By Ted Bade, © Copyright 2012, All Rights Reserved. Product: SkyFi Wifi to Serial Adapter Vendor: Southern Stars (http://www.southernstars.com/index.html) Price: $149.95 Introduction SkyFi is another fine product from Southern Stars, who sell SkySafari software for mobile devices and Mac computers, as well as other telescope-related hardware products. SkyFi uses WiFi to connect the RS232 control data [...]
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January 14. 2012 – SkyFi Wireless Telescope Control
Posted: January 14, 2012 by tedbade in Academia, Hardware Reviews, Space ExplorationTags: astronomy hardware, SkyFi 2012 review, SkyFi review, Southern Stars
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SkyWire Serial Accessory Review (July 11, 2011)
Posted: July 11, 2011 by tedbade in Hardware Reviews, Space ExplorationTags: connect your iPod iPad to your telescope, control a telescope with an ipod ipad, serial connection for telescope control, use SkySafari to control your telescope
By Ted Bade, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Product: SkyWire Serial Accessory Vendor: Southern Stars (http://www.southernstars.com) Price: $79.95 USD Shipping: varies according to destination SkyWire Serial Accessory is a simple cable that makes it a breeze to connect your iPad, iPod Touch, or iPhone to your computerized telescope and control it with an app called [...]
Apple 4th Generation iPod touch Review (June 1, 2011)
Posted: April 2, 2011 by Mike Hubbartt in Academia, Hardware ReviewsTags: 4th generation iPod, Apple iPod touch, iPod touch, touch
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved Apple iPod touch 32 GB 4th generation iPod Price: $299.00 From: Apple (www.apple.com) I’ve been an early adapter for several of Apple’s products. I bought (and still have) Apple’s 1st generation Shuffle, Mac Mini (G4 CPU), and AppleTV. I like them even though better versions of the [...]
AppleTV 2.0 Review (March 14, 2012)
Posted: March 26, 2011 by Mike Hubbartt in Hardware ReviewsTags: Apple TV, Apple TV 1.0 vs 2.0, apple tv 2 review, Apple TV review, AppleTV
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2012, All Rights Reserved. We bought the first generation AppleTV with a built-in 40GB hard drive as soon as it was released. With market trends driving the movie industry to start including digital copies with many new releases, it didn’t take to max out that 40GB and we wish we’d been [...]
Android Tablet vs Apple iPad (March 2, 2011)
Posted: February 7, 2011 by Mike Hubbartt in Academia, Hardware Reviews, Rants and RavesTags: Apple, Apple iPad, Freescale aPad IMX515, iPad, iPad 2.0, iPad vs Android, tablets and academics, using an Android tablet in school, using iPad in school
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. iPad versus Android What is the fuss about tablets? Do we need them? Why or why not? How much do they cost? Which one should we buy? What is the supported hardware and software? How do we get more (software and hardware)? Can the operating system be [...]
Apple TV Sales Approaching 1 Million Units (December 22, 2010)
Posted: December 22, 2010 by Mike Hubbartt in Hardware Reviews, Press AnnouncementsTags: Apple TV, Apple TV sales top 1000000, streaming video with the AppleTV
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. I bought a first gen Apple TV when they were released. My unit has a 32 GB drive and I’ve enjoyed using it from the very start. I keep my favorite movies and songs on the unit itself, streaming other content as desired. In truth I am [...]
Apple 2.26 GHz Dual Core Macbook (May 29, 2010)
Posted: May 29, 2010 by Mike Hubbartt in Hardware Reviews, ReviewsTags: dual-core Macbook, Intel processor Macbook, Mac OSX 10.6, Macbook
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. I’ve owned a number of Macs over the years – a Mac Classic, Apple IIe, PowerPC 7200/90, Mac Mini (G4 processor running Tiger), and a 20″ iMac (G5 processor running Leopard). Six months ago I decided it was time to buy a Mac with an Intel processor. [...]
