Mac Bag Review

It’s an iPhone 4 – left handed – cool skin conspiracy I tell you!!!!

On June 24, 2010, in news, by brian

Engadget is reporting that in their latest product testing on the newly released iPhone 4 left handed users seem to be connecting the 3G and wifi antennas that run through the metal band that runs around the rim of the phone; which results in the 3G signal being suppressed. The solution? The same article points out that an iPhone 4 case (skin type) that covers the metal rim resolved the issue. Given that can we expect that every single iPhone 4 sold to a leftie will have a skin or case? Note to skin and case vendors – MacBagReview is now accepting special advertising targeting the iPhone left handed community!

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Can You Top This iPad “Case”?

On June 14, 2010, in news, by brian

It’s the story you hear almost every day, right? Man in South Africa wants to surprise his girlfriend with an iPad for her birthday. Only there aren’t any 3G iPads to be had in South Africa at the moment. So he calls a friend in the UK and makes arrangements. But somewhere along the way someone says “Wouldn’t it be funny…” or “wouldn’t she be surprised if…”. The next thing you know there is the girlfriend “opening” her new iPad from its chocolate case. Yeah. An iPad wrapped in some type of food wrap and then encased in chocolate.
Great idea. I don’t know how you top this.

Getting It Right… Phil Baker on Bag Warranties

On June 10, 2010, in news, by brian

One of the smartest people I know who have made the transition from paper to electrons is Phil Baker. His blog “From Concept to Consumer” is part of my regular reading. Phil wrote a great article last month looking at luggage warranties. Now he didn’t cover all the brands that we’d like to see. He also had some help from the folks at Briggs & Riley; a company that really does completely stand by their product and offer one of the best warranties in the business. This article really adds much needed detail if you are considering a purchase and the “lifetime warranty” is going to be worth the cost.

iPad Cases!

On June 7, 2010, in news, by brian

Mac Life magazine has a great article this month talking about different iPad cases. Of the five cases they looked at three were from manufacturers we’ve seen before (Speck, Incipio, and Booq). The list prices ranged from $29.95 (Booq) up to $49.95(HardCandyCases). The best rating (Mac Life rated Excellent) was given to a case (that we’d previously never seen from a company we never heard of) from be.ez. The be.ez La Robe iPad Allure comes in four color / stripe patterns and is described as being good protection and a snug fit. We like that this case features a zipper closure; too many iPad cases are designed to slide your iPad in and out too easily. The downside is that given our look at the bag we couldn’t see any handle and the zipper while sturdy looks massive . The Mac Life review points out that they had concerns the zipper might scratch you iPad.

My Mac Book is foof Proof!

On April 12, 2010, in reviews, by brian

You have to love the sleeves from foof. foof sleeve products for the Mac, iPod, iPhone, and now iPad are hand made and shipped worldwide from Australia. Foof sleeves are sized to be a perfect fit and do not have a zipper or other closure. I’ve got a foofbag for my Mac Book. Keeping the MacBook in a foofbag actually keeps the Mac clean as it literally polishes the case. It is almost a year old now and still fits perfectly.
The workmanship is great. My foofbag is a blue herringbone tweed on the outside and black satin on the inside. Since it doesn’t have any pockets or zipper it slides easily into all the different bags that I use that don’t already have their own sleeve. As per the care instructions I did take it to the cleaners once for dry cleaning and still looks and fits like new.
The foofshop is great. The web site is well organized and maintained. Ordering is straightforward. Currency conversion is available right on the main page so there is no mystery as to what your final order will cost. The foofbag for a MBP costs about $30 USD. Shipping was very reasonable. We highly recommend checking out foof!

The iPad order is in!

On March 20, 2010, in news, by brian

Call me a test pilot. Call me a fan boy. I’m now looking forward to reading my New York Times every day on an Apple iPad as opposed to my iPhone.

After looking at a couple of Kindle’s and their 3G capabilities I decided to go the wi-fi only route. I’ve got a great home network and I don’t plan on taking the iPad anywhere else. After looking at the memory choices I decided to go for 64 GB. I’m hoping this will let me save up to 5 days worth of the Times and maybe 3-4 books. The only accessory I bought in that order was the dock.

I’ve started looking at the cases for the iPad and i’m looking forward to April.