Review: Speck See Thru Satin Case For The Apple MacBook Line Up

Quick review of the Speck See Thru Satin case for the Apple MacBook. Since I’ve had it exactly one month, I figured I would let peeps know I like, and recommend it.
Sorry in advance for the hum on the audio. Every now and again, I have a issue with my lav mic and the mono to stereo adapter I use. Didn’t catch it till I was done, and at midnight, it’s too late to re-record.

Review: Griffin PowerBlock Reserve

Like many owners of today’s large screen smart phones, I often find myself needing somewhat of a boost for my iPhone 3GS.

After all, I am what you can consider a heavy smart phone user, and I can mostly get through the day with my battery being fully charged when I leave in the mornings, and also by utilizing my vehicle charger. But there are days and situations where I can’t get to my AC or vehicle chargers, and I need a little something-something to last till I get home.

Enter the Griffin PowerBlock Reserve. This battery and charger combo is just what I needed to “juice-up” when I can’t otherwise do so. In my testing, the PowerBlock Reserve battery comes with 45 minutes of charge, and depending on your usage, you can expect to see anywhere from 22%-50% charge to your iPhone.

One of my favorite features of this product is the slight elevation of the doc connector. This allows you to connect the battery to your iPhone with out needing to remove the your iPhone from it’s protective case. If you use one.

The PowerBlock Reserve comes with the battery and AC charger that has a USB port on the bottom of the unit so you can charge your iPhone/iPod with your charge/sync cable, and the external PowerBlock Reserve battery at the same time. And with a MSRP of $39.99, it’s a hard bargain to pass up.

Battery is available separately as a spare, and is interchangeable with PowerJolt Reserve 12 V DC Charger (sold separately, or together in the PowerDuo Reserve Bundle)

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Review: AT&T Telenav Navigator For iPhone

I was a little reluctant to download and try this app when it was first released. For me, and my background with pocket PC’s and PDA’s, I have always preferred the programs that have the maps installed AKA (local) on the device. With the TomTom app still not yet available on the app store with it’s local maps for the iPhone and iPod touch, I somewhat reluctantly decided to download the app, and give it a whirl. After all turn-by-turn GPS application is what I’ve been waiting for. And TomTom is nowhere to be found.

I want to take a minute and explain why having local maps are important. If you are driving and relying on an app to get to an unknown destination, and your maps are being fed to the phone as they are with the AT&T Navigator, and you lose cell service, you lose your maps. Now, having said that. I am sure that Telenav is doing a certain amount of caching of the map data, but it can’t be much as the iPhone when using AT&T Nav, communicates about every 5 seconds or so back to Telenav to update. If you are in a area where coverage is great, it should not be a major concern. But if you are in those areas where AT&T service is “spotty”, well, you get the picture.

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Elgato Turbo.264 HD – One Week Later

Last week I purchased the Turbo.264 HD from a local retailer. To read about why I purchased it, and why I am so “geeked-up” about it, click here. For those of you who like to watch unboxings, click here.

While I was impressed with the Tubo.264 HD in my initial testing phase, I was a little disappointed with the results I was getting when exporting from iMovie 09. What I discovered, and subsequently found others reporting a similar issue, was video that was exported from iMovie 09 looked very interlaced. See Images below.

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Product Review: Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive