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The Man Purse Protocol

brian — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:35:09 +0000

Maybe it’s because The Hangover movie is on cable ALL THE TIME. Something had my friends and I talking about the Leslie Chow line: “It’s not a satchel. It’s a purse.”. I don’t know. But then we all remembered this great article “Man purse protocol” that Jasmine France wrote for CNet a couple of months back. And we started comparing our “murses”.

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

brian — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:35:18 +0000

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!

Check out the Ultra skin for the iPhone available from Wrapsol.com

Can You Top This iPad “Case”?

brian — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:00:28 +0000

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

brian — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:00:29 +0000

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!

brian — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:49:25 +0000

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.

The iPad order is in!

brian — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:30:28 +0000

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.

InCase Combo USB Charger

brian — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:01:54 +0000

Incase Combo Charger

When I saw this on the web I knew it would be an “auto-buy”. Incase has released a new Combo USB charger that you can plug in in the car or in an outlet at home or in the office to charge your iPod or iPhone. As of this writing you can purchase this from Incase Online Web Store or at the Apple Store.

Lowest Mac Prices So Far This Year!

brian — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:45:04 +0000

AppleInsider is reporting on Mac prices at several authorized resellers in advance of “Black Friday” sales. MacMall looks to have some of the lowest prices on the 13″ Mac Book in white (13″ MacBook 2.26GHZ 2GB/250/SD WHITE – $884.98 +FREE Parallels,All-In-One Printer w/purchase after rebate (was $999)); 15″ Mac Book Pro (SAVE $210! 15″ MacBook Pro 2.8GHZ 4GB/500/SD/-$2088.99+FREE Parallels,All-In-One Printer w/ purchase after rebate(was $2299)); and the 27″ iMac (iMac 27″ 3.06GHZ 4GB/1TB/SD/ at $1584.99+FREE Parallels,All-In-One Printer w/purchase after rebate(was$1699)). While you are at MacMall check out their prices on iTunes gift cards (iTunes gift cards! Buy movies, TV shows, games and songs from the iTunes Store!).

Win a Bag Full of Cash

brian — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:33:42 +0000

J Peterman Counterfeit Mailbag

The folks at the J. Peterman Company are having a great contest with the prize being one of their gorgeous leather Counterfeit Mailbags stuffed with $5000 USD cash. There is no purchase necessary and you can enter as many times as you’d like (once per day) now through December 3rd.

Does J. Peterman sound familiar? Yes, that’s the place where Elaine from Seinfeld (see: Seinfeld – The Complete Series) worked. The site lives up to the image created by the show. On that show the Peterman product descriptions were made out to be very long and elaborate. Looking at this product and others on their site; they really aren’t. In fact I liked the site in that it offered detailed dimensions for this and other bags that are offered.

MacMall 96 Hour Sale

brian — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:00:37 +0000