MacVoices #860 [6:31m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In response to on-site questions at Macworld Conference & Expo and emails since returning home, Chuck Joiner reviews the gear that was used during the week on the ground in San Francisco to produce MacVoices’ coverage of the show.

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 MacVoices #859 [4:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

As the show floor closes (literally), Chuck Joiner takes a few moments to say thanks to the people who made this year’s unprecedented MacVoices’ coverage of Macworld Conference & Expo the best around.

 

 MacVoices #858 [8:09m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Christian Pickman of Micromat explains why he’s wearing a Macworld badge that proclaims him the “Love Ninja” of Micromat, then puts on his Product Manager hat to talk about the current version of TechTool Pro, their flagship hard drive utility and the new version of Protoge. Christian talks about why TechTool Pro is just as important as a preventative tool as a recovery tool, the history of the Protge and what it offers when trying to recover from a hard drive problem.
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 MacVoices #857 [6:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

ifrogz scored two “Best of Show” awards at Expo for their audiowrapz cases for iPod. In a world full of iPod case options, the audiowrapz is unique in that it offers a speaker built in to the case for casual listening without headphones. Jeff Morgan, Vice President of Sales for iFrogz talks about this unique feature and a price point that is competitive with a regular case. Jeff also covers their custom-designed cases, their 3-in-1 armband case and their new Vibez portable mini-speaker.
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 MacVoices #856 [8:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Chris Celeste of Dr. Bott discusses their offerings of USB hubs and repeaters, explaining why not all hubs are created equal and why you get what you pay for. Chris profiles the powered and ultra-portable hubs offered by Dr. Bott and their uses. Chris also talks about their Super-Extender that lets you place your monitor farther away from your computer in retail and presentation settings.

 

 MacVoices #855 [5:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Comfort is the word for iMuffs, Wi-Gear’s bluetooth headphone solution. Mark Pundsack, the President and CEO of Wi-Gear talks about the feature set of their product, including, comfort, battery life, sound quality, convenience of charging and why you need a bluetooth adapter, even witt the iPhone.

 

 MacVoices #854 [6:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We finally caught up with John Grzeskowiak of RadTech as a busy Expo was winding down and he talked about why the Radtech booth had to have more product shipped in because of the popularity of the iPhone and iPod touch. John also talks about RadTech’s newest products include the Otterbox and Defender waterproof and water-resistant cases for your iPod touch and iPhone, and what their best-selling products were at the show.

 

 MacVoices #853 [11:19m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Director of Marketing Jean McDonald of SmileOnMyMac talks about what was hot in their booth at Expo. Jean reviews the capabilities of PDFPen, a Best of Show award winner, and why PDFs are becoming more and more important. The other product in demand was DiscLabel 5 and Jean talks about why their customers love the options it offers to create custom labels for their CDs and DVDs, and her recommended method of labeling your media.

 

 MacVoices #852 [6:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

John Chaffee of BusyMac talks about BusySync, an add-on to iCal that lets you sync your calendar over your local network, and now can sync your iCal with Google Calendar. With automatic user recognition, complete control of read and write priveleges, BusySync includes access privileges, SSL encryption, BusySync fills in many of the missing pieces of iCal. John talks about his team’s experience as part of the team that developed another popular Mac calendaring system and also offers MacVoices’ listeners a 20% discount on BusySync…but you have to listen to get the code.

 

 MacVoices #851 [5:02m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Bob Leeds of Insider Software talks about his surprise at the interest from the enterprise market, especially for Smasher, their “IT manager in a box.”. Bob also explains why you need their Font Agent Pro Server, and how the new version of Font Agent Pro 4 offers a variety of new capabilities, including helping you choose the right font for the right project, helps you find matching fonts, manages font activation and much more.