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.

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

Links Mentioned on Today's Show:

Apple Insider: Remote Control function hidded in iPhone Firmware
Apple Insider: Apple in rummored talks for License vibration feedback for iPhone.
Engadget - Second Gen iPhone - 3G and Shiny Black
CNET News - Apple looks toward iPhone Chat App
YouTube - Video showing ziPhone walkthrough
iPhone-Codes.com - Battery Saving Tips for iPhone

Cell Phone Junkie - My interview

Product Review:
Pogo Stylus

Title - Capture

Version - 0.1.0-6

Category - Utility

Available from - Installer.app

Review - Nice Screen shoot utility for the iPhone.  Once activated - it places a floating box above the screen that you can move around.  When you have a screen image you want to capture - simply click on "snap" the floating box disappears for a second - when it comes back the screen shot has been taken and is placed in your Camera roll.  Works very well with v. 1.1.4.  The image above was taken with Capture. 

Conclusion - If you are looking for a screen capture program - look no further - this is a really good and clean app. 

Additional Images:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/tii/capture.JPG

New Podcast coming - and this review will be one of at least 8 apps covered. 

Title - Othello

Version - 1.2-1

Category - Game

Available from - Installer.app

Review - The UI is nice and works very well.  It makes moves quickly so no real lag waiting for it to make a move.  The screen is stretched and that does make it look odd - not a true square. 

Big problem with the game is that once the computer runs out of moves - even if you still have moves available - it ends the game.  This is a huge bug in the software and needs to be fixed.  Other problem is the game is pretty easy to beat and makes lots of dumb moves. 

Conclusion - best to check out another game until at a min they fix the bug with the game ending early.

Links Mentioned on Today's Show

Polar Bear Farm

Apple - SDK

Links mentioned on Todays Show:

Ziphone Version 2.5

SDK Delayed to March 6th

Apple to lock down software apps - Rumor

Apple to offer free Apps through iTunes - Rumor

3rd Party Apps:
Games - Backgammon - v2.3-1
Games - Othelo - v1.2-1
Games - Pigshooter - v0.3
Productivity - VoiceDial - v1.05
System - BSD Subsystem - v2.1
iClarified - Volume Boost  - v1.1.3
Tweaks - iAMP - v1.0
Utilities - Converter - v0.21

Links mentioned on Todays Show:
Podcamp Midwest - Sat Feb 16th in Kansas City

iPhoneFreak - A new version of Safari? (Rumor)
Creating Video Content for the iPhone
ChangeWave - Survey on iPhone
Forbes.com - Better iPhone on the Way (Rumor)
iPhonetouch.blorge - Apple may introduce iPhone 2 (Rumor)
9to5 Mac - $100 price drop on iPhones coming (Rumor)
News Oxy - Canalys iPhone Survey
EETimes.com - Samsungs 40 nm NAND
Gizmodo - Samsung 16 GB NAND Mass Production
AT&T Planning to roll out 3G service in new US markets in 2008
Canalys - Smart Mobile Device Shipments hit 118 Million in 2007
Apple - 16 Gig iPhone Available

Into Mobile - Jail Break Instructions 1.1.3 - Mac & PC

iRovr - Social Networking on the iPhone
iPhone Dev Center - Instruction Creating a Web Clip Bookmark Icon
AT&T offers free Wi-Fi and superfast Broadband
Nate Trues - Speed Dialing Help
MacWorld - Bluetooth Keyboard coming?
Engadget - AT&T announces business plan


Jailbreak Apps:
Pocket Guitar
VoiceDial


Wizzard Media - Learn more about advertising on this show

Links Mentioned on Todays show:

Gearlive 1.1.3 Preview Video

Visit me at Mac World - West Hall - Booth 4744.

Links Mentioned on Today's Show:
Audiblepodcast.com/todayiniphone

AT&T 3G city coverage
ValeyWag - Apple and 20th Century Fox strike digital movie rental deal
Intomobile - O2 CEO confirms iphone sales in UK
Intomobile - Playstation Emulator for iPhone
Engadget - iProposal - Geeky Mariage Proposal
9 to 5 Mac - Apple expected to announce sales of 5 Million iPhones
Seth - Jailbreaks and unlocks iPhone at AT&T store
Engadget - DoCoMo confirms talks with Apple
MacWorld UK - iPhone 2 in development
Gizmodo - Video Recording on an iPhone
Fortune - Top 10 reasons IT won't support iphone (and won't get a bonus)
iPhonic - iPhone tops Google Searches in 2007


JailBreaking your 1.1.2 iPhone:
Hack the iPhone - Tutorial
Lifehacker - Tutorial
iPhone Atlas - Tutorial


Web 2.0 Aps:
Hahlo - Twitter Ap
Magical iPhone