Category: Review

Recently, I had the opportunity to evaluate a number of Griffin’s new technology products. After putting them to the test, I discovered that, once again, Griffin has designed simple solutions to solve simple and complex problems.

Everything priced at $40 or less! Innovative gear from Targus, Verbatim, LaCie, Otter Box, Kensington, and Scosche, with photos

The Custom 3 studio reference in-ear monitors from Klipsch are state of the art headphones that improve as the resolution of your music collection increases. The Custom 3s are not for the budding audiophile on a budget. However, if you have some green to spare, you can treat your ears to a comfortable and accurate listening experience of your favorite tunes.

As a digital photography teacher, card readers have become invaluable in my classroom. Students come with different cameras the need different cables. Card reader solve this problem, if they read enough card formats. The Verbatim Universal Card Reader is my new reader of choice.

There are more and more apps in the iTunes App Store that fall into the category of physics games. These are games where you draw shapes and lines on the screen to get a ball to a star, or something similar. There are also more and more games with the hand drawn crayon look. Crayon Physics Deluxe is fits both of the categories.

Ever spill a drink on your keyboard? Are your keys starting to look worn and you would like to stop that? Is dust and grime affecting the operation of your keyboard or Mac? Here are two products that might solve these problems.

On a whim, I decided to spend some of the long winter evenings building a small model railroad for the N-scale engines I’d had kicking about in the attic for a while. While looking around the various model railroading websites I came across a program called RailModeller, a Macintosh application that helps the user design model railroads and slot car racetracks.

Blurb’s BookSmart is a fine competitor to iPhoto’s book creation feature.

As long as you don’t mind clearing a large space on your desk for this wireless workhorse, HP’s OfficeJet Pro 8000 Wireless inkjet printer is an extraordinary value that would be suitable for any home or small- to medium-sized office.

Experiment with size and fit, and heed the manufacturer’s advice to turn down the volume before you put them in your ears. They definitely magnify the sound and you’ll be able to play your iPod at lower volumes without a loss of audio clarity. 

Move over EyeTV, there’s a new kid on the block! TubeStick Hybrid by Equinux, is a Mac solution which allows you to connect your over-the-air, cable, and even satellite TV signals to your Mac via USB. For all of you who like to consume your media when you want it, TubeStick gives you the freedom to record your favorite shows for viewing when you want and, with the newly added iPhone/iPod Touch Apps, where you want. Will the hardware and software measure up to the big boys in the space, read on my young Jedi Knight and discover if the Force is indeed with the TubeStick Hybrid.

There are more iPod speaker solutions out on the market than the entire Mymac.com staff could ever cover in a reasonable time period. Obviously, there is a market out there, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many solutions. So what does JBL have to offer with the Duet II Desktop Speaker System? Well, I’ve spent about 6 weeks trying to find that out.

The G-RAID3 stores lots of data in a small case with four interfaces. How does it perform?

If you have a need to work with a highly transparent and simply thought-out music editing application, SonicFire has a venerable history, was robust and reliable during testing and may well be for you. With SoundSoap, the software is a pleasure to use – not only because of its simple interface, but also because it is as effective as it is.

If you own an iPhone, iPod or iPod Touch and want to listen to your music while driving, here are two great solutions from Kensington that do not use the FM radio.

Hard drive utilities are used to maintain, repair and configure hard drives. Since OS X already comes with a basic hard drive utility called Disk Utility, you might wonder what’s the point of buying a third-party program like Drive Genius. Read Neale Monks review and find out why Drive Genius 2 is worth the asking price!