As a person who regularly reviews Mac and iOS products, it’s hard to find something truly different. However, iHome has managed this with the iDM5 Executive Work Station for smartphones and tablets such as the iPhone and iPad.
The Executive Work Station is a combination Bluetooth keyboard, speaker system and USB charging port. This is a combo that I haven’t seen before, and the iDM5 performs all its tasks well.
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By Jay Nelson
Perfect Portrait 1 (US$99.95) from onOne Software (http://www.ononesoftware.com) is a huge timesaver for portrait photographers. It automatically identifies faces and features, and with a press of a button, eyes become whiter and clearer, teeth become whiter, lips have greater definition, wrinkles are softened, and shine and blemishes are reduced. In addition, color casts can be improved, based on the ethnicity of each face in the photo.
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If you regularly use a stylus on your iPad, Wacom’s (http://www.wacom.com) Bamboo Stylus duo can save you some pocket space. It’s an US$39.95 dual-purpose stylus for the iPad (and Android) tablets.
The Bamboo Stylus duo combines a capacitive pen tip for on-screen input at one end of the Stylus with a premium ball-point ink pen at the opposite end for use on traditional paper. I use the ink pen more than I do the stylus, but it’s nice to have both options in one slim gadget.
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By ‘Doctor’ Dave Greenbaum
While Steve Jobs hated the stylus and worked hard to make the iPhone completely usable without one, in some circumstances you simply need a more traditional way to interact with the iPhone.
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Just-Mobile’s AluCube Mini (http://www.xtand.net/alucubemini.html) is an US$16.95 designer cable organizer. If you’re willing to spring about 20 bucks on a stylish doo-dad to tidy up your cables, this is your baby. (Actually, you get two cable organizers for the price).
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