Groovy Gadgets
New Apple Portables
For more info on all things Apple, visit www.apple.com.au
iBook
The iBook is the small white laptop I will haveon the show on Tuesday 19/6/01.
Comes standard with iMovie, iTunes and iTools. Also with a firewire port and USB port allowing users to plug into a wide number of peripherals such as joysticks, MP3 players, digital video cameras etc.
The prices for the iBook and the relevant specifications are as follows:
- iBook 500 MHz/64MB/10G/CD/Firewire/Dual USB - retails for $2995
- iBook 500 MHz/128MB/10G/DVD/Firewire/Dual USB - retails for $3395 (this includes the DVD player)
- iBook 500 Mhz/128MB/10G/CDRW-DVD/Firewire/Dual USB - retails for $3995 this model includes the nifty combo drive allowing users to read CD's, burn CD's, as well as play DVD's.
The Titanium PowerBook
The Titanium unit is the silver one that you had on the show Tuesday 5/6/01 (when I called it the iBook!) and Tuesday 11/6/01.
It's made from 100% pure commercial grade titanium, and is one of the lighted and sleekest portable units on the market. The prices for the Titanium and the relevant specifications are as follows:
- PowerBook Titanium G4/400MHz/128MB/10G/DVD-ROM/Firewire/ - retails for $5494
- PowerBook Titanium G4/500MHz/256 MB/20G/DVD-ROM/Firewire/ - retails for $7495
For all the info on Apple, visit www.apple.com.au
Handspring
New groovy portable digital assistant (PDA)
- 1.1cm deep and 136 grams.
- Slide on modules turn the Handspring into an MP3 player, digital camera, wireless modem.
- Slide on modules coming in the future include pagers, phones, games, ebooks and GPS!
- All the usual PDA features like ToDo, Calendar, AddressBook
- Distributed in Australia by Vodafone.
Prices:
Visor Edge = $999 metal case.. 12k addresses, 10yrs appointments,
metallic red, silver, blue. $349 for the 2mb Visor. - half as many
contents.
http://www.handspring.com/au
AceCat Flair Tablet
Use this in place of your mouse - it's the size of a mouse mat, but you can draw on it, and whatever you draw is shown on your computer screen.
Now you can easily & naturally draw freehand, write, sign, sketch, trace
pictures, retouch photos with personal style. The Acecat Flair is a
cordless, pressure sensitive pen & tablet. $148
http://www.dse.com.au
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