Tag Archives: Frank Petrie

Freshly Squeezed Reviews: For You ToGo

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Moon Doggy

Review by Frank Petrie
Product: Zagat ToGo
Author: Handmark, Inc. <mobile.zagat.com/iphone.htm>
Requirements: iPhone?, iPod Touch
App Price: $9.99
Test Rig: iPhone 3Gs
Food, food, glorious food. From the finest dining experience to the most satisfying of burgers, we all crave one type or another. And when that craving hits – where to go? What type? Chinese, Italian, Mediterranean? I don’t want [...]

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Freshly Squeezed Reviews: First and Goal

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Moon Doggy

Review by Frank Petrie
Product: Speedback
Author: Skyworks Interactive, Inc. <www.skyworks.com/iphone/>
Requirements: iPhone, iPod Touch
Price: $0.99 (Limited Time Sale Price)
Test Rig: iPhone 3G/16GB
The Super Bowl has come and gone. I do have baseball beginning — my favorite sport. But what if I crave a little pigskin from time to time?
“Think YOU have what it takes to make first-string? [...]

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Freshly Squeezed Reviews: Go Ahead and Squeeze Me

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Moon Doggy

Review by Frank Petrie
Product: Sorenson Squeeze 6
Author:  Sorenson Media <www.sorensonmedia.com/>
Requirements: Intel-based processor; Mac OS 10.4 or later; 512 MB RAM; 120 MB available hard drive space; QuickTime 7.2 or later
Price:  $799.00US; Squeeze 6 for Flash $499US
Test Rig: MacBook Pro 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 5GB RAM
For all of you videographers, I think you will agree [...]

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Freshly Squeezed Reviews: Ring in the New Year

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Moon Doggy

Review by Frank Petrie
Product: RingtoneStudio 2
Author: PocketMac
Requirements: working copy of iTunes, 90 day money back guarantee
Price: $19.95
Test Rig: 13″ MacBook Pro, iPhone 3Gs
Ringtones. You either pay for them or you use another piece of software, then go through about a dozen or so steps to create exactly what you wanted. But suppose that you could [...]

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Freshly Squeezed Reviews: Touch Me, Touch Me, Touch Me

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Moon Doggy

Review by Frank Petrie
Product: ProTouch
Author: iSkin <http://www.iskin.com/protouch_apple_keyboard/>
Requirements: MacBook/Pro/Air, Aluminum wired/Wireless keyboard, Aluminum wired (with numerical keypad)
Price: $24.99, $34.99
Test Rig: 13″ MacBook Pro
Keyboards. Dirty fingers covered with lunch grease, skin oils and heat-seeking cats can really turn them into a real mess over time. Enter ProTouch by iSkin.

“The all-new line of ProTouch® Keyboard Protectors for Apple [...]

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Freshly Squeezed Reviews: A Mac Diet

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Moon Doggy

Review by Frank Petrie
Product: Xslimmer 1.7
Author: LateNiteSoft <www.xslimmer.com>
Requirements: OS X 10.3.9 minimum
Price: $14.95
Test Rig: 13″ MacBook Pro; 5GB RAM; Mac OS X 10.6
Ahh, fall is here and Snow Leopard is in the air. But before you install/upgrade, you should really do a few things first. Naturally, perform a back up – RIGHT!? But then root [...]

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Freshly Squeezed Reviews: Pro But …

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Moon Doggy

A review by Frank Petrie
Product: Goaaal!
Author: Skyworks Interactive, Inc. <www.skyworks.com>
Requirements: iPhone, iPod Touch
Price: $1.99
Test Rig: iPhone 3G/16GB
Once again I’m writing a review of a Skyworks game. But this time it’s not an arcade game. It’s a soccer shoot out.

“In Goaaal!, you’ll use all your flicking kicking skills to score as many shots as you can. [...]

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Freshly Squeezed Reviews: Can You Type Like I Type?

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Moon Doggy

Review by Frank Petrie
Product: MacSpeech Dictate
Author:  MacSpeech  <www.macspeech.com>
Requirements:  Intel-based Mac; Mac OS X 10.5.2 or greater, Mac OS X 10.4.11; Internet connection required for product registration; MacSpeech-certified noise-cancelling microphone (included).
Price:  $199.00
Test Rig: MacBook 1.83Mhz; 4GB RAM
Probably the last world of technology to be perfected will be speech technology. And we’re getting much closer than we [...]

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Freshly Squeezed Reviews: My Ears Rejoice!

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Moon Doggy

Review by Frank Petrie
Product: AstoundStereo
Author: Speck <www.astoundstereo.com>
Requirements:  Leopard (10.5.1) or higher; 1 GHz Intel or PPC (G5)  processor; 1 GB RAM; Stereo audio output; Internet access
Price:  $24.95
Test Rig: MacBook 1.83Mhz
Sound processing is usually met with about the same success rate as 3D visuals. Sometimes worse. Cold and sterile. The only company that has been fairly [...]

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