Mon, 15 March 2010
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Fri, 12 March 2010
While Apple touted that you could starting today reserve your iPad for pickup at an Apple Store - they sure are not making it easy to find out how to do so.After waiting on the phone for 25 Minutes with Apple support - They spilled the beans. Go to http://www.apple.com/retail to reserve your iPad for pickup. There is a big section right now for the iPad at the top of the page - if it is not there when you go - here is another link you can try. I reserved mine and will be at the Apple store in Leawood for pick up of mine prior to 9:00 AM when they say the iPad will be available. See attached pic for more info. Comments[2]
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Tue, 9 March 2010
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Mon, 1 March 2010
Links Mentioned in this Episode: Potentially nasty new iPhone security flaw discovered Apple iPad: Analyst Rachets Down Unit Sales Estimate - WSJ Apple Bans Location-based iPhone Ads -- InformationWeek zoomIt brings SD card access to iPhone, iPod touch | iLounge News iPad pre-orders overwhelm Norwegian stores iPad tablet computer consists of components that cost only $219.35 Microsoft's Bill Gates Comments on the Apple iPad - AllThingsD iPad news from Redpark Product Development Bill Gates on iPhone: 'Oh my God, Microsoft didn't aim high enough' Photoshop App Tops 6 Million Downloads On The iPhone Former CNET Wants To Fund Your iPad App - ReadWriteStart Apple placing ban on jailbroken devices? | iPodNN >5000 Apps Banned; The New Rules « Chillifresh Rumor: The iPad To Go On Presale Next Week Is Apple Preparing To Add An ‘Explicit’ Section To The App Store? | Cult of Mac AT&T tops in PCWorld’s 3G wireless testing - msnbc.com 91% Of iPhone Users Would Recommend Device Vs. 69% Of webOS Users Apple raises limits on downloads via 3G Possible Apple iPad Dashboard Key Spotted - PCWorld Steve Jobs Still Using iPhone OS 3.1.2; Surely Not Jailbroken? - HotHardware
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Mon, 8 February 2010
Links Mentioned in this Episode: The iPad: Battery life claims, Microsoft Office compatibility - Geek.com Confirmed: iPhone OS 3.2 has support for video calling -- Engadget Wondering Why You Can’t Pre-Order an iPad? It Isn’t Legal Yet - Wired.com The iPhone grabs/loses market share - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Apple Has Another Tablet In The Works. - TechCrunch - (Pure BS) Did Steve Jobs’ iPad Have An iSight Camera? | Cult of Mac Hot Apps - Palm Developer Center YouTube - Sir Patrick Stewart #dig_nat BackOff Shortens Long iPhone and iPod touch Sync Sessions - Lifehacker Apple releases iPhone OS version 3.1.3 | CNET Are iPad Skeptics as Wrong as iPhone Naysayers Were? - PCWorld Plantronics Voyager 855 Stereo Bluetooth Headset | Calls & Music Wired’s Magazine App For iPad Won’t Work On The iPad – Oops! | Cult of Mac Apple Now Lets You Preview iPhone Apps In Your Browser AT&T Gives Green Light to Sling TV Over 3G - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com iPhone dev to make an app in one week -- live on the web iPad Study: The More You Know, The Less You Want One - PCWorld Survey: Majority of people don't want an iPad | Technically Incorrect - CNET Only 9% To Buy iPad? Polling Shows Weak Demand For Apple Tablet Report: Mac U.S. Marketshare Hit 8.8% In Third Quarter | Cult of Mac Only 9% To Buy iPad? Polling Shows Weak Demand For Apple Tablet -TheNextWeb Apple iPad Hoopla Fails to Convince Buyers | Retrevo
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Mon, 8 February 2010
A phrase I have quoted before and will quote again is that "There are lies, Damn Lies and then Statistics." Let me show you what I mean. There was a survey that was done both before and after the iPad was announced of over 1000 random US users of the service doing the report. In the second survey 82% of those contacted had heard of the iPad. Prior to the Jan 27th event only 48% had heard of an Apple Tablet that might be revealed. So Apple grew product awareness from 48% to 82%. Pretty nice. Lets put the mac market share in perspective. In the 3rd Quarter of 2009 in the US Macs had an 8.8% market share of PC sales. This according to Gartner. That was Apples best market share since the 80's and a slight improvement from the 8.6% market share from the year earlier period. What if I told you the survey found that of those that had heard of the iPad 11% answered that "I think I would like to buy one" and another 26% said "I'm interested but I need more information before I'd buy one" or spun another way 37% said they were interested in the iPad and / or wanted to buy one. Over one third that knew of the iPad after the event on the 27th were interested in the iPad. That is really impressive. Even if you took it back to all those that responded 30% were interested in the iPad. That is over 3.5 times the market share Apple currently has with the Mac. That is what the survey said. Those are the facts from the Survey. If you projected that out to the US population as a whole - Over 31 Million iPads could be sold to those that want one now and another 73.5 Million to others interested or that there is potential demand of over 100 Million iPads in the US alone. Again that is based on the survey numbers. But let me show you some of the headlines for the survey - Starting with the one from the Company Retrevo that actually put this survey together. Retrevo - "Apple iPad hoopla fails to convince Buyers" PC World - "iPad study the more you know the less you want one" CNET - "Survey - Majority of People don't want an iPad" The NextWeb - "Only 9% to buy iPad? Polling shows weak demand for Apple Tablet" Yup those are the titles of the blog posts out there all from the same survey data I just spun a different way. I think Apple if they even bothered reading the post from Retrevo was doing cartwheels because 37% or 30% or 11% or even 9% interested in the iPad and / or wanting to get one - is really really good and higher than their current market share for Mac's. Yet Every and I mean Every Post on these results was negative and coming to the conclusion the iPad will be a failure or not a significant player in the market. I think looking at these numbers nothing could be further from the truth. But then again there are Lies, Damn Lies and Blog Post titles from Retrevo. Comments are welcome below. Comments[0]
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Tue, 2 February 2010
Links Mentioned in this Episode: TFT LCD - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Apple Details First iPad Accessories - PCWorld First iPad sales estimates: four million this year, double that in 2011 Mac News: Computers: Apple's Plunge Into the Open Waters of Tablets McGraw-Hill axed from iPad launch after CEO leaks on TV | VentureBeat iPhone SDK calls out nonexistent iPad cam, confirms split views AppleInsider | Wall Street expects iPad to sell 1M-5M in first year AT&T Reports 3.1 Million iPhone Activations in 4Q 2009 - Mac Rumors FAQ on the Apple iPad’s IPS display -- Government Computer News iCall App Allows 3G VOIP Calls for iPhone, iPad - VOIP Apple's A4 IPad Chip Could Find a Home in IPhones - PCWorld Pee-wee Herman gets an Apple iPad in new Funny or Die video The Flash Blog » The iPad provides the ultimate browsing experience? Adobe Plays the Porn Card in Flash Campaign Against iPad | Wired.com How many icons on that iPad dock? Bank Account Fraud? There's an App for That at SmartMoney.com YouTube - Stephen Colbert has an iPad! (HQ)
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Thu, 28 January 2010
Links Mentioned in this Episode: Woman Uses iPhone App to Get Pregnant Live from the Apple 'latest creation' event -- Engadget Apple - iPad - Technical specifications and accessories for iPad. MadTV's iPad Video: Sketch Show PREDICTED Apple Product That Time Of The Month: iPad Jokes 8 Things That Suck About the iPad - apple ipad - Gizmodo
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Wed, 27 January 2010
The "iPad" is announced officially and you probably already know my thoughts on the name. Which we will go over along with the iPad itself in Ep 118 which should be out later this evening. But in the mean time here are the bingo card results and also how I did on my speculation of the specs vs. the reality. Both charts I will go over in detail on Ep 118. First up is the Bingo card results that shows which rumors were true and which missed. And once again Bingo did not happen.
The next chart is how I personally did with my speculation for specs back at the end of December.
And Yes I am getting an iPad - most likely the 64 GB WiFi only version as I already was mentally ready to spend more than that. Update: Thanks to John in Mesa AZ for pointing out the error with Bluetooth keyboard support - the iPad does have it. So changed to green above. Comments[0]
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Tue, 26 January 2010
(Thanks Dave for the heads up) Well I guess when the company has your last name and your are the CEO you don't worry about spilling the beans and those darn NDA's. After all you really don't need to worry about those things when on CNBC it's not like anyone is listening. Wow is all I can say. Someone at Valley Wag owes him some money. He even talks about it being based on the iPhone OS. Nice - Think Steve and Company are happy about this one. Here is the video of him talking about it back end of the video.
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Mon, 25 January 2010
Links Mentioned in this Episode: Download Sn0wbreeze to Jailbreak iPhone 3.1.2 Firmware | Redmond Pie Verizon and AT&T May Both Get Apple Tablet - PC World Bookies take bets on Apple tablet's name iPhone dominating mobile web in Americas and Europe Mac News: Wireless Foes May Have to Share Apple's New Toy Enable Disk Use On Your iPhone Without Jailbreaking - TechnoBuffalo iPhone Exclusivity Going Away On Wednesday - HotHardware Steve Jobs - Tablet “Will Be The Most Important Thing I’ve Ever Done.” Apple Tablet: The Second Stage Media Booster Rocket Apple - Quarter 1 - 2010 Financial Results
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Fri, 22 January 2010
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Apple responsible for 99.4% of mobile app sales in 2009 Workers at iPhone’s Supplier Strike For Bonus - Bloomberg.com Gaming Industry Invited to Apple Media Event - Mac Rumors Bingo Card Time - Tii Complaints rolling in about Google phone - CNN.com Verizon Wireless - Mobile Broadband - Products Will Apple's Tablet Actually Be Called the iPad? Mac Rumors 24 Free iPhone Apps for Job Hunting Apple bunging Bing search into iPhone? -- Engadget Amazon offers publishers new 70% Kindle deal | 9 to 5 Mac thestreet.com - exclusive-apple-tablet-headed-to-verizon Man Buried in Haiti Rubble Uses iPhone to Survive - Wired.com YouTube - Adding More iPhone Application Pages AppleInsider | Wintek strike settled in China 1-in-5 consumers likely to buy Apple tablet, poll says New Tablet Details: Twin Dock Connectors - iLounge Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: i-Inject - Sponsor Tii - App Doodle Buddy MobileToolz Mi Coqui GiftGiver Marine Sharp Shooter Nova Eliminate Pro Pocket First Aid and CPR Alice.com Text Plus CyDelete - Cydia Labymania Comments[0]
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Thu, 21 January 2010
It is less than one week until the Jan 27th Apple event so that means it is time to make available the Bingo Card for you to play along at home. This one covers most of the big rumors and info, from Inside sources / Industry sources, that are out there for the Tablet, plus a few more for the iPhone OS v4.0 that is likely to be announced. Enjoy.
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Mon, 18 January 2010
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Apple Tablet rumors: A timeline - THE WEEK JavaScript Hack Enables Flash on iPhone | Wired.com Analyst: Apple tablet 'in full production' | CNET News AT&T Announces New Unlimited Plans - Yahoo! Finance Possible Verizon iPhone found in screen cap | Electronista Apple iPhone 3GS - 32 GB Cell Phone Package - AT&T The case against a 10" AMOLED Apple tablet Apple January 27th event to show off its 'latest creation' - Engadget Apple announces Jan. 27 event - USATODAY.com Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: eReader - Sponsor - Discount Code = tii10 Tii App Layers Brushes PhotoForge PhotoGene Rat on the Run Spring Back - Cydia Infinidock - Cydia Comments[0]
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Mon, 18 January 2010
Calling All App Developers - we are introducing a new segment to the Today in iPhone Podcast - it is an elevator Pitch challenge for iPhone Apps. What we are looking for is a 60 second audio recording by you the developer - talking about your app that is already in the App store. This must be in your voice - no celebrity or guest voices. You can either record on your iPhone or computer and email to us at: todayiniphone@gmail.com or you can call in to 206-666-6364.
Please note it is a hard fast 60 sec limit - at 60:001 - We will cut off any extra audio - even in mid word. The Challenge part is we will play your recording along with two other recordings from other developers. Then ask for listeners to vote by emailing in for a promo code for just one of the three apps. So your app must be a pay for app and you must supply at least 5 promo codes to participate. You can supply more promo codes if you like - but to keep from biasing the audience we will say only 5 are available for each app. After 7 days from when the segment airs we will count the votes (requests for each promo code) and put up the results in a blog post on the site and also mention on the next episode. If you would like to participate - Please send us your recording first. Do NOT repeat do NOT send the promocodes YET!!! - as they expire and we are only doing 3 Apps per episode. Once we have you scheduled we will let you know and then follow up a week prior to the airing of the segment for the promo codes. But we must have your recording to schedule you. Placement in episodes will be based on a first come first serve basis. No Pay for placement is allowed / possible for this segement. Your ONLY cost is the 5 promo codes and time to make the recording. Please also send a link to both your iTunes Store page and your website when you send in your recording. We use your Website link to tag for upcoming show notes so we need both. When we provide the promo codes to the listeners we will be asking for them to write reviews in iTunes and Blog / tweet about your App. Plus your app will get mentioned in at least two episodes and one blog post on the Today in iPhone site. If you have any other questions please email us at todayiniphone@gmail.com or just send me your recording. Again first come first serve so get us your recording. Comments[0]
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Fri, 15 January 2010
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Orange exec 'confirms' Apple tablet with 3G | Electronista Orange: Apple Tablet Not Confirmed By France Telecom - PC World Fingerworks.com Content Pulled - Mac Rumors Photo of 10" Apple Tablet Glass | News | The Mac Observer Apple May Sell 3M iSlates « Velocity - Forbes.com Apple takes a bite out of LCD and OLED supply | TG Daily 4G iPhone coming in 'early May'? | 9 to 5 Mac Apple - Quarter 1 - 2010 Financial Results InformationWeek.com - Korea Times rumors. John Gruber: No Camera on Apple Tablet - Mac Rumors Apple’s tablet is an “iPhone on steroids” « Boy Genius Report Valleywag's Apple Tablet Hunt: Win Up to $100,000! - Gawker Why No iPhone Updates? The Tablet, Perhaps. - washingtonpost.com IPhone w/ New Camera May Be Out By June - Bloomberg.com Apple App Store Has Lost $450 Million To Piracy – 24/7 Wall St. Apple Wins the First Prize in Our Tablet Scavenger Hunt! - Gawker Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: i-Inject - Sponsor Tii - App Doodle Buddy Battleship - EA Spider Rogue Touch Tagcrumbs Catan SBSetting - Cydia OTF Surfing Comments[0]
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Sun, 10 January 2010
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Daring Fireball - Tablet Musings AT&T Hedges Bets, Adds Android and WebOS - PC World Ion add-on full Qwerty keyboard - Register Security Cam takes iPhone pics - CNET News Imagination Technologies Announces Graphics Chip - Mac Rumors iPod Touch Themed Bedding Apple tablet supply chain points to Q2 launch: sources| Reuters iPhone dominates holiday sales on Orange France | iLounge News iWork for the Apple Tablet - NYTimes.com iPhone wins In Touchscreen Performance - washingtonpost.com AppleInsider - Apple shopping for LED camera flash components Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: i-Inject - Sponsor Tii App Cropulator KaleidoscopeX Type Drawing SketchBook Mobile PhotoShop Security Cam ooTunes Rock - Cydia MyWi - Rock DropBox Docs2Go JobSearch iPregnancy Comments[0]
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Fri, 8 January 2010
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Apple iSlate specifications revealed - Phone Arena - Total BS How many iPhones did Apple sell? Fortune Apple's $20 billion revenue explosion | 9 to 5 Mac Apple iSlate Concept Apple Product Announcement Scheduled Jan. 27 AllThingsD Magic Mouse linked up by BTstack (video) -- Engadget Google Voice+PushMail+iPhone=Free Text Apple to Buy Quattro Wireless for $275 Million - AllThingsD Apple’s App Store Downloads Top Three Billion Release of iPhone OS 4 on 27 of January – SoftSailor ARM Cortex A9 Performance Demo - Mac Rumors Tablet will use Verizon's 3G network, sources say - Computer World Apple employee says Tablet UI has “steep learning curve” | Cult of Mac Apple tablet: $340 in parts? - Fortune FLO TV and mophie Partner to Bring Live Mobile TV MotionX GPS Drie App Review - Blog by Vlatte Apple Tablet Has No Intel Inside - TheStreet.com Push Notifications Come To Facebook App - Mac|Life Tuning into SciFi Podcast Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: i-Inject - Sponsor eReader - Sponsor - Discount code = Tii10 Tii App Doodle Buddy BT Stack - Cydia PushMail MotionX GPS Drive App Voltron iReal Quick SMS - Cydia SBSettings - Cydia File Locker A Sufer's Paradise CoinMobile Comments[0]
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Sun, 3 January 2010
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Microsoft Zune Eats Apple iPod Dust in Holiday Sales - PC World Apple Tablet looks like an over-sized iPhone FOXNews.com - Apple's January Announcement Confirmed Stolen iPhone Is Being Sent To Apple - The Consumerist Apple Tablet concept video from 1987 | ithinkdifferent Mophie iPhone credit card reader coming to a CES near you - Engadget AppleInsider | Possible Apple tablet multi-touch tactile keyboard detailed Next Generation iPhone 4G to Support WiFi N Standard | Redmond Pie Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: i-Inject - Today's Sponsor Tii App Autodesk's Sketchbook Word Oddities Pocket Adder CoinMobile Remotely Possible Comments[0]
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Wed, 30 December 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: iPhone Bluetooth Keyboard Driver The iPhone is 2009's top seller - Fortune MD by day, iPhone developer at night Legendary Indie Developer Jeff Minter Finds the iPhone | Touch Arcade AppleInsider | Supplier rumored to provide 5MP iPhone camera upgrade Munster: An Apple tablet in March? - Fortune Apple tablet definitely coming in 7″ size? - Boy Genius Report What Will The Apple Tablet Look Like? Apple To Demo Tablet In January FT.com | Exclusive: Apple to host event in January 2010: The Year of the Tablet - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com Has AT&T Wireless data congestion been self-inflicted? LCD 8.9INCH - LTD089EXWS More Evidence of iPhone OS 4.0 Already in Testing - Mac Rumors Next iPhone to take better pictures 5MP camera - Geek.com Android, iPhone & the Freelance Nation – GigaOM New York City Is Not Ready For The iPhone - The Consumerist Flurry: App Store Sees Record Breaking Christmas Apple 'iSlate' Trademark and What is a 'Magic Slate'? - Mac Rumors After Christmas Sales iPod Touch Huge Clearance | News Trends Today Walmart Electronics Trade In Program mophie - iPhone Battery, iPod Cases, iPhone accessories and more! Why Apple's rumored iTablet will fail big time | Windows - InfoWorld The Speculative Prehistory of the iPhone | Technologizer Apple's Quarterly iPhone and Overall Sales Estimates Continue to Rise Nokia Expands Patent Dispute Beyond Apple iPhone - NYTimes.com O2 says iPhone demand strained its London network| Reuters Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: Tii - Today in iPhone App Doodle Buddy BTstack - Cydia CoinMobile Word Oddities Pocket Adder iVideoCamera Air Contacts Comments[0]
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Sat, 26 December 2009
![]() Link to Large version of Table The chart above for the Apple Tablet, is NOT based on the mythical “unnamed source whom has always been right in the past” but rather is based on looking at available components and what has already been done with the iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 3rd Gen. The following paragraphs go over each line in the chart and the reasoning for the specs shown. For those not familiar with my background – I spent 16 years in the electronics component industry as a Design Engineer, Engineering Manager, Product Manager, and VP of Sales and Marketing. One of the companies I worked for was a supplier to Apple as well as Motorola and Nokia. Display: There has been a lot of rumors and speculation on the size of the display for the Tablet. Conventional wisdom / rumors have settled in on either “between 10 to 11 inches” (10.1” or 10.6”) or 7 inches (7.1”). Given in the past how conventional wisdom like this has proven to miss the mark almost every time – I am going in between the two sizes and that means the standard LCD size of 8.9 inches. I will take it one step further and say it is a TFT display not OLED – this due to cost considerations. Screen Resolution: Assuming that Apple really wants to make the Tablet a world class video play back device – that means HD, which means 720p. The Toshiba LTD089EXWS fits the bill nicely with 1280 x 768 resolution making for 720p playback. No I don’t see them offering the 1080p resolution – I think price and power consumption issues will make the LTD089EXWS or another LCD with similar specs the best trade off. Size: The Size of the display is going to be the biggest contributor to the size of the unit. If we go with the same amount of area above and below the screen per the iPod touch and just a little more size on the edge for ease of holding we come up with 256.4 x 137.3 mm for L x W. We will also assume that Steve dictated the Tablet be less than half an inch in thickness – so the 12.3 mm (0.48”) dimension of the 3GS makes sense for the tablet as well. The larger the volumetric area in the Tablet the more room for the custom battery. Weight: This is simply taking the ratio of L x W of the 3GS and the speculated dimension of the Tablet and then applying that to the weight of the 3GS to come up with the weight of the Tablet. This works out to be 662 Grams or 1 pound and 7.3 ounces, which just so happens to come in under a believable 1 1/2 pound Steve requirement. Battery: One component that 100% will not be off the shelf is the battery. Apple likes to maximize battery size by creating custom batteries that fit in all the empty space. Based on the size difference between the 3GS and the Tablet it is easy to see how they could get to the 5,700 mAh size. You can forget about the battery being removable – just look to the Mac Book, Mac Book Air, Mac Book Pro, 3GS and iPod Touch for a “hint” on what Apple thinks about removable batteries these days. Actually the 5,700 mAh is conservatively low. If they go with more of an iPhone 2G type case design they could easily fit in a 7,100 mAh battery. Video Playback: 12 hours may actually be conservatively low on this. When you consider that the 13” Mac Book Pro has a battery size of 5450 mAh, which is smaller than the 5,700 mAh projected for the Tablet. Granted it also only offers 7 hours of life – but it has a lot larger LCD and more power hungry processor than would be needed for the tablet. But a 12 hour playback for Video / constant use – seems to be a nice marketing point and could be one of the initial design goals. Storage: I only see them offering one version of the Tablet to start and that would be the 64 GB version. I put in an asterisk for this as once the new Toshiba 64 GB NAND modules are ready for full production in Late Q1 2010 – then Apple could switch to a 128 GB version. Again staying with just one offering. But right now with an either Feb or March launch of the Tablet – it does not look good for a 128 GB version. Most likely that would be in the June / July time frame. Now given Apples use and influence when it comes to NAND it is very possible Toshiba’s announcement of production availability is for everyone other than Apple and for Apple they are already in production mode – in which case the Tablet will be at 128 GB of storage goodness. SD Slot: This one I bet Apple went back and forth on. I could see Steve rejecting this idea multiple times before coming to the reluctant agreement that people will use the Tablet different than a Touch or iPhone. It will be in many cases their primary computer and being able to import directly in your photos and movies – is a big plus for the end user. So at the end of the day I think a brave product manager will have won out and convinced Steve to add the SD slot. But not before two or three other “brave” product managers were fired for pushing their points. Bluetooth Keyboard Support: Probably one of the last things added into the firmware / OS would be support for a Bluetooth keyboard. Going under the assumption there is an SD slot, this would show that Apple sees the Tablet as more of a netbook competitor than an iPod Touch replacement. Given that you can already use a Bluetooth keyboard with a jailbroken App for the 3GS and Touch – it is not a technical issue – this is a marketing / Steve issue. Of all the items on the list, this is the one I have the least confidence in. OS: This time I am going with conventional wisdom and saying that the Tablet OS will be an enhanced version of the iPhone OS. This will allow for compatibility of iPhone apps, plus offer some special features for the larger screen of the Tablet. I do not see the Tablet running Mac OS X as I think the devices sweet spot is email, web surfing and rich media playback – you know all the things the iPhone OS does so well. Not Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, Garageband – you know all the things the OS X does so well. Price: I know many are calling / hoping for a $500 to $700 device. I just don’t see that working economically for Apple. The $799 price is the lowest I could get to considering the price points currently for an unsubsidized 3GS and the added cost of the larger LCD with the better resolution. Anything less than $799 and the Bluetooth Keyboard support and SD slot go away. As then the device would be too full featured and could / would eat into sales of the Mac Book and Mac Book Pro. Yes these predictions are a little different than those put forth by “unnamed sources” and analyst de jour. But the issue with the oft-quoted analysts that just have a degree in finance is they don’t know the difference between Ohms Law and Megan’s Law and that often shows in their predictions. That all said it will be fun to compare the chart above with the actual specs once the Apple Tablet is released. Comments[0]
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Tue, 22 December 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: AFP: Apple hits back against Nokia in patent row Apple Easing Up on iPhone Developers? Mac Rumors App Store Apps Finally Gets Prettier Pages iPhone users suffering 'Stockholm Syndrome' - 9 to 5 Mac Daring Fireball: Who Do You Believe, Randall Stross or Your Own Lying Eyes? iPhone Owners Suffer Stockholm Syndrome, AT&T is Actually Awesome Digitimes - Apple Looking to Have Record iPhone Quarter: Report AT&T Takes the Fall for the iPhone’s Glitches - NYTimes.com 64GB 4th Gen iPhone Next Year? | The iPhone Blog AppleInsider | Retailers want in on Apple's iPod touch POS system Appolicious Lands $2 Million For iPhone App Directory Smule raises $8M more | VentureBeat ComScore: iPhone overtakes Windows Mobile use for the first time in US AT&T Downplays Talk of Tiered Pricing - Mac Rumors ProPrompter Teleprompter Review - Appmodo International Performance Seen Driving iPhone and iPod Touch Growth iPhone and iPod Touch See International Surge iPhone beats Droid in Manhattan speed tests | VentureBeat Small iPhone developer Tapulous sees big success| Reuters BBC News - Vodafone to sell iPhone in UK in January 2010 Vodafone opens pre-registration for the iPhone Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: Tii App Musical Lights Word Oddities Pocket Adder Red Conquest Blue Defense iVideoCamera Dragon Dictation More Birthdays Occasions Comments[0]
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Fri, 11 December 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: FastMac - Product - iPhone External Battery Pack Vlatte's Blog - Christmas Music on the iPhone TheStreet.com Apple iPhone May Go to T-Mobile Next Alsop Louie Partners - Droid Doesn’t: It’s Not Ready For Prime Time FoneFrenzy - Verizon Bringing iPhone; Confirmed From 3rd Party Video Calling Comes to the iPhone – GigaOM TechCrunch Kills Off “CrunchPad” Tablet Project - Podcasting News SteelSeries Unveils a Mobile Adapter for iPhone and iPod touch Square Credit Payment System Could be the End of Cash - PC World iPhone Icon Pillows | Geeky Gadgets Is This A Sneak Preview Of The Apple Tablet? - Podcasting News Research Firm Predicts Apple Tablet for 2010 - Mac Rumors Consumer Reports: 98% of iPhone users would buy it again New Droid ad: iPhone is 'digitally clueless' - CNET News Experts Not Surprised By iPhone Malicious App Report - PC World All Hail the iPod touch – GigaOM How to get a new iPhone app noticed - The Guardian Dragon's Lair Review | Touch Arcade Mark the Spot Lets You Tell AT&T Exactly Where Your iPhone died Apple in trouble over alleged iPhone camera infringement Guam iPhone launch set for December 11th | MacNN Tiger Woods' iPhone Critics Apple blocks 1,000 iPhone apps amid astroturfing claims Apple Tablet FAQs: every question answered - Macworld UK iPhoneography - Apple investigates possible US AppStore ratings scam Mac News -Apple Goes Medieval on App Store Developer Could Apple Launch A Tablet In Spring 2010? AppleInsider | Tablet rumors: February production start Analyst: Apple iPhone to Verizon in 2010 - AllThingsD China Unicom's IPhone Sales Hit 100,000 - PC World Techdirt - AT&T's Bait And Switch On iPhone Unlimited Service Eldar Murtazin: "Foxconn received order for next generation iPhone" Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: Tii - iPhone App - v1.2.1 Sketchbook Pandora Slacker Radio Fring Save Benjis+ Word Oddities Joe vs. The Joneses Crazy Hamster Virgin Atlantic Meditation Oasis SquarePeg Mark the Spot uStream MultiFlow - Cydia Overboard - Cydia More Birthdays Comments[0]
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Tue, 8 December 2009
Update - 12/15/09 - Upload of Contacts is now optional in v1.1. "What's new in Version 1.1.0 - Contact name upload now optional. Ability to delete previously uploaded contact names from server" Both big additions. However I still would like to see them either instantly delete or give the option to delete past recordings and transcripts. Again nice step forward just need a little more before I would use. But that is just me.
I have seen a few blog posts on a new App that does Voice to Text dictation on the iPhone, is supposed to work great and is free. I even had a few people call / email in with reviews. I thought wow what a great App I need to get this. The App in question is Dragon Dictation from Nuance Communictions - Link to App store Page After installing, the first time I launched the App I was greated with the mother of all End User License Agreements (EULA) - at least as far as iPhone Apps go. At the bottom of the screen was a very big green button - which in my opinion is way to easy to accidently hit - so I copied over the information to make it easier for me and you to review before agreeing to the EULA. The section that will be the most concern to users and those in their contact list is section 3.3 - which states: "As part of the Service, Nuance collects and uses: (1) the names of individuals and companies that appear in your address book in order to improve the quality of the Service when you speak a contact name in using the Service" That by itself for many is game over. Do you really want to give up your friends and business associates for a free app? However later in that section they follow on with: ...such information shall only be used by Nuance or third parties acting under the direction of Nuance pursuant to confidentiality agreements as identified above. Nuance will not: (a) use the names of individuals and companies that appear in your address book to contact anyone for any reason, or (b) use the information elements in of any Speech Data for any purposes except as set forth above. Which does sound better when that is added in. Howerver the next line is what was the deal breaker for me: Any and all information that you provide will remain confidential and may also be disclosed by Nuance to your wireless carrier, if so requested, or to meet legal or regulatory requirements, such as under a court order or to a government institution if required or authorized by law...“Speech Data” means the audio files, associated transcriptions and log files provided by you hereunder or generated in connection with the Service. Sorry game over - I don't care how good the service is - I just can't justify giving up my contact information for a free iPhone App no matter how good it is. When you go to the iTunes page for the App the reviews are split between 1 star for those parnoid consipiracy theorists like myself and 5 stars by those that live in a happy pretty butterfly world with shiny unicorns and don't care about privacy issues and are just looking for a good - free - dictation app. Hopefully Nuance will change their EULA and remove the requirement to upload contacts and will also immediately delete all recordings after transcription and delete the transcriptions as well. When that happens I will gladly try out the app. Might even be willing to pay for it. But right now my friends can sleep easy knowing I did not sell them out for a free iPhone App. Here is the End user Agreement for Dragon Dictation so you can decide for yourself before downloading: THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU (THE INDIVIDUAL OR THE ENTITY USING THE DRAGON DICTATION SOFTWARE AND SERVICE) AND NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC., ("NUANCE"). PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS CAREFULLY. YOU MUST AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS DRAGON DICTATION END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT (“AGREEMENT”) IN ORDER TO INSTALL AND USE THE SOFTWARE WITH THE DRAGON DICTATION SERVICE. BY CLICKING ON THE “ACCEPT” BUTTON, OR BY USING THE SOFTWARE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. YOU MAY NOT INSTALL OR USE THE SOFTWARE OR THE NUANCE SERVICE IN ANY WAY UNLESS YOU HAVE ACCEPTED THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. Dragon Dictation is a client/server application, currently available only in the United States, that permits users of devices to control certain operations of such devices via spoken commands, including, but not limited to, the ability to at least create text and email messages . The following general terms and conditions govern your use of the Dragon dictation applications (“Service”) and permit you to download, install and use the client software (“Software”) and accompanying documentation provided by Nuance for accessing the Service. 1. LICENSE GRANT. Nuance grants you (the "Licensee"), a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable limited license, in object code form only, to install and use the Software on a single Device to access the Service only in the United States. A “Device” is any authorized Apple® iPhone®. You acknowledge and agree that the Software will use your wireless network to send and receive data, and that your mobile operator may bill you airtime, data and/or usage fees. 2. LICENSEE OBLIGATIONS. 2.1 RESTRICTIONS. You may not: (a) submit any automated or recorded queries to the Service unless otherwise approved in writing by Nuance; (b) use the Service for commercial use; (c) access the Service with software or means other than the Software; (d) copy, reproduce, distribute, or in any other manner duplicate the Software, in whole or in part; (e) sell, lease, license, sublicense, distribute, assign, transfer or otherwise grant any rights in the Software, in whole or in part; (f) modify, port, translate, or create derivative works of the Software; (g) decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to derive, reconstruct, identify or discover any source code, underlying ideas, or algorithms, of the Software or the Service by any means; (h) remove any proprietary notices, labels or marks from the Software; or (i) use the Service for purposes of comparison with or benchmarking against products or services made available by third parties. 3. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS. 3.1 SOFTWARE AND SERVICE. Nuance and its licensors own all right, title, and interest in the Software and Service including, but not limited to, all patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark and other intellectual property rights associated therewith, and title to all such rights shall remain solely in Nuance and/or its licensors. Unauthorized copying of the Software or Service, or failure to comply with the above restrictions, will result in automatic termination of this Agreement and all licenses granted hereunder, and will make available to Nuance all legal and equitable remedies for breach thereof. 3.2 THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE. The Software and Services contain a copy of the Speex codec in executable form. You acknowledge that use of the Speex codec is subject to the conditions and disclaimers listed in revised BSD license found athttp://www.xiph.org/licenses/bsd/speex/. © 2002-2003, Jean-Marc Valin/Xiph.Org Foundation. 3.3. NAMES AND SPEECH DATA. As part of the Service, Nuance collects and uses: (1) the names of individuals and companies that appear in your address book in order to improve the quality of the Service when you speak a contact name in using the Service, and (2) Speech Data, as defined below, to tune, enhance and improve the speech recognition and other components of the Service, and other Nuance services and products. You acknowledge and agree that Nuance may collect the names of individuals and companies that appear in your address book and the Speech Data as part of the Service and that such information shall only be used by Nuance or third parties acting under the direction of Nuance pursuant to confidentiality agreements as identified above. Nuance will not: (a) use the names of individuals and companies that appear in your address book to contact anyone for any reason, or (b) use the information elements in of any Speech Data for any purposes except as set forth above. Any and all information that you provide will remain confidential and may also be disclosed by Nuance to your wireless carrier, if so requested, or to meet legal or regulatory requirements, such as under a court order or to a government institution if required or authorized by law, or in the event of a sale, merger or acquisition of Nuance by another entity. “Speech Data” means the audio files, associated transcriptions and log files provided by you hereunder or generated in connection with the Service. 4. SUPPORT. To facilitate the process of evaluating and testing the Service and Software, Licensee may refer to Nuance frequently asked questions at: http://www.dragonmobileapps.com. For additional support, Licensee may request such support via the foregoing website, and upon Nuance personnel availability, Nuance may provide reasonable support services through fax, email or other means to Licensee with regards to defect and/or clarification of functions and features of the Software and Service. Nuance Support is available during Nuance’s normal business hours, Mondays through Fridays, 8:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST (excluding legal and company holidays). 5. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT NUANCE IS PROVIDING THE SOFTWARE AND SERVICE TO YOU SOLELY TO PERMIT YOU TO EVALUATE AND USE THE SOFTWARE AND SERVICE. CONSEQUENTLY, YOU AGREE TO TAKE ALL PRECAUTIONS AND SAFEGUARDS NECESSARY TO PROTECT YOUR DATA AND SYSTEMS FROM LOSS OR DAMAGE. NUANCE PROVIDES THE SOFTWARE AND SERVICE “AS IS,” WITH ALL FAULTS, AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NUANCE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. 6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL NUANCE, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AND EMPLOYEES, OR ITS LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF USE, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR COST OF COVER, ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR SERVICE, HOWEVER CAUSED, UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN ADVANCE. 7. TERM; TERMINATION. This Agreement begins on the earlier of your acceptance of the terms and conditions of this Agreement or once you download the Software and expires upon termination. Nuance may terminate this Agreement, and the license granted hereunder, at any time in its sole discretion, with or without cause, by notifying you that the service has expired or has been terminated. This Agreement shall terminate automatically upon the breach of any of its terms and conditions by you. Upon termination, you shall immediately stop use of and shall delete all copies of the Software. 8. EXPORT COMPLIANCE. You represent and warrant that (i) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a “terrorist supporting” country; and (ii) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties. 9. U.S. GOVERNMENT END USERS. The Software is a "commercial item," as that term is defined in 48 C.F.R. 2.101, consisting of "commercial computer software" and "commercial computer software documentation," as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. 12.212. Consistent with 48 C.F.R. 12.212 and 48 C.F.R. 227.7202-1 through 227.7202-4, all U.S. Government end users acquire the Software with only those rights set forth herein. 10. TRADEMARKS. Third-party trademarks, trade names, product names and logos (the "Trademarks") contained in or used by the Software or Service are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners, and the use of such Trademarks shall inure to the benefit of the trademark owner. The use of such Trademarks is intended to denote interoperability and does not constitute: (i) an affiliation by Nuance with such company, or (ii) an endorsement or approval of such company of Nuance and its products or services. 11. GENERAL LEGAL TERMS. This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States of America, without regard to its conflicts of laws principles, and you hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts in said Commonwealth in connection with any dispute arising out of this Agreement. This Agreement shall not be governed by the United Nations Convention of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, the application of which is hereby expressly excluded. This Agreement is the entire agreement between Nuance and you and supersedes any other communications or advertising with respect to the Software. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be revised to the extent necessary to cure the invalidity or unenforceability, and the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. The failure of Nuance to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. Sections 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 10 of this Agreement shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement. Comments[0]
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Wed, 2 December 2009
Here are stories sent in from Listeners that tried the Droid and found it to be less (a lot less) than marketed. So before making a change you will want to read these stories. There is also this post from Stewart Alsop.
I will add more of these Droid Fail stories as they come in. Rob, Before I start - I am a technology junkie - especially when it comes to the "newest & greatest" cell phones! My friends and family laugh at me - because I am constantly upgrading my phone. We have a Verizon contract (with 3 lines of service) as well as an AT&T contract (with 2 lines of service). I recently did some research comparing AT&T's plans vs Verizon's plans (voice AND data) and I decided it was more cost effective (especially when taking into account the cancellation fees for each contract) to keep the 3 Verizon lines, and cancel the AT&T contract. Besides - who really needs 2 cell phones? WHAT A MISTAKE!!! I canceled my AT&T contracts the day the Droid was released. I was up early that day - and the Verizon store I went to - did have a line of people - waiting for the Droid - but the line of people (maybe 35?) ABSOLUTELY did not compare to the line at the AT&T store on the day of the IPhone 2G & IPhone 3G launch. (No one sleeping overnight in front of the store inhaling someone's car fumes - a throwback to your experience in line for your IPhone - I love that story!) The HTC Droid - from initial comparison looked crisper than the IPhone. However, after further testing/use - it was HORRIBLE! We had SO many issues with the Droid - they were returned to the Verizon store 1 week after we purchased them. These were the main issues we had: 1. The Droid would not voicedial from our Bluetooth headset 2. The Droid would not sync with our yahoo email accounts (hmmm ... google not syncing with their competitor yahoo - is that really a "missed kink" in the product?) :) 3. The App store SUCKS! Not user friendly AT ALL! I definitely prefer using Itunes on my PC to browse through the Apps. 4. The Droid is overly sensitive and would randomly dial people in our contact book 5. The calendar is VERY limited - granted I was finally able to sync it to my Outlook contacts/calendar - but the calendar fields were very limited - and half of my text did not appear for my activities - you know - the important stuff would be missing - half of the address, etc. HORRIBLE! Unfortunately - the fact still remained that we didn't want to pay 2 cell phone bills each month - so we're still stuck with Verizon until our contracts run out - so I had to exchange the Droids for the Blackberry Storm 2 - not much better than the Droids ... I hope this helps your listeners before switching out of AT&T to Verizon. Luckily - we can still use our IPhones as IPod touches @ home since we have WIFI. Thanks for the great show! I love it! I've listened from episode 1! Robin Clinton Township, MI Hi Rob, I was just listening to Podcast number 102 through your Tii app - I know, I'm behind. This is because I spent the last 2 weeks on the Android platform. I've been having so much trouble with my iPhone dropping calls, and since my cell phone is my only phone, I finally ditched the iPhone and tried out the Motorola Droid. That began quite the saga - as a jailbroken iPhone user, the bar is set pretty high on phones. I used the Droid for a week before returning it. As expected, it was quite buggy - this I could have lived with while the kinks are worked out. What surprised me is that all the customization that people talk about on Android is, well, true. But in order to achieve that customization, you have to download apps. It's not built into the OS. How do you find out about these customizations? Good question. The search function on the Android Market is incredibly BAD. Seriously, this is Google? I would read about an app on the web, search for it in the Market and come up empty - 80% of the time. On the forums people would be talking about using an app, and there would be multiple responses about people being unable to locate it in the market. It's so bad, that the platform uses bar coding to locate apps - this is the standard for posting links to apps in Android - because it's impossible to search by Keyword or even Title. What's perplexing is that some people could find the apps, others couldn't using the exact same search terms. In the end I returned the Droid because I couldn't stand the form factor. I'm a mom, I was afraid I'd drop the thing on my baby's head and she'd get a concussion. The thing is a brick. And while I wanted a physical keyboard, I can type faster on the iPhone's keyboard than on the physical Droid keyboard. Just not feeling the love there. I tried out the HTC Eris next - this introduced me to all kinds of issues with Android. You know how the commercials say that Droid can multi-task while the iPhone can't? My jailbroken iPhone of course could, but on Android, you don't get a choice about multitasking. There are no kill buttons in the apps. So to leave a program you press the home key and it continues to operate in the background. If you're like me, jumping between programs fairly often, you'll have 10-12 apps running in the background at all times. No worries though, there's an app for that - lots of them. So you download a task killer and when you run it shows you all the apps open at the time. You can check off the ones you want to kill at that moment in time - of course, you want to be careful not to check off things like the keyboard, the OS, the battery meter, you know, little "applications" like that. As a kicker though, I learned that the task killer was draining my battery - I was only able to get 2-4 hours of battery on my phone. There's a handy little setting that you can look at to see if your phone sleeps - my consistently said I was at 80-100% awake. Sitting on my desk looking very innocuous and the damn thing's still running. I found that my battery life was dramatically better if I used the phone than if I left it sitting. In the end I returned the Eris too, and dragged my sorry butt back to AT&T. They took me and my money back. A part of me is disappointed that the open platform that Android offers is not really in the same universe as the iPhone. It would be nice to have another platform to challenge and spur development on the iPhone. What blows my mind though, is the advertising that's going on and why Apple isn't exploiting the fact that the Android OS is half-baked at best. Anyway, thought you might be interested in my experience. If you know anyone who is thinking of switching, tell them I said that making phone calls that don't drop is over-rated. Nothing can match the iPhone experience. Amanda gadgetmom88 on Twitter. Comments[0]
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Mon, 30 November 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Businessweek - Apples Schiller Defends App Approval Process BBC News - New iPhone Worm can act like botnet iPhone Magnifying Camera Mod MacRumors - China Mobile Strong Arming vendors Businessweek - Apple Launching New iPhone Ads roqyGPS iPhone Folders Techcrunch UK - The iPhone comes to Tesco Multifl0w App Rejections BBC News - iPhone Worm Creator Lands software job mirror.co.uk - 3 offers mifi ipod touch bundle csmonitor - iPhone gets South Korean Launch CNET - AT&T offers refurb iPhones AP - iPhone arrives in South Korea Microsoft introduces Silverlight streaming for iPhone MacRumors - Apple starts field testing next gen iPhone 9to5 Mac - iPhone moniker denotes major change Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: Tii - App Sketchbook Comic Touch Multifl0w - Cydia Airmouse ScreenSplitr - Cydia DemoGod - Mac Backgrounder - Cydia Qik - Cydia SpoofApp - Cydia Winterboard - Cydia Five Icon Doc - Cydia 3G Unrestrictor - Cydia Comments[0]
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Mon, 23 November 2009
![]() Audible.com/Thanksgiving - Special offer until Nov 26th Links Mentioned in this Episode: Digitimes - Tablet Delayed until H2 2010 (BS) AllThings D - Conde Nast Prepares Tablet Magazines China Daily - iPhone to seize 10% of 3G market in China TUAW - Virgin Mobile Canada - Fifth Canadian outlet for iPhone NY Times - Belkin Recall CNET - Game Developer cuts back on Android in favor of iPhone iLounge News - Wider distribution boosting sales in France iReaderReview.com - Channel of Good intent - iPhone is - Android isn't 9to5 mac - iPod Touch with Vidoe cmaera set to ship in Spring Bloomberg - KT says it will offer iPhone on Nov 28th in Korea iGPS 360 GPS Module Orange 360 GPS Module Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: Tii App Scribble Lite Sound Lab - 50 Cent TUAW App Mocha VNC Jaadu VNC Fit or Fugly Time Lapse Comments[0]
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Thu, 19 November 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: csmonitor - RFID on the next iPhone Apple Blog - iPhone vs Pre vs Droid sales CNET - Orange sells 30,000 iPhones in UK on first day Wired - Apple App store takes tiny step toward transparency AtomicPopcorn - New Blurays to have iPhone interactivity AppleInsider - iPhone captures 17% of worldwide smartphone market AppleInsider - Conflicting reports within Qualcomm InfoWorld - Ultimate mobile deathmatch Iphone Virus creator - Never expected PodcastAwards - Vote for Today in iPhone Dell unveils Androind based Mini 3 AppleTouch - iPod touch screen problems BorbApps - EventGenie website JabraStone CNET - Verizon Ad insults Apple 2nd iPhone Virus targetting jailbroken handsets iLounge News - Apple seeking iPhone iPod Touch game engineer Healthlinks - U of W survey Boy Genius Report - Apples Black Friday deals leaked? Make - iPhone home buttone earrings Powerbook Medic - order iPhone home button Earrings Mirror.co.uk - Apple now using bots to approve iPhone Apps Fortune - The Great Belgian iPhone Robbery CNET - Road Testing Magellan RoadMate for iPhone PC World - iPhone Cleared for Sale by South Korean Regulator MediaPost Publications Report - iPhone Rules App Landscape AT&T vs Verizon - Legal Battle Apps and Software and Services Mentioned in this Episode: Tii App AntiStress CropForFree ArtCamera Sketchbook Mobile App - Autodesk Fit or Fugly PocketBLU EventGenie Super KO Boxing 2 MyTones - Cydia UbreakIfix.com Comments[0]
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Wed, 11 November 2009
![]() Thanks to Laura from Lago Vista TX for the Artwork for this Episode Links Mentioned in this Episode: Online Survey Latest on Apple Trademark of iPhone Orange reveals iPhone 3GS UK Pricing - Slashgear Updated Bing Mobile Site Contentinople - iPhone to take over e-book market Gizmodo - Dutch Hacker holds jailbroken iPhones hostage Hacker gives instruction on changing root password The iPhone gets a business card reader app BlackRa1n Allthings D - Sales for iPhone in China start slow Intel, Apple, Microsoft probe Sync bug Apple Announces over 100,000 apps now available Retrevo - Bogus study Boing Boing - iPhone Dev accused of stealing phone numbers Joe Posnanski - The Yankees Payroll Eliminate your flying fear with iPhone App Crunch Gear - How to Tether iPhone OS 3.1.2 CNET - Hacer breaks into jailbroken iPhones Dutch Hacker seeks out jailbrokne iPhones for fame and fortune RadioShack will get the iPhone AppleInsider - Apple to launch Verizon iPhone in Q3 2010 (BS) Graham Cluley's Blog - iPhone worm discovered - Rick Rolls Password - Cydia PC World - Third Singaporean Operator to offer iPhone iPhone App business on sale on eBay Gigabyte fixes iPhone syncissue with BIOS update MediaPost - Google to acquire AdMob for $750 Million Bloomberg - Motorola probably sold 100,000 droids in first days Apples iPhone Operating profit beats Nokia Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: ORB Live Business Card Reader TrophyBuck Deer Weight Calculator Virgin Atlantic - Mental workout App Motion X GPS Comments[0]
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Sun, 1 November 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: ADM Podcasting survey Robert Scoble - 85,000 reasons why iPhone isn't going to be disrupted NASDAQ Launches iPhone App Cult of Mac - Blackra1n RC2 is released WashingtonPost.com - The problem with iPhone Killers TUAW - Telus to start iPhone Sales on November 5th The Guardian - Orange to sell iPhones iPhone Atlas - Best iPhone Costumes Ever Apple App store break the 100,000 approved mark Apple shops tablet around Australia CNET - Survey shows iPhone threatens blackberry Reuters - Nokia Apple fight to last more than 1 year PC World - How long until Droid overtakes the iPhone? AVForums - iPod touch will not sync with Windows 7 San Jose Mercury News - Why I was wrong about googles Android Gizmodo - No more Apple products this Year Analyst says Apple to ink Verizon iPhone deal next year (BS) NPR - Will the rise of Android come at the expense of the iPhone PC World - Why Verizon's Droid isn't an iPhone Killer MacWorld - New iPhone App Translates English into Spanish as you speak InternetNews.com - Why the iPhone isn't going anywhere Apple and AT&T hit with another MMS class action suit Mac Rumors - iPhone Launches in China Mobilecrunch - iPhone 3GS vs Droid The Register - Wintel 7 machines freeze out iPhone iPhone Atlas - iPhone OS 3.1.2 unlock arrives Nov 4th Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: eBizCardz - Sponsor PhotoPainter Photogene NASDAQ Portfolio Manager Jibbigo Holy bible App YouMail App Navigon Comments[0]
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Mon, 26 October 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Online Survey - PLEASE TAKE AllThingsD - Analys - iPhone Sales in China Disappointing PC World - Singapore's M1 to start selling the iPhone Pepsi release iPhone App to help Men "Score" with women Dev-Tem - Pwnage Pie - jailbreaking 3.1.2 ABC News - Is Pepsi's new iPhone App in poor taste Mac Rumors - Apple developing FM radio App for iPhone Apple Reports Quarterly results Wired.com - False Alarm - New iPhone 3GS not jailbreak-proof In-App Purchase is coming to free iPhone Apps AllthingsD - Demand for iPhone exceeds supply Youtube - iDon't Ad Droid Does and iPhone with Jailbreak does too. Podcasting News - ReelDirector brings real video editing to iPhone TechCrunch - iPhone Charts Redmond Pie - Enable Tethering on iPhone 3GS 3.1.2 NYTimes - Where's the Freight Google Wave's already works on the iPhone Big-Pan JPG The iPhone Blog Forums - Windows 7 string Marketwatch - Nokia suing Apple ABC News - Pepsi Pulls iPhone App iPhone 3GS taped to an RC Plane Mac News - Apple is saving best for last Wireless Week - Ballmer dismisses iPhone CNN - How to learn a foreign language online Destsche Welle - German Podcasts iPhone Apps - How to download language lists onto iPhone Sequia Capital invests in Bump Technologies YouTube - iDon't Care Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: Tii App iFreak Vonage Mobile App Cardbank ReelDirector Navigon Autostitch Snapture BeerCompass review by Sally at Travel by the Pint AT&T TL92328 Comments[0]
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Tue, 13 October 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Youtube - T-Pain Obama Auto-Tune FTC - Bloggers must disclose payment for reviews CNET Reviews - Seatbuddy hangs iPhones Bell, Telus confirm iPhone Launches Telus - iPhone Page On the iPhone - GeoHot Post NY Times - AT&T reverses its policy on VoIP calls Newsweek - iPhone App Store Developers aren't getting rich Super Charger - Gigantic iPhone Charger MacWorld - Apple releases iPhone software 3.1.2 Vonage Mobile released for iPhone Apple Tablet PC manufactured by Foxconn AT&T CEO has ominous words for iPhone users at CTIA JD Power - iPhone kicks butt again CRN - Google Android has momentum NY Times - AT&T does the right thing SFGATE - Photoshop Mobile comes to iPhone GeoHot releases BlackRa1n jailbreak for 3.1.2 Redmond Pie - Jailbreak for 3.1.2 Tweetie2 and the app store dilemma GEDblog - Losing iReligion Marco.org - The Two App Stores T-mobile - Sidekick looses data Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: Hearts - Review by Kevin Crossman I am T-Pain Awesome Keyboard Phone View Quick Voice 2 Photoshop Mobile Shopper Grocery IQ Grocery Gadget Vonage Mobile Tweetie 2 Comments[0]
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Mon, 5 October 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Youtube - How to enable mms on iPhone 3G / 3GS on 3.0 and 3.0.1 Apple Support - Unresponsive iPhone v3.1 T-mobile Forums - T-Zones Mophie - iPhone Battery cable recall iPhone Hacks - Apple Approve 0870 iPhone app after 429 days iPhone mms - AT&T quotes PC World - Orange to sell iPhone in UK Yahoo Finance - Apple's App store downloads top 2 Billion PC World - China Unicom offers more iPhone pricing details iLounge - Tablet rumors Wired.com - Bionic Eye YouTube - How to install Spinboard Dropbox - Get the Dropbox iPhone App PC World - 5 Apps for finding iPhone Apps iPhone Developer steals customers phone numbers iPhone Obsessed Audiko - creating free iPhone ringtones iPhone Atlas - PandoraBox PC World - Apple and google breaking up over iPhone maps? Ars Technica - iPhone dropped calls Wired.com - GPS Add on Case for iPod Touch AppleInsider - iPhone exapnsion predicted Information Week - Man threatens his own iPhone with Gun How to Sync your iPod Touch / iPhone with Linux Google Maps for iPhone now serving up Ads Dev-Tem Blog - All aboard the update train NYTimes - The quest continues for a tablet PC Chris Marquardt - Unfreezing iPhone 3G on v3.1 Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: Sketchbook by Autodesk Camena Ping CBS EyeMobile Bionic Eye Dropbox Spinboard - Cydia Instaplaylist Pandorabox Pass the Buck ooTunes Tii Podcast App Bonus Tip: Getting moisture out of your iPhone / iPod Touch Comments[0]
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Fri, 25 September 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Techgeist - Apple iPhone Abuse detection sensors iPhone Hacks - Step by Step guide to jailbreak iPhone 3G on OS 3.1 CRN - Apple gives developers roadmap to app aproval Infoworld - 7 Myths about iPhone Exchange Policies 9to5 Mac - Apple Investigate iPhone Battery Life Mac Rumors - Leaked iPod Touch Camera Photos were Real Fortune - Apple Approved 1,394 Apps on Sept 18th iTunes 9.0.1 now in Software Update MacWorld - Push Gmail now available on iPhone Wired - The Dev that came in from the cold CNET - South Korea welcomes iPhone Gizmodo - Microsoft Courier Tablet Mac Rumors - Surveys point to iPhone Sales Momentum BenM - HowTo Downgrade firmware 3.1 PC World- Yes US iPhone Apps are legal for Business use Speedtest.net iPhone and iPod Touch Games - Ant Hill The iPhone Blog - Google Sync - Push Gmail AdMob Metrics - iPhone OS Adoption CNET - AT&T Gives time frame for MMS launch PC World - AT&T Nervous but ready for MMS PC World - How could iPhone MMS AT&T's Network? Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: WAZE Airports 4 Pilots iFile ookla - Speed Test Ant Hill Snapture Yi Jing Rhapsody Tii Podcast App Bonus Tip: Using GPS location function when not on 3G network Comments[0]
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Mon, 21 September 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Appleinsider - New AT&T specific features rumored The Register - AT&T tries to double iPhone 3G speeds Rhapsody for iPhone - It's Live AppleInsider - iPod Touch with Camera remains in Apples Pipeline Rule No 1 - Hide the iPhone from Ballmer Sharepod Telegraph - iPhone users report problem with software update The iPhone FAQ - Users report problems with software update iPhone OS 3.1 Policy requirement error when adding Exchange Information Week - iPhone developers see sales slump Lioncourt.com - OS 3.1 comes with big accessibility Enhancements CNET - Apple drops price of OS 3.1 for iPod Touch iFixit - iPod touch 3rd generation teardown Wired.com - Everything you wanted to know about iPhone 3.1 Techcrunch - Study Mobile users not keen on clicking ads Gizmodo - Sprint CEO on Pre vs iPhone Krillr.com - Tutorial MMS on iPhone OS 3.1 Youtube - iPhone 4G and home screen in landscape demo TUAW - The Bookmark App Apple - Support - Mysterious randon total shut downs AT&T begins rolling out MMS for the iPhone PC World - Novell Tool Opens iPhone to .net developers TUAW - What exact processor is insider the new iPod Touch? MacRumors - Apple Retail stores to gain dedicated iPhone activation areas Joy of Tech - Why the iPod touch does not have a camera Apple betrays the iPhone's business hopes Apple to launch Tablet in Feb 2010 iTwinge - Real keyboard for iPhone Information Week - Google Says Apple rejected Voice App Redmond Pie - iPhone App ported to Zune HS in 12 hours Chris NYC - QuickScroll2 Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: Omnifocus review by Sally at Travel by the Pint Kayak Sharepod Rainbow Ninja - Review by Eric at iPhone15 PicFree Navigon The Bookmark App Line2 QuickScroll2 - Cydia Rhapsody Sleepbutton Tii Podcast App Bonus Tip: Force quitting Apps 2G/3G vs. 3GS Comments[0]
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Thu, 10 September 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Apple - iPhone Software Update PC Mag - C64 emulator yanked from the App Store Gizmodo - Liveblog - 9/9/9 event Apple Insider - Apple unveils 64 GB iPod Touch PC Mag - The Apple Backlash NYTimes - Q&A with Steve Jobs Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: i-Funbox YamiPod Music Liberator Madden 2010 NFL App NFL 2010 - Gameloft Sleep Button Score em Tii Podcast App Bonus Tip: How to transfer media files from your iPhone to new computer / hard drive Comments[0]
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Tue, 8 September 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Podcasting News - The new Associated Press 24/7 Wall Street - For AT&T the iPhone is a bust ZDNET - Analyst: Apple to offer iPhone on US carriers within a year Businessweek - Apple Sept 9 event officially confirmed PC World - Apples Sept 9 event 5 hot bets Fast Company - 4 ways to make your iPhone Invincible Apple - Message List iPhone 3GS screen freeze AT&T - Forums on 3GS screen freeze Cult of Mac - More evidence that snow leopard is a touchscreen OS Surge for iPhone 3G and 3GS plus iPod touch NJ.com - Rumor Mill makes cider out of Apple 9to5 Mac - iPhone 3.1 to ship next week AT&T - Media kit - iPhone 3GS Movie set to premiere on iPhone and iPod touch RWW - Loopt launches first always on app PC World - AT&T response to iPhone MMS irritation Touch Arcade - C64 Emulator approved by Apple Marco.org - iPod Touch predictions IntoMobile - Spotify mobile now available in select countries CNN / Fortune - Is the iPhone really the Paris Hilton of Mobile Phones? 9 to 5 Mac - iPod Touch with camera delayed? Hardware Reviewed in this Episode: Voyager 855 by Plantronics Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: Tii App Loopt Spotify FWIX Civilation Revolution C64 Emulator - UPDATE now it is off the App store NFL 2010 - Gameloft Phone View Tii Podcast App Bonus Tip: How to change the broken glass on your iPhone 2G Comments[0]
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Fri, 4 September 2009
When Apple made podcasting available on iTunes v4.9 back in the summer of 2005, Derek from Skepticality, myself and a few others tried to figure out Apple’s algorithm for ranking podcasts. Thanks to an early bug in iTunes where you could unsubscribe and re-subscribe it allowed us to pick a few obscure podcasts and drive them up in the rankings and then see how long it took for them to drop and at what rate. We were able to figure out that it was a seven day average with some weighted average put up front. When Apple added Apps to iTunes and had a top 100 ranking I figured they probably were using the same or similar algorithm for rankings. But to test my theory I needed an app in the app store and last month I was able to get the App for the Today in iPhone Podcast approved and in the App store. The following is a graph charting the daily sales of the App vs the Peak ranking during that day in the Paid Productivity category.
![]() For a larger version click here As expected the peak day for sales did not match up with the peak day for app ranking. I tried plotting a weighted average with a few different formulas until I came to one that matched up pretty well and is a very simple algorithm. I am of the belief that simple answers are usually the correct ones – Some barber from the 14th century first figured that out. The formula I found that matches up best to the movement of the Tii App in the rankings is: (D1+D1+D1+D1+D2+D2+D2+D3+D3+D4+D5+D6+D7)/13 With D1 being the number of sales in the past 24 hours, D2 being the number of sales from 25 to 48 hours ago and so on. Granted you can’t prove this formula 100% as the actual rankings are also influenced by how well or not so well other apps around you are doing. In other words you could hold your sales steady for two weeks straight and still see your App move up and down in the rankings as other apps around you have fluctuations. That said when I plot the weighted average using the formula above vs. peak daily ranking you get the graph below: ![]() For a larger version click here As you can see it does match up pretty well. So why do all this? Well one thing I am a geek and I love doing things like this. But more importantly it tells you the importance of when you plan a PR / Marketing blitz for your app that you need to focus it almost all in a week’s period of time. Don’t plan on doing one thing this weekend and another the weekend after and a third the weekend after that. Yes on going PR / Marketing is important as well, but you really need to do the majority of your PR / Marketing blitz in the first few days after you say go. That is when you will get your best results for your efforts. Don’t get me wrong I am not saying don’t bother doing PR and marketing after the first week - just that if you have a few “big things” planned make sure they happen at the same time. Questions / Comments are welcome below - Spam is not. Comments[0]
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Mon, 31 August 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: The Register - Apple blogger legally unlocks iPhone Awaiting Inspiration - Record iPhone Calls InformationWeek - AT&T Mandates Data Plans for smartphones WSJ - Jobs back at Apple focuses on new tablet Techcrunch - Apple will approve Rhapsody's iPhone App Poyner Online - AI's Morning Meeting GigaOhm - How big is the Apple iPhone App Economy? Mac Rumors - iPod Touch, Nano and Classic to get 3.2 MPix Camera Reuters - French official to talk iPhone troubles with Apple FreeAppAlert - Free iPhone apps that were paid iPhone Apps Cheating the App Store - PR firm posts fake reviews CNN - China Unicom to Launch 2 Versions of 3G iPhone in China Business Insider - Apple's China iPhone deal not exclusive Gizmodo - Apple may be working on XL Tablets running full Mac OS X iLounge News - Apple Forcing removal of "free memory" app feature London Bus Gives you a third eye InformationWeek - Speech to Text coming to iPhone? The iPhone FAQ - Apple Media Touch Tablet GigaOhm - The iPhone App Market Size Debate Gizmodo - Are iPhone really exploding all over the world? CNET - Apple says its not to blame for "exploding" iPhones CNET - Apple AT&T face yet another iPhone MMS lawsuit Bjango - iStat Help Victim uses GPS to track down robbers Engadget - Maybe that iPod Touch with a camera is real after all Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: QuickVoice2Text Navigon USA GMAP US East Tom Tom US and Canada CoPilot Motion X GPS Yelp London Bus Tii Podcast App Bonus Tip: How to easily move up to 4 apps at a time from screen to screen Comments[0]
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Mon, 24 August 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Wikipedia Launches Official iPhone App Washington Post - Feds may be investigating Apples request for Palm CNET - AT&T Steps up 850MHz roll out for enhanced 3G iSmashphone - Everything you need to know about iPhone Video iLounge - iPhone 3GS capable of 720p and 1080p hi-def playback? USAToday - AT&T to take a fresh look at internet calling for iPhone Apple Answers the FCC's Questions The iPhone Blog - Apple iPhone is a restaurant not a super market Dailymobile - DIY iPhone / iPod Dock Groovin with the Grizas - An App for all iPhoners 4Wheelsnews - Mini Cooper iPhone App Youtube - Evilgummyworm2 review of Tii App Dealextreme - Phone Tools Page Daves Lounge Podcast Washingtonpost - Ultimate iPhone App organizer Hits the Web Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: WikiPedia The App Wiki Tap Wikipanion Mini Cooper App WarFare MOVEMENT Tii Podcast App Bonus Tip: How to Get 12+ App Screens in OS 3.0 Comments[0]
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Thu, 20 August 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Techree.com - 5 Million iPhones not shipping to China Unicom CNET - Borders Survey presumes a futer iPad ereader MobileCrunch - iPhone 3GS best selling cell phone in Japan in July AllThingsD - Apple Keynote Sept 9 - No Tablet expected Techtree.com - iPhone OS 3.0 does not delete emails Wired.com - iPhone dethrones Rebel XTi as most popular camera on flickr MacWorld - Play internet radio in the background BusinessWeek - Can the Apple Touch sell the Tablet? Youtube - How to turn your iPod Touch into an iPhone iPhone icons all over the place in V 3.0 Apple Support - iPhone 3.0 Apps are wrong icons Gethightech.com - iPhone 3G Touch panel Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: Tii App Trip Cubby Gas Cubby Tripit and Travel Tracker Pro ColorSplash PhoneZap - Cydia PhoneZap - iTunes Tii Podcast App Bonus Tip: Ten Hidden Features of OS 3.0 Comments[0]
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Sun, 16 August 2009
![]() Thanks to Marta from Riverside CA for the artwork for this episode. Links Mentioned in this Episode: TUAW - T-mobile stops offering prepaid sidekick data service to iPhone MacRumors - Push Notification comes to eBay iPhone App Walletpop - Top 10 iPhone Apps for Back to school BetaNews - AT&T and Apple hit with class action over MMS PHP Princess.net - How to display 11+ Pages of Apps CNET - Apple Planning September Event? YouTube - iPhone 3GS shot with 9 MM and then burned i4U News - Palm Pre Sales Nosedive Register - Pre Sales Plunge after iPhone 3GS arrival Fortune.com - iPhone vs Pre - Satisfaction Bakeoff iFones.com - Folder Buddy 50% discount YouMail Favicon.cc - Favicon.ico Generator Apps and Software Mentions in this Episode: YouMail eBay 3G unrestrict - Cydia iData Mobile Search - Cydia Match 2 Paid Free Folder Buddy Tii App Tii Podcast App Bonus Tip: Opening Safari with a Blank Page Comments[0]
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Thu, 13 August 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Mac Rumors - Apple Enables Promo Codes for iPhone Apps Rated 17+ Gadgetvenue - iPhone Document Scanner ABC News - New Application brings iPhone into the Bedroom Apple - Jailbreaking is source of instability and disruptions of service TextPlus powered by Gogil Mac News - If Apple's Tablet is a train wreck we will never see it PC World - iPhone 3.0.1 update Patches SMS Flaw Washingtonpost.com - Apple AT&T questioned about Google Voice rejection iPhone Club - How to make your iPhone look like a Palm Pre Washintonpost.com - Why the FCC wants to smash open the iPhone Fast Company - Seven more reasons to ditch your iPhone Apple - About the security content of iPhone OS 3.0.1 USPTO - Apple Trademark of the name Tabletmac DailyTech - Apple tries to silence owner of fiery iPod Exploding iPod - Apple denies sending gagging order Business Insisder - Why a Netflix streaming iPhone App could happen Endgadget - Apple phasing out iPhone 3G Boy Genius Report - Apple iTunes 9 details app organization Crunchgear - Rogers confirms inexplicable 8GB iPhone 3GS - Not Marco.org - Planet Calacanis Youtube - App Management in iTunes Concept Video Computerworld Blogs - Tablet is 10 inch iPhone Podcasting News - Five Reasons the Apple Tablet will Rock Wired.com - Dear Tablet Naysayers Techtree.com - iPhone OS 3.1 update points to iProd Fortune - Apples $1.2 Billion Tablet Computer eweek - Apple Tablet could shake up netbook market My App Store Frustation - Today in iPhone Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: Folderbuddy Passion TextPlus Tii Podcast App Bonus Tip: Playing Audio in the Background Comments[0]
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Wed, 5 August 2009
Let me tell you about my troubles getting my iPhone App into the App Store. Now I don't know if these issues are because I called out those in the App store a "few" times on my show for approving apps that promoted killing babies, killing your classmates or getting stoned. Or the times I called them out for not approving one of many different apps they should have (Google Voice, SpoofApp, Podcaster). Again I don't know that this was them being vengeful or just the normal path people have to take to get approved. But I know which way I am leaning right now.
June 3rd 2009: It all started back with the submission on June 3rd of the Today in iPhone App. Which offers up instant access to all the back episodes of the Today in iPhone Podcast - plus bonus content to those with the app. Plus a bunch of other things which are meaningless to mention until the app gets approved. June 20th 2009: The first rejection came on June 20th. Reason for the rejection was: Your application, Today in iPhone App, cannot be posted to the iTunes App Store because of iPhone usage in your product name. We want to remind you of the importance of following Apple's posted Guidelines for Using Apple's Trademarks and Copyrights: http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/guidelinesfor3rdparties.html Of course at the time - Apple themselves had just had their iPhone Trademark Rejected again by the USPTO. See this blog post link for more info on that - Update on Apple's Futile attempt at trademarking the name - iPhone We changed the name to the Tii App and resubmitted. After all they said it was an issue with the name and per their instructions we changed the name to remove "iPhone" - you know that name they had no legal right to - but hey it is their store and we will play by their rules. Which they said are: For example, the following are acceptable: GreatApp - with tagline "for iPhone" GreatApp - with tagline "iPhone edition" GreatApp - with tagline "iPhone version" The following are not acceptable: iPhone GreatApp iPhoneGreatApp GreatiPhoneApp So I guess the big issue was I used the word "in" instead of "for" but splitting hairs here so lets move on. July 2nd 2009: Then on July 2nd we got our second rejection of the App. Your application, Tii Podcast App, cannot be posted to the iTunes App Store because of iPhone usage in your product name. We want to remind you of the importance of following Apple's posted Guidelines for Using Apple's Trademarks and Copyrights: Same as before - WTF we thought. They included a screen shoot Now we had changed the icon image to remove the word iPhone - but we had not changed the loader image - which still said Today in iPhone. After all their original rejection said it was an issue with the App Name - not anything to do with loader images. Again forget the fact they don't have legal rights to the name iPhone. So we changed the loader image and again resubmitted. July 13th 2009: Then comes the July 13th rejection. Your application, Tii Podcast App, cannot be posted to the App Store at this time because it does not achieve the core functionality described in your marketing materials, or release notes. Applications must adhere to the iPhone Human Interface Guidelines as outlined in the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement section 3.3.5. When the device has a cellular network connection via Edge or 3G, the application displays a message stating that internet access is required, as seen in the attached screenshot. This behavior may lead to user confusion. Note that the application works properly with a Wi-Fi connection. This review was conducted on iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.0. This was a big WTF moment - until we realized this time Apple just screwed up in their testing and did not actually have a good cell connection. Blame AT&T on this one also, as the App works great over 3G and edge if you have a 3G and Edge data connection - which clearly they did not have when they tested the app. But you know they are under a lot of pressure to get lots of apps approved and don't have time to see if the issue is on their end or ours. So we just re-submitted the app with no changes. A common thing to do with the App store I have been told by other developers, when you feel the issue is on Apples side. Also there was no longer any issues with the Trademark BS - so that was a positive. July 17th 2009: Then on July 17th (Quick Turnaround) we get the following: Your application, Tii Podcast App, cannot be posted to the iTunes App Store because of iPhone usage in your product name. We want to remind you of the importance of following Apple's posted Guidelines for Using Apple's Trademarks and Copyrights: This time they were pinging us for the use of the phrase "Today in iPhone" that is in the title of the episode in the RSS feed. At this point I was really feeling like they were just Fraking with me. But they are the eight thousand pound gorilla and we sucked it up and created a new feed just for the App - where we removed "Today in iPhone" from all the episodes and the title in the feed. Even in the descriptions for the episodes. And once again we resubmitted. August 4th 2009: Then on August 4th came this reply: Thank you for submitting Tii Podcast App to the App Store. We've reviewed Tii Podcast App and determined that we cannot post this version of your iPhone application to the App Store at this time because it is not appropriately rated. Our review indicates that the application content is not consistent with the current rating. Tii Podcast App allows unfiltered access to the internet, where content with mature or suggestive themes can be accessed. Applications must be rated accordingly for the highest level of content that the user is able to access. See one of the features in the App is a self enclosed browser for visiting my website. And I put in an App Age rating of 4+. Actually have had 5 year olds call into the show. I keep my show and website as clean as possible (This is true back to my Podcast411 days). I beep out every word your Pastor would not use and a few he / she does. I am as conservative as it comes with the language - sans the borrowing of the word Frak from BSG - But that is usually reserved to talk about Apple or AT&T. But the reasoning for the rejection is that my App accesses outside content - Yes My outside content. Which I make sure is clean - There is no way to type in a URL on the browser in the App. Apple has pushed others into changing their App to a 17+ rating and I don't want to make this a 17+ app. So we just resubmitted the App with a 9+ rating. Next will be 12+ - Which is the same rating as a certain tech Podcast App where they have heavy Alcohol consumption. Not going to name names here - we could do a whole post on the inconsistencies of the App store approvals - and many others have. But if that App is approved at 12+ and you watch / listen to that podcast. There is no way our App should not be approved at 4+ or now 9+. In closing this has been a long and very frustrating process and when I talk to developers (which I do a lot of) I hear similar stories of frustration. I have said it many times on the show - Apple needs to get better control of their App store approval process. And now having walked the mile+ in the shoes of those developers that vent to me I am even more convinced of that. I will update this post with all the future reasons for rejection that Apple can think of for my App. Comments[1]
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Sat, 1 August 2009
Update 1: You can still use Redsn0w 0.8 as per the tutorial from July 2nd post below. This according to the folks over at the iphone dev team.
Apple released iPhone OS 3.0.1 as expected and it patches the Text Hack Vulnerability highlighted this week at Black Hat. If you are not jailbreaking your phone - then you should go now and update to 3.0.1 - It is available by checking for an update in iTunes with you iPhone connected. And yes the Tethering Hack from help.benm.at - still works just fine. Multiple confirmations on that. For those that are jailbroken - read this over on QuickPwn More info to come on the jailbreak side of things. Comments[0]
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Thu, 30 July 2009
![]() Thanks to Kate in PA for the Artwork for todays episode Links Mentioned in this Episode: CNET - Apple releases iPhone OS 3.1 beta 3 Daring Fireball - AT&T to blame for Google Voice PC World - iPhone SMS Attack to be unleashed at Black Hat Wired.com - iPhone Jailbreaking could crash cellphone towers NYTimes - Texting raises crash Risk 23 times study finds Technology News - Google has no Voice at the App Store Sean Kovacs - Google Voice Mobile is getting pulled from App Store Apple blocks google voice app Daily Tech - Google Voice App rejected by Apple, AT&T Mac Rumors - Apple seeds iphone OS 3.1 Beta 3 My Digital Life - How to update and upgrade iPod touch for free Gizmodo - Apple Tablet reportedly priced between iPhone and macbook Forbes - Apple Tablet could hurt iPhone developers PC World - AT&T CEO say exclusive iPhone deal won't last forever AP News - Palm Pre reconnects with iTunes Apple Investigated Foxconn Complaints Before iPhone Suicide Case Mac Rumors - Next-Generation iPod Touch & iPod Nano Cases Surface Fortune - Where in the world are those 18.6 mil ipod touches TG Daily - iPhones growth STUNTED by AT&T deal CNET - Jailbreak causes AIM to misfire New iPod Touch with Camera / Mic already in Production Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: Stitcher Trapster Swine Flute AT&T Navigator Splojit Must Eat Birds TextFree TextFree - Lite Tii Podcast App Bonus Tip: Emailing more than one Photo from a single email. Comments[0]
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Tue, 21 July 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: CNET - What to expect from Apples Quarterly report CNET - Apple Confirms death of iPhone Worker Wired - Apple Preparing iPod Touch with Camera and Mic Apple - Locating iPhone Wireless Carriers Bloomberg - Apple iPhone Apps top 1.5 Billion downloads Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: Yellow Pages DirecTV Free Memory StudioApp Podcaster (RSS Player) Stitcher Lyrics+ Comments[0]
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Fri, 17 July 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: White iPhone 3GS reportedly overheats Richards Tech Review - iPhone does not report internet tethering Keeping iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS within acceptable temperature Mac News - Toasted iPhone 3GS rumors spreading Lifehacker - 3G speeds tested and compared CNET - is iPod Touch getting a camera? Mac Rumors - Apple to add micro projectors to iPhone Mac Rumors - Haptic feedback, fingerprint ident, RFID Mac Rumors - Next Gen iPod detected in logs Krunker - Apple places large order for cameras Appmodo - AT&T MMS delayed coming Sept GeekBrief - Approved Unlocked iPone for $799 Apple - Unable to use Wifi or Bluetooth Article Engadget - Taking the iPhone 3GS off the job market Flip Ultra HS holds it own against iPhone 3GS Thousands crowd iPhone launch in Singapore Fortune - The $79 refurbished iPhone 3G Washington Examiner - Police Chief puts foot in mouth TyTube - Hack for Tethering AP - Apple disables iTunes sync feature on Palm Pre Mac Rumors - OS 3.1 beta 2 disables Tethering Wired - AT&T denied BS rumors from Appmodo For Tethering - Go from you iPhone ONLY help.benm.at Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: Run Pee iTaekwondo The Haptic Pro - Cydia Trapster IM Plus Pocket Universe Alarm Tunes Memory Info Comments[0]
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Sat, 4 July 2009
![]() When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the technical bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the software, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Technology and of Technology's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all iPhones are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Dev teams are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the served, — That whenever any Form of Terms of Service becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Software, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Terms of Service long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Terms of Service, and to provide new Software for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these early Adopters; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Software. The history of the present King of Cupertino is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these Devices. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. Links Mentioned in this Episode: Jailbreak 3.0 on iPhone 3G, 1st Gen iPhone & 1st Gen iPod Touch - pwnagetool for Mac Jailbreak and unlock iPhone OS 3.0 with PwnageTool iPhone Dev Team Releases redsn0w for iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPod Touch [ HOW TO ] Jailbreak iPod Touch with redsn0w | 1G/2G Dev Team Release Redsn0w for Windows & Mac users to Jailbreak iPhone OS 3.0 PwnageTool 3.0 and other iPhone Dev-Team tools have been released for the iPhone 3.0 Firmware | Geekology Ultrasn0w iPhone 3G unlock for 3.0 is 0ut How To Jailbreak your iPhone or iPod Touch with Redsn0w Unlock iPhone 3G 3.0 (OS 3.0) with Ultrasn0w 0.6 How to Guide Tutorial : How to Install Apps on iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch Sci-Tech Today | iPhone Jailbreaking Returns, But Can Be Expensive Jailbreak your iPhone to OS 3.0 with RedSn0w - TechCombo Step-By-Step Guide to Jailbreak iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.0 using Redsn0w (Windows) Dev-Team Blog - The needs of the many.. iClarified - Apple News - iPhone Dev-Team Asks 3GS Owners to Prepare for Jailbreak iClarified - iPhone - How to Capture Your iPhone 3GS iBEC and iBSS (Mac) Jailbroken IPhones Leave Users More Vulnerable - PC World Unlock iPhone 2G OS 3.0 | Jailbreak iPhone 2G running OS 3.0 | Jailbreak iPhone, Jailbreak iPhone 3G, Jailbreak iPhone 3GS AppleInsider | First iPhone 3GS jailbreaking tool available for download Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: Big Boss Fantasy Pack2 SBSettings Backgrounder Cycorder Qik SpoofApp Tricker Three G Swirly MMS iBluetooth Event Horizon Comments[0]
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Thu, 2 July 2009
Update 4: This tutorial works for OS 3.0.1 - First upgrade to 3.0.1 - then follow the tutorial below. (8/2/09)
Update 3: Please Please Please listen to Episode 87 before emailing me questions. Any questions emailed that I covered the answer on 87 will be read on a future episode where I will then make fun of you and call you all kinds of bad names - plus I will find those embarasing pictures of you from spring break and put them in as the album art. But seriously - please listen to Episode 87 before emailing me. Update 2: 7/9/09 - Added link to firmware for iPod Touch owners Update 1: 7/7/09 - Redsn0w v 0.8.0 - iPhone 3GS now supported - links below updated. There are some very good articles on how to jailbreak the iPhone but many miss a couple of steps up front that new jailbreakers need to know. And then more importantly what to do when the jailbreak is complete - We will try to cover those two items here. NOTE: Do not try to jailbreak if you don't like when things go to (expletive). If you need your phone for your business and being without it for any period of time will cause you to loose your job - stop now. If you get mad at your significant other at how they fold towels or put the toilet paper on a roll - Jailbreaking is probably not for your personality. Sometimes things break and your phone will likely crash more often then if it was not jailbroken. Listen to Ep. 87 for more info. 1. First you need to download the software. Make sure to download to your desktop. Download Redsn0w per the links below: Redsn0w - v. 0.7.2 (For iPhone 3G and Original iPhone) Windows (here) Mac OS X (here) Redsn0w - v. 0.8.0 (For iPhone 3G, 3GS, Original iPhone and iPod Touch 1G & 2G) Windows (here) Mac OS X (here) Then Un-Zip the files once on your desktop. 2. You need to make sure your browser is set up such that it will not automatically open a file when downloaded. In safari you need to go into preferences and unselect the check box next to "Open 'safe' files after downloading.." See pic below - make sure that box is NOT selected. 3. Download the 3.0 firmware for the iPhone. This will download as a zipped file make sure you do NOT unzip it. If you unzip it nothing will work. To download the iPhone OS 3.0 firmware go to these links. Original iPhone iPhone 3G iPhone 3GS Link to site for iPod Touch Firmware - get the 3.0 version 4. Once you have downloaded the firmware to your desktop there will be a .zip extension at the end of the filename - you need to just delete that from the file name such that it ends in .ipsw (see pic below). Select "Use .ipsw" 5. Open up Redsn0w and then follow the on screen directions. For a step by step on this part go to the following tutorial on iPhone-Hacks.com and look from step 3 on - when done come back here for more info. VERY IMPORTANT - Do NOT select "Icy" - Just select "Cydia". If you select Icy and Cydia to be installed - Cydia will not work. Ok you are back and your phone should be jailbroken now. So what do you do next? Well first thing is to find the Cydia App on your iPhone. It is brown with a white circle in it and says "Cydia" underneath. See the image below. Tap to open it. The program will do some maintenance the first time you open it. Next you will be asked "Who Are You?" If you are reading this article - then you are "User (Graphical Only)" - select that option. Then you will see a screen for "Essential Upgrade" At this point select "Complete Upgrade" If Cydia does not finish the update and you get an error message (see below) You may not have paid attention in step 5 above and installed Icy - check to see if Icy was installed as well. If so then you need to restore the iPhone, using the standard factory fresh restore from iTunes, and start over. Again listen to Ep. 87 and look for additional links in the show notes of that episode. This above is NOT what you want to see - if you do - then your choices are to jailbreak with the Pawnage Tool (Mac OS X users) or to try restoring from scratch and trying to jailbreak all over again with Redsn0w. Here is the link to that tutorial - Mac OS X only What you want to see is the following: Please note sometimes tapping close Cydia Restart - will hang up and you will need to restart the iPhone. Remember one of the down sides to jailbreaking is you will get more hangups and crashes. Once you get back to the home screens - find Cydia and open it again. Per the screen - Welcome to Cydia. Tap on "Sections" in the bottom row. Then scroll down to "Tweaks" and select it. Scroll down to "Five Icon Dock" and select it. In the upper right tap "Install" Then tap "Confirm in the upper right. When it is done you should be back to your home page. If it hangs up after the install - remember to restart the phone by holding the Power and Home buttons together.' Next select one of your apps and drag it into the bottom dock - you should now be able to place 5 items in the bottom dock and you have your first jailbreak app working. Comments[0]
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Mon, 29 June 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: SquareTrade Mac Rumors Forum - 3.0 Hidden Features Apple Insider - Apples iPhone 3GS sports chip with 720p HD vid Mobile Marketing - 50 ways to promote your iPhone App PC World - Few Queue up overnight on Apples turf for iPhone Stuck Pixel Fix for iPhone Wired - iPhone 3GS teardowns reveal underclocked CPU C64 emulator blocked by Apple CNET - Apples $30 apology for iPhone activations delays Apple iPhone 3GS trouble roundup Reuters - Apple sells more than 1 Million iPhone 3GS opening weekend Apple - Apple Sells over one Million iPhone 3GS models MediaPost - 4 in 10 smartphone users would switch to iPhone Techcrunch - The iPhone is an Accident Magnet Wired - Your always online with push IM for iPhone Wire-Free Power - Inductive charging for the iPhone / iPod touch The Entourage Help Blog - Calendar Syncing between Entourage and iCal Engadget - Verizon's CEO sidesteps question on iPhone Mac OS X Hints - Use an external microphone with the iPhone iLounge - Apple updates Remote app for iPhone Tidbits - AIM for iPhone Adds Push Notification iPhone and iPod Touch get HP Scientific Calculator Ty's iPhone Help.com - Two ways to get numeric battery on 3.0 FastMac - iPhone External Battery Pack Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: HiBubble Beejive AOL - AIM Remote Touch Physics Touch Physics - Lite Strength SpoofApp.com TextLater HP 12C Calculator HP 15C Calculator Comments[0]
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Fri, 26 June 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Latest Status info - Trademark of iPhone Apple - How to Replace an original iPhone with an iPhone 3G or 3GS TUAW - AT&T signals an abrupt end for prepaid iPhone plans Yowza interview on Appy Place CNET - Microsoft no iPhone reimbursements for workers iPhonetouch.blorge - Top 40 free iPod touch games WATODAY.com - How to turn your iPod touch into an iPhone CNET - Fixing a cracked iPod Touch screen Wayne Shears - The best jailbroken iPhone Apps Ty's iPhone Help.com - How to get MMS and Tethering on AT&T iLounge - One Page guide to iPhone 3G, 3GS, and iPod touch Tethering and MMS on iPhone Appmodo - Apple iPhone MMS coming in July, Tethering $55 Macworld - Hands on with stereo bluetooth USPTO GrooveTooth Talk - Cygnet Jawbone help.benm.at Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: Yowza ReaddleDocs Vlingo Comments[0]
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Tue, 23 June 2009
In the past we have talked about Apple's Lawyers attempts to bully Blogs over the use of the name iPhone (see episode 40), when Apple had no legal right to do so. Apple often times in their letters to blogs referenced their trademark application serial number - 77007808. As mentioned previously on the show a trademark application serial number has no legal merit - as it is simply a number assigned when an application was received. Think of it like the ticket you pull at the deli counter. It is just your place in line. Back in Feb 2007 Apple had this application rejected. Of course Apple appealed and during the appeal process switched up lawyers (guess they did not like the results with the first lawyer - but that is just a guess and not based on anything so lawyer 1 please don't sue for defamation). The second lawyer faired no better as on Dec 16 2008, the USPTO sent Apple Final Refusal notification on the application for the Trademark on - iPhone. Apple had six months to appeal and on June 16th 2009 - the last day of the six months - Apple did appeal.
It is interesting that they waited until the very last day to appeal. As the letter from Cisco (the only one that actually has a Trademark on the name - iPhone) consenting that they were ok with Apple getting a trademark on the term - iPhone - was actually received by Apple back on Nov 25th 2008. This makes one think that Apple is not all that confident that they will be granted anything on Appeal. So where does this leave the application at this point. There is now an "Ex Parte Appeal Pending". According to the person I contacted at the USPTO - "The ex parte appeal was simply instituted to preserve the rights of the filing party. But first the examining attorney must act on the request for reconsideration after final action. I.e. the appeal becomes moot if the examining attorney is convinced by the arguments presented in the request for reconsideration. The examining attorney has 21 days from when the filing enters the docket (usually 2-3 days after the actual filing) to act upon the case. If not convinced, then the appeal would move forward, and that process could take several months." I additionally asked the USPTO - "if a Trademark is granted for this application - would it apply only to those items referenced in the Application: "Hand-held unit for playing electronic games" "Computer gaming machines, videophones, prerecorded computer programs for personal information management, database management software, electronic mail and messaging software, paging software, database synchronization software, computer programs for accessing, browsing and searching online databases, computer software and firmware, namely, operating system programs, data synchronization programs, and application development computer software programs for personal and handheld computers; software for the redirection of messages, Internet e-mail, and/or other data to one or more electronic handheld services from a data store on or associated with personal computer or a server; software for the synchronization of data between a remote station or device and a fixed or remote station or device" In other words - since there would then be two Trademarks - one owned by Apple and one Owned (currently) by Cisco - would this not mean the specific application of the trademarks would need to be much more focused to only cover those items called out in the trademark Application." The response from the USPTO was: Yes, the application would only cover what is listed in the application. So my point in all this is it does look that even if Apple is finally granted a Trademark - which is very doubtful at best considering they have been rejected twice already including a "Final Refusal", and given the delay on their lawyers side to appeal, they appear to think it is doubtful. But even if they are granted a trademark it would not cover the legitimate news sites / blogs / podcasts from using the name iPhone in their title and or site. So no need for you to have to change bookmarks for your favorite iPhone Blogs and podcasts. More to come on this in the near future. Comments[0]
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Fri, 19 June 2009
Was just given a hand out from the folks at Apple while waiting on line that goes over what you need to purchase your new iPhone 3G S. Here is what it said:
You MUST be 18 years of age or older to purchase an iPhone because you must be able to enter into a valid contract with AT&T. *If you are part of a Family Plan with AT&T, the Primary Account holder must be present at the time of purchase. The following forms of ID are necessary to purchase and activate the iPhone: If you are new to AT&T Credit Card Social Security Number Valid U.S. Government-issues photo ID if porting a number, your account number & password *this is different than your phone number A deposit may be required A $36 activation fee will be charged to your new account If you are currently an AT&T customer Your AT&T phone number The last four numbers of your social security number Your Billing Zip Code ***The Apple Store can only sell iPhone for Persona rate plans. All Business customers must purchase their phone at an AT&T retail location. The nearest one to this store is.... If you are upgrading from a previous iPhone: You will lose voicemail in the upgrade, be sure to listen to them before the purchase If you are a MobileMe subscriber, all of your contact and calendars from your previous iPhone can be updated to your new phone here in the store. Ask us about MobileMe! Comments[0]
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Fri, 19 June 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: NextWorth - For selling old iPhones Boy Genius Report - Skinny on Rogers / Fido KezNews.com - How to update iPod Touch to 3.0 for free USA Today - AT&T not ready for all Apple iPhone 3G S functions How to - Selling your iPhone for instant gratification Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: Photon Say Who Adela Voice Dialer BeatMaker App Voice4mail Comments[0]
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Wed, 17 June 2009
Link to AT&T letter
If you are a 3G owner and wanted to upgrade at the $199 / $299 pricing - AT&T heard you and has changed the pricing for the Upgrade assuming you were set to be able upgrade in July / August or September. Please read the post from AT&T at the link above to see if you are one that would qualify this week for the lower pricing. Kudos to AT&T for listening - now get us that MMS and Tethering. :) FYI - Thanks to Chris in NY for sending this along. Comments[0]
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Tue, 16 June 2009
![]() Cover Art from Terry in Temple TX using the App - TypeDrawing Links Mentioned in this Episode: Modmyi.com - Official SDK in Windows Stromcode: The incredible App Store Hype Boing Boing - iPhone 3G $ saddled to worlds worst carrier InformationWeek - Apple iPhone users cry foul over AT&T iPhone Atlas - iPhone 3G $ Jailbreaking prohibited by Apple ToS PC World - 4 Reasons why iPhone owners hate AT&T Engadget - Apple iPhone 3G $ gets FCC clearance like Clockwork ZDNet - AT&T the iPhone's Anchor ZDNet - AT&T's $200 early upgrade fee & iPhone eligibility InformationWeek - iPhone Fans agry with AT&T Engadget - Apple launching free iDisk iPhone App Technologizer - Sorry, iPhone 3G owners I'm not sympathetic iPhonestalk.com - Family plan may allow iPhone 3G upgrade to 3G $ Gizmodo - How to enable 3G tethering in your iphone 3.0 now iSmashPhone - 15 Apps rendered obsolete by the new iPhone 3G$ MacDaily News - T-mobile spills the beans T-Mobile Netherlands Timothy Karr - AT&T plays dumb as iPhone romance hits Rocks iPhone Buzz - New iPhone 3G $ has olephobic coating on Screen Apple Vibration - iPhone Push Notification test for AIM PC World - Where and when you can get iPhone 3G $ YouTube - Captain Beeble Video Tech News World - Should you spring for an iPhone 3G $ ITProPortal - TomTom to release Turn-by-Turn Satnav App Ty's iPhone Help.com Mashable - 6 Steps to building a better iPhone App MacLife - Apple knows what you did with your iPhone Engadget - MMS and Tethering functional on some AT&T iPhone 3Gs MocoNews - AT&T says forget about Cheaper Data rates for 3G $ Engadget - AT&T iPhone 3G $ pre-orders already sold out AT&T FAQ AT&T Calling Plan pricing Boy Genius Report - iPhone 3G $ sold out MacWorld - Twitter apps broken Apple Patent suggests solar powered iPhone Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: iFunBox Momo Notebook by Appigo and Todoodle Do Evernote Tweetie Vlingo Recall Voice Lookup Qtweeter Phone View iFitness iStay Fit Fit View Comments[0]
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Fri, 12 June 2009
Paper Toss Free download of Paper Toss is available for a limited time. Thanks to Carlos for the heads up. Rob W Comments[0]
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Thu, 11 June 2009
The company I work for Wizzard Media - yesterday announced that we have acquired the distribution rights to another app - Super Mastermind - I am very excited about the work Wizzard is doing in the iPhone space. Personally this ties together everything I have worked on for the past 4 1/2 Years in Podcasting and 2 plus years with the iPhone. That said this post is also about full and fair disclosure. As Wizzard acquires more and more iPhone apps - the question is bound to come up - is the app I just talked about on the show - one that is under the Wizzard umbrella. So as more apps are acquired I will be posting them up here - to point out who they are to make sure you know where I stand. Becasue sometimes I am doing the show at 2 or 3 in the morning and well I forget to mention things I should. Like mentioning I own apple stock each show and I am long on Apple - but you know if you listen to the show that does not stop me from criticizing Apple when I feel they deserve or need it. So here is the list of apps that are currently under the Wizzard umbrella:
Super Mastermind Omnomnom Touch Scan Pro Blue Attack Blue Defense Sudoku Unlimited Sudoku Classic You can find an updated list of the shows HERE Now per the news side of things - all of those apps are currently at a reduced price of $0.99 thru Tuesday June 16th - according to the press release. As I said above I am very excited with what Wizzard is doing in combining Podcast Advertising with iPhone App promotion - it is one of those obvious Peanut Butter and Jelly combinations where both sides will benefit. And as a podcast listener myself - I would much rather hear an ad for an App I might be interested in - than another ad for a domanin name company. Again - I will do my best to mention conflicts of interest on the show - but will definitely put those conflicts up here on the site for all to see. Thanks for listening different. Rob W Comments[0]
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Tue, 9 June 2009
![]() Links mentioned in this episode: Crunch Gear - The iPhone 3GS Apple - iPhone View all features Mac Forums - Photos of next Gen iPhone AppleInsider - iPhone 3G users to pay $200 premium for early upgrade Crunch Gear - Want an iPhone 3GS and already have an iPhone 3G? PC Mag - What Processor is the iPhone 3G S running? Apple - iPhone Compare 3G vs 3GS TechCrunch - Why the iPhone 3GS may be a suckers bet right now TechCrunch - Say Helloto the iPhone 3GS Gizmodo - iPhone 3GS complete feature Guide Comments[0]
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Tue, 9 June 2009
Here are the bingo card results for todays WWDC - I am working on Episode 82 now - and will have it up shortly.Comments[0]
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Sun, 7 June 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Trendhunter - Slide to Unlock Panties ZDNet - WhitePaper from Sybase for IT managers AppleInsider - Testing Agency says 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32 GB iPhones iAPPetite - Apple to charge again for re-downloads on iPhone Wired.com - Leaked Photos show new iPhone hardware AppleInsider - Best Buy issues memo warning of iPhone constraints MacWorld - Apple posts iTunes 8.2 Boy Genius Report - Fido's 2009 roadmap leaked $99 iPhone Boston Globe - RedEye turns iPhone into Universal Remote The iPhone Blog - Do not install iTunes 8.2 if you jailbreak Phone Reviews - iTunes 8.2 affects QuickPwn and Pwnage Tool Mac Rumors - Apple wraps up Push notification testing AppleInsider - Apples new iPhone software may let users share apps Engadget - Mossberg on new iPhone AppleInsider - Apple looks towards digital media sharing during calls TUAW - New iPhone to be called "iPhone Video?" The iPhone FAQ - iPhone Video V3 - More evidence Gear Live - iPhone Video to launch June 8th at WWDC (BS) The Next Web - New iPhone specs and prices leaked? Apps and Software Mentioned in this Episode: CardStar Sales Tax VW Bug Count PaintBook 2.5 and PaintBook 2.5 Lite Artist Touch Vlingo iCombat ZelekSoftware YAMiPod Comments[0]
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Thu, 4 June 2009
One of my listeners has confirmed the iPhone 09 will be announced next week and going over with them their "investigative" journalism techniques I am 100% convinced the iPhone 09 will be announced next week. My source confirmed that qualification testing has been completed and Apple was informed today (morning time PST) of the completion of those tests. So I put my neck out there and state - the iPhone 09 will be announced early next week. No date on availability. I will talk about this a little more on Episode 81 of Today in iPhone - coming out tomorrow night - late.
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Thu, 4 June 2009
Update - And it is no longer free.
World War - Click here
Free download of World War - Action Game - for very limited time. Comments[0]
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Wed, 3 June 2009
News from Wizzard Media with regards to iPhone Apps.
PITTSBURGH, PA – JUNE 3, 2009 - Wizzard Media (NYSE Amex: WZE), the world’s largest podcasting network announced today the acquisition of the exclusive distribution rights to six iPhone Apps. These Apps are currently for sale through Apple’s App Store for use on iPhones and the iPod Touch including: Blue Attack, OmNomNom, Sudoku Unlimited, TouchScan, Blue Defense and Sudoku Classic. Based on current sales figures, Wizzard estimates these Apps will generate over $228,000 in annual revenues, after the standard deduction of Apple’s 30%, for the Company before any increased sales from marketing the Apps via the Wizzard Podcast Network to iPhone and iPod Touch users. Through advertising and marketing by Wizzard’s thousands of podcast producers to their highly engaged audience of iPhone and iPod users, Wizzard believes sales could be significantly higher on an annual basis. The Company plans to continue to acquire the rights for up to 100 already launched and approved iPhone Apps to provide podcast producers with a continuous stream of fresh, paid advertising for their episodic shows, app developers with increased sales revenues and provide for profitable App sales for Wizzard... “The Apple App Store has been an incredible success since its launch last year and we believe iTunes is the greatest digital media sales channel in the world. We know through our podcast distribution statistics that they attract a tremendous amount of media consumers,” says Chris Spencer, Wizzard Media CEO. “The simplicity of a consumer hearing about a great App from their favorite podcast and being able to pause the podcast, click to the App store and buy, all on their iPhone, makes us believe that this could be a great success for podcasters app developers and for Wizzard. The fact that they don’t have to enter credit card information and the low cost price of the Apps make this a compelling offer to consumers.” This announcement is the first step in Wizzard’s expanded monetization plan for its podcasting network of 20,000 producers and their 18 million viewers and listeners, approximately 70% of whom use iTunes to subscribe to and download their favorite podcasts. The plan, launched in mid-March, has already resulted in the closing of the afore mentioned Apps and Wizzard is in negotiation with 20 Apps for acquisition with a growing pipeline of interested App developers who see the value of marketing Apps via podcasts. Wizzard believes this step will put it closer to its goal of profitability and will be announcing the next step in its network monetization plan in approximately 30 days. “As more people move towards the mobile consumption of podcasts on the iPhone and iPod Touch, Wizzard sees new revenue opportunities opening up for its podcasting business using Apple’s App Store micropayment system,” says Dave Mansueto, co- founder of podcasting goliath Liberated Syndication (a Wizzard Media company). “By creating a continuous revenue stream for podcast producers and App developers through the marketing of iPhone Apps via podcasts, we believe Wizzard is strengthening its market leading position in the podcast industry and will continue to be the service of choice for monetizing podcast inventory for media companies, large and small.” To learn more or purchase the Apps discussed above please visit: http://www.wizzardsoftware.com/featured_apps.php Full and Fair disclosure - Rob works for Wizzard Media. But we would be reporting about this either way. We will talk about this more on Episode 81. Comments[0]
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Sat, 30 May 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: WSJ - Cartier to withdraw suit against Apple over iPhone App Technologizer - Palm Pre vs iPhone 09 AppleInsider - AT&T also running dry of iPhones Makeuseof.com - 6 Ways to sync music to your iPhone without iTunes NYTimes - New Yorker Cover Art painted with an iPhone Open Salon - iPhone to get iTunes TV and Movies iPhone Hacks - Backgrounder allows iPhone Apps to run in the background Palm Says its Pre Smartphone is an Apple iPhone Killer MacRumors - Next Gen iPhone to have Matte Finish iLounge - iphone design changes revealed? Apple 2.0 - The iPhone Casts a giant shadow on the Web MacRumors - Apple Launches back to school promo - no iPhone iLounge - Purported next gen iPhone bezel shows speaker Information Week - AT&T wants to offer Palm Pre Scooplet - Palm Pre syncs with iTunes CrunchGear - Palm Pre - An also Ran Youtube Video of GSM configuration of call forwarding Apps Mentioned in this Episode: Statuso Brightkite Yahoo Brushes Tweetie RSS Player Backgrounder - Cydia Loopt Comments[0]
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Sun, 24 May 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Business Insider - No new iPhone or Stever Jobs at Apples WWDC TUAW - First Look at Sling Player NYTimes - Unofficial Software Incurs Apple's Wrath The AppleBlog - iPhone 3G Now comes directly from Apple to your door Mashable - How much money does a Billion sold iPhone apps get you? Business Insider - New iPhone could still come at WWDC Houston Chronicle - Rapper Willie D charged in iPhone Scam Gizmodo - How to Hack the iPhone to use Sling Player on 3G TechCrunch - About those iPhone App Stor Revenue numbers iFixit - iPhone 3G front Panel replacement Phonearena - Project Charlie AppleInsider - Apple Execs disclose options for boosting market share MacRumors - New iPod Touch to get Camera? iPhoneNews - iPhone 2009 Rumors Intomobile - Apple Rumored to allow limited multi-tasking Online Marketing Rant - How to Market iPhone Apps Internetsafety.com - Kid Friendly Apps BusinessInsider - Apple serious about background App support The iPhone Blog - iPhone 3.0 Best and Hardware issues AppleInsider - AT&T may introduce $20 limited iPhone data plan CNET - iMeem's new iPhone app TUAW - Developers invited to test iPhone 3.0 Push Wired.com - Next Gen iPhone specs and launch date revealed? WSJ - Palm Pre Monthly costs lower than the iPhone AT&T confirms iPhone service plan reduction Fortune - Gartner Reports iPhone market share doubled Engadget - 32 GB iPhone placeholder appears at T-Mobile Austria CRN - Palm Pre Shortage a marketing play? Apple Vibration - Screen shots of Push notifications in 3.0 Gartner - Worldwide mobile phone sales Q1 2009 Apps Mentioned in this Episode: TNA Wrestling ooTunes iMeem Flick Notes Red Laser - Review Tricker Three 3G - Jailbroken App Live 365 Pandora email n' Walk Sling Player Comments[0]
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Thu, 21 May 2009
Here is an updated bingo card for the June 8th WWDC keynote with regards to the iPhone 09 (or whatever it will be called). This covers all the latest and greatest rumors plus some good old timers. Link to Larger image Digg this Comments[0]
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Wed, 13 May 2009
Email n' Walk - Free for a limited time. Allows you to see video from your camera while you type an email. See where you are walking or who is across from you at the dinner table.
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Wed, 13 May 2009
![]() Episode Sponsor: Audible - www.audiblepodcast.com/todayiniphone Links Mentioned in this Episode: Mashable - 29 Twitter Apps for the iPhone compared Tech-Ex- The fight for Legal iPhone Jailbreaking begins The iPhone Blog - Rogers Discounting iPhone 3G by $100 Slashdot - Apple Rejects NiN iPhone App ZDNet - Trent Reznor responds to NiN App denial iStockAnalyst - Is the iPhone Game Bubble about to Burst? Rock and Roll Daily - Eminem's Bloody 3AM Video debuts NY Times - Blackberry Throws iPhone Sales a Curve Myst Now Available on iPhone MacWorld - Filemaker debuts for iPhone Washingtonpost - Could Apple secretly be working on an iPhone Camcorder? Gizmodo - iPhone 3.0 Firmware taking better Pictures than 2.2.1? TechCrunch - Just How Much Money can Free iPhone Apps Make? Orlando Sentinel - AT&T releases iPhone App Mashable - 5 of the best iPhone Apps for in-Store Savings Engadget - iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 5 now available Gizmodo - iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 5 is out now Gizmodo - iPhone Beta 5 Odds and Ends SlashGear - Applie iphone OS 3.0 Beta 5 released PC World - Lated iPhone 3.0 Beta reveals Parental Controls Wired.com - Analyst's speculation - AT&T will decrease iPhone Monthly Plan Mashable - Star Trek on iPhone 11 Apps reviewed PC Magazine - Apple Backtracks and ok's NiN App USNews - Missouri Journalism school requires iPhone / iPod Touch Boy Genius? - Magnetometer in next iPhone confirmed? iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 5 ready for jailbreak Gizmodo - iPhone Temperature Warning ReadWriteWeb - Amazon opens a kindle store for the iPhone Apple Rejects iPhone BitTorrent App Gizmodo - Possible new iPhone Specs Leaked The iPhone Blog - Next Gen iPhone Leaks begin Engadget - New iPhones specs leaked CNet - Does the iPhone need a real keyboard? CIO - Notes Push email coming to iPhone Applications Mentioned in this Episode: Twitterific Tweetie Twitterfon ReTweet AT&T app Yowza Pandora Radio Documents 2 Comments[0]
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Sat, 2 May 2009
![]() Episode Sponsor: iPhone EZ Products Easy News EZ Radar Links Mentioned in this Episode: ReadWriteWeb - The State of the Smartphone: iPhone is Way Ahead Into Mobile - AT&T upgrading 3G network with 7.2Mbps HSDPA Mac Rumors - More Details of iPhone OS 3.0 'Voice Control' Emerge CIO.Com - AT&T Doubling 3G Capacity for IPhone, New Devices Market Watch - Apple profit jumps on strong iPod and iPhone sales Venture Beat - Quickoffice beats MS to the punch TechCrunch - Android Catches Up To Palm In Mobile Ad Market Share CrunchGear - A secret look into the iPhone App Review Process ABC News - Banned by Apple: 9 iPhone App Rejects iPhone App News: 1 Billionth goes to 13 year old Westport, Connecticut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia USATODAY - Apple and Verizon consider iPhone deal Washington Post - Amazon Acquires Stanza Engadget - iPhone OS 3.0 beta 4, iTunes 8.2 pre-release now live Mobile Crunch - iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 4 now available iLounge News - Apple posts iPhone OS 3.0 beta 4, iTunes 8.2 Mac Rumors - iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 4 and iTunes 8.2 Pre-Release to Developers The Apple Blog - iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 4: Multiple iTunes Accounts Tom's Guide - Pre to Steal New iPhone's Launch Thunder Cult of Mac - iPhone vs. Netbook in Extreme Typing Test Gizmodo - Apple Assembles Chip Design Team, Plans Custom iPhone Guts - Apple chip design team ReadWriteWeb - Papa Johns Says iPhone App is a Dud - Maybe They Should Try Launching a Real One ZDNet - Apple's iPhone dials up J.D. Power smartphone win TechCrunch - iPhone Sweeps JD Power Consumer Smartphone Ratings — Except In Battery Life TUAW - J.D. Power says iPhone tops smartphone ratings Media Post - IPhone App Doesn't Deliver For Papa John's Media Post - Papa John's Doesn't Know its iPhone Apps From its Elbow Textually.org - IPhone apps are even tempting 3-year-olds iPhonehelper.net Dave's Lounge Podcast - CHECK IT OUT Applications Mentioned in this Episode: Easy News EZ Radar Quick Office Leaf Trombone Nueva Sync Bobble Head Abe Lincoln Quicken App Comments[0]
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Wed, 22 April 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: GigaOm - How To Make Money from iPhone Games iPhone Dev Journal - Seven Steps to the iPhone Developers World Computer World - iPhone 3.0 Preview JK on the Run - T-mobile Germany Blocks skype the iPhone blog - iPhone 09 possible features PC Word - "Experts" predict multiple iPhone Models Crunch gear - I want to install you like an Animal Boy Genius - Exclusive iPhone 3.0 screen shoots Official Gmail Blog - A new mobile Gmail experience Changewave - iPhone has nothing to worry about from Pre Ars Technica - Survey Teen iPhone ownership Up Triangle Biz Journal - ACS adding 240 iPhone support Jobs Apple - iTunes 1 Billion App Countdown Wired - Easter eggs give clues to next gen iPhone Mac Rumors - All time Top iPhone App Sales figures Computer World - Forrester - iPhone corprate users Happier more productive Fortune - Forrester Top 4 reasons IT should support the iPhone Mobilecrunch - iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 3 is out AT&T in Talks to extend iPhone deal to 2011 iPhone Atlas - iPhone WiFi failures caused by batter heat? Mobilecrunch - iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 3 is jailbroken ReadWriteWeb - MEDL Mobile - The AppIncubator iPhone App Mac Rumors - iPhone 3.0 Beta Galleries Illustrat new Features Phonenews - Apple Consolidating AV cables ahead of iPhone HD launch Average Betty Podcast - Check it out!!! Crunchdeals - Refurb 16GB iPhone for $150 from AT&T Applications Mentioned in this Episode: NiN Appincubator JMDictate Lite SpoofApp mPlayer HT Professional Recorder Comments[0]
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Mon, 20 April 2009
These are screen shots from the iPhone 3.0 OS Beta from listner Jeffrey.
New Episode coming on Monday. Comments[0]
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Mon, 6 April 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Gizmodo - iPhone 3.0 Video Walkthrough Engadget - AT&T to offer unsubsidized iPhone 3G with no commitment PC World - Dell is Dull Engadget - Apple Announces WWDC 2009 GigaOm - Skype for iPhone to be released MacWorld - Captain Obvious Fortune - iPhone App Store 30,000 Apps and counting WSJ - Walts favorite Apps PC Mag - The Ultimate Home Screens The iPhone Blog - External iPhone Keyboard hack LA Times - iPhone Rumor mill working on overdrive Boy Genius - AT&T New iPhone will be hot, son AppleInsider - Apple Discontunues iPhone Bluetooth Headset MacRumors - Apple now selling contract free iPhone in retail stores AppleInsider - iPhone 09 to have video camera Engadget - Apple uses a jailbroken iPhone in Patent Application AppleInsider - RBC says iPhone 09 won't boost iPhone momentum Help - No Sim Card Installed - For Sue Boing Boing - iPhone 09 - Will it slice Bread? iClarified - How to Fix Skype crashing on Jailbroken iPhones CrunchGear - What will next iPhone be called? (iPhone 09) iPhone 3.0 Beta 2 released MacRumors - Apple Seeds Second iPhone 3.0 Beta The iPhone Blog - iPhone 3.0 Beta 2 out QuickPwn - Jailbreak iPhone 3.0 Beta 2 Apokalypse Software - How to install the iPhone 2.2.1 SDK on a PPC Mac iLounge - MS Exec hints at Office for iPhone Ars Technica - Latest iPhone developer agreement bans jailbreaks PC World - The Palm Pre will be an iPhone killer (cough) TechDirt - Want to get out of your iPhone Contract on T-mobile in Germany? Digitimes - OmniVision lands CIS orders for iPhone 09 Wired - Apple, Stanford teaching iPhone development for free Mac Rumors - iPhone 09 to have 802.11N Applications and Products Mentioned in this Episode: i.Sound 2 in 1 Battery Charger and Back up Battery Otterbox - Defender 3G Talk Mail Pro Skype ORB Live ORB Live Free JMDictate Evernote Speak Easy IntelliScreen iPhone Modem Comments[0]
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Thu, 19 March 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: CNET - Don't Forget iPhone 3.0 Live Blog Gizmodo - iPhone 3.0 OS Guide Endgadget - iPhone 3.0 features new homescreen with Spotlight search Applie Insider - Apple on iPhone Tethering Apple Vibration - New iPhone OS allows for encrypted backups Applications Mentioned in this Episode: Zenbe Lists Phone View - Mac Tansee - Windows Syphone - Mac xGPS - Jailbreak by David from the Fredcast Comments[0]
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Mon, 16 March 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: TG Daily - Renegade App Store Opens but Apple wants to Kill it Some Brutally Honest iPhone App Sales Numbers The Numbers Post - aka Brutal Honesty Techtree.com - Google to block Third-Party iPhone SMS App Forbess/CNN - iPhone Sales Grew 245% in 2008 - Gartner Report iPhone OS 3.0 - Coming March 17th -Engadget iPhone OS 3.0 - Apple to Preview iPhone OS 3.0 - PC World iPhone OS 3.0 - Apple ready for 3rd gen of iPhone - CNET iPhone OS 3.0 - What the iPhone OS 3.0 update might really mean - PC World iPhone OS 3.0 - What we expect from Apple iPhone 3.0 - infoSync World iPhone OS 3.0 - 10 things iPhone OS 3.0 Needs - PC Magazine Dev Team Blog - iPod Toucch 2G Jailbroken Mobile Crunch - Homebrew Software will unlock the full iPhone Bluetooth stack Macworld - The iPhone e-book readers guide My iPhone App Submission Journey Average Betty - NCAA Big Dance Bracket Challenge Applications Mentioned in this Episode: CBS March Madness - Review by Eric 2.0 Mobile Files 2.0 Kindle App iBluetooth - Jailbreak App iBeam Comments[0]
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Fri, 13 March 2009
Here is an iPhone 3.0 Bingo Card to help you play along at home or at the Apple event on Tuesday. Link to Larger image Digg this Comments[0]
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Sun, 8 March 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Mobile Crunch - What was in that AT&T iPhone Carrier Update? Apple Insider - AT&T's 3G MicroCell to patch iPhone dead Zones MacWorld - Behind the iPhones Carrier Settings update message Ars Technica - Google turns on Exchange for iPhone Google Mobile Sync Fortune - iPhone now represents 51% of US Smartphone Traffic Moconews - iPhone Developer Smule raises $3.9 Million EFF - Apple Says iPhone Jailbreaking is illegal NYTimes - Could you go to Jail for Jailbreaking your iPhone? (No) AP - Casions are warned about card-counting iPhone App CNET - Most iPhone Applications gather Dust Appleinsider - AT&T rivals seen driving down cost of iPhone service Macworld - iPhone Launches in Saudi Arabia, UAE Gizmodo - iTunes concept shows how iPhone App Management should have worked from the start iPhone Now free in Japan Applications Mentioned in this Episode: vConqr TV.Com - Review by NY Times AirPhones - Review by Wired Shopper Comments[0]
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Mon, 23 February 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Apple Support - Post 2.2.1 Upgrade iTunes Sync issues TinyComb - Video Conferencing Plans for the iPhone Wired - RUMOR - June Launch for next iPhone Nine Year Old whiz-kid writes iPhone Apps Orange Loses its iPhone Exclusivity in France Concept - iPhone 4G - just a fantasy Register Hardware - Third-gen iPhone to run on Nvidia Chippery? PC World - Google Brings books to your iPhone Amazon.com - iSound Dual dock Charger Applications Mentioned in this Episode: FBI Most Wanted List - Review Google Books EasyContact JAADU VNC App Sniper iRealSMS - Jailbreak App Comments[0]
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Tue, 3 February 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Mashable - Apple Gets their Multi-Touch Patent Mac News - Will Apple's iPhone Patent Pre-empt the Pre? Apple Insider - Evidence shows Apple Testing next-gen iPhone iClipper - iPhone Copy and Paste - almost MacRumors - Apple to Open $19.99 Premium Games Section in App Store iPhone News Updated - iPhone becomes a credit card processing device Wired.com - Apple's next iPhone will rule at gaming Mac Rumors - A few more details about iPhone 2.1 PC World - Dell to make phone - Dell Dart and Dell Dunk Network World - iPhone takes 1.1% of the mobile Phone Market Macworld - Duck Hunt taken down from App Store Engadget - Apple teams up with Adobe for flash development CNET - Flash on iPhone not so easy Videos4blackberry.info Rapidrepair.com Cellforcash.com Gazelle.com Applications Mentioned in this Episode: Cronk Cube Cheater - Review by Cult of Mac Duck Hunt - Web App Categories - Jailbreak App iWin Poker Cruncher Mobile Files Mobile Files Pro Comments[0]
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Wed, 28 January 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Obama offered free iPhone iPhone Savior - iPhone developer quits day job Mac Rumors - Ustream Now Availble for iPhone Sound Clip Pogo Sketch Information Week - iPhone App Aids Stutterers Bloomberg - Apple Quarterly report Mobile Crunch - Apple Pushed 4.4Mil iPhones last quarter Tech Crunch - Ustreams iPhone App downloaded 113,000 times Gizmodo - Apple Hints at Palm Pre Legal Battle Ars Technica - Apple's growth takes a hit but not a dive NY Daily News - iPhone Pornography slips through Apples watchful eye iLounge - App developer tests hybrid paid / donation rev model iPhone Alley - Microsoft announces hotmail POP3 support for iPhone Gizmodo - iPhone bluetooth file transfer coming soon iPhone Trade in - Flipswap.com iPhone Trade in - BuyMyTronics iphone Dev Blog Applications Mentioned in this Episode: Hairstyles Lite Touchcloset uStream Frostyplace - for emoji's - UPDATE - it has been reported 2.2.1 squashes the use of Frostyplace to add emoji's. Airmouse Pro iBikeNrun Bank of America Audio Recorder Clippy - Real Copy Paste on iPhone - Jailbreak LiveTime - Jailbreak PDAnet - Jailbreak - Tip for setting up Comments[0]
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Sun, 18 January 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: CNN - Apple CEO Jobs to take leave of Absense for health issues Cult of Mac: iPhone App School seeks to teach budding developers Read Write Web: Why you have to Jailbreak the iPhone Link on how to Jailbreak on a Mac Link on how to Jailbreak on Windows CNET - New Browsing Apps available for iPhone CNN Money - Chunghwa Telecom does not know how to forecast Cult of Mac - Rumor - iPhone Nano IntoMobile: PerfectStorm Theme makes your iPhone look like the blackberry storm WCAX.com - Vermont gets the iPhone CNET - iPhone App downloads reach 500 Million Gizzmodo - iPod touch jailbreaking coming Mashable - iPod touch jailbreaking coming iPhone Alley - iPod touch jailbreaking coming Elgato EyeTV - Callers site Applications Mentioned in this Episode: Fake-A-Call - review by PC World Lethal - review by boing boing Hang Timer - review in Kansas City Star Galcon Lite - Galcon Edge Browser Incognito Webmate ShakingWeb Speedtest Texas Hold'em The Weather Channel Grouper NuevaSync Comments[0]
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Sun, 11 January 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Read Write Web: Report Apple Dominated the Mobile Web Red Herring - Porn-Free Kid Friendly iPhone Browser ZDNET - Four Core iPhones Mac Rumors - Four Core iPhone CNET - Better Call quality with iBooster MacBlogz - ATT may charge $10 for tethering Applications Mentioned and Reviewed: i.TV reviewed by Kevin Keynote App - Now Showing on App Store Microsoft Tag - Techcrunch article AroundMe iTalk Simplify Media Easy Wifi Comments[0]
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Wed, 7 January 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Engadget - iPhone 3G unlock Washington Post - How to Unlock your iPhone 3G Gizmodo - iPhone 3G Software Unlock Updated Gizmodo - A Disney artist draws way better than us OFB.biz - Few bars in more places Gizmodo - Rumor - iPhone 3G Tethering plan coming this week SFGate - Save $50 on an iPhone from Best Buy NuevaSync Applications Mentioned and Reviewed: Soonr - Reviewed by Venture Beat Mobile Files Pro - Reviewed by CNET Cannon Challenge Brother in Arms Mocha VNC Lite Mocha VNC Diamedic Bread and Milk Brushes Appsnipper Comments[0]
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Thu, 1 January 2009
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Make: iPhone enabled dogcam and treat dispenser TUAW - Music video shot entirely on an iPhone Bloomberg.com - Sprint tries to win back customers Engadget - Apple says "the iPhone is a gaming console" TUAW - iPhone comes to Vermont in Mid Jan Best Buy has best price on new iPhones iPhone Nano Rumor - Again CNET - First look at Walmart kiosk Engadget - DIY external keyboard Pastebud's iPhone email privacy issue iLounge - Every RSS reader reviewed App Shopper Audible book recommendations: Contagious Infected Applications Mentioned and Reviewed: Centipede review by Venturebeat Monopoly review by Venturebeat Pastebud review by Gizmodo Pastbud - mainsite Agile Lie Detector review by TUAW HP's iPrint - review by Crunch gear Google Earth Clinometer Bloomberg Shazam Quickvoice Crazy Tanks Newsstand Click I can has cheezburger PDA Net - Jailbroken App Decision Analysis Web App MagicPad Comments[0]
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Mon, 8 December 2008
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Search - Polar Bear Farm iPhone Apps San Jose Mercury News - iPhone Coming to Wal-Mart Boy Genius Report - Apple to Sell a $99 iPhone at Wal-Mart CNET - Griffin Clarifi lets the iPhone take close-up shots PC World - Apple Sold a Third of US SmartPhone Engadget - iPhone barf bag mod is air sick Live TV on the iPhone - Demo DailyTech - iPhone grabe 16.6% of Global Smartphone Market iPhone Dev Team - The Man from DelMonte - He Say Yes Applications Mentioned and Reviewed: Amazon App Easy Wifi for AT&T vLingo Visual Dial Missile Command - reviewed by Kevin Crossman BlackJack 21 - reviewed by Kevin Crossman Byline - reviewed by Kevin Bachelder Calc12E - reviewed by Bob in SanFran Big Oven - reviewed by Bob in SanFran iFood Assistant - reviewed by Bob in SanFran Handbase Database Manager - reviewed by Mike iDB Data Master - reviewed by Mike iSort - reviewed by Mike Comments[0]
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Mon, 1 December 2008
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Wizzard Media Player - supports iPhone Hack to enable Emoji Everywhere O'reilly Radar - 10,000 iPhone Apps iPhoneFreelancer.net iPhone Atlas - Linux on the iPhone The iPhone Blog - iPhone 2.2.1 Rumors Crunch Gear - iPhone 2.2 lets you send video to TV Engadget - Hidden TV out feature in 2.2 Google Admits its iPhone search app violated App Store Rules Study: iPhone more reliable than Blackberry and Treo iPhone Atlas - More iPhone 2.2 Problems and Fixes Wired.com - Why iPod Touch didn't get google street view Applications Mentioned: Joost Lightsaber Listener Feedback on Question of 2 iPhones / 1 Computer. This is a solution I developed for my family - it sounds obscure, confusing and a bit involved - but once it is working it has been great for us! It does have some cons and isn't a perfect solution - but it demos a neat tool Google provides. Software/Configuration I use for the solution: 1) Windows Vista Business 64 2) MS Office 2003/2007 - Outlook 3) GoogleSync Application http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=89955 4) Multiple Windows Users - for this example let's say me and my wife - each user has their own iTunes library under their own Windows login, each with their own music, calendar and contacts. Each user also has their own Outlook profile and calendar established under their windows username/login. 5) Each family member has a G-Mail account and a Googlel Calendar that is "shared" with other family members. Sharing these calendars is done right through Google Calendar settings. So far, this is fairly typical of most setups - nothing special - except the addition of the Google Calendar Sync Application. Basically, this method uses Google Calendar as the synching point by and through which Outlook Calendars are shared between users. Flow: On iPhone: User can add items to their Google Calendar by hitting the plus sign when they are viewing their Google calendar. By adding an item it is instantly added to the Google Calendar on the server side. The next time the Google Sync runs on the home PC - those items are pulled down and added into the local Outlook Calendar of that user. Users could also add something directly to the native iPhone calendar - but these items would not be sync'd with the Google Calendar until the phone is plugged into the home PC, sync'd and the Google sync runs again. The first option is the better way. By adding the Google Calendar item, this item is then visible on the user's Google Calendar and because the user has shared that calendar with another G-Mail user, say my wife, it immediatly appears on her Google Calendar. Google even permits "color coding" the calendars, so when I view my Google Calendar my items are blue whereas hers are red. On PC: User can add the item directly into their Outlook Calendar, next time Google Calendar Sync runs, those items are fed up to the Google Calendar, and because they are shared, appear for everyone. User could obviously also add it directly to Google Calendar from the home PC. I can also send Outlook Calendar Items from work to my home email address, when I "Accept" them at home in Outlook they are added to my shared Google Calendar via the Google Calendar Sync application. (I happen to have it set to run every 15 minutes.) CONS: You do need seperate Outlook profiles - which requires a PC with more than one user created on it. It sounds like other listener made have been talking about syncing to just one single Outlook profile on the same computer. Also, the computer has to be running under the particular user's login at least for a bit each day (in my case the sync time is 15 minutes - so at least that long) in order that at least one sync occurs for items that weren't added to Google Calendar directly. Since my home PC is always on throughout the day and my wife logs in at least once a day, this is not a problem - but might be for some. To avoid this, we have trained ourselves to add calendar items to Google Calendar directly, our Outlook calendars on the home PC are then updated the next time we are at the PC and signed in. We see each other's new additions immediatly. Small warning: If you use Google Calendar Sync incorrectly at first, you will end up causing a duplicate entry to be created of every calendar item you have. I had this problem once and it is not for the faint of heart. I basically had to remove my Outlook database and create a new one. I then had to re-import all my calendar items from a handy-dandy backup .PST folder I made, of course, PRIOR to trying this. All and all it took some experimentation - but it works GREAT for us now. Perhaps a bit convoluted for a PodCast "how-to" but with a bit of thought and other perspectives - their may be a way to clean this method up. Of course, the alternative is to just simply work in Google Calendar (both from the PC and from the iPhone) all of the time and let the sync application make everything move seamlessly over to Outlook so it's available their when you sit down at home. Lastly, alerts become an issue. Obviously, things in the native iPhone calendar can generate an audible reminder alert. Google Calendar will not, per se. However, Google Calendar has added a feature that allows you to have reminder emails sent to you for Google Calendar items, so set your iPhone to fetch every 15 minutes and be sure to set longer reminder periods - all set! If you don't want to go that far and make things too complicated and if you are patient then - the completion of the circle.... drum roll.... if your Google Calendar items are syncing back to your Outlook and you regularly sync your iPhone on your PC using iTunes, those Google Calendars which ended up in your Outlook then end up sync'd with the native iPhone Calendar resulting in a normal native iPhone reminder! (If that makes any sense) I don't expect to hear about this long drawn out method on your show - but perhaps there is a take-away with the Google Calendar Sync application. For us it was setup and forget - it's the setup that takes some thought! Keep up the good work! Gary - Philadelphia, PA Comments[0]
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Wed, 26 November 2008
The company I work for Wizzard Media has updated their embed Video Player (http://tools.wizzard.tv) to now work with the iPhone. Here is the blurb sent out to producers.
We are pleased to announce that starting today the Wizzard Flash Player is now compatible with the iPhone and iPod Touch. What does that mean for you? If you embed the Wizzard flash player on your website, anyone who visits your site from an iPhone or iPod Touch will see a big button to click on your video, full-screen, in all it's beautiful h.264 glory. This works for both the single episode player and the show players. This exciting new feature is also fully compatible with our ad insertion technology, so anyone looking to run ads can now reach their iphone and ipod touch audience members. The good news. You don't have to do anything different or special to get this new functionality. If you are using the Wizzard flash player (http://tools.wizzard.tv ) just login, grab the embed code for your show or an individual episode, paste it on your website and presto! If you are a LibsynPRO user, simply publish your video, and then grab your embed code when you are finished. The bad news: Due to the fact that we had to make a slight change to the HTML in the embed codes, if you want to add this functionality to your existing web sites' player, you will have to re-embed the player(s) with the new code format. It should only take a few seconds. This update is currently for video podcasters but we will provide an update for audio podcasters very soon. If you have no idea about the Wizzard Player that is available to all libsyn users, please check it out here: http://tools.wizzard.tv It is totally free for you to use! If you have any issues, please let us know and we will fix you right up! Enjoy your new and improved Wizzard Media Player! Team WM This is great news for Video producers and soon this option will also be available for all Audio Producers using the Wizzard Media player. Below is a sample of this working in action. Which you are able to click to watch from your iPhone. One important thing for producers is that this works with both Single Episodes players and Multi-episode players. So nothing special is needed on the producers side. Just embed the Wizzard Media Player with the new embed code and you are done. I want to thank the Tech guys at Wizzard for helping to support the iPhone Platform - something I care a lot about. And Yes for all my listeners - this is video of me and my son. I know I don't look anything like you expected. Hence why I do an audio show. Rob W Comments[0]
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Sat, 22 November 2008
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Iphone Dev Team - Step away from the keyboard iPhone Atlas - Users Face iPhone 2.2 Issues iPhone Atlas - Security Updates in 2.2 Engadget - iPhone 2.2 Firmware Available now physorg - Google App baffled by British Accents Applications Mentioned: Google Mobile App SnapTell Four in a Row Chess Classics CubeRunner PapiJump Sponsor: Audible - www.audiblepodcast.com/todayiniphone Comments[0]
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Sat, 11 October 2008
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Mac Rumors - Apple Drops iPhone Non Disclusuer Agreement Unknown Films - Sends in Feedback Godaddy SMTP and iPhone - Mac Forums CNET News - Senator (Prez Elect ??) Obama Releases iPhone App iPhone TV is on its Way Mac Rumors - iPhone 2.2 Hidden Features Bullish Cross - iPhone Sales 7 Mil last quarter Google Docs supporting Bullish Cross Uselss Productivity iPhone SDK for Windows? Yahoo Answers More on iPhone SDK and Windows Deal Extreme - iPower from Brando - $30.21 Applications Mentioned: Fring Obama 08 Comments[0]
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Wed, 1 October 2008
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: NY Times - IBM puts iPhone in the Lotus Position Flash Magazine - Flash for the iPhone Apples App Store Schizophrenia Driving Developers Crazy Time.com - Censorship in Modern Times - Banned Books Apple 2.0 - Rumor - An iPhone for Verizon in 2009 CNET - Why iPhone developer should defect to Andriod iPhone Atlas - Fix for iPhone 2.1 Not checking Mail in background Funny Comic Piper - Apple Sold 5 Million iPhone 3G's in Quarter Audible Recommendation - The Disciplined Investor Applications Mentioned: THETA Poker - Texas Hold Em Turbo Grocery IQ Hardware Reviewed: Brando - iPower |
Sat, 13 September 2008
![]() Links Mentioned in this Episode: Engadget - iPhone 2.1 update is out iPhone Atlas - Apple posts fix for iTunes 8 MacWorld - First Look at 2.1 iPhone issue with Bluetooth headset CNN - Apple Updates its iPhone Software ZDNET - iPhone Records all user actions warns hacker Apple - iPhone software update Moneysavingexpert - Low cost options for iPhone in the UK Valleywag - Your Privacy is an illusion - iPhone Screenshots of what you do. Applications Mentioned: SpeedTest Comments[0]
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Thu, 11 September 2008
![]() Links mentioned in this Episode: Engadget - iTunes 8 pwns Pawnage Tool iPhone Hacks - iTunes 8 Issues iPhone Atlas - Apple Releases SDK build reference 2.1.1 CNET - iPhone Apps a major trend at DemoFall Engadget - Live from Apple's lets Rock event App Store Downloads top 100 Million Comedy Central Insider - 4 Reasons the iPhone is Evil Vimplecom to sell iPhone without Subsidy iPhone Atlas - Speeding up iPhone Backups CNET - Say Where brings Voice Recognition to the iPhone Application Mentioned: NuevaSync Cycorder - Jailbroken App MXTube Catagories - Jailbroken App Product Reviewed: Bluetooth Speaker - Cygnett Groove Tooth Talk Comments[0]
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Mon, 8 September 2008
![]() Links Mentioned on Today's Show: TG Daily - iPhone 3G at Best Buy Mac Rumors - Sept 9th iPhone Firmware 2.1 EDA Geek - Toshiba Develops 32 GB NAND Flash Memory TUAW - Rogers revising iPhone Plans? EA Announces Simcity and The Sims for iPhone LouisGray - The iPhones Missing Link ITWire - Apple say no to Farting iPhone App on utility grounds iPhoneTouch.blorge - Dell Planning an iPhone Killer? RedHerring - Apple to beat Street on iPhones BBB warns of schemes related to iPhone 3G AT&T's Wireless data network knocked out Appleinsider - Apple sued for over-saturating 3G network Fortune - iPhone Web Share hits record 0.48% MegaFon says they will sell iPhone in Russia Apps Reviewed: Podcaster Touchmines MacMan - Jailbreak App VideoRecorder 3g - Jailbreak App Read Write Web - Top 10 Apps Worth Jailbreaking your iPhone to get Wired.com - Five iPhone Apps which replace your Tools TUAW - 3G Fitnes Apps Business Pundit - 25 Handy iPhone Apps for Business People CNET - Five Enterprise Apps for the iPhone To Jailbreak your iPhone Pawnage - For Mac WinPawn - For PC Blog.iPhone-Dev.org Comments[0]
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Sat, 30 August 2008
![]() Links Mentioned on Today's Show: GeekBrief - Copy and Paste OpenClip.org TechCrunch - 3G iPhones out number 1st Gen iPhones TUAW - Track Gustav Hanrahan Blogs from Democratic Convention on iPhone Rumor - Sept iPhone Update 2.1 Rumor - Apple Developing Tethering Plan LifeHacker - Tutorial on Tethering your Jailbroken iPhone Brando - Battery Pack and Speaker Combo Eastrain - Close-Focus tutorial for modifying iPhone Camera Gizmodo - Huge Security Flaw in iPhone 2.0.2 Pawnage Tool - 2.0.3 Gizmodo - Verizon Anti-iPhone Document Apps Reviewed: Papi Jump Recorder eReader eBay Pockey Money Sportacular Puluwai Dynolicious Products Reviewed: Cygnett - Groove Tooth Talk Comments[0]
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Tue, 12 August 2008
![]() Links Mentioned on Today's Show: Awaretek.com Toucharcade.com iFit: 50 Coolest Fitness and Health Apps WSJ: iPhone Software Sales Take Off Modmyifone: iPhone Firmware Download Links Jailbreak (Pwnage 2.0.1) Jailbreak 2.0.2 iPhone Dev Team Releases Pwnage 2.0.2 PhoneSaber Yanked from App Store Apple's iPhone App - Buy the $1000 App Iphone Savior: "I am Rich" Buyer lashes out at the media THQ Wireless - Pure Evil - wirelessinfo@thq.com Apps Reviewed: 5 Dice Tearme Trisim Interview: Sam from FreeiPhoneSwap.com Product Review: BlueAnt Z9i Jawbone Comments[0]
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Mon, 28 July 2008
![]() Links Mentioned on Today's Show: Apple - Batteries Gear Diary - Speed up Sync Gizmodo - How to Disable Back Up iPhoneSwap.com - Sell your First Gen iPhone iPod Touched - Pwnage Tool 2.0.1 Pawnage - For Mac WinPawn - For PC Apps Reviewed: Bubbles BubbleWrap Loopt MonkeyBall PhoneSaber Remote Shazam SportsTap Cydia (Jailbroke App) Product Review: Jawbone Comments[0]
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Sat, 12 July 2008
![]() Links Mentioned on Today's Show Gizmodo - iPhone Jailbroken Apple & AT&T Stores having issues activating iPhones Tip Screen Capture Comments[0]
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Thu, 10 July 2008
You can now update to iTunes 7.7 - check in software updater.
Once it is installed - if you do not see the App Store - change your country to New Zealand to see the app store. The App store was not showing up yet when I was set to the US. You can change the country at the bottom of the main page on iTunes. Rob W PS - YES!!! I know I messed up on the Caps Lock - it was there in 1.1.4 UPDATE 1: From Chris in NY - for access from the US Store. Go to preferences in iTunes on general tab make sure Applications is ticked. Then in itunes select Applications on the left. Then bottom right select get more appliations and you will see US AppStore. Thanks Chris. Comments[0]
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Wed, 9 July 2008
![]() Links Mentioned on Today's Show: Apple Reviewcast - Live Broadcast of iPhone 3G launch NYTimes - David Pouge Review of iPhone 3G USAtoday - Review of iPhone 3G Gaurdian - Frenzied demand for Apple's new 3G iPhone Times Online - O2 Website crashes under 3G iPhone demand The Register - O2 starts 3G iPhone Stampede and runs away Technology News: iPhone AT&T's Odd iPhone Offer Slashdot - AT&T to Offer No-Contract iPhone Yahoo Tech - iPhone 3G on Sale 8:00 AM July 11th Apple - iPhone - A guided Tour iPhoneTouch - Verizon CEO Smells an iPhone conspiracy Verizon CEO - The iPhone's no big deal Those Getting Hosed by their Carriers: TUAW - Want to buy an iPhone in Canada? Apple to Rogers on iPhone - You're on your own Vodafone defends against iPhone Fury Vodafone's Outrageous iPhone Costs Petition New iPhone 3G to Hit New Zealand Ruined iPhone.com - Screwing Canadain iPhone Customers since 2008 Boy Genius - Apple Not Happy with Rogers over iPhone Pricing The iPhone Blog - iPhone 3G in Canada OOZ - Think Rogers iPhone plans are unfair? Try living in Sweden Fortune - Apple 2.0 10,000 Canadian Petition F-U Rogers - Screwing Canadian iPhone customers since 2008 RuinediPhone - The open letter to Apple Price Plans: Engadget - AT&T announces iPhone 3G pricing - plus video TUAW - International iPhone Pricing Guide Dutch Plan Engadget - Rogers announces iPhone 3G plans Comments[0]
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Sat, 5 July 2008
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Thu, 3 July 2008
Here is the survey data so far for the question on "Are you going to get the iPhone 3G?" There were 449 responses which puts it at an accuracy of better than +/- 5%. Mind you this should be looked at not for the general public - but rather for those interested in the iPhone (YOU - why else would you be reading this). But at least based on this data it looks like 50% of current iPhone owners are going to "upgrade" to the iPhone 3G. And of those currntly iPhone deprived - 64% will be getting the new iPhone (Mind you it is those iPhone deprived and interested in the iPhone - otherwise they would not have found this survey). Either way you slice it this means millions of new iPhone 3G customers very soon (talk about captain obvious). Raw Survey Data Digg this Comments[0]
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Mon, 23 June 2008
![]() Links Mentioned on Today's Show: Brandweek.com - Did AT&T make the right call with Apple's iPhone? The New Jawbone - jawbone.com Today in iPhone Single Question Survey Results Gizmodo - Video: Teen Brutally Beats Bus Passenger for iPhone Time.com - The iPhone Next Frontier - Porn Electronista - Study 91% of Japanese don't want iPhone 3g (pure BS) iPhone Atlas - Buying an iPhone 3G online and non-activation penalties Appleinsider - WWDC Survey suggests 70% of planned iPhone Apps may be free Endadget - Woz hacks Kathy Griffin's iPhone on TV Gizmodo - True iPhone 3G price comparrison 50 Useful iPhone tips for Librarians and Researchers Gizmodo - iPhone 3G Video Conferencing Kit iPhone FAQ - The iPhone 3G FAQ Engadget - iPhone 3G everything you ever wanted to know Native Apps: iPhone Hacks guide to Swirly MMS Product Giveaway: Pogo Stylus Product Review: Mophie Jucie Pack - Case/External Battery Pack Comments[0]
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Tue, 10 June 2008
![]() Links Mentioned on today's show: Fortune: Apple 2.0 3G rumor photos Apple: Country lists Apple: iPhone 3G specs iPhone - Original Specs ATT: iPhone Plans for iPhone 3G MacRumors - WWDC coverage Product Giveaway: Pogo Stylus Comments[0]
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Tue, 20 May 2008
![]() Links Mentioned on Today's Show: iPhone Hacks - NES Tutorial Youtube - NES Tutorial Number 1 Youtube - NES Tutorial Number 2 Touchpad Pro Engadget - 3G iphone revealed in third-party case Render? iphone therfore I Blog - iPhone User and their Habits Wireless and Mobile News - Rubicon Report iPhone DevCamp - San Francisco Reuters - Orange to sell iPhone in Europe, Middle East and Africa Endgadget - WWDC to launch a 3G iPhone and Atom-based MID Device? My Twitter Page - podcast411 Product Giveaway: Pogo Stylus Web App Review: Google Reader Native App Recommended: Advanced Settings - v0.6a Comments[0]
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Wed, 14 May 2008
I will talk about this on the next episode - but long of the short - I talked with 3 different people within the FCC that work on Qualification of cell phones and other devices. I asked them if a manufacturer would actually need a new FCC qual if they were going from an Edge phone to a 3G phone. Well we have a split decision - 2 felt that as long as they did not change their baseband frequencies - No they would not. The third person - who the first two pointed me to as being the better source - said that it would depend on the difference in the phone. He felt that a simple software update would not need a new qual - but if there were new hardware on the transmission side - even at the same baseband freq's - then yes it would need some sort of qual.
What does this mean? Well - That most likely Apple will need to get approval from the FCC before introducing the 3G iPhone. So we should get some warning prior to the official release of the 3G iPhone but then again maybe not. Also let me say the People I talked to were very nice and very helpful. Comments[0]
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Mon, 12 May 2008
![]() Links Mentioned on Today's Show: Slash Gear - 3G iphone this month TUAW - AT&T Free iPhone wifi is coming at some point Venture Beat - Reports of the 3G iphones imminent release may be slightly exaggerated Mannerisms - Yes it is the 3G iPhone in Europe next month O2 - iPhone Page Fortune - Apple new map of the world Wired.com - Italy will hae two iPhone Carriers Engadget - iPhone is good and done in the UK Macworld - Mophie iPhone Batter extender gets apple certification YouTube - Fake Finger Scan Video Tricorder on your iPhone LINK BAIT OF THE WEEK - ComputerWorld Pogo Stylus - Click for Audience Survey to register to win |







While Apple touted that you could starting today reserve your iPad for pickup at an Apple Store - they sure are not making it easy to find out how to do so.







Here are the bingo card results for todays WWDC - I am working on Episode 82 now - and will have it up shortly.
Here is an iPhone 3.0 Bingo Card to help you play along at home or at the Apple event on Tuesday.
Here is our very simplified decision tree on if you should get the iPhone 3G.