CES and Thunderbolt
At CES, a large number of companies were introducing their Thunderbolt devices. As with previous innovative interface technology that Apple pioneered, the equipment was a bit slow to appear, but 2012 seems to be the year of Thunderbolt.
Elgato releases Thunderbolt SSD
Elgato is announcing the Elgato Thunderbolt SSD, a portable high-speed storage solution. The Elgato Thunderbolt SSD combines a fast and reliable solid-state drive with Thunderbolt technology. Housed in a nicely designed metal enclosure, the high-speed drive draws its power directly through the Thunderbolt port without needing a separate power supply. The device will be available in February.
Review: Sonnet Echo Thunderbolt adapter
The Sonnet Thunderbolt adapter makes use of ExpressCard/34 technology to interface with existing devices. There are ExpressCards for FireWire 800, USB 2 and 3, eSATA, and even ones to quickly offload CompactFlash cards and other media.
Doxie Go + Wi-Fi bundle available
Apparent adds Wi-Fi to Doxie at Macworld | iWorld 2012. The Doxie Go document scanner now scans anywhere and syncs scans wirelessly to Mac, PC, iOS, and the cloud.
Review: Ergonis Typinator 5
Ergonis just released Typinator 5, their text expansion app. The major new feature is undoubtedly scripting support, which enables users to create generic and versatile text snippets. Using a simple inclusion mechanism based on files in an “Include” folder, text expansions can execute external scripts and include their results in the expansion. But that’s not all.
Doxie Go gets OCR capability
Apparent’s Doxie Go document scanner software is now fully OCR capable. I was skeptical of the results, but Apparent once again surprised me.
