MacNotables #928 [43:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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 new camera and video functions. Ted also reveals why your Mail messages may not have been deleted even if you think they were, and how to find out using Spotlight, and won’t let AT&T off the hook on tethering function and costs, text message costs and data transfer options.

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 MacNotables #927 [46:44m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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 of identity, privacy and password security all factor into an important discussion about issues we will all face at some point. Tonya also reveals a new computer literacy concern, the surprising cause and the opportunities it presents.
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 MacNotables #926 [48:36m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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 have more than 180 apps on your iPhone. Bob also discusses Apple’s hesitancy to include features that aren’t up to their standards, delivers some bluetooth headphone recommendations, and discusses the brilliance of the $99 iPhone.
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 MacNotables #925 [41:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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 pricing, covers the iPhone 3.0 software and how it delivers amazing value even for first generation iPhones, and wraps up with some thoughts on the shot across the Palm Pre’s bow that Apple delivered regarding iTunes syncing.
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 MacNotables #924 [31:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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 developer. Ted also talks about his enthusiasm for the iPhone 3.0 software, a dilemma that the new “Find my iPhone” feature introduces, a Cinema Display cable problem and solution, and what marks, for Ted, the end of an era.

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 MacNotables #923 [48:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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 before revealing their WWDC surprises, covering developer reaction to the App Store approval process and providing a balanced perspective on just how well Apple really does in that area.

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 MacNotables #922 [21:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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.

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 MacNotables #921 [36:31m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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.

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 MacNotables #920 [33:08m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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 to AT&T’s lack of understanding on how to do business like Apple, the iPhone subsidy (or lack thereof) and more.

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 MacNotables #919 [37:44m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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 in the announcements and why Steve Jobs’ absence may have been a good thing.
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