Mike Flaminio from Insanely Great Mac joins Tim for an hour of tech fun! A long time Mac publisher, Mike started IGM in 1997, so he has been through the good and bad following Apple. We cover what it takes to review products, his thoughts on the TomTom GPS cradle, Twitter vs Facebook, buying a WiFi or 3G iPad, the new iPhone, and how he record his video reviews. Of course, we close the show with the popular “This or That” segment.
Each week, the OWC Blog staff pick a free application from the iTunes App Store to review. This week’s iPhone/iPod Touch app is Space Monkey: Free by Glu Games.
“Out of this world.” – PocketGamer, Silver Award, 8/10. Do your part and help Space Monkey keep our cosmos clean! Face off against big, bad space enemies who just want to keep the cosmos cluttered
Take this award-winning action-puzzle game for a spin!
Do your part and help Space Monkey keep our cosmos clean! Grab, dodge and deflect a nearly endless barrage of space junk…batteries, coffee cups, yo-yos, toilet paper rolls and much, much more! Snatch up rubbish and score huge points! Face off against big, bad space enemies who just want to keep the cosmos cluttered. Article Continues…
When we spoke last “Lola” was all shiny like brand new.
Keeping Lola clean has been a breeze although now she is getting quite demanding.
For Mothers day she demanded a mouse! A mighty mouse at that!
Now, I love pets just as much as the next guy, but a mouse?
I procrastinated and pushed back as best I could.
Hey, times are tough.
So, at the last minute I quickly shopped and purchased the Macally Optimo Portable 2.4GHz Wireless Optical Mouse for Macs & PC’s.
How convenient!
It has 3 Buttons, with a scroll wheel!
Easy as pie because it costs just $27.99.
As luck would have it, same day shipping was available.
While shopping for my Lola, I also found the Newer Technology NuPad Forever 6″ x 9″ Aluminum mouse pad!
Sharp, REAL sharp.
This mouse pad is made in the good old USA from precision laser cut, aircraft-grade aluminum.
Hurrah!
It also has a lifetime warranty and only set me back another $24.95.
Lola was impressed and surprised.
She loves her new mouse pad and mouse so much that they rarely if ever spend anytime away from each other.
Success!
Let’s see if you’ve heard this one before: A reviewer gets a hold of one of our Mercury Extreme Pro Solid State Drives, tests it out, and absolutely loves it.
Oh… wait… we’ve mentioned it before. More than once. Each one of these glowing reviews just reinforces what we’ve said all along – once you put an OWC Mercury Extreme SSD in your computer, you’ll never want to take it out.
As you may have guessed, we can add another great review to our ever-growing list. This time around, Victor Cajiao of the Typical Mac User Podcast has all sorts of great things to say about OWC’s solid state offering.
In a departure from his usual podcast, Victor has put together a Keynote slide show that details his experiences. Check out the episode’s Web page, and make sure to read the important “post show observations.”
From authoring emails to creating websites and posters, we use text in just about everything. Here are a few easy short-cuts on your Mac so you can spend more time creating and less on typing.
Even if you don’t have a clue on a word’s spelling, your Mac can give you a list of suggestions. If you can manage the first few letters, tap F5 (no need to highlight the word) and your Mac will give you a list of all words that start with those letters.
Some applications may use F5 for other functions. If so, try the ESC key or OPTION+ESC.
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OWC Radio host Tim Robertson covers the new MobileMe Mail beta. Steam is out on the Macintosh! Have you downloaded Steam yet? Nintendo is finally reading the writing on a very large wall, but is it too late? Facebook privacy concerns and what Chris Breen has done about it is a major topic this week. Tim talks about the new StoraDrive from Newer Technology. And finally, isn’t it time for multi-user accounts on the iPhone/iPad?
Roller coasters were a big part of my life before I came to OWC in ’06. So, I like to use them for visual references or analogies whenever I can. Currently, never a more appropriate use existed as OWC has been very aggressive of late to where we can substantially drop pricing on our 8GB memory kits for iMacs, MacBook/MacBook Pros, and Mac mini.
According to OWC Larry, our current pricing on these kits is as low as we’ve ever been…and that’s some good news after going up the lift hill last month.
Currently, the kits are $319.99 with free delivery. You can enjoy even greater savings if you trade in your existing Apple 4GB (2GB x 2) factory memory modules for $60 cash back savings for a final purchase price of $259.99.
And if you’re considering buying a new Mac, the thrill ride gets even better. By upgrading to 8GB with OWC and doing the factory module trade in, you save $140 over doing the same 8GB upgrade via the ‘factory’. Then you have the intangibles like OWC brand memory being backed by a lifetime advance replacement warranty vs. the one year factory upgrade warranty…and its pretty obvious what queue line you might want to head towards.
Globeman has great deals waiting for you!
Now that May is fully underway, it was high time we took a breather from introducing some insanely great new OWC and NewerTech brand products for Macs/PCs as well as for the iPad and did our monthly ‘warehouse cleaning’. Open box, discontinued, damaged, refurb, etc. items are now up online and marked down for quick move out. Some of you that have signed up for our newsletter got an early shot yesterday at the presently 159 items offered at clearance pricing.
Like all OWC Garage Sales, as items sell through, our site automatically updates quantity available and/or removes an item from being available to order. The complete listing of items are fulfilled on a first come, first served basis and can be found right here on our site.
Here’s a brief appetizer before you hit that main course of delectable gadgets and goodies:
Savings on Video Cards, Open Box Display Cables, and some open USB2 to Display Adapters for only $49.75
Nearly 50 different external hard drive enclosures/docks FireWire 800, FireWire 400, eSATA, and/or USB2 and including docks from $15.75
A variety of memory for Macs new and old from $0.99 – including 1GB memories from $11.75, 2GB SO DIMMs from $39, 2GB modules for Mac Pro from $40
Save on service parts for Apple MacBooks – Good condition used Top Cover/Keyboard+Trackpads only $44.99; New 13” LCDs for $99 & more
3.5” Desktop/Tower Hard Drives from 500GB to 2.0TB from $45.00 to $125.00
2.5” Notebook/Laptop drives 160GB to 750GB from $35.00
Deal of the Day…ONLY TWO of what some feel should have been the iPad! Modbook 13.3” Core2 Duo 2.13GHz Complete Tablets – Open/Demo used less than 45 Days, full warranty, and over 10% off current new price!***
Wireless Adapters/upgrades and Routers for 802.11n/g/b from as low as $32.50
And for dessert…how about a dish of Free Shipping available for orders over $199.00…topped with a new Amazon Checkout option?
