Apple today introduced the Apple iPad tablet. Featuring a 9.7″ (diagonal, ) display capable of displaying 1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch (ppi) and able to show HD video. The iPad features an Apple designed 1GHz A4 processor and comes in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB models with WiFi only or WiFi plus 3G connectivity (data plans required). At 0.5″ thick and 1.5-pounds the iPad the missing portable device between your iPhone and your notebook or desktop Mac. The iPad features an amazing 10 hour battery for all day mobile computing. And with internet, email, videos, music, eBooks, and iWork for the iPad along with the ability run almost all existing iPhone and iPod touch Apps, the iPad is the next step in mobile computing.
The latest news from Apple is that the 27″ iMacs are at least 3 weeks backordered. Fortunately we’ve got lots of stock. If you’re thinking about upgrading to a 27″ iMac and time is a pressing factor then don’t delay as the new iMacs have all been going fast!
Emma-Lynn Whitman was selected as this year’s FilmCAN student filmmaker competition winner in the senior catagory for her short film “Technology Is A Dead Bird.” We at Soho are very pleased to present Emma with an brand new 21.5″ iMac computer loaded with Final Cut Express to help her further her filmmaking career. Emma-Lynn was awarded her new iMac at the Pre-Fest Bash held last night (Jan 7th) at IslandFX. You can watch this winning film here as well as all the other films created by students around the capital region for FilmCAN online. In addition to winning the iMac loaded with Final Cut Express, Emma-Lynn’s winning film will be shown on the big screen as part of this year’s Victoria Film Festival! We’re proud to sponsor the Victoria Film Festival and youth programs like FilmCAN. Congratulations once again Emma!
If you’ve been by the store lately you may have noticed some posters going up for this coming years’ Victoria Film Festival. Last year we provided equipment for the box offices and admin to running of the festival. This year Soho is proud to increase our support of this seminal yearly event as a benefactor and wanting to be even more involved we were thrilled when the idea of sponsoring the FilmCAN competition came up. FilmCAN is a program run by the Victoria Film Festival to encourage elementary and high school students to create short films. We really couldn’t think of anything better than helping to encourage and foster burgeoning creative talents and we’re hopeful that Soho’s donation of an 21.5″ iMac loaded with Final Cut Express will help the winning grade 9 – 12 student pursue their dreams to the utmost. As part of the program students also have access to professional mentors through the Film Festival office to help them create their films.
As 2009 draws to a close we wanted to thank everyone for their continued support of Soho as your local Apple Authorized Reseller and Service Provider. Thanks to all of you we’ve had a great year having added some wonderful members to our team, having continued to make improvements to our showroom and website, to our products and services, and having been able to help a lot of people from all walks of the community with the technology in their lives.
We’re looking forward to 2010 and a lot of exciting growth and changes ahead. No doubt in the coming year we’ll see new products from Apple as well as dramatic changes to the technology landscape in general. Whatever arises you can trust that Soho will be the place to turn to.
First of all, if you’re still not quite sure what a web browser is or how it’s different from your Operating System you’re not alone. With the Internet becoming increasingly entwined with everything we do on our computers it is easy to be more than a little confused about what exactly the web browser part is. If you’re one of the many many web surfers out there that wouldn’t mind a little clarification on the issue I recommend this brilliant website called “What Browser?” Watch the video below to get from that site to get started, and visit www.whatbrowser.org/en/ to learn more.
There are any number of ways to charge your iPhone or iPod. Most of us probably connect our phones to the computer or to the wall using that little adapter that came with them. Others might use power docking stations. Consider what your iPhone or iPod touch is able to do, why not take advantage of its’ great features while charging to either play music, stream audio, present a photo slide show of your favourite family photos, or even watch a movie or podcast? Right now these are the Soho favourites starting with the most impressive dock we’ve seen!
In our continuing efforts to serve you better we are pleased to introduce the Soho webstore, a large and growing catalogue of products we carry and services we offer.
The Soho online store is different from other online retailers in that we do not actually intend for you to do all your shopping online! We do not offer shipping for online sales, though we can make arrangements for delivery and payment at your door in the Greater Victoria area.
You might be familiar with Google Earth, even if you’ve never used it, but perhaps less well know is Google Street View in Google Maps. Last fall you may have heard some news about a strange car that was driving around Victoria from with a 360 degree camera mounted on top of it. Using this car and camera the brains at Google have created an incredible street level map of not only Victoria but hundreds of cities around the world. But since street view isn’t one of those things that you can really explain I’ve posted some of my favourite spots below. Click on any of the images and drag to rotate, double click on the ground when you see the circle appear to jump forward anywhere, or use the forward and back arrows along the yellow line to navigate through the cities and find your own favourite spots!
SOHO was proud to bring a box-load of food collected in our store from our valued clients. Thank you for your support of SOHO and the community. For every basket of food collected SOHO contributes $100 to this worthy, local cause. Well done Folks. Read the rest of this entry »
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If you’ve been by the store lately you may have noticed some posters going up for this coming years’ Victoria Film Festival. Last year we provided equipment for the box offices and admin to running of the festival. This year Soho is proud to increase our support of this seminal yearly event as a benefactor and wanting to be even more involved we were thrilled when the idea of sponsoring the FilmCAN competition came up. FilmCAN is a program run by the Victoria Film Festival to encourage elementary and high school students to create short films. We really couldn’t think of anything better than helping to encourage and foster burgeoning creative talents and we’re hopeful that Soho’s donation of an 21.5″ iMac loaded with Final Cut Express will help the winning grade 9 – 12 student pursue their dreams to the utmost. As part of the program students also have access to professional mentors through the Film Festival office to help them create their films.
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