Outdoors Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Mobile device power shines with Etón's new BoostSolar

by Michael Rose (May 7th, 2013)

It may rank closer to the "inconvenience" end on the post-disaster scale of challenges, but a lack of power for mobile devices certainly didn't help matters in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy last year. Innovative devices like the BioLite camp stove made appearances on the streets of New York as ...

TUAW's Holiday Gift Guide: Taking to the great outdoors

by Erica Sadun (Dec 3rd, 2010)

Welcome to the TUAW Holiday Gift Guide! We've sorted the treasure from the junk and are serving up suggestions to make your holiday gift-giving a little easier. When you live in a state of amazing natural beauty like Colorado, it's not just a given that you'll be spending lots of time outdoors ...

Run app updates: News on the Nike+, Runkeeper, and Runmeter fronts

by Erica Sadun (Sep 7th, 2010)

I admit it. I've always thought that the Nike+ shoe sensor thing was kind of lame. Even though I actually do own the right shoes, I never thought it worth while to pick up the optional pedometer sensor just so I could take advantage of the built-in iPhone feature. I know that there are people out ...

Eight ways the iPhone pwns the iPad

by Erica Sadun (May 5th, 2010)

We love our iPads. We wouldn't dream of giving them up. And yet, there are ways and situations where the iPhone simply works better. Without taking potshots at our beloved iPad, here is TUAW's respectful list of mega-win scenarios where the iPhone takes first place in usability. Making phone ...

Found Footage: MyNature Animal Tracks

by Steven Sande (Jan 16th, 2010)

I live in a suburban area south of Denver, Colorado, but that doesn't mean that I don't see animal tracks regularly. Quite the contrary -- our area is occasionally visited by mountain lion and black bear, there are herds of elk and white-tailed deer that frequent the area, and it's not unusual to ...