Mark Fuccio, Senior Director for Data Robotics, returns to introduce yet another new Drobo product, and this time he brought friends. Colleen Kelly and Alex Lindsay join in to discuss the new DroboPro FS in particular, and Drobo’s reliability and expandability in general. The DroboPro FS offers redundant gigabit Ethernet connectivity, expandability up to 16TB, and the new Drobo Sync that simplifies backup to a remote DroboPro FS. Colleen and Alex cover what this all means from the video professional’s perspective, and how it compares with other, less elegant and much more expensive solutions. The flavors, characteristics and dangers of RAID enter into the conversation, and are compared with Drobo’s BeyondRAID feature set that solves many of the problems. Things get geeky as the group enter into why the cloud isn’t appropriate for all kinds and volumes of data generated by some projects, and how the DroboFS Pro addresses the needs of those with secure and high capacity storage needs.
MacVoices #10113: Mark Fuccio, Colleen Kelly and Alex Lindsay Introduce the New DroboPro FS
MacVoices #10112: Joe Kissell Returns to Take Control of Mail in iOS 4 for iPhone and iPod touch
Joe Kissell returns from a well-justified four-month hiatus to talk about his latest book, Take Control of Mail on the iPhone and iPod touch, iOS 4 Edition. Yes, the title is a mouthful; Joe explains why it was necessary to accurately reflect the contents of the book, and why it will eventually change. If you thought the unified In-Box in Mail in iOS 4 was the only enhancement, think again. Joe reviews some of the other new features, including moving messages between accounts, the four different ways to access your Gmail account, working with MobilMe’s mail on your iOS4 iDevice, using your own domain or other email service with Mail, and much more.
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MacNotables #1034: Dennis Sellers Covers Recent Developments in the Online Video Market, the iPad vs. All Comers and More
Dennis Sellers of Macsimum News and MacNews updates us on the impending combination of both sites before providing some insight into recent developments in the online video arena. Apple TVs are starting to arrive in customer’s hands, but several networks have expressed their disinterest in Apple’s new video rental model. Just to make things more interesting, Hulu has announced they are coming to Roku and TiVo, but not Apple TV. Dennis discusses what it all means for the Apple TV’s success potential, and for your viewing habits. On the subject of competition for Apple, the Blackberry Playbook and Samsung Galaxy Tab have been announced. How do that stack up…or do they? All of this and more are part of the conversation with Dennis.
MacVoices #10111: Mitch Goldstone of ScanMyPhotos.com Talks About Their Affordable, Easy and Quality Photo Scanning Service
ScanMyPhotos President and CEO Mitch Goldstone has been getting plenty of press recently about his photo scanning service. ScanMyPhotos is being talked about as service to use to digitize your old photos. Mitch outlines the process and options, including shipping, scanning and the value-add services they offer. Your photos can be reoriented, enhanced, archived and even printed and bound if you desire. Don’t want to wait a month for your photos to be scanned? No problem. ScanMyPhotos’ “Fill the Box” option is perhaps the fastest and most affordable way you will ever find to take all those old shoeboxes of photos and move them to the digital age, where they can be duplicated, uploaded and protected. Mitch reviews it all, and receives an enthusiastic endorsement from host Chuck Joiner.
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MacVoices #10110: Erik Bernskiold Wraps Up photokina
Erik Bernskiold of Bernskiold Media spent some time at photokina in Germany last week, and tells us about the focus on digital still photography at one of the year’s largest technology events. Erik picks some of his show favorites, talks about the one who wasn’t there, how 3D will or won’t impact home TV viewing, and why he felt out of place with an iPhone.