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No Strings Attached

Posted 09/05/2007 at 11:08am | by Roman Loyola

Clockwise from top: Lubix UBHS-NC1, iSkin Cerulean F1 earphones, iSkin Cerulean TX Bluetooth transmitter (sold separately), and Lubix UBHS-LC1. Thanks to Bluetooth wireless technology, you no longer have to be tethered to your iPod or iPhone. Lubix’s UBHS-LC1 and UBHS-NC1 are Bluetooth headsets you can use with the iPhone, while iSkin’s Cerulean F1 works as either a Bluetooth iPhone phone headset or as Bluetooth headphones for an iPod equipped with a Bluetooth transmitter.

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The Great Communicator, Pt. 1

Posted 08/30/2007 at 2:09pm | by khansen

Making a call using a phone? That's so over. Here’s how to use your Mac to keep in touch by voice and other means more affordably - and more instantaneously - than ever before.

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Closer Look: Shiny, Er, Glossy New iMacs and Better-Than-Ever iLife and iWork '08

Posted 08/07/2007 at 2:08pm | by Leslie Ayers

We've seen the new iMacs and, yes, we want one. Take a look at the way Apple has redesigned its all-in-one computer line. Plus: A humongous software bonus in the form of iLife and iWork '08!

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EXO Stereo Monitoring System

Posted 08/06/2007 at 3:17pm | by erobinson

More than external computer speakers, the EXO is a speaker system good (and inexpensive) enough to use for either studio monitoring or just MP3s.

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Griffin radio SHARK 2

Posted 08/01/2007 at 11:13am | by Zack Stern

We expect a 2.0 product to be deep with features, but the radio SHARK 2 lives on the surface.  Digital video recorders radically changed the way people watch TV, so why not apply those tricks to radio? Griffin’s radio SHARK 2 is a USB AM/FM radio tuner that lets you record and play radio content on your Mac. As DVRs do with video, the radio SHARK 2 buffers the audio so you can rewind and pause live shows. But it lacks other important features, such as solid Internet radio integration and dual tuners.

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Polk Audio miDock Studio and miDock10

Posted 08/01/2007 at 10:57am | by Roman Loyola

We preferred the miDock10’s audio over the miDock Studio’s. Best of all, the miDock10 is $50 cheaper.  Polk Audio is a reputable maker of quality audio products, and the company finally jumped on the iPod bandwagon by releasing a pair of iPod speakers, the miDock Studio and the miDock10. Did Polk Audio miss the iPod party? Not really, since the party is still going on. Consider Polk Audio fashionably late, and fortunately, the miDock Studio and the miDock10 have the goods to stand out from the crowd.

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B2 Wassup

Posted 07/31/2007 at 12:39pm | by Roman Loyola

You’ve just been served - by a dancing thingy that loosely resembles a rabbit.  It’s not enough that you dance to your music - your speaker wants to get its groove on too. The dancing speakers we’ve seen are toy-quality dogs, cars, and even something called an iZ. And now there’s Wassup, a dancing speaker in the form of a…rabbit? Well, that’s the closest thing we could determine that it resembles.

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Griffin Technology iMic

Posted 07/31/2007 at 10:31am | by Roman Loyola

The iMic can help you digitize your crates of vinyl records.  What’s your excuse for not digitizing your vinyl copy of Dark Side of the Moon? Wait, let us guess - you haven’t figured out how to connect your turntable to your Mac, huh? The red and white jacks from the turntable don’t match any ports on your Mac. What you need is an iMic. The iMic is handy for connecting a turntable, tape player, or any other audio device to your computer.

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Alpine iDA-X001 Digital Media Receiver: First Look

Posted 07/23/2007 at 5:06pm | by erobinson

This line of car stereo system is one of the increasingly common ones engineered for the iPod.

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V-Moda Vibe Duo: First Look

Posted 07/17/2007 at 6:39am | by rloyola

This headphone/headset for the iPhone combines stylish looks and great sound.

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