Type of Article: MacTech Reviews

By ‘Doctor Dave’ Greenbaum

The Kensington PowerLift Back-up Battery (http://us.kensington.com/html/17866.html) is an exciting, convenient and portable way to charge your iPhone at a desk or on the road. Its unique stand allows for easy use of FaceTime while charging and a nice boost of power when away from a computer.

By ‘Doctor Dave’ Greenbaum

When you want true power, power to dominate your iDevices, look no further than the Miccus ChargeBlock for iPad (http://www.miccus.com/products/chargeblock-for-ipad).  

Not only will it charge your iPad (1 or 2) or iPhone but practically any USB devices and does so with a size and dimension not much different than previous generations of iPhones. This is simply a must-have device for power on the road.

By ‘Doctor Dave’ Greenbaum

Mophie’s Juice Pack (http://www.mophie.com/product-p/1135_jpu-reserve.htm)reserve gives you a few extra ounces of courage, or, in this case battery, to top off your day, but lacks the power and flexibility to be a reliable external battery charger.

Although it’s the size is somewhat large at 1.60 x 3.15 x 0.63 inches, it only contains 1000mAh of battery power. That’s inconsistent with its size. Batteries with higher capacity come in a smaller size, and I really expect more from such a large device.

By David Creamer

Considering Acrobat 9 has been out for almost two and a half years (a long time — software years are like dog years), Acrobat X is surprisingly short of new features. Granted, Acrobat X (read ten) is a mature program and new, exciting features are harder to come by but for other programs, Adobe (http://www.adobe.com) has simply borrowed ideas from plug-in developers (or licensed them), so it makes me wonder why they didn’t do that for version X.

Gasket from id America (http://www.id-case.com) is a funky looking, brushed aluminum case for the iPhone 4. But it’s funky looking in a manly sort of way.

Gasket — inspired by the shape of a head gasket on an engine — is great for guys (or gals) who don’t want to dress their iPhone in a frou-frou case. It looks like no other iPhone case I’ve ever seen. I mean that in a good way, though you’ll either love the unique look or hate it. I love it.