Apple iPhone Bluetooth Headset: End of Life?
If the product is still available on the French or EU Apple Stores, the iPhone Bluetooth Headset is "End Of Life" on the US Apple Store.
It remains unclear why Apple removed this product from its catalog. If Apple plans to update this model it would have then maintain it till stock would run empty then come up with the new model... It could also be linked to an issue on the long-term with the product, and to really low salz figures, pushing Apple to let third-parties develop BT headset. However, if hte iPhone OS 3.0 will bring support for Stereo BT and for sure additional third-parties headset, Apple could also come up with a new model, and for hte time being iPhone users might have to find another solution if they do not want to use wire-earbuds.
2 TB in a Time Capsule
After waiting for weeks, we finally and successfully put our hands on a sample of the 2 TB Western Digital HD (thanks to our partner Macway).
Green HD series from Western Digital are probably the perfect unit for network storage, and we installed it in our time Capsule, replacing the 1 TB unit we installed about a year ago.
Once formatted, the HD is perfectly recognized by Time Capsule.
As usual, from the announced 2TB, only 1.8 TB really remains available. You will find the procedure to exchange the HD of your Time Capsule in a previous article we published last year: http://www.hardmac.com/articles/79
Last but not least, this HD swapping is not currently economically interesting. The 2 TB Green HD from WD is hard to find, without competing models, and its price around 300 Euro, about 3 times more than the 1 TB Green HD from the same manufacturer. However, in couple of months, if Apple does not update specifications of its time capsule it might be a rather financially attracting solution to get a large network storage unit.
EarMaster Essential offers interactive music lessons
EarMaster ApS has expanded its line of music training software to include EarMaster Essential 5. The program offers the core features of the Pro variant, but at a lower price. Over 130 progressive lessons are included, with styles ranging from classical music to rock or jazz. Exercises are designed to teach users how to identify and play intervals, chords and rhythms....
First Test of Elgato Turbo 264HD
The test has been performed on an iMac Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz. While it takes 160 seconds for the hardware to encode a video file into HD video 720p for the Apple TV, the Turbo 264HD reduces it to 62 seconds, while the previous model of Elgato H264 key would help completing the work in 106 seconds.
For encoding a video into 1080p, Core 2 Duo alone performed the job in 399 seconds whereas when associated to the turbo H264HD it took only 92 second. So the performance level and the gain are rather huge, and PowerPC-based Mac users will for sure be disappointed to hear that this device is only compatible with Mac Intel. The Turbo 264HD will for sure seduce Pro users (one will need to compare encoding quality in details), but also Mac users having to deal with a lot of videos. Such booster USB key might even become a must have in the future if one could associate several units to even boost further encoding speed.
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TUAW @SXSW: The "comics on handhelds" panel
Filed under: Multimedia, iPhone, iPod touch, SXSW
Chances are, if you're reading TUAW, you most likely love all things Apple and Mac. You may also be an iPhone or iPod touch user. And, like many Apple lovers (including myself), you may also be a fan of comic books. If so, what if you want to take your comics on the road with you and don't want to lug around a huge stack of titles? Instead of having to take paper comics, what if you could digitize them and read them on your handheld?Well, those are just the type of questions I hoped to have answered by attending the Comics on Handhelds panel at South by Southwest Interactive last week. On the panel were Douglas Edwards, CEO of UCLICK, Molly Crabapple of Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School, Dave Bort, a Google/Android Engineer, Rantz Hoseley, CEO of the LongBox Group and Richard Stevens of "Diesel Sweeties" fame. The panel was moderated by comics creator and mobile comics proponent Dan Goldman.
First off, Goldman started with a definition of what comics are: stories told with words and pictures. He explained that comics can be in any form and do not have to be on paper in order to be considered "comics."
With that out of the way and hoping to provide a "common starting place," Goldman next went into a discussion of formatting comics for mobile devices and alternative delivery methods, using Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield's "FreakAngels" as an example; it works well on a mobile device despite being made originally for the printed page.
"Change in platform demands change in format," Goldman said.
Continue reading TUAW @SXSW: The "comics on handhelds" panel
TUAWTUAW @SXSW: The "comics on handhelds" panel originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Ngmoco's Neil Young claims iPhone beats DS, PSP
Neil Young, co-founder of ngmoco, praised the iPhone during his keynote address at the Game Developers Conference, according to Gamasutra. "Our love affair with the iPhone began by simply touching it," he said. "This was rapidly becoming the most important device I had ever owned, it was an all-encompassing, complete device. And I knew that that device was going to enable incredible things for gam...
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Apple iPhone Bluetooth Headset: End of Life?
If the product is still available on the French or EU Apple Stores, the iPhone Bluetooth Headset is "End Of Life" on the US Apple Store.
It remains unclear why Apple removed this product from its catalog. If Apple plans to update this model it would have then maintain it till stock would run empty then come up with the new model... It could also be linked to an issue on the long-term with the product, and to really low salz figures, pushing Apple to let third-parties develop BT headset. However, if hte iPhone OS 3.0 will bring support for Stereo BT and for sure additional third-parties headset, Apple could also come up with a new model, and for hte time being iPhone users might have to find another solution if they do not want to use wire-earbuds.
2 TB in a Time Capsule
After waiting for weeks, we finally and successfully put our hands on a sample of the 2 TB Western Digital HD (thanks to our partner Macway).
Green HD series from Western Digital are probably the perfect unit for network storage, and we installed it in our time Capsule, replacing the 1 TB unit we installed about a year ago.
Once formatted, the HD is perfectly recognized by Time Capsule.
As usual, from the announced 2TB, only 1.8 TB really remains available. You will find the procedure to exchange the HD of your Time Capsule in a previous article we published last year: http://www.hardmac.com/articles/79
Last but not least, this HD swapping is not currently economically interesting. The 2 TB Green HD from WD is hard to find, without competing models, and its price around 300 Euro, about 3 times more than the 1 TB Green HD from the same manufacturer. However, in couple of months, if Apple does not update specifications of its time capsule it might be a rather financially attracting solution to get a large network storage unit.
EarMaster Essential offers interactive music lessons
EarMaster ApS has expanded its line of music training software to include EarMaster Essential 5. The program offers the core features of the Pro variant, but at a lower price. Over 130 progressive lessons are included, with styles ranging from classical music to rock or jazz. Exercises are designed to teach users how to identify and play intervals, chords and rhythms....
First Test of Elgato Turbo 264HD
The test has been performed on an iMac Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz. While it takes 160 seconds for the hardware to encode a video file into HD video 720p for the Apple TV, the Turbo 264HD reduces it to 62 seconds, while the previous model of Elgato H264 key would help completing the work in 106 seconds.
For encoding a video into 1080p, Core 2 Duo alone performed the job in 399 seconds whereas when associated to the turbo H264HD it took only 92 second. So the performance level and the gain are rather huge, and PowerPC-based Mac users will for sure be disappointed to hear that this device is only compatible with Mac Intel. The Turbo 264HD will for sure seduce Pro users (one will need to compare encoding quality in details), but also Mac users having to deal with a lot of videos. Such booster USB key might even become a must have in the future if one could associate several units to even boost further encoding speed.
AT&T execs said touting new, faster iPhone for mid-June
One or more of AT&T's more senior officials have reportedly slipped important details about the next iPhone, including a June unveiling and a continued emphasis on speed.
TUAW @SXSW: The "comics on handhelds" panel
Filed under: Multimedia, iPhone, iPod touch, SXSW
Chances are, if you're reading TUAW, you most likely love all things Apple and Mac. You may also be an iPhone or iPod touch user. And, like many Apple lovers (including myself), you may also be a fan of comic books. If so, what if you want to take your comics on the road with you and don't want to lug around a huge stack of titles? Instead of having to take paper comics, what if you could digitize them and read them on your handheld?Well, those are just the type of questions I hoped to have answered by attending the Comics on Handhelds panel at South by Southwest Interactive last week. On the panel were Douglas Edwards, CEO of UCLICK, Molly Crabapple of Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School, Dave Bort, a Google/Android Engineer, Rantz Hoseley, CEO of the LongBox Group and Richard Stevens of "Diesel Sweeties" fame. The panel was moderated by comics creator and mobile comics proponent Dan Goldman.
First off, Goldman started with a definition of what comics are: stories told with words and pictures. He explained that comics can be in any form and do not have to be on paper in order to be considered "comics."
With that out of the way and hoping to provide a "common starting place," Goldman next went into a discussion of formatting comics for mobile devices and alternative delivery methods, using Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield's "FreakAngels" as an example; it works well on a mobile device despite being made originally for the printed page.
"Change in platform demands change in format," Goldman said.
Continue reading TUAW @SXSW: The "comics on handhelds" panel
TUAWTUAW @SXSW: The "comics on handhelds" panel originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Ngmoco's Neil Young claims iPhone beats DS, PSP
Neil Young, co-founder of ngmoco, praised the iPhone during his keynote address at the Game Developers Conference, according to Gamasutra. "Our love affair with the iPhone began by simply touching it," he said. "This was rapidly becoming the most important device I had ever owned, it was an all-encompassing, complete device. And I knew that that device was going to enable incredible things for gam...
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