GREAT bag to travel with. 5 stars.
By Naneu well made, clever design, laptop compartment
Watch the video review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3SczrJbLz0
The Defender series is their best case, and frankly, it’s indispensable. It does add weight, but if you use your iPad the way most people do, you want to take it wherever, and be able to use it without worrying too much.
It’s a good idea to have more than one case for your iPad and iPhone, and other devices.
Skip the hemming and hawing, just go get one. You won’t regret it. BUT, to make it truly indispensable get the APPS that are perfect for you. No matter who you are or what you do, there is a perfect APP for you.
Go to the APP store, and look around. The iPad has so much utility, time saving, and entertaining merits, no review can do it justice.
There are a lot of great video cameras out there, but this is the one I use, and I like it.
I had a number of criteria to meet, including a built in hard drive, and an external memory storage as well. I wanted the “flip screen”, and small size for portability. This camera is very easy to use. You can take still shots, or switch to video easily. This allows me to take it with me almost anywhere and do a lot of stuff. I can make advertising videos for customers and my own business, and I can take photos of products.
Some have found difficulty using the videos in various video editing programs, especially iMovie on the Mac. I get around that easily by downloading a file conversion program that quickly converts the files to MPEG-4 ones that are readable by Quicktime, Real Player, Windows Media player, iMovie, and other popular programs.
If you haven’t heard of the iPod you may be living in a cave.
Keep your thousands of songs handy everywhere you go. But, that’s not all…. the iPod touch can get online, and download “apps”, giving it so many functions you’ll feel almost naked without it. Fantastic traveling companion. ( if you’re travel companions are getting on your nerves, just use the headphones and goodbye ! AHHH !
You can also get the smaller iPods, and micro iPods. You can’t go wrong either way. The little guys are great for your exercise routines, subways, etc.
A Great case for iPhone
You spent a lot of buckaroos on your trusty iPhone ( or Blackberry ), so do yourself a favor, and protect it.
This Otter Box Defender case is ideal. It’s tough, has it’s own screen protector, and covers for those vulnerable holes ( for headphones, charging ). If you travel a lot, you need this. There’s another version without the belt clip / holder, and it costs about half as much. Get it on Ebay for best price.
Otter Box makes cases for other gadgets too. Check out their website
Otter Box - durable case
It's not easy to land a fast jet, even in a good flight simulator
You can fly anywhere in the world, in any weather, and hundreds of different kinds of aircraft. Plus, you can get out real charts like I do, learn all the instruments, ILS system ( Instrument landing ), antique airplanes, big jets, fighters, sea planes, and so much more.
Check out this site www.livingpictures.org/flightsimulator.htm
And, that’s not all..
You can join an online airline, fly schedules, and fly online with other seasoned (real) pilots and aircraft controllers who like flight simming as a hobby.
Many flight simulator aircraft are modeled by professional engineers and pilots, and for that reason many of them are very accurate. If you don’t know what you’re doing, you’ll crash for sure. In modern aviation simulators are used extensively, especially for large or fast aircraft. Sure, it’s “just” a simulator, but this one’s very good if you use all its features and set up the highest realism settings.
Check it out.
Price: Software is very cheap, like 30 bucks or so on Ebay or eslewhere. But get the pedals and yoke, or at the least a very good joystick. Most modern computers can run it just fine. I use the iMac 24 inch in windows mode. Get a good video card and at least 2GB of Ram.
Yokes and pedals vary. Buy used if you can ( you know, “junior” just had to have it for Christmas, but it sat in the closet for 3 years) If you have lots of bucks, you can go h0g-wild and set up your whole garage with a full motion simulator based on FSX.
see: www.redbirdflight.com I tried one of these… Now, THAT’s fun. Holy cow. 180 degree, 7 screen visual, full size professional controls and seats, and it MOVES !!
*I want one now.
Flight Simulator accessories
Get a yoke, bloke ! you can’t fly with a mouse and keyboards. Both CH Products and Saitek make excellent stuff like yokes, pedals, instrument panels, and joystics.
Pedals – a must. airplanes have rudders, and there’s a reason for that.
Get some Sectional charts. Old ones are fine for sim flying, just get as recent as you can find. Try Ebay for all of this stuff. prices are great but do some research.
"No fluff, no gruff, just good stuff"
The Kindle eBook reader; YES
I’m sure you’ve heard of the Kindle. It’s in it’s second version now. I have a close friend who LOVES it. It saves her so much time, and money. It’s easy to use, too. No color, but most books aren’t in color anyway. Great for travel, such as in airplanes and trains. Besides downloadable books, you can also get a pretty good selection of research papers and out of print books.
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The new Intel chip iMac is a true wonder machine, and of course MacBook Pro and Mac Pro OMG !
When you switch to Mac you don’t look back………
“And oooh, what great designs you have !”
One used to be limited to one or the other, but now you can have 2 computers in one with Mac Intel. Keep your Windows software, if you still want any of it Do you have some Windows software you need to run, for pleasure or business? Load up Windows in a separate section of your computer, and boom ! 2 computers. And, the Mac runs Windows better than your typical PC, much more stable.
I run Flight Simulator X on my 3.06 GHZ 24 ” iMac 2 GB RAM,. It runs great. I also have a number of other software packages I use Windows for from time to time.
But, the real glory of iMac and Mac Pro is speed, superb stability, and FANTASTIC operating system. I used to spend over 100 hours per year, sometimes more, just dealing with Windows and PC problems. GONE, thanks to Apple. I love my Mac ! You can “deal” with a PC, but with a Mac you’ll be in love. a few more reasons; Garage Band, iMovie, iPhoto, sexy looks, works with all Apple gear like iPhone, iPod, iPad, etc, and a home stereo, video system as well, and the AirPort…
If you haven’t done it Jack, just get a Mac !