I finally got my hands on a 5G iPod nano for review. The video camera plus the other new features makes the 5G iPod nano a great gift for the holiday season. Check out my review.
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The 27-inch quad-core iMacs continue to gain praises. Last week, I posted a review from Electronista where it wassaid: The 27-inch iMac is already a milestone for Apple through its inclusion of a truly greater-than-HD display, but the addition of Core i5 and Core i7 processors transforms it into a near powerhouse. This is the [...]
This is a follow-up on my post about the Late-2009 iMacs, particularly the high-end 27-inch systems. Electronista just published their Core i5 27-inch iMac review and their benchmarks show that the Core i5 iMac is almost 50% faster than the 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo 24-inch iMac with 3GB of RAM and a Radeon HD 2600 [...]
Here’s a slew of news about the latest iMacs including instructions on how to upgrade the RAM, availability of the Core i5 and Core i7 27-inch iMacs, and by reviews of the late-2009 iMacs including a sneak peek into the Core i5 version. The Mac Observer gave the heads up on an Apple knowledge base [...]
What you got there? A brand new iPhone 3GS! Let’s see what third-party apps you have there. You haven’t installed anything yet? But why? With over 75,000 apps in the App Store, there should be a few that you’d like. What do you mean that’s the point? Ah, with so many choices, it kind of [...]
Snow Leopard extravaganza
Aug 31
On August 28, 2009, Apple released, albeit earlier than expected, their newest operating system, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. I’m featuring some of the articles and reviews that were published around the time of the launch. From tips on how to prep your Mac for Snow Leopard to reviews from some notable tech writers [...]
One of the sites that I trust* when it comes to hardware reviews gave its wholehearted approval for the new 15″ MacBook Pro when it came to battery life. There’s no other way to say this. If you care about battery life and portability at all, buy the new MacBook Pro. AnandTech’s review of the [...]
Macworld gives the Yahoo Messenger app for the iPhone and iPod touch a generally good review (four mice out of five), with the reviewer praising the app’s ability to share photos, archive conversations, and being able to remain active for 10 minutes after switching to another app or taking a call. Yahoo Messenger can’t run in the [...]
If you’re a Twitter fan and own an iPhone or iPod touch but have not yet installed a Twitter client app on your i-Device, I say, shame on you. You ought to have a Twitter client or two or three, maybe even four, on your iPhone by now. There in lies the problem. To date, [...]
As far as system updates go, the changes to new white MacBook are welcome, if subtle. The new faster graphics will make casual gamers happy, and who doesn’t like additional RAM? Though the slightly slower processor didn’t help performance any, this new white MacBook is a solid entry-level product. And if you need a Mac [...]
Creative Bits have posted a how-to on creating animated charts in Keynote. For more Keynote tips, head on to KeynoteUser.com. Please check out TUAW for their first look at Keynote or a more detailed look, go to Macworld’s review [source: TUAW]
The Unofficial Apple Weblog asked its readers to vote for the little good things and the little bad things in Leopard. What topped the ‘Good‘ list are Quick Look, an improved Finder, and iCal Dock icon showing the correct date. The top ‘Bad‘ things are the changing Stacks icons, two step edit of iCal’s info, [...]
More raves for Leopard
Nov 4
Eric Benderoff, Chicago Tribune: “Leopard upgrade helps polish any Apple” So to me, and millions of other Mac users, the real question is whether upgrading to Leopard will make my humble little iBook better. The answer: Yes. Joe Hutsko, MSNBC, “Feature-rich Leopard will wow Mac users” The users who will be most impressed with Leopard [...]
Leopard: a week later
Nov 1
It has been a little more than a week since Leopard was released and Mac related websites have posted their first impressions and reviews. Some sites also did a mini-review of most of the touted features in Leopard such as Time Machine, Finder, Mail, iChat, etc. Below is a list of a few of the [...]
