O’Reilly Media has released the eighth edition of “iPod: The Missing
Manual” (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596804312). The US$19.99,
300-page book is written by J. D. Biersdorfer and David Pogue.
The book provides a “no-nonsense view of the latest iPod line,”
including the tiny shuffle, the video-capable nano, the high-capacity
Classic, and the Wi-Fi-enabled touch.
Salling Software AB has updated its application for syncing media
from iTunes and compatible photo applications to mobile devices. The
new version is compatible with Motorola’s Droid, and is released as
Verizon Wireless starts selling the Google phone.
Once the phone is connected to a USB port, you select the playlists,
podcasts and photo albums you want on the device.
Vers (http://www.versaudio.com) has extended its line of sustainably
built, hand-crafted wood cases for the iPod and iPhone with the
addition of open-front Shellcases that allow full display access.
Combining the natural beauty and strength of walnut, cherry and
bamboo, they’re the most environmentally thoughtful cases available
on the market, says David Laituri, designer and co-founder of Vers.
“The response to our wood case launch was very positive, but many of
our customers wanted full access to their iPhone while in the case.
Axiotron (http://www.axiotron.com) has reduced the manufacturer’s for
the company’s Modbook tablet Mac to US$699 (for Modbooks built from a
customer-supplied MacBook base system) and $1,599 (for Modbooks that
include a dealer-supplied 2.13Ghz MacBook base system).
The holiday discount program — which enables customers to purchase
the Modbook at the lowest prices ever — runs through Dec. 31.
Axiotron CEO Andreas E.
Mariner Software has announced its latest product offering — a
software and hardware bundle containing the digital documents
manager, Paperless, with Fujistu’s ScanSnap S300M mobile scanner or
the S1500M sheet-fed scanner. Paperless integrates with both ScanSnap
scanners.
Paperless allows users to scan receipts and other varieties of
paperwork and view the data right on the screen, email it or save the
scanned paperwork as PDF files.