Apple Product Guide

Apple Instapaper Free - Review

Mary Joseff — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:31:16 +0000

Apple Instapaper Free is another very confusing app for the iPhone. This app updates with the bookmarks you’ve made from your computer and keeps them loaded in the app so you can read them even if you’re not receiving any sort of connection. The app is completely free for use on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and your computer. The biggest advantage that this app has is that it does create a sort of de.lic.ious type service, sharing all your bookmarks in one place.

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Apple - iLife ‘08 review

Mary Joseff — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:39:56 +0000

Apple’s iLife suite comes free with each new Mac sold, but is also available as a standalone package. iLife ‘08 is something of a mixed bag. Of the two heavily-reworked apps, iPhoto and iMovie, iPhoto is an improvement; it’s easier to use and with something for the more serious photo editor as well as the beginner. iMovie is not going to win friends with enthusiast users of earlier versions, but may pick up a few newcomers to the genre.

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Apple AirPort Extreme review

Mary Joseff — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:08:19 +0000

Apple’ AirPort Extreme is just about as different from your typical wireless router as it is possible to imagine. Apple’s take on 802.11n wireless is both interesting and unusual and holds plenty of appeal if you’re mixing Apple and Windows hardware in an unholy alliance. It’s a shame that you can’t use the USB printing and storage features together, but presumably this would have increased the price. Configuring the router reveals yet another unusual aspect to the AirPort Extreme.

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Apple - 20-inch Cinema review

Mary Joseff — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:25:03 +0000

Apple’s 20-inch Cinema display is a fabulous widescreen TFT that looks great and performs superbly. You can tilt the display but you can’t adjust the height, and that’s a distinct deficiency in a screen at this price. As for the rest of the specification, the brightness rating of 250cd/m2 is fairly low and the contrast ratio is 400:1 but the real surprise is the response time of 14ms which looks very slow compared to the current crop of 8ms and 4ms TFTs.

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Apple Mac OS X v 10.5 - Leopard Review

Mary Joseff — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:41:16 +0000

It is hard to view Apple Mac OS X v 10.5 Leopard as much of an advance on Tiger. The interface improvements are a mixture of ‘great’ and ‘meh’, while the new features don’t add much beyond tweaks to your daily workflow. The feature with the ability to really blow you away - Spaces - is switched off by default. Whilst Leopard will undoubtedly sell tonnes of copies, it’s hard not to feel that, given the system’s delay and hype, Apple has delivered too little too late - with too many bugs, to boot.

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Apple iPod Shuffle / 2nd Generation - Review

Mary Joseff — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:31:23 +0000

Apple iPod Shuffle (2nd Generation) is a lightweight portable device. Its dimension are about 1.62 x 1.07x 0.41 and it weights about 0.55 ouches. With these sizes, you can take this digital player anywhere with you. It can become your traveling buddy, your exercising buddy and even your “chilling” out buddy. A nice feature that is added to it is a clip. With this clip you do not have to worry about what you will do if your clothes do not have a pocket that is large enough to keep it safely inside.

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1st Generation Apple iPod Nano – User Reviews

Mary Joseff — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:24:56 +0000

For many, Apple’s iPod Nano makes up for some of the shortcomings of the iPod Shuffle. The unit delivers a wealth of sound and the 1.5 inch color LCD screen is bright and exceedingly clear. The iPod Nano does not feature an FM tuner, so no listening to and certainly no recording of radio. It lacks user-replaceable batteries. But perhaps the biggest issue is the position of the headphone jack and the dock connector/USB plug on the unit. Another drawback according to reviewers is the price of the Nano compared to other similar units.

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Apple MacBook Pro - Product Review

Mary Joseff — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:04:52 +0000

The very process of unboxing Apple’s Macbook Pro is enough to melt all but the coldest of hearts. Grab the MacBook Pro with both hands and it exudes a sturdiness that eludes other laptops. And it’s surprisingly slim, too. The 1,440 x 900 resolution strikes that perfect balance between a roomy desktop and legibility, and image quality is beyond reproach. The downside of the glossy finish, beyond the increased reflectivity, is that amorous fingers soon leave it smudged and dirty.

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Apple TV 2.2 review

Mary Joseff — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:31:59 +0000

Apple TV 2.2 connects to your broadband router or network and earns its name by working with your lounge television acting as a conduit to allow you to enjoy music and video from the internet. Picture quality is superb, and audio is encoded in multi-channel for playback through an AV receiver. It is not the only set-top box to integrate computer-hosted media with your lounge TV – but it is the easiest to use. It’s crucially boasts a clear and simple interface. It’s a doddle to find anything you need with a simple six-button remote control.

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Apple Ipod Nano 4GB - Review

Mary Joseff — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:02:57 +0000

Apple Ipod Nano 4GB (3rd Gen model) has excellent sound quality and provides you the best value for money. The interface is one of the best that you get in an MP3 player. You can listen to songs, watch your favorite videos, listen to audio books and play games. The click wheel is a magic in the IPOD. Though bit confusing for novice users in the beginning it’ll be like heaven once you get used to it. The video quality is the best here but the quality of earphones is not up to the mark.

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