Mon, Jan 05, 2009
Chapter 8

The Expanding Digital World

Multimedia
Telephony, digital audio, digital video, and amateur (ham) radio
Connectivity
Peripherals, personal digital assistants, other computers, and accessibility hardware and software
Macs at Work
Bar-code readers, point-of-sale software, data acquisition and measurement, GPS, home automation, and home security
Table 8-7. Mac telephony resources
Description
Multi-function telephony packages
CommuniGate from Stalker Software
MacComCenter Plus from Smith Micro
Single- or dual-function telephony packages
CoMa Voice/Pro from Germany's Softbär
FaxSTF from STF Inc.
MegaPhone, Bonzer, and Voice Messenger from Bing Software
Notify! Classic, pager software from AirMedia (formerly Ex Machina)
PageNOW! software family from Mark/Space Softworks
ValueFax, shareware from Pancomm
Internet phones and conferencing
ClearPhone Internet phone
CU-SeeMe from White Pine Software
Internet Phone from Vocaltec
iVisit audio/video conferencing software for Mac OS and Windows
PGPfone, encrypted Internet phone
Related resources
3Com Megahertz 56K cellular modem PC cards for PowerBooks
Metricom's Ricochet wireless networks support Macs (limited service areas).
Pure Mac telephony software page
Table 8-8. MP3 Players and Software
Description
Definition of MP3
Audion shareware MP3, CD, and network audio player from Panic Software
I-JAM player and Jam Station software from I-JAM Multi Media
MacAMP and MacAMP Lite MP3 player software from @soft
N2MP3 encoder from Proteron
QuickTime from Apple
Rio PMP300 and Rio 500 players from Diamond Multimedia
SoundJam MP software player and encoder from Casady & Greene
Sites for more MP3 information
 MP3 info at Lycos.com
Table 8-9. TV Tuners and Video Capture
Description
Buz from Iomega
Interview USB-based video capture from XLR8
ixTV and ixTV FM expansion cards from ixMicro
My Capture and My TV USB devices from Eskape Labs
Xclaim VR 128 card and Xclaim TV from ATI Technologies
Table 8-10. Digital Cameras and Mac Connectivity
Description
Digital Cameras
Agfa digital cameras
Canon PowerShot digital cameras
Casio digital cameras
Kodak digital cameras
Nikon Coolpix digital cameras
Panasonic digital cameras require a separate Mac cable.
Sony Digital Mavica cameras
Toshiba digital cameras
Web Cams
Ariston iSee USB Digital Camera
Logitech QuickCam Pro and QuickCam VC
iRez Kritter camera
Reardon Technology SiteCam software and SiteZAP Web cam
Pixera Personal digital camera
Table 8-16. Amateur Radio Resources
Description
Ham radio software from Black Cat Systems
Ham radio software from Dog Park Software, Limited