MacNotables #929: Dennis Sellers on Steve Job’s Return, the Vizio Sound Bar and Changes at Macsimum News
Dennis Sellers delivers a balanced perspective on Steve Job’s return to work, medical disclosure and SEC regulations, reviews the Vizio Sound Bar for those who want surround sound without the wires and talks about the new face…er…voice of the Macsimum Podcast.
MacNotables #928: Ted Landau Talks iPhone Not Deleted Mail and Spotlight, AT&T’s Policies, Tethering and More
iPhone enthusiast Ted Landau has been busy evaluating the new iPhone 3GS as part of updating his book, Take Control of Your iPhone, and shares some thoughts on Voice Control and what has to happen before it will work with your Bluetooth headset, what he wants for his Home screen, and his experiences with the [...]
MacNotables #927: Tonya Engst On Online Resources During A Medical Emergency, Computer Literacy Issues and More
Tonya Engst of TidBITS and Take Control Books gets serious when talking about some of the challenges she recently faced when helping out a friend who suffered a stroke. Tonya’s experiences have changed her view on the iPhone, enhanced her opinion of Google Docs, and demonstrated why having a blog is a good thing. Issues [...]
MacNotables #926: Bob LeVitus Delivers A-List Opinions on the iPhone 3GS
Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus talks about how his adventures with the new iPhone 3GS required some expedited work on his iPhone For Dummies book. In a broad-ranging look at the new device, Bob comments on the camera and video capabilities, what is good and what is missing in Voice Control, and reveals how you can [...]
MacNotables #925: Jim Dalrymple On His New Web Site, iPhone 3.0, AT&T’s Reversal On iPhone Pricing and the Palm Pre’s iTunes Challenges
Jim Dalrymple is back in action with a new web site, The Loop, and contributing to CNET. Jim discusses his objectives for the new site, how he plans to achieve them, and some of the challenges he is dealing with. Jim also provides his take on the AT&T’s change of position on iPhone 3G S [...]
MacNotables #924: Ted Landau Goes Off-Road on WWDC, iPhone 3.0, Lost iPhones, an Apple Cable and the End of an Era
Mac troubleshooting guru Ted Landau attended Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference came away with plenty of information and stories. Ted talks about how many vendors view the social aspects of WWDC as an important take-away, the parties that no one seems to hear much about, and why he decided to attend, even though he’s not a [...]
MacNotables #923: A Macworld MacNotables Panel Discuss Apple, AT&T, iPhone App Approval and More
An all-Macworld panel of Christopher Breen, Dan Frakes and Jason Snell examine the Apple/AT&T relationship, and its potential impact on the iPhone as a platform. From tethering to subsidized iPhone 3G S’s to lack of MMS support, AT&T is playing with a huge part of their volume. The team discusses the implications of the game [...]
MacNotables #922: Adam Engst and Chuck Joiner Discuss WWDC Announcements with the Cowtown Mac User Group (Part 3)
In a video chat with the Cowtown Mac User Group at their June meeting, Adam Engst and Chuck Joiner examine the announcements from Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). The discussion concludes with a WWDC keynote Keynote question, Apple’s advertising campaigns, Take Control books, Mac User Groups and a showing of Mac rarities from Adam’s desk. [...]
MacNotables #921: Adam Engst and Chuck Joiner Discuss WWDC Announcements with the Cowtown Mac User Group (Part 2)
In a video chat with the Cowtown Mac User Group at their June meeting, Adam Engst and Chuck Joiner examine the announcements from Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). In Part 2, the conversation continues with a discussion of Snow Leopard’s pricing and refinements, iPhone 3.0 and iPhone 3G S capabilities, Safari 4 and more. Adam [...]
MacNotables #920: Adam Engst and Chuck Joiner Discuss WWDC Announcements with the Cowtown Mac User Group (Part 1)
In a video chat with the Cowtown Mac User Group at their June meeting, Adam Engst and Chuck Joiner examine the announcements from Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). In Part 1, the conversation starts with the new MacBook Pro line, the addition of an SD card slot and loss of the Express Card, then turns [...]
MacNotables #919: Dennis Sellers Wraps Up the WWDC Announcements
Dennis Sellers takes a few minutes off from updating Macsimum News with WWDC information to discuss the the announcements of the new iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3.0 software, Mac OS X 10. Snow Leopard, a newly revamped MacBook Pro line and more. The discussion includes a review of why AT&T may have been the bad guy [...]
MacNotables #918: Dennis Sellers on WWDC Predictions and No Steve Jobs, Apple TV’s Future and Pruning Your Apps
Dennis Sellers discusses his predictions for WWDC, the state of the Apple TV and whether there are games in its future, and whether Apple’s plate is too full. Dennis reviews the pricing of iTunes music and apps and the effect on buying patterns, the possibility of scaling apps for the iPhone, and pruning the apps [...]
