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Found footage: Fly an RC plane? There's an iPhone app for that

by Mike Schramm (Jun 5th, 2010)

We're supposed to hear more about the AR.Drone at E3 in a few weeks, but you may not have to wait that long -- Flypad is an app coming soon to the App Store that purports to let you fly any RC-controlled plane with an iPhone, just by connecting ...

TUAW review: Data Robotics Drobo FS NAS

by Steven Sande (Apr 22nd, 2010)

Network Attached Storage (NAS) is gaining in popularity as an alternative to a home or small office server. A few weeks ago, I reviewed LaCie's Network Space 2, which is a non-expandable 1TB storage solution. For those who want a solution that will ...

TUAW review and giveaway: Doxie portable scanner

by Steven Sande (Apr 15th, 2010)

The dictionary defines "doxy" as a lover or mistress, so it's not surprising that the new Doxie portable scanner from Apparent has pink hearts as a defining graphic feature. The hearts are in the dock when you have the Doxie software running, ...

Case-Mate's Hug allows induction charging on the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Mar 16th, 2010)

There are a few features that I'd love to see added to the iPhone's hardware (an IR transmitter would be nice, for one thing), but first and foremost among those is probably an induction charger. It's a little lame to have a device that so easily ...

GDC 2010: The Parrot AR.Drone's augmented reality

by Mike Schramm (Mar 15th, 2010)

We actually got to play with the iPhone-controlled Parrot AR.Drone quadricopter back at Macworld a little while ago, but we didn't get a chance to see the "AR" part of it (augmented reality, of course) until GDC last week. Parrot pulled out the AR ...

VeriFone credit card reader gets deal to be in Apple Stores

by Mike Schramm (Mar 5th, 2010)

The Square credit card reader for the iPhone has gotten most of the buzz around here, especially after we saw that impressive demo at Macworld a few weeks ago. But VeriFone's competing reader has been given the green light by Apple itself: the ...

Win an HP Officejet 4500 All-in-one printer from TUAW and HP

by Steven Sande (Mar 4th, 2010)

If you've been a TUAW reader for any length of time, you know that we love to give our readers a lot of swag. Sometimes it can be promo codes to some of the best apps in the App Store, other times it might be a collectible that you absolutely have to ...

Apple files for 'Magic Trackpad' trademark

by Mel Martin (Feb 26th, 2010)

Apple sure likes that word 'magic' lately. We already have the Magic Mouse, and soon we may have a 'Magic Trackpad'. That's the word from the Patently Apple website that keeps an eye on these sometimes mysterious Apple filings. Apple wants to have ...

Macworld 2010: TUAW's Best in Show

by Mike Schramm (Feb 18th, 2010)

Our videos are almost all posted, the interviews are all transcribed, and the impressions are all done and published -- we're finally bringing our Macworld 2010 coverage to conclusion. It was a heck of a show -- while there wasn't a lot of attention ...

Macworld 2010: Steve and Mike's excellent HP adventure

by Steven Sande (Feb 16th, 2010)

One of the highlights of TUAW's visit to Macworld Expo 2010 was a pre-show tour of the HP booth on Wednesday, February 10. HP has a long and storied history with Apple, with both Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak working for the company at one time ...

Macworld 2010: Fastmac's USB-enabled wall outlet

by Chris Rawson (Feb 15th, 2010)

I didn't go to Macworld in San Francisco -- something about having the world's largest ocean between me and there made the trip's cost prohibitive -- but I've been keeping tabs on the product announcements anyway. There's been quite a few things that ...

Macworld 2010: Hands-on with Microvision's SHOWWX laser pico projector

by Mike Schramm (Feb 12th, 2010)

I'm still skeptical about laser projectors -- while the technology is impressive, the practicality is still a little limited. And unfortunately, Microvision's demo of their SHOWWX projector here at Macworld 2010 didn't do much to change my mind. ...

Macworld 2010: OWC's Grant Dahlke demos USB 3.0 drive, fastest SSD

by Steven Sande (Feb 12th, 2010)

Mac expansion powerhouse Other World Computing always has something incredible to show off at Macworld Expo, and there was no doubt about it when we visited the OWC booth on Thursday. OWC's Grant Dahlke displayed some of the new products coming ...

Drobo is having a "Spirit of Macworld 2010" video contest

by Steven Sande (Feb 9th, 2010)

If you're an amateur or professional videographer and you'll be attending Macworld Expo 2010 in San Francisco this week, Data Robotics has a contest just for you. Come up with an original video (less than 60 seconds in length) that best captures ...

The good and bad of iPad pricing

by Mel Martin (Feb 1st, 2010)

I think all of us were surprised at the entry level cost of the new iPad at just US$499.00. In a recent article at ars technica it's stated that the pricing "confirms what a major shift in strategy the iPad is for Apple's business." My colleague Sang ...

ePrint is a nice solution to printing from your iPhone

by Mel Martin (Jan 29th, 2010)

The iPhone wasn't designed from scratch to print things, but it can be done. I've reviewed some solutions in the past, including one that required you to run a small print server on your computer, which then directs your print jobs to any local ...