Two of the most interesting iPad cases available at Austin MacWorks are the EcoFlip from Marware and the Otterbox Defender Series for iPad.

The EcoFlip offers an elastic hand strap with a foldaway display stand and the ability for the front cover to be used as a stand for your iPad. The EcoFlip also comes with an elastic closure strap for extra security of your iPad.

The Otterbox Defender case for the iPad is the ultimate in protection for your iPad. The Otterbox Defender gives you three levels of protection that include a removable front cover that also doubles as a stand and includes a military grade screen film cover. The OtterBox Defender for Apple iPad is the perfect companion that gives you the ultimate protection of your iPad. The OtterBox Defender  gives you the freedom to take your iPad out to the lake or on the metro without fear of trashing your iPad.

Both the EcoFlip and the Otterbox iPad Defender are in stock and available now at Austin MacWorks, along with a full line of hardshell, sleeves, screen protectors and all of the newest and most sought after accessories available for the iPad. Stop in today and check out one of the most complete selections of iPad accessories in Austin and the Central Texas area.

If protection is paramount for your new iPad, check out the new MacAlley Metropad. The Metropad case offers a durable, lightweight mirrored finish protective hard-shell for maximum protection and coverage, all the while giving you open and easily accessable connections to the iPad ports and controls.

If you’re looking for protection with eco-green style, check out the new Bill-Fold iPad case by Brenthaven. It’s made with 100% recycled Billboard material!  And no two sleeves are the same!  The Bill-Fold features corner protection and a faux-suede liner to help keep your iPad scratch free.

The Nextware Anti-Glare Screen Shield for iPad will protect your screen from those ever pesky finger smudges and cuts down on glare. The tough protectors works by reducing glare and provides protection against scratches on the iPad screen.

These three cool iPad accessories are in stock and available now at Austin MacWorks.

To install the updates, make sure that you have the devices powered on and connected to your Mac or on your network. Now, navigate to: Apple menu > Software Update and launch the Software Update application. If there are newer drivers available for your printer or scanner, the drivers will appear in the available update list.

You can also find a full list of the printer and scanner drivers included with Mac OS X 10.6, or Snow Leopard, on-line at the Apple Support Web site.

Mac Mini’s get a processor bump up to 2.66 Mhz and 4 gigs of RAM. Apple also introduces a Mac Mini with Snow Leopard Server & two 500 GB drives pre-installed for $999.00

The MacBook also gets a bump and a re-engineer. It’s thinner, lighter and features a unibody polycarbonate enclosure along with multi-touch trackpad. The Macbook ships with an LED-backlit display, built-in lithium-polymer battery for longer battery life, 2 GB of DDR3 memory & 250GB hard drive.

The Livescribe Pulse Smartpen is a combo note-taker and audio recorder. Using special paper (available in a number of formats including journals and notepads), the software tracks your writing and records your notes, syncing them to your Mac the next time you dock your pen. Sure, it’s a neat trick, but the real payoff is using the notes with the built-in audio recording software. Tell the Livescribe Pulse Smartpen to record audio while you’re taking notes and it indexes the audio to your scribbles. Once you’ve docked and synced your notes on your Mac, simply tapping on your notes takes you to the recorded audio that corresponds to the timeline of of your notes.

The audio/notes sync feature will be a boon to anyone who has lots of data to remember and record. Students can record lectures and take notes and have instant access to the corresponding section of the lecture by simply tapping on the notes. Other obvious applications could include note taking for therapists, doctors, business professionals, songwriters, musicians… Pretty much anyone who needs to jot down notes, store them on the computer and have instant access to corresponding audio recordings.

The Livescribe Pulse Smartpen is available in 1 and 2 gigabyte models and comes with 250 MB of online storage for registered users who can share notes and audio as interactive Flash movies or PDF files. Stop into Austin MacWorks today and let us demo this very cool tool that will simplify note taking and data gathering for business professionals and UT students alike.

The Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M will neatly fit into any space about the size of your average toaster, it’s even  small enough to pack in your carry-on, ready for your next out of town business meeting or convention. This makes the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M the perfect traveling business companion to help you collect and catalogue your business expenses and the stacks of business cards (using the included Cardiris™ 3.6 software) you’ll collect on the road.

At first glance the $495.00 price tag for the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M seems a bit steep, until you factor the scanner ships with Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.0, which sells separately for over $400.00 and the ABYY FineReader for ScanSnap™ 3.0 Mac Edition. So when you compare apples to oranges, the price of the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M and included software bundle is actually quite a steal.

So how well does the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M perform? The Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M outputs both TIFF and PDF files and scanned PDF files can be made searchable using the included Abby FineReader software. Scanned documents can be searched and organized by location, date and even from within OS X’s built-in Spotlight search function. The Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M is pure business. Since the scanner isn’t a flatbed, it’s not the best solution for scanning in graphics or priceless old photos (although it does so admirably), but bundled with Acrobat Pro and the ABBY FineReader OCR software, it might just be the best scanner available for mobile and office professionals alike. Oh, did i mention it’s fast. How fast? It’s really, really fast.

Stop in to Austin MacWorks today and let us show you how the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M can help navigate the road to a true paperless office in your business environment.

The QuickerTek Nano USB WiFi thumb drive will let all Mac users extend the range of their WiFi reception, and let you connect to wireless signals that your MacBook, MacBook Pro, Mac Pro or old-school PowerBook may not even see with just their internal Airport antenna. PowerBook G4 owners will love the QuickerTek Nano even more. The Titanium and Aluminum PowerBooks were known for their amazing design, however the shiny metal didn’t always offer the best WiFi reception. One simple driver and its plug and play extended WiFi on your iMac, MacBook or PowerBook with the QuickerTek Nano.

We saw the new AirHawk Mobile Pocket Hard Drives and  just had to offer them to our Austin MackWorks customers. The sleek and slightly angular design will look like it was custom made to sit next to your MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. The self-powered AirHawk Mobile Pocket Hard Drive is available with up to half a terabyte of drive space and comes out of the box with USB 2.0, FireWire 400 and FireWire 800 ports. If you’re doing media intensive projects such as iMovie, GarageBand, Final Cut, Logic or other high-end editing packages such as Pro Tools, the 7200 RPM drive combined with FireWire 800 speed will let you edit even the biggest audio and video projects while you’re on the road or just out for the weekend. Stop in today and let us introduce you to the full range of the AirHawk Mobile Pocket Hard Drives.