This week’s Mac Roundtable is hosted by:
Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast podfeet.com @podfeet
Katie Floyd of the Mac Power Users macpowerusers.com @katiefloyd
Don McAllister of Screencasts Online at screencastsonline.com @donmcallister
Adam Christianson of the MacCast at maccast.com @maccast
Jonathan Cost of Mac Tips Daily at thinkmac.net @mactipsdaily
Deals Deals Deals
* Amazon Prime amazon.com/prime
Deal Websites:
* DealBrothers dealbrothers.com
* DealMac dealmac.com
Coupon Sites
* Dealcoupon dealcoupon.com
* Retailmenot.com retailmenot.com
* MacZot, maczot.com
* MacUpdate Promo, mupromo.com
Bundles:
* MacHeist macheist.com
* TheMacBundles themacbundles.com
Other:
* Camel,Camel, Camel – FireFox plugin for Amazon.com (Firefox add-on – Price watcher – camelcamelcamel.com
* Woot, http://www.woot.com
* Apple Refurb Store
* Third Party Online Authorized Resellers MacMall
* Bing Cashback – bing.com
Turn by Turn GPS for the iPhone
Price when compared to stand alone systems? – Worth It?
Pay as you go subscription (AT&T Navigator $9.95) or buy an app with Maps. if you lose your connection you have no maps!
No background Apps on iPhone causes problems? Disconnect when calls?
iGoMyWay “http://www.igomyway.com/en/ $80 North American Version, $90 Europe, $70 Western Europe, not Jonathan’s favorite
Tom Tom $100 US iphone.tomtom.com
Navigon – steered Jonathan wrong! navigon.com
Why not just buy a standalone unit like a Garmin?
Or why not the built in Google Maps on the iPhone? (except for not being able to be hands free)
Sygic is Jonathan’s favorite on features (but not fond of the interface) sygic.com
Ped3 – thoughtout.biz
Griffin Window Seat – griffintechnology.com
AppleTV Love it or Hate it?
Allison hates hers…
Is it because she’s hacked it with ATVFlash? atvflash.com
You just need to use it like Steve tells you, Katie and Adam love theirs
Boxee boxee.tv
Plex – plexapp.com
Picks
Allison – Brando Mini-mic for the iPhone and iPod Touch – $14 – brando.com
Don – Ecamm Skype Call Recorder Ecamm.com – $19.95
Jonathan – Epson Picturemate Charm $149 epson.com
Katie – Airport Express – apple.com/airportexpress
Adam – TVClean, tvclean.co.uk or US sister site
Maria Langer recently completed her latest course for lynda.com, Office 2008 for Mac: Small Business Projects, and joins us to talk about why she decided to create a tool kit for small businesses. Maria discusses the project basis of the training, how you can take what you need from it, but will want to at least watch every lesson to get the full benefit. Focusing on specialized tasks in Word, Excel, Entourage and PowerPoint, Maria also adds in the importance of design elements, branding and fiscal responsibility as she walks you through everything from mail merge, managing projects, flyer creation, loan amortization and much more.
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