Macworld Reviews and First Looks

Timeline 2.1.3

Timeline lets you quickly, and easily, create attractive visual timelines.

Review: LaCie Portable DVD±RW with LightScribe, Design by Sam HechtLaCie’s Portable DVD±RW with LightScribe, Design by Sam Hecht, is one product where style and weight trumped speed and (to a certain extent) sturdiness. Even so, it’s the portable DVD burner of choice for MacBook Air owners.
Review: Ci70 Wireless Desktop Set keyboard and mouseFocus on the Ci70 Wireless Desktop Set's fine feel and convenient function keys and you'll find it's a solid desktop companion for your laptop—and if style matters to you, you can get the Ci70 in black to match your high-end MacBook or titanium to match your MacBook Pro.

Latest Reviews and First Looks

Timeline 2.1.3
Timeline lets you quickly, and easily, create attractive visual timelines.
Review: LaCie Portable DVD±RW with LightScribe, Design by Sam Hecht
LaCie’s Portable DVD±RW with LightScribe, Design by Sam Hecht, is one product where style and weight trumped speed and (to a certain extent) sturdiness. Even so, it’s the portable DVD burner of choice for MacBook Air owners.
Review: Ci70 Wireless Desktop Set keyboard and mouse
Focus on the Ci70 Wireless Desktop Set's fine feel and convenient function keys and you'll find it's a solid desktop companion for your laptop—and if style matters to you, you can get the Ci70 in black to match your high-end MacBook or titanium to match your MacBook Pro.
iPhone apps help your friends find you
A slew of iPhone apps aim to solve the problem of explaining to your friends exactly where you are.
Review: Ci95m Wireless Mouse with Nano Receiver
The Kensington Ci95m Wireless Mouse with Nano Receiver is great if you’re looking for a mouse that is light and easy to carry around. If you crave innovative buttons that facilitate different functions on your computer, you may want to look elsewhere. But as an everyday travel mouse, the modestly priced Ci95m is a great investment.
Review: Eponyms for iPhone
Eponyms provides a searchable catalog of more than 1,600 medical eponyms. It’s an invaluable tool for any iPhone user working in healthcare.
AudialHub 1.07
Looking for an easy way to convert audio files? The folks who brought us the excellent VisualHub have applied their considerable conversion talents to the field of audio with AudialHub.
Review: JVC Everio GZ-HD5 HD camcorder
JVC’s Everio GZ-HD5 is a digital camcorder that uses three charge-coupled devices (CCDs) to record high-definition video to its built-in 60GB hard drive. The quality of the video captured on the GZ-HD5 was decent (though we’ve seen better), and the quirky methods necessary to transfer the video to your Mac are far from elegant.
Review: KidsGoGoGo 12.6
KidsGoGoGo is a parental control and Internet filtering program that can block Web access as well as allow you to set time restrictions on Web browsers and applications. It has a few features that complement Mac OS X 10.5’s Parental Controls. But its outdated interface, odd feature execution, and a general feeling of inattentiveness from the developer detract from its usefulness.
Review: BeatMaker for iPhone
This application from Intua is no stripped-down mobile app. The music maker boasts a number of remarkable features that make it quite unlike any other iPhone app, though it remains a work in progress.
Review: Unit conversion apps for the iPhone
The App Store offers plenty of unit-conversion programs for your iPhone or iPod touch. Which one should you pick? The decision comes down to the app’s interface—whether it’s simple to use and navigate or too cumbersome.
Chess Classics for iPhone
Gameloft doesn’t just give you chess but also backgammon in this game for the iPhone and iPod touch. The game makes up for interface problems and unimpressive graphics by offering you many different options.
Review: ContentBarrier X4
With ContentBarrier X4, you can set up user restrictions for Internet access, block Web sites, limit instant messaging, and maintain activity logs to get an idea of what people are doing.
Stay-at-home mobile accessories
Most laptop gear is designed to enhance your mobile life, but what about all those hours you spend using your portable at home? Today’s Mobile Mac takes a look at a couple laptop accessories for your humble abode.
Review: Epocrates Rx for iPhone
After letting Windows Mobile and Palm OS users access therapeutic data on their handheld devices, Epocrates brings its extensive drug database to iPhone users.
Review: Secret keeper apps for the iPhone
Several programs for the iPhone and iPod touch are designed to help you keep your confidential data confidential. Rob Griffiths focuses on three contenders—LockBox, eWallet, and SplashID.
Review: Todo 1.1.1 for iPhone and iPod touch
Todo occupies an appealing middle ground between simple to-do-list trackers and complex project-management apps.
Review: MotionX Poker for iPhone
This hybrid of poker and Yahtzee makes use of the accelerometer in your iPhone or iPod touch to create a game that’s beguilingly addicting.
Wrapping up the Summer of Mac Gems ’08
The Summer of Mac Gems series started back in June and ended 43 programs later. Our regular, twice-a-week Mac Gems column will resume next week. Until then, we have three promising prospects you can try.
Review: Labyrinth for iPhone
Using some simple but effective graphics and the iPhone’s accelerometer, this mobile version of the classic trap game is fabulous fun.