Type of Article: MacTech Reviews

By ‘Doctor Dave’ Greenbaum

When you are looking for true charging power on the road, few external batteries can beat the RichardSolo 9000 Mobile Charger (http://www.richardsolo.com). The US$19.95 9000 mAh battery will keep your iPhone or iPad charged for a long, long time!

RichardSolo has been an industry leader for iPhone chargers and the 9000 continues that tradition.  The device comes in an attractive carrying case that contains a retractable USB charger, as well as a standard USB charging cable (to be used as a spare).   

By Daniel M. East

For all of the plug-ins that designers and photographers maintain, many of the third-party products begin with a feature built into Photoshop and take it to a higher level. Such is the case with Knoll Light Factory for Photoshop 3.2 by Red Giant Software (http://www.redgiantsoftware.com).

By ‘Doctor Dave’ Greenbaum

While I’m a huge fan of extreme case protection for the iPhone 4 (my current favorite is the Griffin Survivor), one of the problems is that this extra protection frequently prevents my iPhone from fitting into various docking solutions and cable connectors.  

Fortunately, two products from CableJive (http://www.cablejive.com/) solve this problem. You can have your protection and still keep your existing accessories.

By ‘Doctor Dave’ Greenbaum

If you’ve ever tried to sleep while listening to music on your iPod, you may have realized it was an exercise in futility. The earbud style connectors too often fall out and headphones with a band are incredibly uncomfortable. While you could use a speaker, if you sleep with others, this will surely disturb their sleep.

By ‘Doctor Dave’ Greenbaum

The Doxie sheet-fed “cloud-based” portable scanner (http://www.getdoxie.com) is useful, but has some noticeable flaws that may make you think twice before buying it.  

Reminiscent of the Visioneer Strobe XP,  this is a cylindrical scanner that derives power from USB. Unlike the other Visioneer products, Doxie supports both Mac and PC and the key feature of the product is its ability to scan directly to the cloud.