Posts Tagged ‘Apple’
Looking for great, local training for Apple and Web 2.0 products? Become an HMAUS member!
It seems like every week there's some new product or service that HMAUS is demonstrating. HMAUS (Hawaii Mac & Apple User Society) offers help to people looking to expand their world a bit with discussions and training on things like social networking, photography, iPad, and much more. In fact this week there are two great sessions coming [...]
Upcoming Geek Events: Unconferenz and HMAUS Springfest
Unconferenz has rescheduled to Saturday, March 20, 2010 from 8:00 AM - 4:00 AM at Kapiolani Community College. (This was postponed due to the Tsunami Warnings the day of the original event.) A wide variety of topics and a great chance to network. Sign up on their site now to get a t-shirt and lunch. HMAUS (Hawaii Mac and Apple User Society) [...]
iPad: Ebook Reader = yes, Netbook = no
Like a lot of people I was excited to learn about yesterday's Apple iPad release. Steve Jobs had said it would be "one of the most important things I've ever done" . Apple calls it "magical and revolutionary". And, also like a lot of people, I was let down by learning the details of the iPad. I think I know why. Many people assumed that [...]
Amazon has Snow Leopard and Windows 7 for pre-order
Amazon has Snow Leopard Mac OS X version 10.6 (the upgrade to Leopard) available for pre-order on its site for $29. Their Free-Shipping option works even to Hawaii! Amazon also has Windows 7 available for pre-order. Prices start at $119.99 for the Home Premium Upgrade, or $199.99 for the Professional Upgrade. The difference depends on [...]
More on the Palm Pre: why it might just be able to take on iPhone
From a Newsweek article about Palm and their new Pre smartphone, comes some interesting comparisons to iPhone's underlying operating system (OS X): Apple introduced OS X for its personal computers in 2001, but pieces of the system trace their roots back to the 1980s, when they were used in the operating software of computers made by [...]
MacHeist: new “loot” for those that can solve puzzles
If you own a Mac and love solving puzzles, then you should check out MacHeist. Through solving a series of intricately designed puzzles, riddles, visual clues, and cryptograms, you can get several free programs, including Process. Sign up for an account, and off you go solving clues found in the Briefings. I tried my first one this week, [...]
Can Pre save Palm?
Palm released their newest touch-screen smartphone yesterday called the Pre. And while their site is short of details still, there's been several stories (Gizmodo, ars technica) about it and that it *might* be an iPhone killer. I don't doubt that Palm can do touch-screens; they have built excellent ones for years. And the reviews from their [...]
iPhone/iPod Touch Platform: Apps a’plenty
I recently purchased an iPod Touch and have REALLY been enjoying it. Besides the beauty of the form factor -- fits in your hand so well and lets you control it with simple finger movements on its touch screen -- is the application platform. Visiting iTunes App Store, you can see the huge variety of what's currently available. And this is all [...]
MobileMe: Walt was right…
Being a Mac guy at home, I decided to try out Apple's new MobileMe during their extended trial period. I had heard from lots of support blogs, and even from Walt Mossberg's column that MobileMe was just too shaky to be reliable. Well, I tried it anyway. And, Walt was right. In the two days of testing I did using an XP connecting to the [...]
