May 23 2013
The iPad Mini finds a very sweet spot between form and function. Light yet powerful, it is the type of device you can carry with you anywhere. If you are using it for content consumption, it is nearly perfect. Put a pretty case on it and you are done. If you want to create on …
May 20 2013
This post originally appeared at Living on the Cheap. Apparently, there is an unspeakable cruelty in the world of a teenager. “Dad, everyone at school has an XYZ3000 smart phone. I can’t even look at Google Maps on this stupid flip phone and I probably won’t even get to go to prom because of it.” Teenagers also …
May 14 2013
Mar 04 2013
A very wise pundit once said. “The limitation of our productivity in modern times is measured in milliwatt hours.” Actually, I think I said that. Let’s downgrade that to…”A two-bit hack with an overwrought sense of self-importance and a website designed to fulfill his Machiavellian tech fantasies said that.” Of course, it is still true …
Feb 24 2013
I had not heard of Mapi Cases until I made their acquaintance at the CES show last month. They make a range of upscale cases and covers for iDevices and high-end smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy and Note. The cases are hand crafted in Istanbul (not Constantinople) from real cow. That’s right, they are unapologetically …
Jan 30 2013
I like it when a product shows up at NAMM and at CES. It is sort of like a mullet…business in the front and party in the back. OK, it is not anything like that. But if a company has the chutzpah to show a product at both shows…it had better be pretty cool. The …
Dec 21 2012
Perusing the FAVI website yields what you would expect from an innovative entertainment company. Projectors, screens, televisions and a clever little HDMI widget called the SmartStick which is aimed squarely at giving Apple TV and Roku heartburn. But in a very Sesame Street moment (“One of these things is not like the other…come on, sing …
Dec 20 2012
I have used CloudOn on my iPad for awhile and it has saved my bacon at least twice. Because the iOS versions of Office applications are occasionally limited in their limitation of features I have found CloudOn to be PARTICULARLY helpful when dealing with complex spreadsheet files. Actually, I have wanted to kill myself more …
Dec 07 2012
The season of getting giving is heating up at an alarming rate. There are 18 days until Christmas which probably means that I should start shopping. Santa is consulting his naughty list…as am I! Luckily, Santa has gone electronic and I hired a well known hacker to get my info taken off of his naughty …
Nov 20 2012
I needed one of these this weekend when I was driving around an alien landscape (well, somebody else’s neighborhood anyway) trying to hold my phone and let it guide me through the obstacles. Easy on, easy off and it looks like it will clamp on a wide range of stuff. I am not quite sure …
