Twelve South

Kinda cool. South Gate on Central Park South in NYC now has a custom app for the house wine list that it presents to its customers on an iPad. It also uses a slick new iPad stand to present it with – our very own BookArc for iPad. The BookArc seems to fit into its posh setting quite well. Be sure to stop in next time you’re in NYC and need a quick glass of wine.

South Gate – Restaurant, Bar and Lounge on Central Park, New York.

Visit the BookArc for iPad page

via a story at: 9 to 5 Mac

The great team at the all Apple news site, ModMyi.com took a look at the BookArc for iPad this week. They concluded that of all the stands for iPad, the BookArc for iPad was their “absolute favorite”. They also mention my favorite thing to hear a reviewer say – that they didn’t just review the product and move on – they love the product because they use it every day! Check it:

There’s a few things that are always on my desk. Speakers, a couple Apple Cinema Displays, a couple USB hubs, a couple iPhone Xtand’s, a couple KidRobot toys, and my BookArc for iPad from TwelveSouth. There’s a bunch of products that exist to hold your iPad when you’re not holding it. Sure. My absolute favorite is the BookArc though

via BookArc for iPad – ModMyi.com.

Learn more about BookArc for iPad here.

Notebooks.com included our BookArc for MacBooks in their list of “Must Have MacBook Accessories for College Students“. Even cooler though, the author Carter Sprunger reveals the BookArc is a key component in his own personal set-up. Its one thing to mention a product, it’s quite another to recommend a product because it’s sitting right on your desk and you use it yourself every day.

This is my current set-up, which I enjoy very much. When paired with an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse, the BookArc allows you to truly get a desktop feel when you are at your desk. Just slide your MacBook into the stand, connect your monitor, and your are good to go. The design allows for better heat dissipation as well as well as safety from items on your desk that may scratch your MacBook. Also, with your MacBook closed, the video RAM goes directly to power your external monitor, providing a considerably faster experience.

via Must Have MacBook Accessories for College Students | Notebooks.com.

The whole Twelve South team got the new iPhone 4 yesterday. Like many others, we noticed that if your hands or fingers touch the antennas on the iPhone, it reduces signal strength and reception. Being the innovative team that we are, we found a solution right in front of us.

We took our SurfacePad for Mac leather cover and cut 2 strips out of the very top strip of the SurfacePad. We then trimmed 2 strips to 125mm and 80mm and attached them to the sides of the iPhone.

First off – it looked awesome. The colors from the SurfacePads added a nice splash of color to the iPhone (like the plastic Apple Bumpers – but in leather). The different colors also let us tell our iPhones apart from each other.

Here’s the real shocker – our homebrew SurfacePad bumpers actually improved signal strength on the iPhone! No kidding. Something about not touching the side antennas with your hands increased reception by at least two bars! We quickly cut out colored ‘bumpers’ for everyone in the office and they just work great!

We just wanted to share this awesome hack to all of our Mac friends. This might be just the trick that let’s you use your new iPhone to its fullest potential.

http://www.twelvesouth.com/products/surfacepad_colors/

http://www.twelvesouth.com/products/surfacepad/

CNET says:

… if you’d like to improve your MacBook’s audio output, but aren’t quite ready to make the leap to a full set of external speakers, Twelve South’s BassJump could be the ideal solution.

Designed primarily for Apple laptops, the BassJump provides a noticeable improvement to the depth and clarity of your MacBook’s audio playback. At $80, it’s perhaps a bit expensive for such a focused task, but its Mac-consistent design, compact size, and handy control software help its appeal. We also like that it’s USB-powered, so you only need to mess around with a single cable.

Photo credit: Sarah Tew/CNET

Twelve South BassJump – Must-have Mac accessories – CNET Reviews.

In every BookArc box there is a list of 12 things to do with your package after it’s done holding your BookArc of course. We have always felt that if we can add value – even to the packaging – we should. And from an earth-friendly standpoint, re ‘using’ beats re ‘cycling’ any day.

That said, we’ve also enjoyed seeing other customers’ ideas about reusing our packaging as well. Here is one of the more unusual uses we’ve seen recently. Apparently, our box is the perfect size to fit this handy strap-on bicycle storage bag. Who knew!

Repurposed TwelveSouth BookArc box on Flickr

If you have new ideas on how to re-use your BookArc box, let us know.

YouTube – Twelve South BassJump portable subwoofer for MacBook.

Learn more about BassJump here.

Pet photographers elizabeth&jane in Canada take beautiful pictures of furry four-legged friends. They also just received a BookBook and took some cool shots of their favorite new MacBook case. Have a look.

Book Book | elizabeth&jane.

Really nice review of BassJump…

This is the perfect device for those who want some increased quality out of the Macbook speakers on the go, but don’t want to put their built-in speakers to waste. Twelve South’s idea of using all of the speakers in tandem is genius, and other manufacturers of portable speaker devices should look to this lead. After all, why waste the high-quality speakers Apple built into your laptop?All in all, I am deeply satisfied with my BassJump. It is a hands-free, simple, and efficient solution to a recurring problem for any laptop user. It doesn’t have the jumbled cords of most portable speaker setups, and it fits in perfectly with the design of Apple’s laptops.

via BassJump Review – Associated Content – associatedcontent.com.

We love the Geek Sugar blog. It’s the perfect marriage of style and… well… geek! They seemed to dig our latest offering, the BookArc for iPad. They said…

I already love how the BookArc keeps my desk in order by keeping my MacBook out of the way, and now the BookArc iPad Stand ($40) is doing the same thing for your new tech toy.

Read the complete post here: BookArc iPad Stand.

Get more BookArc for iPad info here.