Mobile Magazine » ion audio http://www.mobilemag.com Gadgets, Smartphones, Android Tablets, iPhone, iPad and all the latest tech you'd expect. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:33:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Retro Game Dock for iPad http://www.mobilemag.com/2012/07/21/convert-ipad-into-retro-video-game-machine-with-gamedock/ http://www.mobilemag.com/2012/07/21/convert-ipad-into-retro-video-game-machine-with-gamedock/#comments Sat, 21 Jul 2012 10:03:49 +0000 Michael Kwan http://www.mobilemag.com/?p=135483 Yes, we already know about the iCade, but what about the nostalgic value of curling up with your favorite NES title from the 80s? The newest creation is called the GameDock and it effectively lets you convert your iPhone, iPad or iPad touch into a retro video game console

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Yes, we already know about the iCade and Ouya, but what about the nostalgic value of curling up with your favorite NES title from the 80s? The newest creation is called the GameDock and it effectively lets you convert your iPhone, iPad or iPad touch into a retro video game console, complete with two player support and HDTV output.

The dock itself looks relatively simple with a place to dock your device. In the front, there are two USB ports that can easily accept modified NES-style controllers for two players. And then around the back is the HDMI output to connect to your HDTV. The developers took advantage of the pre-existing Bluetooth input standard from the Ion Audio iCade, since it already provides support for over 100 iOS games.

You can check out the Kickstarter page for more information and to pledge your cash. The $100 early bird is sold out, but if you pledge at least $125, they’ll send you a ready-to-play GameDock complete with the two retro USB controllers and an HDMI adapter. Bump that up to $150 and you’ll get “a bundle of games” too. They’ve set a funding goal of $50,000 and with 27 days to go, they’re already up over $40,000 in pledges.

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]]> http://www.mobilemag.com/2012/07/21/convert-ipad-into-retro-video-game-machine-with-gamedock/feed/ 0 Ion Book Scanner digitizes your 200-page books in 15 minutes for eReading http://www.mobilemag.com/2011/01/12/ions-book-saver-book-scanner-scans-200-page-books-in-15-minutes/ http://www.mobilemag.com/2011/01/12/ions-book-saver-book-scanner-scans-200-page-books-in-15-minutes/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:52:55 +0000 Michael Kwan http://www.mobilemag.com/?p=112580 Thanks to the rising popularity of devices like the Kobo and Kindle, more and more people are starting to rely on e-books for their textual enjoyment. Even so, what do you do if you already have a massive library of dead tree editions? The Book Saver Book Scanner from Ion Audio could be the ticket.

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Thanks to the rising popularity of devices like the Kobo and Kindle, more and more people are starting to rely on e-books for their textual enjoyment. Even so, what do you do if you already have a massive library of dead tree editions? The Book Saver Book Scanner from Ion Audio could be the ticket.

I know. It’s a little weird finding a product like this from a company that normally specializes in turntables and other audio equipment, but you also have to realize that they’ve already developed products to convert vinyl records into MP3 files. The same kind of philosophy is taken with converting paper-based books into digital ones.

Yes, the Book Saver looks like quite the contraption with its spider-like legs and almost post-apocalyptic stance, but that’s part of why it can work so quickly. They’re saying that a 200-page book can be scanned and converted to e-book in 15 minutes.

The clever contraption consists of an angled cradle for holding your book and an upper frame with two cameras and built-in flash units (one pointed at each page). You snap the picture, flip the page, and move on. Each pair of pages takes about a second. At the end, the e-book is recorded onto an SD card and away you go.

You know what would help this $149 scanner even more? If it had some kind of mechanism for flipping the pages for you. Perhaps the $100,000 ScanRobot would better suit your needs.

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