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Limited Luxury iPad Case Review – Creatively Unique

Chris Tome — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:15:37 +0000

. The Price is Limited, the Quality is Not. Here at WholeApple we’ve seen our fair share of iPad and iPhone cases, and the vast majority of them design wise are fairly simple, with little variation to differentiate them form one another. Thus, it’s refreshing when we see a company that’s willing to try something [...]

VidReview – Logic Keyboard for Final Cut Pro & After Effects

Chris Tome — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:44:51 +0000

http://www.wholeapple.com/2010/10/06/ I’m jealous. Jealous of people who only seem to have to know one app, and know it extremely well. Whether you’re an illustrator user, a Final Cut Pro user, or anyone who works on a single application almost exclusively on a daily basis, you probably know the hotkey combinations of your application like the [...]

Blackmagic Design Announces Acquisition of Teranex Systems

Chris Tome — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:55:56 +0000

A bit odd I know, two in a row on BlackMagic Designs, but I was just going to their site to see if they put up a more functional driver for the Mac for their Intensity Pro and the front page had this news. Pretty big deal for the company, wonder what it will do [...]

Opinions Wanted – BlackMagic UltraStudio Pro (Mac & PC)

Chris Tome — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:13:58 +0000

I had a friend who is a buyer for a small but agressive PC company ask me the other day what I thought about the products from BlackMagic Design. I found myself at a bit of a loss, as all I had ever done is used (and still own) a BlackMagic Intensity Pro, a $200 [...]

Best Buy Closing 50 US Stores – 500 To Go? We Hope.

Chris Tome — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:58:07 +0000

Best Buy Closing 50 US Stores After $1.7B Quarterly Loss Worst Buy is a company that preys on ignorance, delivers no value, and thinks of you as a stupid rube with money to burn. We need jobs in the USA but not these types of jobs, I hope they flame out as badly as Circuit [...]

Skooba Design Skooba Skin Neo for iPad Review

Chris Tome — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:42:12 +0000

Boy, it looks like this company took a cue from Tim Cook and his ability to do supply-chain management. We got this case or carrying bag, the day of the shipping of the new iPad 3, and I have to say it’s a pretty cool little carrier for sure.Video and more, hit the link below. [...]

Waterfield Cases – San Francisco Chic, Top Quality

Chris Tome — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:59:30 +0000

This was supposed to be just about cases, but Heidi over at Waterfield had to go and make this fun. Dang her. ) Seems the bossman was at South by Southwest showing off a new bag, which we’ll review if Heidi can see hr way clear to sending the folks who took a year to [...]

Galileo. Your iOS in Motion. iWant. Two.

Chris Tome — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:15:09 +0000

Wow! Boy, if I invested every time I wanted to send some money to a great KickStarter project, I would not only be broke, but my wife would totally kill me too. This project is one of those that just looks fantastic, and I would definitely give them 100 bucks to get one if I [...]

Graphics Holdings (aka Silicon Graphics) Sues Apple and… Everyone Else

Chris Tome — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:05:41 +0000

Those of you who are my age may well remember the 800 pound graphics gorilla of the early to late 90′s, SIlicon Graphics. Purveyors at the time of the only machines considered serious in the visual effects and 3D industries, SGI wound up falling into disrepair in the early 2000′s when they couldn’t [...]

New iPhone aka iPhone 5,1 Rumor – Fall 2012 with LTE and?

Chris Tome — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:02:45 +0000

Found via the site iMore we can’t substantiate any of this, but it goes along with what we have heard from reliable sources which is why we’re posting this. 4G/LTE on the next iPhone is a given, and the info about the slightly larger screen seems to be about hedging bets more than anything really [...]

iOS Music Watch – KORG Debuts New Controllers, Apps, Deals

Chris Tome — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:43:53 +0000

Korg has been known for decades as a professional music tools creator and they have embraced the Mac and iPad in many ways. Their newest lineup is the microKEY Family of USB Powered Controllers Compatible with iPad and PC, and the boards feature an expressive Joystick, as traditionally found on larger controllers, and provides simultaneous [...]

QuickLook – Mac Only Quality Only, Twelve South

Chris Tome — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 02:10:25 +0000

One of the things I fear as Apple becomes more of a consumer oriented company than at any time in their history, is their roots in the design and publishing community. When it comes to the UI of many Mac apps, and products made for Apple computers and iDevices, one thing becomes clear if you’ve [...]

Joy to the Joy Factory: Arpeggio Kit Review

Chris Tome — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:54:12 +0000

Ah, the Joy Factory. With a name like that how can you go wrong? It’s really funny actually, because when I saw the site, and I looked at all the products that they had, it really did bring a smile to my face. Why? Because upon first glance they really seemed to care about the [...]

Apple’s New iPad Unboxing and First Look / Impressions (UPDATED)

Chris Tome — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:42:42 +0000

EDIT: I have had a few days now to play with this, and my thoughts are as follows, original post is below. First, I am imprsssed with the Retina Display. As I type this on my gorgeous 17″ Macbook Pro display, I notice I can actually see pixels if I really make the attempt. On [...]

The Littlest Reviewer Apps Reviews – Kids’ Puzzle Games

Chris Tome — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:34:47 +0000

We like to have a little fun and play some games around the WholeApple Labs, but we rarely have the time. Thing is, there’s lots of gmes and other things we can enslve our kids to check out and review, with a little help from us of course. We want to introduce you to Jake, [...]

Customer Service Watch – Current A++ Example: ZAGG

Chris Tome — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:01:42 +0000

When I hear things like this, I just have to pass it along. From the ZAGG site. All customer service should be this good. I pray that God blesses them with 5 new ZAGGFolio sales for every one they’ve had to replace due to a manufacturing issue. At their cost. Just spoke with Zagg support. [...]

Declassified Project: Blue Tiger – Bluetooth Pressure Sensitive Stylus!

Chris Tome — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 02:41:13 +0000

OH MY LORD. I want one. I want more than one. I want to kiss this thing. I want…. one. Now. More as we get it. We get it more. Ten One, we GET IT, right? Video and writeup coming, if I have to go to their office to get one.

Made in USA – That Means Something – Grove Products

Chris Tome — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:01:30 +0000

Wow these people know how to make beautiful things. They are also making them in the USA, which would have been no big deal if said 30 years ago. These days? It’s downright amazing, and the folks at Grove are making beautiful things up in the Northwest corner of these United States, Oregon to be [...]

ZaggFOLIO – Actually Look Worthy? Possibly…..

Chris Tome — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:25:15 +0000

Why? Why do we torture ourselves to talk about, get, video record, and write about products that make so may other people money and make us, um, tired? Why do we spend hours of our time doing all this when we could be making (a lot) more saying “Do you want fries with that?” Because [...]

New “New iPad” Cases, Gear & More 1st Look Roundup

Chris Tome — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:27:45 +0000

New iPad case Selection at Amazon Now Man I just never get tired of being totally repulsed by the name “new iPad”. I know it seems silly, but I think it’s a silly name, and a device so exceedingly cool should not have a silly name. That said, I thought I would go ahead and [...]

4G Data Coverage With New iPad – Have It? Check Here

Chris Tome — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:41:03 +0000

Considering my 3G service here in the outback of West Virginia’s capitol city is spotty at best on AT&T, I have an extremely hard time buying what this map is trying to sell me….. So waht I gather in reality land, is that at least for AT&T, there is a house somewhere in this country [...]

Griffin Shows Off New Case Line-Up With Giveaway of New iPad

Chris Tome — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 02:30:43 +0000

Oh Lord, will I ever get used to calling it the “New” iPad? Probably the day the iPad 4 or iPad HDx comes out, then THAT will be the New iPad. I digress… Griffin announced compatibility of several of its most popular cases with the new iPad, and hosts a giveaway of the new iPad. [...]

Millions of iPads Held Hostage by FedEx! The Horror!

Chris Tome — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 02:27:17 +0000

Not quite, but it made a good headline. What is true though, is that Apple shipped all the newiPads on the 11th, and they have been sitting around FedEx facilities with a hold placed on them until the 16th for delivery! I am not sure whether to be impressed by Tim Cook’s supply chain prowess, [...]

Must Have Tech Gear – Aviiq Smart Case and Portable Stand

Chris Tome — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:38:42 +0000

Sometimes something comes across our desks that is so great and useful, that we just wind up incorporating it into our digital lifestyle and really don’t give it a second thought. For the non-reviewer types, that’s exactly what is desired of course, but for us, we sort of drop the ball if we don’t tell [...]

Our “New” iPad HD’s Are Ordered. Is Yours? (Yes, iPad HD)

Chris Tome — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 01:44:25 +0000

It’s “just” the New iPad? Please. I will be calling it the iPad HD or the iPad 3, as I imagine most will be when everything is said and done. Resolutionary? That would never have passed the Steve Jobs litmus test. One can only hope that this isn’t a sign of worse things to come. [...]

Scosche @ CES – New Chargers, Battery Back-ups for Car/Home

Chris Tome — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:49:45 +0000

The new reVOLT h2 and c2 dual 2.1A USB chargers pack enough power to refuel two power hungry tablets simultaneously at home or on the go. The reVOLT c2 is the first and only shotgun shell sized car charger to fit two 2.1A USB ports into such a compact form factor. The 2.1A reCOIL II [...]

Turtle Beach @ CES – New WiFi Headsets Announced

Chris Tome — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:16:18 +0000

While light on the Mac side of things, Turtle Beach has long been known in the Windows world as a purveyor of high quality digital audio gear for decades now. Not to be left out of the profitable (and often star branded) headphone space, Turtle Beach announced two new WiFi Dolby enabled gaming headsets at [...]

Multiple iDevice Charging With Kanex Sydnee (CES Booth #3712 )

Chris Tome — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:54:54 +0000

Anyone who owns a Mac these days probably owns an iPad and/or an iPhone too. At least that’s a bet I would take in the positive. Here at the WholeApple offices we have more iPads and iPhones (bot oddly not on iPod Touch in sight!) than we can shake an Android tablet at (we have [...]

CES Exhibitor? Get Seen More at the Show with WholeApple Human Billboard & Syte!

Chris Tome — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:35:55 +0000

. Are you exhibiting at the CES show next week? If so, you really should check out this awesome deal we have to use, that’s right, Use US as a human billboard! For a limited amount of slots, we are offering 30 seconds of video, animation, or whatever else you’d like to display on our [...]

It’s the End of Flash As We Know It, and I Feel Fine

Chris Tome — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:40:55 +0000

It’s not that I always hated Flash totally, but I did mostly. Back in the Halcyon days of the dot-com bubble it was cool, hip, a look at the “future” of interactive web content, and there was nothing else like it. It was also, even then, buggy, crash prone, a resource hog, and authoring as [...]

Have a Ball This Christmas – GoSphero by Obotix

Chris Tome — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:52:39 +0000

Sphero Robotic Ball – iOS and Android Controlled Gaming System The smartphone-controlled Sphero combines two time tested holiday favorites: the ball and the remote-control car. The three-inch orb rolls with consistent speed (about three feet per second) in any direction as a pair of motorized wheels in the ball push it forward or backward. When [...]

Blogsy – Why WordPress.org Couldn’t Do This

Chris Tome — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:09:39 +0000

You’d think that the more resources, money, and people one has to throw at a problem, the better the solution would be, but that’s just not always true. Because once a group, organization or other business gets too big, things start being done by committee. The maxim of trying to make everyone happy ultimately makes [...]

New GarageBand Update for iPad Out – Finally!!!

Chris Tome — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:37:00 +0000

. This has to be one of the coolest apps out on the iPad, and it even works reasonably well on an iPad 1. I love the guitar, the keyboards and drums are great too, and I have had countless hours of fun just noodling around with it as my brain turns to less…. [...]

WSJ: Steve Jobs Died of Respiratory Arrest, Tumor

Chris Tome — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:49:25 +0000

Found via Robert Scoble on Facebook… I pray he didn’t suffer….. Jobs died last Wednesday at his home in Palo Alto, California, at about 3 p.m., according to the certificate, which lists “respiratory arrest” as the immediate cause of death with “metastatic pancreas neuroendocrine tumor” as the underlying condition that caused the respiratory problem. No [...]

BusyCal and BusyToDo Updates for iCloud

Chris Tome — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:27:49 +0000

Apple has launched iCloud, its new cloud-syncing service that replaces MobileMe. iCloud is free for all iOS 5 and OS X Lion users. Updates are now available for BusyCal and BusyToDo from busymac.com that support iCloud. Please install the latest updates and read the upgrade instructions before you upgrade to iCloud. I have always been a little disappointed [...]

Use Magic Trackpad in Firefox With Pinchy

Chris Tome — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 03:19:26 +0000

If you want to use your Magic Trackpad or your MacBook’s trackpad pinch to zoom feature in Firefox, there’s a simple way. Just go to the Tools> Add-Ons menu and when the page comes up enter Pinchy in the search bar at top right. Install it then uninstall it, and you’re done! No restart of [...]

Steve Jobs Narrates “Think Different” Spot (1997)

Chris Tome — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:36:24 +0000

This totally sent chills down my spine when I watched it today. I was so fortunate to have met him on a few occasions, and this is how I remembered him sounding, before his battle with pancreatic cancer had really gone into high gear. Steve, you ARE the man. Rest In Peace oh Oracle of [...]

Steven P. Jobs R.I.P. – You Will Be Missed

Chris Tome — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:52:32 +0000

Oh boy. I met Steve a few times, once at the premiere of A Bug’s Life in Cupertino, and twice at the MacWorld Conference in San Francisco at the Moscone Center. I interviewed him briefly once at the MacWorld show, but literally had only five minutes with him. I didn’t need that time to know [...]

Hacked by Tiger M@te – Suck It Moron

Chris Tome — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:12:59 +0000

Seriously? It’s cool where you live (Bangladesh, but I mean in that tiny brain) to destroy a million sites for fun? Wow. Dumbass. We’ll be back in a day or two, we’re retrieving backups off of a system that’s in the middle of a full system upgrade. We apologize for the inconvenience but check back [...]

New Kona I/O & Drive Performance with AJA System Test Free

Chris Tome — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:10:26 +0000

AJA has been long known for making top quality video I/O products for Mac and recently PC as well, and their Kona line is well regarded in the pro video industry. They recently revealed a new I/O card at the IBC 2011 show, the KONA LHe Plus. It offers Analog and Digital video capture for [...]