At this week’s Macworld Expo, Speck (http://www.speckproducts.com) is broadening fashion-wrapped horizons for iPhone 3G and 3GS owners with eight new patterns designed on its Fitted cases.
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Doxie (http://www.getdoxie.com), a paper scanner that scans directly to the cloud, is launching at this week’s Macworld Expo. Designed for home and small businesses, the US$129 portable scanner is for scanning, sharing, and organizing paper and photos.
It weighs 10.9 ounces and is built for travel. It’s compatible with any Mac (OX 10.5 or 10.6) or PC and has USB connectivity. Doxie integrates directly with desktop and web apps like Google Docs, Flickr, iPhoto, Tumblr, Picnik, Evernote, Picasa, and Backpack. A single button, Doxie’s Heart Button, implements sharing.
Read MoreQuirky (http://www.quirky.com) has released Pen Zen, a community-designed storage unit for pens, pencils, highlighters, and other office supplies. It’s now available for pre-order for US$26. You can position your Pen Zen horizontally with the items sticking out of the top, or stand it upright with the items sticking out of the ends. It’s your call — choose the arrangement that suits you best.
Pen Zen has a glossy white plastic exterior with rubber extrusions that act as magic fingers to hold your items in place. The product measures 7.5 x 2.5 x 3.0 inches.
Read MoreOn the new “MacVoices” (http://www.macvoices.com), Macworld 2010 week opens with a conversation with Greg Scown of SmileOnMyMac, who provides a pre-release review of the upcoming TextExpander 3, the newest version of their productivity tool.
Scown discusses the changes in version 3 and how they’ll enhance the product, new features, and how the upgrade will be transparent for users. Scown also comments on the integration of TextExpander into a number of iPhone apps, and his initial thoughts on the utility on the iPad.
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Macworld Expo: MacSpeech (http://www.macspeech.com) has released MacSpeech Scribe, the a personal transcription solution for the Mac. Those running Mac OS X 10.6 (“Snow Leopard”) can transcribe their recorded voice into written text with up to 99% accuracy, in a single button click, according to Andrew Taylor, founder and CEO of MacSpeech.
MacSpeech Scribe is available immediately, in English only, exclusively for Macworld
Expo 2010 attendees and currently registered MacSpeech Dictate 1.5 customers for US$99 (its regular suggested retail price is $149).