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Handy Folders v3.5

Productivity and organization fall flat when they run into the rather limited Windows file explorer. Fast access to regularly used folders is easier than you think.

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Think Tank Shape Shifter Photography Backpack

Medium size photo/laptop backpacks come and go. The best stay with us for years. This is one of the best we've seen.

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Think Tank Airport AirStream Rolling Camera Bag

If you travel with more than a shoulder bag full of gear, you need something that will protect the load and make it easy to go places.

Read Howard Carson's full review!

Think Tank Skin Set Modular Component Camera Gear Carry System

Pros know that if you don't get the shot, you're out of business. Tough, crowded, fast moving situations require special solutions.

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Crumpler Six Million Dollar Home Camera Shoulder Bag

Crumpler is a bag maker which insists on being different. Care and attention to detail help create wonderful photography products.

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Think Tank Urban Disguise 40 Camera Bag

The mid-size entry in the Urban Disguise series provided us with enough incentive to physically beat it up and overstress it. The bag took it all.

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Think Tank Urban Disguise 30 Camera Bag

There are camera bags and then there are Think Tank camera bags. Lots of competition means better products. Think Tank is at the top of its game.

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Nik Color Efex Pro 3

The best Photoshop plug-ins get better because the developers listen to end users. Nik Software listens. Digital photographers are demanding sophisticated processing effects.

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ION Slide2PC Scanner

If you've got boxes full of old 35mm slides and negatives, it's probably time to start scanning before everything falls apart, gets lost, or gets soaked in a flood.

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 & Premiere Elements 7

It's a combination of software that's hard to beat. Better photo Organizer? Slicker editing tools? Automated movie making? It's all there.

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MindManager 8

It's more important than ever to get great ideas out in the open. Concepts? Projects? Changes? They have to be clearly explained to the people helping you get things done.

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2009 Round-Up: Camera Bags, Backpacks, Sling Bags, Rolling Bags, Belt Systems & Vests

Amateur photographers, enthusiasts, semi-pros and pros have more choices than ever before. Quality is up.

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Optimize 2.0

Hard drives, web browsers and Windows, like life in general, get cluttered quickly when you're disorganized. But PC maintenance can be a scary task. A friendly utility is needed.

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Nikon D700 Digital SLR Camera

The foundation of great photography is a camera capable of capturing the highest quality images while also acting as an extension of your mind. Nikon strikes again.

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WinZip 12 Pro

The gold standard in archiving utilities has been revised again. This time, there's a strong nod to digital image files, and bigger, better backup features. You owe yourself a look.

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TetherBerry v1.0.7

Connect a laptop to the Internet, anywhere you've got cell phone service, through your BlackBerry's data connection and avoid some really crazy per-megabyte carrier charges

HTC Touch Diamond Smartphone

HTC has steadily grabbed more market share by regularly turning out superb smartphones offering slick designs wrapped around great features

The Ultimate HTML Reference

A concise desktop reference guide for all standard, W3C-compliant HTML, which uniquely also includes browser compatibility charts for each element

UpStrap Shoulder Strap for SLR & Prosumer Cameras

Superb quality, purpose-built SLR and prosumer camera shoulder strap that's made in the U.S. and made to last

Thursday, June 28, 2007

iPhone Reviews Summary

The reviews for the iPhone are coming hard and fast ... most like what they see, and are impressed by what Apple have produced. However below I've listed the good and the Bad.

Good Things -
It's a great iPod with some web capabilities
Cover Flow feature is awesome
Orientation sensors are cool
Display quality excellent.
The UI is excellent and has only served to raise the bar...
Battery life is more than most of us expected.
'Visual Voicemail' is pretty cool...
The glass screen is remarkably resilient.
Microsoft Exchange is supported

The bad:
No User Replaceable Battery ... Shame on you Apple yet again for being so inconsiderate!!! (A Phone without this, is a truly pathetic omission).
The virtual keyboard is frustrating with a learning curve...
The Absences of 3G is a mistake.
Web browsing is real slow unless your use wireless.
OS X uses 700MB of the 4GB/8GB Memory.
No A2DP support – Stupid considering it's a media device!!!
No cut, copy or paste options for text – staggering
No MMS
No editing of PDF, Word or Excel documents.
No browser support for Flash or any other embedded video
Poor voice call quality
2MP Still camera only – no video recording.
No support for MP3 ringtones.
Contacts must be scrolled through – no searching or voice dialling...
No Memory Card slot!!!
No GPS...

The bottom line is that it makes a great iPod, but the phone capabilities and several features need a rethink...

Links:
David Pogue
Walt Mossberg
Edward Baig
Steven Levy

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