Jan

13

Accessories For Apple iPhone 3G


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Motorola S9-HD Bluetooth Stereo Headphones for iPhone 3G gives you high quality wireless music experience. This great accessory for your Apple iPhone 3G gives you a lot of comfort while it is able to reduce background noise and to give you clear music sound.

This Bluetooth Stereo Headphones are very light and they offer a stabile and secure fit even if you are running or you are doing other activities. With Motorola S9-HD Bluetooth Stereo Headphones for iPhone 3G you can control your music and manage the calls thanks to their easy to use controls for play/pause, volume, track selection and send/end.

The Bluetooth Stereo Headphones from Motorola offers you high-definition acoustics and great 3-D surround sound. The headphones have great bass and you can hear every beat of your music, while the noise cancellation feature makes you forget the world outside.

The music will stop when you get a call and will resume when the call ends and. This cool accessory also gives you 6 hours of music at a single charge. If you want to have on of the best Bluetooth stereo headphones for your Apple iPhone 3G these are a wise choice.


BlueAnt Supertooth Light Bluetooth is a speakerphone for your Apple iPhone 3G. It is easy to use and it has a very stylish design. This speakerphone is one of the most powerful speakerphones you will find on the market that provides superior and high quality sound. This accessory is able to adjust and to process the noise around it to give you sound quality sound and it can also adjust the sound level if you talk in high noise environment.   BlueAnt Supertooth Light can be mounted on your car’s run-visor and it has some great features: retractable microphone, call reject and redial option and voice dial activation.

It has also a high performance speaker and it comes with a rechargeable lithium-ion battery that give you 33 days in standby mode or 15 hours talk time at a single charge.



Jabra SP700 Car Speakerphone is another great accessory for your Apple iPhone 3G. It doesn’t require any installation and it has a nice design. You can enjoy your favorite music from your iPhone 3G to your car stereo speaker thank to its streaming feature that allows you to hear music from your phone while you are driving. This car speakerphone has echo cancellation and noise reduction features giving you high audio quality.

It is lightweight at only 85g and the battery lasts for 14 hours talk time and 255 hours in standby at single charge.

Griffin PowerJolt Reserve Backup Battery for iPhone 3G is a useful accessory, giving you a lot more time if you want to talk, to surf on the Internet or to play games on your Apple iPhone 3G.



This reserve battery for your iPhone can be charged into 12 volt power outlet or your car’s cigarette lighter. This accessory snaps into your iPhone’s Dock Connector extending the time of your iPhone’s battery. You can find Griffin PowerJolt Reserve Backup Battery for iPhone 3G on store.everythingcafe.com at a price of $39.95.


Smooth Talker Charging Holder/Cradle with Antenna Connection for iPhone 3G keeps your iPhone’s battery charged. You can put your iPhone 3G in a convenient place for charging while you are driving. This accessory is designed to charge your iPhone 3G through your car’s cigarette lighter.


iGrip Custom Fit Flexible Mount for iPhone 3G is a nice choice if you want to mount your Apple iPhone 3G to your windshield. This is a nice hand-free option when you are driving and it has flexible neck therefore you can change the position of your iPhone when you want. It has a durable and strong design and thanks to its suction cup mount your iPhone 3G will stay in place.



PowerMat Home or Office Mat is a great charging accessory for your Apple iPhone 3G. This accessory is able to charge up to 3 PowerMat-Enabled devices thanks to its wireless technology. This charging device includes: powercube universal receiver that has 8 tips, home and office mat, international and universal power supply. This is also compatible with other smartphones and devices: Blackberry, HTC Phones, Bluetooth Headsets, Motorola Phones, LG Phones, GPS Devises, Samsung Phones, Palm Phones and all generation iPhones.



Apple USB Power Adapter offers efficient and fast charging even if you are at the office or at home. It works will all iPod models with a Dock Connector  and with all iPhone models. All you have to do is to plug it into a wall outlet and connect your iPod or iPhone to it.


XGear  Octane Battery Back Up is able to charge your iPhone 3G for extended use, if you don’t have your charging cable with you or if you don’t have where to charge it. You can charge this accessory in any USB port and when it is charged it gives 24 hours of audio playback and 5 hours of talk time. It works with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPhone, iPod Touch 2G, iPod Touch, iPod Nano, iPod Classic 160GB and iPod Classic 80 GB.  You can find it on store.everything.com at a price of $69.95.



With the next accessory for Apple iPhone 3G, you can charge or sync your phone into a USB connection. Smartphone Experts S&C Retractable Cable helps you charge your iPhone into a USB port with no additional AC power required. You can find it on store.everything.com at a price of $14.95.
Jan

12

PCB Software iMac


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EAGLE is a PCB software for your iMac. It is a very powerful tool if you want to design printed circuit boards (PCB).  The name EAGLE means: Easily Applicable Graphical Layout Editor and as the name implies, this PCB software is very easy to use.

In this software you will find 3 main modules: Autorouter, Schematic Editor and Layout Editor.

The Layout Editor has the following features: a drawing area of 64 x 64 inch, a resolution of 0.1 micron. It has an integrated library editor which can help you create easily your own parts. This module gives you the possibility to redo or undo any editing command at any level.  You can paste or cut entire sections of your drawings and it has SMT parts and conventional parts.

The Schematic Editor has the following features: you can create a board with a single command using a schematic and you have about 999 sheets in a single schematic. Pinswap, gate and electrical rule check.

The Autorouter module has the following features: 16 signal layers, retry router and ripup router.



If you want to draw a schematic with this PCB software you will have to follow the next steps: first you have to choose and place the part symbols. The next step is to draw the buses and the nets, then edit and move the symbols to put them in the position you want.

After you have the schematic you want, you should have an ERC (Electrical Rule Check) – this option will show you errors like: conflicting outputs, nets that don’t have pins and open input pins.

If you want to create a board your schematic all you have to do is click on the Board command and the command will open a new window with a default board line and all the schematic parts next to it. The next step is to place the parts on the board; you can do that with the Move command which allows you to move entire group parts or to move each part where you want it to be.

If you want to edit the board, you can do that at any time you want. You can change parameters, split wires and you can mirror objects, rotate objects and move objects. The undo/redo function is able to undo all your commands if you want to.

To check the board for errors you can choose the DRC (Design Rule Check) function; this one points out the next errors: off grid objects, overlaps, non 45 degree wires and distance violations.

Designing a PCB is a very complex process and if you want to add additional devices to your board, for example a capacitor you can always to that with EAGLE. The Backnnotation and Forwardnnotation options you can select the schematic you want, add the device and connect it.

If you want to change names, draw new connections or swap gates and pins you can do that very easy with this PCB software.

With the Polygon command you can create copper areas, you can give it a specific signal and you can draw the outlines. And if you want to know the shape of that copper area you can use the Ratsnest command.


The User Language allows you to create outputs and to write programs. EAGLE has also a part editor and with this feature you can: draw the package and the symbols and put them all together into a device.

If you like EAGLE you can try the free version which offers you one sheet, two signal layers and the board area is limited to 4 x 3.2 – inch.

This PCB software for your iMac is a very complex one and it comes in 3 editions: Professional, Standard and Light. This Easily Applicable Graphical Layout Editor can also run on Linux and Windows platforms.

McCAD Electronic Design Systems is another PCB software for iMac users. This software has the following modules: Autorouting, Gerber generation, Printed Circuit Board layout, Simulation which can be digital or analog and Schematic capture.

This PCB software can be found in 2 editions: a basic edition and an advanced edition

The McCAD Schematics Plus is the advanced edition and it has the next features: 60.000 library devices, you have unrestricted sheets for each object, 2nd generation capture system, you can easily add new devices if you want to, you have PartsList report and Netlist report, the BOM reports and be customizable, you have the possibility to flip, rotate the parts and to zoon, auto-scroll, undo, copy or paste.

McCAD Schematics is the basic edition and it has the next features: 1500 sheets per object, a library of 15.000 devices, first generation capture system, you have the possibility to flip, rotate the parts and to zoon, auto-scroll, undo, copy or paste, you can add new devices, flat architecture and project window, and you have PartsList report and Netlist reports.



Osmond PCB is a complex and flexible tool for your iMac. The features of this PCB software are: you have unlimited number of board layers, parts and board sizes; the resolution is down to 10 nanometers; oval, rectangular and circular pads, variable trace spacing and trace widths; copper fill areas; the routing can be made in all angles; variable size grid; curved and rubber-band traces; DXF file input and output; solder-mask and silkscreen; the dimension can be in metric units or imperial units. You can try this software for free if you download the free trial or you can buy it for $195.00.
Jan

12

iMac Keyboard


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Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad has the following features: 2 USB 2.0 ports, low-profile keys, an extended layout and it is very thin and elegant.

The low-profile keys give you a very responsive feel when you type and it comes with one-touch key function; this function allows you to launch iMac application or features: open Dashboard or Expose, rewind, fast-forward, play or pause, eject, volume and also the screen brightness.

This keyboard’s extended layout offers you the possibility to navigate down or up in a document, to scroll through a document and to view it in full size.

This nice iMac keyboard with its numeric keypad is perfect for creating applications or spreadsheets. The USB 2.0 ports give you the possibility to connect a mouse or any other USB device, such as a printer, a smartphone or a digital camera.

This iMac keyboard is available for Mac OS X version 10.4 or later and you should have an available USB port on your computer.

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad offer large keys to help you type better and it is very lightweight. You might have some problem with this keyboard if you try to connect your iPod through the USB ports because the ports don’t have enough power to charge the device.

With this iMac keyboard you will get printed documentation and a USB extension cable. You can find it on Apple Store at $49.00.

diNovo Keyboard Mac Edition from Logitech is an expensive keyboard at $160 and it has no numeric keypad.  This iMac keyboard has low profile keys which offer a high tactile response and a nice tactile feel. The all 19 F keys, expect the F6 and the F5 key, have special functions: you can activate Dashboard, launch Expose, control you media playback, change the brightness, activate Quick Look and Cover Flow, open Calculator, Safari, Mail and iTunes, change the Volume up and down, or mute it. You can customize it to your needs using the keyboard’s software.

You don’t need to install this keyboard, because it uses RF wireless technology and all you have to do is to connect the FR receiver to the iMac’s USB port.



The pros of this keyboard are the following: it comes with Mac specific shortcut keys, it has a nice and elegant finish, it provides a comfortable and fast typing and it is easy to install, just plug and play.

The cons of this iMac keyboard are: first is the price, for many of you this keyboard is expensive, doesn’t have integrated USB ports and illuminated keys (backlit keys).

With its low profile, attractive design, 3 –year battery life and programmable F-keys, the diNovo Keyboard Mac Edition from Logitech is one of the best keyboards you can find on the market.

Apple Wireless Keyboard is a nice iMac keyboard that uses the Bluetooth technology to connect with your computer. You can use it anywhere within 30 feet of your computer and it is has a very compact and slim design. This wireless keyboard also has programmable keys which you can use to open Expose, activate Dashboard, to play or pause, to eject, to change the volume or the brightness.

This Apple keyboard uses 2 AA batteries and if you are not using it powers down to conserve the batteries life.

The system requirements for this Apple Wireless Keyboard are the following: a Mac with Bluetooth connection, you should have an existing mouse or keyboard for setup and Mac OS X version 10.5.8 or better. With this keyboard you will also get printed documentation and 2 AA batteries.



Macally iceKey USB Slim Keyboard is a very slim keyboard for your iMac. The keys provide responsive and sensitive touch and it has USB ports on both sides. The keys are very solid with a nice feeling and respond very quickly. You can find this Mac keyboard on Amazon at a price of $39.99 with 3 years warranty.

Kensington 64366 SlimType Standard Keyboard for Mac provides a responsive touch typing thanks to its laptop-style keys which let you type better and faster. The keyboard comes with hot keys that give you the possibility to launch the calculator mode, to launch the sleep mode and to control your computer’s multimedia.

Kensington 64366 SlimType Standard Keyboard for Mac comes with 5 years warranty and it works right out the box – all you have to do is connect it to your computer’s USB port, therefore you don’t have to install it

If you want to buy this iMac keyboard, you should know that it doesn’t have a USB port for the mouse. You have to use an USB port from your computer or you have to buy a wireless mouse. You will find this keyboard on Amazon at a price of $38.99.

Mecally IKEY5 USB Slim Keyboard is another great keyboard for Mac users. It is very slim and it weights only 1.7 pounds. The key has a power button and you can Shut Down, Sleep or Restart your computer with this button. Overall this is a nice and a very comfortable keyboard at a price of $29.99. If you want to buy it, you can find it on amazon.com.

As you can see, you have a lot to choose from when it comes to iMac keyboards. You can choose wireless keyboards, USB keyboards or keyboard that run on Bluetooth technology. The main thing a keyboard should offers is a comfortable and fast typing experience and if it has some hot keys, it is perfect.
Jan

11

Antivirus For iMac


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PC Tool iAntiVirus is a free antivirus for iMac who protects your computer from many cyber-threats that want to access your personal information. Once you have your iMac infected with an Internet virus it will try to spread to your associates, family and friends using your network and your e-mail. The virus infection will also give free access to hackers at your files and documents.

PC Tool iAntiVirus is a software which makes system scans and offers a real-time protection against Internet viruses and worms. This free antivirus for iMac is able to detect and remove Mac threats and it has a nice and friendly user interface, which is both easy to use and functional.

The antivirus has the following features: you can perform many different scan types and it offers real time protection against cyber-threats. The software uses minimal system resources; therefore your computer will not be slowed down by the antivirus. When it detects a infections PC Tool iAntiVirus will block it and will place it in quarantine making an alert in the system menu bar.



The quarantine with all detected infections allows you to restore and to view all the infections in case of a false detection. As you can the software doesn’t delete the files, but it places them in quarantine, blocking them the access to your computer.

PC Tool iAntiVirus for iMac makes automatic updates to detect new threats. The Smart Update function does the updating process, the downloading process and the installation process.

ClamXav is another antivirus for iMac and it is also free. The antivirus is able to perform on-demand scans, to scan e-mails and to offer real time protection against worms and Internet viruses. ClamXav antivirus supports the following languages: Taiwanese, Spanish, Polish, Korean, Japanese, Italian, German, French, Danish and English. It is compatible with Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Tiger and it has a limited support for Panther.



You can instruct the software to load when you open your computer and you can designate to it the folders you want it to protect and watch. A downside of this antivirus software is the fact that if an unwatched folder or files gets infected the antivirus isn’t able to detect it unless you make from time to time a manual scan of your computer’s system. The manual scan will take a long time and it will slow down your computer, so if you are in the process of something important you shouldn’t start a manual scam with ClamXav.

It is not the fastest or the most capable antivirus for your iMac but the fact that it is free makes it worth a try.

A better antivirus for Mac users is Norton Antivirus for Mac. A single license of this software is about $50.00 and it is able to offer excellent antivirus protection. With this software you will also get the Norton Dashboard Widget that is a threat alerting widget.   Norton Antivirus for Mac offers e-mail scanning, real time scanning and on-demand scanning.



Intego VirusBarrier X5 is another cool antivirus for your iMac. The main plus for this antivirus software is the fact that it doesn’t slow down your computer and is very easy to install. It has an easy to use interface and it works very well. The antivirus is able to guard against Windows – based malware and also Mac specific malware. You have the possibility to turn off the guard against Windows – based malware because you don’t need it. You can buy a single license for this software at a price of $70, making Intego VirusBarrier X5 one of the most expensive Mac antivirus software.

The modern and sleek interface allows you to choose between different types of scans: you can scan your iPhone or your iPod, you can exclude from the scanning the folders or the files you want and put them in the Trusted Zone and you have access to the real time scanning.

With this software you also have: receive and send e-mail scanning, compressed files scanning, archives scanning, behavior analysis and quarantine feature.



The software is available in the following languages: Spanish, Japanese, Italian, French and English.

Avast! Antivirus Mac and Mac+PC Editon is for Mac users that run with their Mac, not only Mac OS X but also Microsoft Windows. If you want just the Mac Edition you can buy the avast! Mac Edition license.

Some of the features of avast! antivirus Mac and Mac+Pc Edition: the ability to scan the files while they are accessed, on-demand scanning, Virus Cheat a place where suspicious or infected files are placed, mail protection, automatic updates and the possibility to customize the scanning the way you want.



Avast! Mac Edition is a stabile antivirus for your iMac. You can use it  and download it for free in a 60-days trial version.  The software has the following versions: drag and drop scanning, resident protection, a very simple installation, modular architecture, automatic updates, integrated e-mail protection, user friendly interface, on-demand scanning, full on-access scanning and control of the scanning options and you can also select your preferred paths for scanning.

The user interface is very easy to use: in the main window you can check for new updates, you can access the virus chest and you can set your main scanning options.  When this antivirus completes a scan the results will be displayed in a list and you can transfer them to the main window.

Avast! Mac Edition is a solution for your iMac malware and antivirus problems.
Jan

11

Bejeweled For iMac


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Bejeweled is a well-known puzzle game. It has developed and created by PopCap Games in 2001. PopCap Games in a leading American publisher and video and online game developer and with Bejeweled it sold over 25 million units for all platforms: iPod Touch, iPod classic, iPhone, PlayStaion 3, Xbox 360, Xbox, Mac, PC, Web and other mobile and cell phone devices.

The game is so popular that has made more than 150 million downloads until now. The first game was released in 2001, then came the second one in 2004 with the name of Bejeweled 2 and in 2008 came the third game - Bejeweled Twist.

The game original name was the Diamond Mine and it was created as a web-based game. The name so popular nowadays was suggested by Microsoft because the original name was too similar with an already exiting game – the Diamond Mines

The objective when you are playing Bejeweled is to be able to swap a gemstone next to one with the same feature and to make a vertical or horizontal chain which is made from 3 gemstones. If you make a chain with more than 3 gemstones with the same, you will get bonus points.  When you make a chain you will see that the chain is going to disappear and other gemstones fill in the gaps. The game is over when you don’t have any move to make.

Bejeweled Classic for iMac has the following system requirements: Mac OS 10.3.9 or a better version, G5, G4 or Intel Core Duo Processor and a memory of 256 MB RAM. And you also need an Internet connection to back-up the version and to register the game.

With this game you get a satisfying and relaxing gameplay. If you want higher score you will have to make more marches with more gemstones. The graphics and the music of this game are also relaxing and if you don’t know the next move you can get hints-on-demand. If you want a bigger challenge, you can try the expert mode and the advanced more both available in Time Trial.



Bejeweled 2 for iMac is the sequel of Bejeweled Classic. This one has 4 modes: Endless, Action, Puzzle and Classic. You will also find 2 new special gemstones: the Hyper Cube and Power Germ. Both of them will light up your game screen with a lot of power. In order to create a Hyper Cube you have to match up 5 gemstones and in order to create a Power Gem you have to match up 4 gemstones. If you created one of those special pieces you will see that they will help you clear all the gemstones in the game.

To finish this game you have to pass through 16 alien planets and in each planet you will have to solve 5 fantastic puzzles. The game has in the high resolution mode amazing and intensive graphics. You have the possibility to play on a full screen or off line.

It has amazing animation and graphics in 4 modes: in the Endless Mode you can relax and play in a never-ending game; in the Action Mode you have to finish the game before the clock stops; in the Puzzle Mode you have to clear the screens game from all the gemstones to find the solution to the puzzle and the Classic untimed mode is the classic gameplay when you have to swap and match to clear all the gemstones.

If you don’t know what move to make next and you take too long to make a decision, the game will help you by giving you suggestions and possible matches. If you press the “Hint” button or you use the Hint options many times you will see that you will not be penalized but you will lose points.



Bejeweled 2 for iMac is better than the original game because it has better graphics and a better gameplay.

Bejeweled 2 for iMac has the following system requirements: Mac OS 10.3.9 or a better version, G5, G4 or Intel Core Duo Processor and a memory of 256 MB RAM. And you also need an Internet connection to back-up the version and to register the game.

Bejeweled Twist is the latest version from PopCap. The first difference between this game the other two is that Bejeweled Twist is not available for Mac users, but we hope it will be soon. If you have a Mac and you want to play it you can try CrossOver Games, Parallels and Boot Camp.

You have 4 modes in this game: Zen, Challenge, Blitz and Classic. In the Classic mode you will see gemstones bombs from time to time and if you want the bombs to disappear you will have to match them.  The Blitz mode is a time mode, you have 5 minutes to do as many point as you can. Zen mode is the one when you won’t have to worry about the booms from Classic mode. Challenge mode, as the name implies, is the most challenging one because you will have to pass a number of tasks, for example you will have to match 8 gemstones in one move.

The goal of the game is to make a very high score and, of course, to keep you entertained.  To make this thing happen you have to find the most effective way to play it and the best way is the practice.   Bejeweled Twist has the same matching experience and with a new and exciting method of play.
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