Welcome to ConnectReviews 4.0!

We’ve finally made it, after nearly 245 reviews and countless hours of hard work. Welcome to ConnectReviews, version 4.0! We’ve based our new design off of the great Mimbo Pro theme by Darren Hoyt. We hope you like the new website as much as we do, and you might notice it loads a little faster [...]

Switching Hosts

We are switching to new servers for Carbonite Media & ConnectReviews.com overnight, therefore, you may experience trouble while accessing the website for the next few days.
More reviews to come on Monday…

New iPhone / iPod touch Icon for ConnectReviews

The iPhone 1.1.3 update that was released on Tuesday at Macworld added the functionality to add webclips to your home screen of your favorite websites and web applications. We’ve added our own icon to the mix, which will automatically be detected when adding ConnectReviews as a webclip.
In addition to adding the icon, ConnectReviews is also [...]

Macworld Expo 2008 Coverage at MacSpark This Week!

Our sister site MacSpark will be covering Macworld Expo 2008 in San Francisco later this week, starting with our Steve Jobs keynote coverage on Tuesday at live.macspark.net. They’ll provide you with photos and commentary on the latest Mac and iPod products from the expo floor.
Our regular review coverage will continue on Wednesday with a review [...]

MacSpark announces coverage of Macworld Expo 2008

Just a quick side note before the holidays, our sister site MacSpark has announced coverage of the Macworld Expo 2008 in San Francisco which runs from January 15-18th, 2008 at the Moscone Convention Center. If you’re interested in seeing what’s new for the Mac next year, be sure to check their coverage out.
They’ll also be [...]

MacSpark launched!

We are proud to announce a new site added to the Carbonite Media family, right next to ConnectReviews. It’s called MacSpark and it’s our new all things Apple, Mac, and iPod site with the latest news, reviews, and more. Feel free to check the site out if you’re a Mac fanatic, and right now, they’re [...]

Happy Thanksgiving from ConnectReviews…

Even if you don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, there’s still something to be thankful for in life. I’d like to thank the people who make ConnectReviews possible every day:

The UPS and FedEx guys who try their hardest to get our packages to us in a timely manner.
The PR firms and media contacts that have supported ConnectReviews since [...]

ConnectReviews now iPhone/iPod touch optimized

Thanks to the iWPhone plugin by the folks at ContentRobot, visiting ConnectReviews on your iPhone or iPod touch is much more visually appealing with a custom designed theme that fits the content on the screen without having to zoom in on the text or images. Try it today, you’re going to love it.

Reminder: Please subscribe to our RSS feed.

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Call for writers!

Attention! We’re looking to expand our market at Carbonite Media outside of just consumer electronics and into markets such as gaming and the Mac industry. If you think you’re qualified to write for future Carbonite Media sites, shoot us an email to jobs [at] carbonitemedia.com with a sample news or review article and what you’re [...]

Reminder: iPhone Special Coverage continues!

Now that the delays are in the past on receiving cases for review for the iPhone, we’re glad that we can finally provide you with some reviews. We have a couple of reviews coming by the end of this week, so stay tuned! Visit our iPhone Special Coverage site for more!

iPhone Special Coverage site launched!

With only a few days left until the iPhone launch, we’ve launched a special coverage section of our website that you can find here. We’ll provide you with the latest and greatest in the iPhone world, with news, reviews, and a whole lot more. On launch day - we’ll be covering the launch on the [...]

Podcasting Series This Week!

New podcasts are developed and released almost every day to the world, and honestly - most of them sound pretty basic and unprofessional. Coming this week, Connect will show you what you need to know to make your podcasts sound the very best.
Thanks to the following companies for providing us with audio equipment.

Heil Sound
PreSonus Audio
Yellowtec [...]

Spanning Sync Contest Winner!

Congratulations to John (#7) who won a free one-year subscription of Spanning Sync, the excellent utility for syncing iCal and Google Calendar!
I use Google calendar to organize and publicize events for a large volunteer organization. Members get immediate updates by consulting the online calendar. Frequently events are planned at a location where no Internet access [...]

Spanning Sync Contest Update #2

The contest has been extended to Friday, June 1st. This is your final chance to enter. Leave us a comment at our original post telling us what you use Google Calendar for!

Spanning Sync Contest Update

Thanks to everyone who entered into the Spanning Sync giveaway contest. The comments will close on Thursday at 4PM Pacific Standard Time, and a winner will be announced later that day (note: you will be notified). You still have a chance to enter - just leave a comment at the original post telling us what [...]

Navigation…where is it?

I’ve had a few people tell me that they’ve had a hard time navigating between pages - the reason is, by the time you scroll to the bottom of the page, you have to scroll back to the top to be able to switch pages. For the time being, I’ve moved back to the manual [...]

Welcome to the new Connect!

What’s this?! It’s Connect 2.0 baby, and it’s better than ever! What we thought would take months, has taken weeks in the making. We’ve taken Connect to a whole new level, with a visually appealing design, a new standard review format that we hope will be better for both the readers and the Connect staff, [...]

Macworld 2007 Coverage Begins Tomorrow

We’re gearing up for the big show, so come back here around lunchtime (pacific) for more on the day’s announcements. If we have time, we’ll try and squeeze in some photos, but no promises. We won’t be covering the keynote due to some registration issues with IDG, but we will try and provide the best [...]