Apple Magic Mouse Review

Apple Magic Mouse with Razer Pro|Pad
Apple Magic Mouse with Razer Pro|Pad

The world’s first Multi-Touch mouse is here! Is it really that good?

Pros

  • Being an iPhone user, the use of gestures for the mouse is most welcome. The ability to do momentum scrolling like the iPhone and iPod Touch makes scrolling up and down a lengthy webpage effortlessly.
  • No more irritating wheel sound doing up/down scrolling with normal mouse.
  • The powerful laser tracking is higly sensitive and responsive.
  • The design of the Magic Mouse makes it suitable for both left and right handed mouse users.
  • Easy to clean as there’s no buttons or scroll ball found on the mighty mouse

Cons

  • Tracking speed is still relatively slow even though tracking speed has been set to the maximum. My Razer Pro|Click 1.6 wired mouse with tracking speed set to 50% moves way faster.
  • The mouse skates beneath the Magic Mouse do not move that smoothly on a smooth wooden surface table
  • Gestures do not allow access to Expose

Overall rating: 6/10

Nike+ SportBand with SwitchEasy RunAway Review

Bought the Nike+ Sportband (available in Pink & Yellow) from Nike Wheellock Place in Singapore and the SwitchEasy RunAway Adapter from Epicentre which is just opposite the same Nike store.

Test setup:
iMac 24″ (Snow Leopard)
Asics Gel-Kayano 14
Nike+ Sportband
Nike+ iPod Sensor
SwitchEasy RunAway Adapter

After installing the Nike+ Utility. Connect the Nike+ SportBand Link to the USB Port on the iMac to customize settings as well as charging the battery.

Charge the Nike+ SportBand Link by connecting it to a USB port
Charge the Nike+ SportBand Link by connecting it to a USB port

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PhotoForge for iPhone

The Photoshop equivalent on the iPhone. PhotoForge provides most of the essential tools you will need to fine tune/edit photos on your iPhone. Available at the App Store for USD$2.99.

Opening an existing photo, choose the required filters.


Adjusting the Curves to improve the highlights & exposure.

Go-Vibe USB DAC Review

Bought the Go-Vibe USB DAC from jaben today and give it a try on my Apple iMac with Etymotic Research ER6.
It’s plug-n-play, detecting the USB device as “Burr-Brown Japan PCM2702”.
Sound output through the DAC sounds much crisp and cleaner compared to using the default iMac audio jack output.

System Preferences showing Go-Vibe DAC as Burr-Brown Japan PCM2702