find the speaker on the new iPod touch far too tinny to tolerate for long, or you have an earlier-model iPod that doesn't have a speaker, you've probably considered buying a decent iPod dock. If you tend to listen to music in lots of places around your house while doing other things, you could do worse than the Gear4 Duo.
David Braue | Nov 24, 2008
When we get products for review, journalists are usually very careful to be as gentle as possible so as to not damage them. But when the promotional literature features said product being run over with a car and chewed by a dog, well, we can't help but take that as license to get a little rough. Oh, yeah.
David Braue | Oct 28, 2008
This morning Apple released a new version of its iPhone SDK for developers. iPhone SDK beta 2 includes Interface Builder, a component of Apple’s development tools that lets developers create the interface for their applications. That seems to be the only major change in the latest build, according to the SDK’s read me, which continues to list some known issues. Apple says “this second beta is known to be incompatible with installation folders other than the default /Developer.” Given the importance of UI on the Mac, Interface Builder is a pretty critical tool in the development process, and some developers had chosen to hold off on their efforts until the SDK was revised. Apple unveiled the iPhone SDK at a special event earlier this month, allowing developers to begin building applications for the iPhone and iPod touch. Several high-profile companies have already jumped onboard, demoing their applications at the event. Highlighting the demos was AOL with a native AIM client; other applications from Electronic Arts, Salesforce.com, and Apple were also shown.
