MWSF10: O'Grady's Best in Show
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Yapper - Also a Macworld pick, this excellent service creates a native iPhone app out of any RSS feed and submits it to Apple for approval. Simply fill out a form with a RSS URL, description, upload an icon and a splash screen and the service does the rest. It regularly costs $499, but is only $99 through February 19, 2010 as a Macworld show special. That's right, you can have your own iPhone app for less than $100. You can add push notifications for another $49 and $99 gets you an Android version.
DJay 3.0 - Version 2.0 of this excellent DJ software was one of my show picks in 2009 and this year's definitely update earns 3.0 a spot on the podium. In addition to mixing, blending and scratching music tracks from your iTunes library, DJay 3.0 adds auto-cut scratching, a killer feature that automatically applies the pattern of the currently playing song to your scratches in real-time. Simply drag two fingers up and down on the trackpad while holding the "c" (fast) or the "v" (slow) key on the keyboard to transform and scratch like a pro. This feature is mind blowing on the MacBook's multi-touch trackpad and alone is worth the $49 price tag. DJay is perfect for any DJ that doesn't want to buy a lot of equipment and/or buck up for Serato Scratch Live, which can set you back more than a grand (once you add a mixer).
Bonus points to:
- KB Covers' keyboard skin for DJay 2, which has all the shortcuts for DJay printed on top of a $30 keyboard skin (their Serato Scratch Live 2.0 skin comes out in March)
- Vestax Spin, DJay 3’s $250 dedicated controller allows you to control and cue tracks with two touch sensor platters that emulate turntables.
- the upcoming DJay Remote app will let you connect to your iTunes library and mix from your iPhone
A bunch more after the jump...
Thermapak Heatshift – This $25 cooling pad dissipates heat from the bottom of your MacBook while you're using it on your lap. I combine mine with a Podium Coolpad for the ultimate cooling for those late night work sessions on the couch.
iTouchGloves – These fashionable leather gloves work effortlessly with the screen on the iPhone and iPod Touch (great for people in the east, like me). The best part is that just a slight touch works, no hard pressing needed.
TruePower IV Pro - This update to my favorite iPhone battery is a 3100 mAH iPhone battery with faster charging and a mini-USB instead of the dock port found on the previous model. What I'm really looking forward to is the IV Plus, which combines a battery, case, LED flash and infrared remote in one slick package. It will reportedly start shipping in the second quarter of 2010 for around US$130.
Shure SRH750 DJ Headphones - I liked the SRH240 ($59) headphones that came in my speaker bag so much that I sought out the even nicer SRH750 DJ headphones in the Shure booth. The $149 DJ phones rock a 50mm driver and comfortable, padded ear cups that swivel 90 degrees for one ear monitoring while mixing.
Lotus Symphony 3 Beta 2 - Based on current OpenOffice.org 3 code stream this free office suite features a capable word processor and spreadsheet. Lotus Symphony 3 Beta 2 features a ton of new features including support for Visual Basic Macros, OLE Objects, embedded audio/video, enhanced support for Microsoft Office 2007 files and OpenOffice.org file formats.
Square – A new startup by Twitter co-founder and chairman Jack Dorsey. Square provides a tiny square device that plugs into your iPhone headphone port and allows you to accept payment cards with no contracts, monthly fees, or hidden costs. Imagine being able to accept a credit card for something you sold on Craigslist or during your huge spring garage sale. Just buy their $1 app, sign up for an account and they will send you a card swiper dongle. Square handles the processing and payments and takes a 2.9% cut of sales where the card is present and 3.5% when the card number is manually entered. Available in "early summer."
Bonus picks:
- Mophie's marketplace iPhone case/credit card swiper - coming soon
- Linea Pro - Portable barcode reader and magstripe reader for the iPhone/iPod touch. This is the card swiper that Apple now uses to accept payments in its retail stores.
I guess that's it. Please add your show picks in the TalkBack below.