Apple Expo Paris Mac accessories

Attendees queue up before the Apple Paris Expo opens.

FastMac shows off its battery upgrade for the iPod. The gold adds style to the package and provides improved electrical contacts, the company says.

A close-up of the FastMac battery upgrade.

FastMacs traditional business is boosting G3s, G4s and other Mac hardware with the processor and memory upgrades.

The obligatory iPod Nano cover shot. Compliments of TuneWear, these and other Nano covers, some in leather, were on display at the show. Pricing was not announced.

Belkins USB and Firewire hubs for the Mac mini.

Belkin also displayed a complementary DVI-enabled KVM switch for the Mac mini. The thinking, according to Robin Marjason, Belkins pan-European OEM channel manager, was that households switching between a PC to a Mac may have one or more devices close at

Elgato Systems EyeTV softwar now supports the Miglia EvolutionTV video recorder. The video solution allows Macs to display video content on the TV.

AssistiveWares Proloquo in action. Unfortunately for the photo medium, the softwares chief attribute is its ability to turn text into speech, translate on the fly, and orally communicate the contents of menus, directories, highlighted text, and more. Sc

The AssistiveWare software hooked up to a Braille keyboard. Unfortunately, OS X does not currently contain the proper software driver.

While robotics might not be the first thing that you think of at an Apple show, a representative from Osaka, Japan, was on hand to tout the regions electromechanical expertise. In the last years of the millennium, Osakas auto industry suffered, accordin

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