To promote five years of App Store goodness, Apple is giving away for free the top apps and games. I’m not sure how long this promotion will run, so you might want to take advantage of it while you can.
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15 Years of Apple Home Pages.
So Apple stock is down today, and everyone is acting like the world is ending. Frankly I think everyone is going through a “Chicken Little” syndrome and running around shouting “The sky is falling”. Apple’s stock dropped ten percent, but it is still a thousand times better than it was 20 years ago. And while Apple is selling less computers, they are selling a ton of phones, tablets, and other devices. And yes Samsung is taking a bite out of Apple’s cell phone market share, but it doesn’t mark the beginning of the end for Apple.
I’m not an Apple fan-boy by any means but the fact is they do make a superior product that exemplifies good design, easy of use, and seamless compatibility with all Apple products. So before everyone freaks out and sends Apple to it’s premature grave, take a look at 15 years of Apple home pages, and take note of all the killer products they have released in that time.
<div style=”margin-bottom:5px”> <strong> <a href=”http://www.slideshare.net/choehn/15-years-of-applecom-15990876″ title=”15 Years of Apple's Homepage” target=”_blank”>15 Years of Apple's Homepage</a> </strong> from <strong><a href=”http://www.slideshare.net/choehn” target=”_blank”>Charlie Hoehn</a></strong> </div>
Monday Want. Symbol Audio’s Modern Record Console.
I’ve always been fascinated with old school stereo console units. Especially mid-century ones that had a sleek modern look to them. There is something about the self-contained entertainment console with sturdy wood construction that appeals to me. It probably has something to do with my obsession about not seeing any cords, or wires.
Symbol Audio is resurrecting the stereo console in a very upscale and stylish way with units like the Modern Record Console which pays homage to all in one console hifi systems of the 1950’s and early 1960’s.
Modern Record Console is a hand-built stereo designed by Blake Tovin and Matt Richmond. It features things like a custom designed hand-wired tube amplifier, wireless connectivity, a carbon fiber tonearm fitted with a Sumiko Blue Point #2 cartridge for playing vinyl and two 6.5” full range speakers. All of this is stored inside of a steel and wood cabinet that looks absolutely fantastic with clean lines and a deep walnut finish.
Like the flagship Modern Record Console, Symbol Audio also produces a table top stereo and a record cabinet for holding your vinyl, and CD collections. Both units are equally well designed and built. You can see the entire collection here.
Want… Finite Elemente Horizontal 51 iPhone Speaker Shelf.
My friend Stephan sent me an email last night about a number of iPhone accessories that he thought I should own, and out of all of them there is one I was really impressed with.
The Finite Elemente Horizontal 51 is a floating wall mounted shelf that contains an amplifier, iPhone/iPod dock, USB connector, and composite video output to connect to your TV, and a remote control port on the face so you can control your iPhone. This thing would be perfect if it had HDMI output for HD streaming to your flat screen TV set. The shelf contains two speakers with woofers on the underside of the shelf.
The speakers are powered by two 50 watt amps with built in power overload protection. Those amps drive two speakers with a dynamic range of 50 – 25.000 Hz (-6 dB). Not huge specs, but good enough for light music listening in an office or small room environment.
Winner of a prestigious Red Dot best of the Best award for 2011, the Finite Elemente Horizontal 51, is well deserving. A simple, clean, elegant solution that lets you fill your house with portable music. The shelf itself can hold up to 55 pounds which is more than enough to hold all your nicknacks and or home theater AV gear.
While this isn’t a perfect solution, it’s a great start. I’d love to see built in WiFi with support for Airplay, HDMI input/outputs, with support for other devices. There is plenty of room on the back of this shelf to allow it to act like a home theater bridge between your iDevice, cable box, Google TV or Apple TV and so much more.
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