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Ted Landau on Twitter
Apple’s Lingering iPhone 4 Problem on Ted Landau’s Slanted Viewpoint blog

iPhone 4 case roundup: Part one by David Chartier on Macworld

iPhone 4 Bumper Bumps USB-Dock Cables on Ted Landau’s Slanted Viewpoint blog

Bugs & Fixes: Apple TV troubleshooting tool needs improvement by Ted Landau on Macworld

Full Circle: The Return of the Mainframe? by Ted Landau on The Mac Observer

Ten Things to Know About the iPhone 4 Camera by Ted Landau on The Mac Observer

MacNotables #1025: Bob LeVitus on iOS 4, Incredible iPad and iPhone Apps and More

Chuck — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:30:00 +0000

Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus has been holed up in his office authoring not one but two new books. Bob first discusses the upcoming, iPhone for Dummies, 4th edition, which covers the iPhone and iOS 4. Bob talks about what the book will offer both new and veteran iPhone users, and highlights two of his favorite features: fast user switching and folders. The second book will be Incredible iPad Apps for Dummies, a follow up to his very successful Incredible iPhone Apps For Dummies. Bob celebrates by sharing some of his current iPad and iPhone app favorites, comments on Apple’s iAds, developer support and more.

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Pandora Radio

iStat

Bob’s Home Screen

IMDb for iPhone

iMDb for iPad

USA Today for iPad

Incredible iPhone Apps For Dummies

RedLaser

iTeleport for iPad

iTeleport: Jaadu VNC for iPhone / iPad

Pocket Legends – iPhone

Pocket Legends – iPad

Angry Birds

Angry Birds HD

Friendsheep HD: The Insanely Popular Party Game

Friendsheep: The Insanely Popular Party Game

Air Video – Watch your videos anywhere!

Air Video Free – Watch your videos anywhere!

MacNotables #1024: Dan Frakes on Apple’s iDevice Software Updates, iPhone 4, Microsoft’s Execution of Kin, Kindle Price Drops and More

Chuck — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Dan Frakes of Macworld makes his return to MacNotables to talk about a wide variety of topics. Dan discusses the speed of Apple’s updating of their own software and apps for the iDevices, brings us up to date with some balanced perspective on the iPhone 4 reception issues and offers some work-arounds while Apple addresses the issue. Dan also comments on the death of the Microsoft Kin after only six weeks, the Amazon Kindle price drop and the effect on the ebook market, and why the iPad as a “tweener” device is a good thing. Some hot iPad and iPhone app picks wrap up the show.

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The Real Story on iPhone 4’s Antenna on AnandTech

iPhone 4 Bumpers

Jawbone Icon Bluetooth Earpiece

Kindle Wireless Reading Device

Reeder for iPad

NetNewsWire by NewsGator

Instapaper for iPhone/iPod touch

Instapaper for iPad

MacVoices #1070: Developer Marco Arment Discusses The Instapaper Family of Solutions for Mac, iPhone and iPad

MacNotables #1023: Living the iPhone 4 Life with Ted Landau

Chuck — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:15:00 +0000

Like more than 1.7 million people, Ted Landau got an iPhone 4 last week. Unlike the rest of us, however, Ted has been busy testing, evaluating and digging through the new phone as well as iOS 4. Ted addresses the three problems that have been making the news, why none of them should affect your buying decision, and what some of the solutions are or will be. Ted also talks about the feature set of iOS 4, including the different aspects and adequacy of multitasking. Ted also looks ahead to what he thinks will be Apple’s next product update, and discusses the future of the iPod.

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Ted Landau’s User Friendly View: iOS 4: Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth? on The Mac Observer

News: Apple Releases iOS 4 for iPhone, iPod touch by Jeff Gamet on The Mac Observer

MacNotables #1022: Ted Landau Reviews the Frantic Pace of Apple, Getting an iPhone 4, What the Mac mini Means, and More

Chuck — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Ted Landau is getting an iPhone 4.0, and talks about why the decision was easy for him, his acquisition strategy, and the implications of the online pre-order meltdown. That’s just the beginning. Ted addresses the rapid-fire rate of Apple product and update announcements, the “Mac is dead” discussions and why they are wrong, and why the iPad will replace some, but not all currently Mac-oriented tasks. The new Mac mini, the future of Apple TV, and whether it might include an Apple TV (you know, the kind with a screen), and Steve Jobs’ performance at D8 are all included in the discussion.

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TiVo HD Digital Video Recorder

Subscribe to MacNotables in iTunes Ted Landau’s User Friendly View: The Mac Lives! by Ted Landau on The Mac Observer

Ted Landau’s User Friendly View: Get DiskAid 4 for iOS File Sharing by Ted Landau on The Mac Observer

Apple TV with 160GB Hard Drive

The Mac mini

Steve Jobs at D8: The Full, Uncut Interview

MacNotables #1021: Adam and Tonya Engst Explain eBook Formats, Outline Safari 5 Features and Ask For Help with a Family Dispute

Chuck — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Adam and Tonya Engst of TidBITS and Take Control Books are the perfect couple to help make sense of the pros and cons of the various ebook formats. The Mac Power Couple first give us an update on their Take Control books, how they are available, the best way to read them, and what some of the plans are for the future. The differences between PDF and ePub formats for ebooks are subtle, but both distinct and important; Adam and Tonya explain those differences, and which is best for what type of books. Adam delivers a summary of the new features of Safari 5 along with his thoughts on each, and then we ask MacNotables listeners to help settle an Engst family dispute over new hardware. Be sure to listen and vote your conscience.

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GoodReader Lite for iPhone in the iTunes Store

Tonya Engst on Twitter

Adam Engst on Twitter

TidBITS

Take Control books

Take Control of iPad Basics by Tonya Engst

Take Control of Media on Your iPad by Jeff Carlson

Take Control of Working with Your iPad by Joe Kissell

Take Control of iPad Networking & Security by Glenn Fleishman

Reading Take Control Ebooks on an iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) by Tonya Engst

Take Control of Mail on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch by Joe Kissell

GoodReader for iPhone in the iTunes Store

GoodReader for iPad in the iTunes Store

MacVoices #1078: Yuri Selukof of Good.iWare Outlines The Long List of The Capabilities of GoodReader for iPhone and iPad

Air Sharing HD app

Apple Extends Safari 5 with Reader, HTML5, Performance by Adam Engst on TidBITS

Readability

Readable

1Password by Agile Web Solutions

Fluid

Prism

MacNotables #1019: Ted Landau on the Stability of the Mac OS, WWDC Predictions, New Security Concerns, and Gaming on the iPad

Chuck — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Ted Landau looks forward to Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with an evaluation of the very stable state of the Macintosh operating system, and why it is so hard to envision what enhancements may come our way in the future. What can we expect to see next week? Ted offers some thoughts in light of the delinquency and sometimes outright lack of announcements about WWDC. Ted also discusses two new security concerns you should be aware of, including the new possibility of “tabnapping” in your favorite browser, and his latest adventures in the world of iPad gaming.

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MacVoices #1074: Niclas Bahn of Gravity Applications Discusses Getting Organized with Tags

Ted Landau’s User Friendly View: The Stable State of Mac OS X by Ted Landau on The Mac Observer

Path Finder by Cocoatech

ScreenCastsOnline SCO0250 – Mac Montage 15 – includes demo of TotalFinder

Total Finder by BinaryAge

Intego Reports Spyware Found in Some Free Mac Apps by Jeff Gamet on The Mac Observer

Protect your browser from “tabnabbing” by TJ Luoma on The Unofficial Apple Web Log

1Password by Agile Web Solutions

Peggle in the iTunes App Store

Angry Birds in the iTunes Store

Labyrinth Deluxe in the iTunes Store

Prince of Persia Retro for the iPad in the iTunes Store

Real Racking HD in the iTunes Store

Fieldrunners in the iTunes Store

Doodle Jump in the iTunes Store

MacNotables #1018: Jason Snell on Google TV vs. Apple TV, Why TV is Difficult, The iPad as TV, The Flash Debate and More

Chuck — Fri, 21 May 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Jason Snell, the Editorial Director of Macworld, comments on the current state of TV, including why it is such a mess, what the newly announced Google TV means for consumers in general and Apple TV in particular, and where the iPad fits in. Jason also weighs in on the Apple-Adobe-Flash saga, defending his position that Flash is less relevant than it was when the iPhone first came out, and explains his surprise that we’re still talking about it. The conversation wraps up with Jason talking about the how the iPad fits into his life (so far), what apps he uses, and how it is affecting what he and his team do at Macworld.

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Apple TV with 160GB Hard Drive

Jason Snell on Twitter

Google TV

Ihnatko: Get ready for second-wave iPad apps by Andy Ihnatko on Macworld

Zinio Magazine Newsstand App

MacNotables #1015: Jim Dalrymple Reviews One Million iPads, WWDC, His Review Philosophy and Anti-Trust Action Against Apple

Chuck — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:10:00 +0000

Jim Dalrymple of The Loop provides his analysis on the impact of 1 million iPads sold and its impact on his way of doing things personal and professional. Jim also examines the issues (or are they?) around Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), how he fearlessly approaches product reviews, and all the questions surrounding the Flash/no-Flash debate from both the user and the anti-trust perspectives.

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Chorus review app????

Memo Connect

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Twitterrific for iPad in the iTunes Store

Need for Speed Shift for iPad in the iTunes Store

Real Racing for iPad in the iTunes Store

Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies for iPad in the iTunes Store

WSJ – Wall Street Journal for the iPad in the iTunes Store

New York Times Editors Choice for the iPad in the iTunes Store

MacNotables #1014: Ted Landau On Airport Networks, WWDC, Flash, Palm, the iPad 3G, Jailbreaking and More

Chuck — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Mac expert Ted Landau and host Chuck Joiner catch up on a wide variety of tech stories and happenings in a broad discussion of the Apple universe. From Ted’s sophisticated Airport network arrangement and an analysis of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) to the battle between Apple and Adobe over Flash and the fall of Palm, the two cover a lot of ground in this edition. Apple’s dominance in so many personal technology categories, the iPad 3G, the latest in jailbreaking and more are all examined.

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Spirit jailbreak application

Apple Announces WWDC Dates: June 7 – 11 by Jeff Gamet on The Mac Observer

News: Apple Facing Possible Government Probe Over iPhone Developer Restrictions by Jeff Gamet on The Mac Observer

News: HP Buying Palm for $1.2 Billion by Jeff Gamet on The Mac Observer

Ted Landau’s User Friendly Blog: It’s Time to Get an HD Radio by Ted Landau on The Mac Observer

News: iPad Jailbreak Hits the Web by Jeff Gamet on The Mac Observer

Review: iPad Wi-Fi + 3G by Dan Moren on Macworld

MacNotables #1013: Jim Dalrymple on the iPad as a Musician’s Tool, The Wall Street Journal Pricing Model, the Microsoft Kin and More

Chuck — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Jim Dalrymple of The Loop is back to update us on the status of his album project before discuss a wide variety of Mac news stories. Jim provides his thoughts on Avid’s discontinuance of the Digidesign brand, the iPad as a musician’s device, and Apple’s requirement of native coding for the iPad. Jim also talks about one of the worst iPad apps, along with some of his favorites, the Wall Street Journal iPad app pricing model, Apple’s iPad feature set choices, the Microsoft Kin, and what appears the be the end of Palm.

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Dalrymple’s Beard on Twitter

Jim Dalrymple on Twitter

The Loop on Twitter

Jim Dalrymple Fans on FaceBook

MacVoicesTV #906: Macworld Expo: Adam Engst and Jim Dalrymple Unleash on Keynote Announcements in the PodLoft

Gruber on why Apple changed the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement by Jim Dalrymple on The Loop

Ultimate in the iTunes Store

Real Racing for iPad in the iTunes Store

Pages for the iPad in the iTunes Store

Keynote for the iPad in the iTunes Store

Numbers for the iPad in the iTunes Store

WSJ – Wall Street Journal for the iPad in the iTunes Store

MacNotables #1012: Ted Landau Discusses His iPad Experiences (So Far)

Chuck — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:30:00 +0000

Mac and iPhone expert Ted Landau is well on his way to becoming an iPad expert, delivering a series of articles on his blog on The Mac Observer. In this wide-ranging conversation, Ted discusses why Apple will release iPhone 4.0 so soon after the iPad launch, his thoughts on pre-iPad-launch curmudgeonliness, the iPad “want vs. need” scenario, the iPad vs. netbook debate, iPad app prices, jailbreaking the iPad, and more. Ted also names some favorite iPad apps (of course) and wraps up by helping the hold-outs decide whether they should buy an iPad.

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The Deep Pinball on the iTunes Store

Ted Landau’s User Friendly Blog: Which Keyboard for the iPad? on The Mac Observer

Ted Landau’s User Friendly View: File Sharing with an iPad: Ugh! on The Mac Observer

Ted Landau’s User Friendly View: The Present and Future of the iPad on The Mac Observer

Ted Landau’s User Friendly Blog: How to Know If You Should Buy an iPad on The Mac Observer

Pandora Radio for iPad on the iTunes Store

ABC Player in the iTunes Store

Magic Piano for the iPad in the iTunes Store

Fieldrunners for the iPad in the iTunes Store

WeatherBug Elite for iPad in the iTunes Store

NetFlix for iPad in the iTunes Store

New York Times Editors Choice for the iPad in the iTunes Store

USA Today for iPad in the iTunes Store

Pages for the iPad in the iTunes Store

Keynote for the iPad in the iTunes Store

Numbers for the iPad in the iTunes Store

Reuters News Pro for the iPad in the iTunes Store

Pandora Radio for iPad on the iTunes Store

Clear Cal for iPad from RadTech

MacNotables #1011: Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus Delivers A Hands-On First Look at the iPad

Chuck — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:00:00 +0000

Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus is one of the privileged very few who received an iPad for early review, and provides his thoughts on the hottest Apple product to appear in a long time. Bob discusses what made the biggest impression on him out of the box, what he’s already discovered about casual usability, and his positive experiences with the iPad’s on-screen keyboard. What came with his iPad, and what didn’t, his app experiences, games, books…even the quality of Apple’s iPad case are all covered in the first look at a production iPad.

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Bob LeVitus on Twitter

Bob LeVitus Consulting

Dr. Mac: Apple’s iPad is better than expected by Bob LeVitus on The Houston Chronicle

Incredible iPhone Apps For Dummies by Bob LeVitus

iTeleport (formerly Jaadu)

MacNotables #1010: Ted Landau on Apple Device Tethering, Google Voice vs. Visual Voicemail, and Augmented Reality Apps

Chuck — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:30:00 +0000

Like most of us, Mac expert Ted Landau is looking forward to ordering an iPad, but in the meantime, has been looking at the questions of what configuration to order, especially when it comes to connectivity. Ted discusses the issues surrounding tethering of your Apple devices (and AT&T data plans), why the options are what they are, and what may make sense for you. Ted also discusses his experiences in comparing Google Voice with the iPhone’s Visual Voicemail, and why the latter works better for him, the uses, now and in the future of augmented reality apps, and some of the effects of a maturing iPhone platform.

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MacLevelTen, The Mac Media Group

Daemon by Daniel Suarez

Ted Landau’s User Friendly View: iPhone Internet Tethering and the iPad by Ted Landau on The Mac Observer

MacNotables #1009: Ted Landau Wraps Up Macworld 2010 and Discusses Sex and the App Store

Chuck — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:30:00 +0000

Mac expert Ted Landau has recovered from Macworld 2010, and discusses the many ways the show was a success. Whether you were attending for business, social or educational reasons, Ted provides his thoughts on how it all came together, and offers some suggestions for next year. Then, Ted turns his attention to Apple’s purging of over 5,000 apps with alleged sexual content from the iTunes App Store and the impact it could have on the iPhone and iPad platforms. Along the way, Ted earns another expert designation…or not.

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MacLevelTen, The Mac Media Group

Having Fun at Macworld Expo by Ted Landau on The Mac Observer

Is This Any Way to Run an App Store? by Ted Landau on The Mac Observer

MacNotables #1008: Ted Landau’s Evaluation of The iPad

Chuck — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:30:00 +0000

Mac expert Ted Landau has been sorting through all the information on the iPad launch, and evaluates what he’s learned. Ted discusses the very smart things Apple included in the feature and software set, examines what wasn’t included and some things we can expect to see in the near future. The iPad is not a tablet Mac; Ted discusses why this is a good thing, why you really don’t want videoconferencing on an iPad, even if you think you do, and examines the ebook aspects of the device. Which iPad to buy? Find out what he recommends (it may surprise you) and why, if it will replace or supplement your current Apple devices, and learn how you might be able to (eventually) own a Ted Landau-autographed iPad. Ted also reveals why he’s looking forward to next week’s Macworld 2010.

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MacLevelTen, The Mac Media Group