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Apple Media Event: A quick look at the new iPod Nano
Hello people of AppYourMac, it’s been a while. How are you? I’m good, thanks for asking. So, the new iPod Nano. The device is now Apple’s 6th generation Nano and very different from it’s predecessors; fearing a built in touch screen for the first time. The touch screen enables the device to be even smaller because it doesn’t need a click wheel which means there’s even room for a clip, much like the iPod Shuffle. The touch screen also makes the Nano somewhat cooler in my humble opinion.
Posted by Brian Johnson on September 9th, 2010 in Apple, Music, News, iPod Tags: Apple Music Event,iPod Nano, Leave a Comment
AquaPac mini waterproof phone case.
Hello AppYourMac readers, today I am going to review something a little different. In fact a phone case. Yes we know that phone cases are widely hated around the world, and are seen to be quite nerdy and most certainly uncool. But this case, by AquaPac, has a little twist. It’s fully, 100% waterproof! How snazzily useful is that? I gave it a few tests, to see how water proof it really is.
Posted by Brian Johnson on August 16th, 2010 in Bags & Cases, Hardware, Photography Tags: iPhone,Mobile Phone,Underwater Photography,Waterproof, 1 Comment »
So we all know about Spotify, at least us living in Sweden, Norway, Finland, the UK, France and Spain, and we know that Spotify released a mobile version of it’s program for the iPhone to the app store with full access to the Spotify catalog. However, you do need a premium account to use it. So is it worth the money? Well, I thought I would give it a spin and tell Appyourmac readers what I think.
Posted by Brian Johnson on October 28th, 2009 in App Store, Music, iPhone Tags: Mobile,Spotify, Leave a Comment
Scullcandy: Full Metal Jacket Earphones
Earphones… Or ear-buds. I can never really tell the two apart, or if they are the same thing. I am of course talking about the little things you shove in your ears and think, ‘Surely this must be bad for my ears’. Specially when you have to max out the volume to even have a chance of hearing your music over background noises when you’re out and about. Scullcandy, however, are one of a few companies that know what they are doing when it comes down to music, they have comfortable fit high quality products that you don’t need to max out. If you are still sticking to those flat, tinny sounding things that came with your iPod then You have no idea what you are missing out on!
Posted by Brian Johnson on September 6th, 2009 in Audio, Music, iPhone, iPod Tags: Earbuds,earphones,Full Metal Jacket,Scullcandy, 2 Comments »
Audacity: Open source, free, audio recording and editing
On occasion, most of us need to record a little bit of audio. Whether that be a quick note to self or even a full blown podcast audacity can do just that. It works on Windows, Mac and Linux, not only that, it’s also completely free! It’s top features include the ability to record from microphone, line input, or other sources. The ability to dub over existing tracks to create multi-track recordings and the ability to record up to 16 channels at once (requires multi-channel hardware) .
Posted by Brian Johnson on July 14th, 2009 in Audio, Tools Tags: Audio Editing,Audio Recording,Free Software,Open Source,Simple Interface, 2 Comments »
VLC Media Player: Fast Compatibility
Well here on AppYourMac we have reviewed truck loads of music, video and general media playing applications. But we have neglected to review one of the most incredibly useful media player out there. Although, ironically, it is also one of the simplest. VideoLan Media player (VLC) is open source, free, application that allows you to play close to all media formats in existence and fast!
Posted by Brian Johnson on July 11th, 2009 in Applications, Audio, Freeware, Video Tags: Compatibility,Open Source,Video,VLC, 2 Comments »
Xmarks – Bookmark Syncrinisation
So if, like me, you like to bookmark your favorite websites so you can access them with speed and ease but you want to be able to trust that you’re not going to lose you bookmarks or they are not going to be available when you need them but there’s never been a reliable and fast way to do this. Well now, with the help of xmarks, you can do exactly that!
Posted by Brian Johnson on July 3rd, 2009 in Firefox, Plugins, Tools Tags: Bookmarks,Organization,Syncrinisation,Xmarks, 4 Comments »
Instant Message with ease using Adium
Adium is a well known, popular multi-protocol instant messaging client which has just hit version 1.3.3, which has tons of new features and has fixed a few bugs. Adium supports most instant messaging services and is also fully customizable in almost every way. It is much easier to use this application instead of separate applications for every instant messaging service. But it doesn’t stop there: it’s free!
Posted by Brian Johnson on April 27th, 2009 in Applications, Freeware, Instant Messaging, Social Tags: Adium,Freeware,Instant Messaging,Social Networking, 2 Comments »
