News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
One of the most common accessories we all own are earphones or headphones. I've always preferred headphones - I find earphones too intrusive and uncomfortable. That's why I was interested in having a look at Klipsch's Custom-2 earphones - at $299.00 these can be considered high-end and thus I wanted to see if they could convince me to throw away my headphones. The first thing that stands out is the shape of the earphones themselves - they look more like aural probes than listening devices. The reason for that are the countoured ear gels that are designed to provide a full seal in your ear canal. Five washable ear gel sizes are provided and it's worth experimenting with the sizes until you get a true seal.
David Holloway | Jul 30, 2008
With the price of disk storage falling constantly, now's the time to consider digitising your DVD collection. While most users think about iTunes as a music jukebox application, it's also well versed in managing your movies. Unless you want to re-purchase your movies in iTunes (something that's still not possible in Australia) you'll need a program that lets you convert your DVDs to a format that iTunes accepts. That program is called Handbrake, and luckily for you (and me) it's only a free click away.
Danny Gorog | Jul 23, 2008
When a picture alone doesn’t quite say enough, Plasq’s Comic Touch app lets you jazz up the photos on your iPhone or iPod touch with funny effects and captions. The program is a bite-sized version of Australian developer Plasq’s excellent Comic Life, which creates custom comic strips from your digital photo collection. Comic Touch lets you work with any image in your iPhone or iPod touch Photo Library or you can use it on a new snapshot with the iPhone’s built-in camera.
Kelly Turner | Jul 18, 2008
The Olympus SP-570UZ is a dead match for the Nikon P80 to be reviewed in the 08.2008 issue of Australian Macworld. Both share — or nearly share! — some remarkable specs, not least of which is the Olympus’ lengthy zoom range, a 20x optical zoom. Yes, I know the Nikon has an 18x zoom, but you get the message. As a dSLR in appearance but with a fixed lens, the zoom range is phenomenal and, put up against a 35mm SLR, compares to a focal length stretch of 26 to 520mm.
Barrie Smith | Jul 12, 2008
Arturia are one of the small band of software publishers devoted to recreating classic synthesisers of the 60's, 70's and 80's. The Moog Modular V, Minimoog V, CS-80V, ARP2600 V and Prophet-V are all synth icons and Arturia have had them bundled together for awhile now as the Analog Factory 2.0 suite. The Analog Factory Experience adds a CME brand 32-key weighted MIDI controller keyboard - with wooden sides to keep that retro feel. It's essentially a duplicate of the standalone software component and fills that role beautifully.
David Holloway | Jul 1, 2008
Myvu has announced that its Crystal video goggles now work with the iPhone. The Crystal glasses require a new cable which costs $US24.95.
