Macworld Wrap-up
Now that Macworld Expo is over, most of us are home and recovering. Travel at SFO was difficult for most people, with bad weather canceling flights and extra security slowing things down. My flight, which went through Atlanta, was canceled due to snow. Luckily I was able to get rerouted on a different flight through Charlotte and I got home at 1AM last night, with my luggage several pounds heavier and bursting from the seams with swag.
This year’s show had more exhibitors and a bigger crowd than last year, yet there was nothing as revolutionary as the iPhone.
Best Mac not from Apple : Axiotron is now shipping their ModBook, which they first announced at least year’s expo.
Best product for photographers: Eye Fi, a 2GB SD card with built-in Wifi that can upload directly to Flickr & other photo sharing services from your camera without the use of a computer.
Best iPhone case: I have a collection of rejected iPhone cases that broke or I found too bulky or inconvenient to use. I finally found one I can live with: Capsule iPhone along with Vision Clip from SwitchEasy. This is a hard case that isn’t too bulky yet offers good protection and looks nice. The optional Vision Clip holster offers extra protection and holds it securely yet allows fast & convenient access.
Best Display: Apple’s MacBook Air ‘floating in air’.
Best Game: Guitar Hero 3, by Aspyr. It looks and plays as good as any console game. It also drew the biggest crowds.
Best place to buy accessories: Dr. Bott, with popular iPod & iPhone accessories, laptop cases, microphones, and earphones from lots of manufacturers.
Most attractive input devices: Kensington keyboards & mice are simply gorgeous.
Best way to get people to watch demos: Google gave out cards that you got stamped after seeing four different demos to get free swag.
Best Browser: Flock had a booth and was demonstrating lots of neat features. I decided to give Flock another try and I found that I like it.
Things that make you go huh?: Is this some kind of ‘Engrish’?
Biggest Monitor: NEC showed a 40″ curved monitor with a resolution equivalent to two MacBook Pro screens side by side.
Most innovative demo disks Rogue Amoeba gave out Live Discs with demos of their applications. It contains an application that will display the newest version of the applications, downloading a newer version from the web if one is available.
Best Vaporware: EA was showing Spore, which has been in development for 4 years and is scheduled to ship sometime this year.
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