USA Solar and Digital Communications Technologies, aka Muzatch, have developed a 9.8 ounce solar power station specifically for the iPhone series as well as the iPod nano.
The MZH-1200 iPhone power station is now available worldwide through the Muzatch web site (http://www.muzatch.com). It comes in five colors — white, black, blue, silver and green — and is available at the introductory price of US$49.59.
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MacTech Magazine (https://www.mactech.com) has released video of graphics running on commercial virtualization solutions running on Intel-based Macs. MacTech‘s goal was to answer the often asked questions about how graphics perform under virtualization.
The video (https://www.mactech.com/graphics-virtualization-vmware-vs-parallels) is online now and was inspired by the very large suite of over 3,500 tests that was performed comparing the MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac and Mac Pro that MacTech released in February.
Read MoreHere are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).
Transparent Language has announced Byki Irish for the iPhone and iPod touch. The free app comes with more than 1,000 words and phrases, including some special words and phrases for St. Patrick’s Day.
Read MoreIn a report for “PC Mag” (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2361204,00.asp), Sascha Segan says that the rise of the iPhone OS-based iPad could be the beginning of the end for the Mac platform. I understand his reasoning, but that’s just not going to happen.
Segan says that if Apple could have a do-over, it would use the iPhone OS for its computer line. He thinks that the iPad should be thought of as “the new Mac — a “new mode of home-based computing that Apple hopes will bubble up through its product line.”
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Global smartphone shipments grew 37.2% last year — and the iPhone saw a 97.9% year-over-growth in shipments. While Apple saw the greatest success, Nokia’s shipments also jumped 37.3 percent and Research in Motion saw a spike of 41.2 percent.
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