During my recent trip to Telluride, I saw several skiers and boarders with these neat little earphones for the iPod shuffle. At the top of one mountain I was asking one skier where he got them and he turned out to be Ben, the founder of the company Arriva (not to be confused with the UK bus company!) which was actually based in Telluride itself. The earphones come in black or white and are a comfortable option to a chunky Bluetooth set or all those wires when you’re walking, running or skiing. My order arrived this week and they’re just excellent – well worth the $35. They fit second and third generation Shuffles and you can get them from Arriva direct or from Amazon.
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A quick update on the amazing new Pulse pen from Livescribe, which I last raved about in December.
Because my work over the last couple of months didn’t actually involve any interviews or meetings that required serious notes, I hadn’t had a chance to actually test it “in the field”, so to speak. I finally got a chance last week and I can report that it more than lived up to its promise. To quickly recap, the Pulse not only records audio while you write (on special notepads) but if you tap on your notes, the audo replays at exactly that point. It is truly astonishing and it beats the hell out of rewinding or fast forwarding interview tapes or even digital recorders. Not only that but just having a pen and a notebook to carry to meetings is a lot easier too.
If my initial experience is anything to go by, this may be one of the best gadgets I have ever bought. More good news for Mac users: Livescribe just released a new version of the Livescribe Desktop which syncs all your audio and written notes.
Clunk! That sound you can hear is a big ball being dropped in Cupertino as Apple underwhelmed with its latest product announcements. Sure, the iMac and Pro needed an update, and a more powerful Airport Extreme Base Sation and Time Capsule is more than welceom. But a refreshed Mac Mini? At $599 for the smallest model? Apple not only missed the sweet spot for no-brainer purchase by at least $100 here but also missed the chance to do something radical that would combine the Mini and Apple TV as a very cool media centre. Not only that, there’s still no sign of a smaller Mac netbook-style product – soemthing the market seems to be screaming for. What’s going on? Or are there more surprises in the offing?
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