Apple Posts Online iPhone Tour

Apple has posted a Guided Tour of the iPhone. The tour walks users through the features of the new phone and is intended to aid potential buyers on using the innovative iPhone before they receive their own later this week. The tour is available as a download from Apple's site and is AppleTV compatible.

iPhone Data Plans and online Activation Announced

www.apple.com—rateplans.html

$59.99- 450 minutes, Unlimited Data, 200 SMS Text Message 5000 Night and weekend, Rollover, Mobile to MObile

$79.99- 900 minutes, Unlimited Data, 200 SMS Text Message Unlimited Night and weekend, Rollover, Mobile to Mobile

$99.99- 1350 minutes, Unlimited Data, 200 SMS Text Message Unlimited Night and weekend, Rollover, Mobile to Mobile

Existing customers can add Unlimited Data, Visual Voicemail and 200 SMS text messages to their existing plan for $20

Family plans and other options are available.

Total activation and registration through iTunes- pickup the phone and go.

Activation will be required to use even the iPod features.

iPhone now features glass service, up to 8 hours of talk time

www.apple.com—18iphone.html

Apple announced that the iPhone will deliver longer battery life when it ships on June 29 than was originally estimated when iPhone was unveiled in January. iPhone will feature up to 8 hours of talk time, 6 hours of Internet use, 7 hours of video playback or 24 hours of audio playback. In addition, iPhone will feature up to 250 hours (10 days) of standby time. Apple also announced that the entire top surface of iPhone, including its 3.5-inch display, has been upgraded from plastic to optical-quality glass to achieve a superior level of scratch resistance and optical clarity.

Yet More iPhone News:

Early reviews are already coming out and overwhelmingly positive

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A USA Today story profiles Alsu Thandu who is one of about 200 field technicians who have been secretly testing the iPhone and looking for technical glitches for more than 10 weeks. To test iPhone's durability, Thandu says, they doused it with water, dropped it on concrete, bounced it off sidewalks., and took it on on long runs, sweating all over it to test the limits.
Though "iTesting" will continue on an ongoing basis, Thandu says he is comfortable that the device is good to go. "For the launch, I think we are there."

www.usatoday.com—2007-06-20-at&t-iphone-push_N.htm

According to guided tour- will support Excel and Word

www.electronista.com—iphone.word.excel.support

Has support for MS Exchange

Virtual Keyboard is good

No video recording

Songs can't be set as ringtones but rumors of Ringtone support in iTunes 7.2

iDay News

iDay - June 29, 2007 -6pm Local Time-and AT&T retail stores will close for about 90 minutes and then re-open at 6pm for the launch of the iPhone. The stores are expected to remain open late the night Apple stores will close from 2-6 and remain open till midnight

www.appleinsider.com—apple_retail_stores_to_close_re_open_ahead_of_iphone.html

AT&T stores will limit distribution to one per person

www.appleinsider.com—att_iphone_sales_limited_to_one_per_person.html

Apple employees are supposedly sleeping over in Apple stores for security

www.appleinsider.com—apple_retail_stores_to_host_nationwide_employee_sleepover.html

YouTube now on Apple TV, coming to iPhone

www.apple.com—20youtube.html

As promised, Apple released a software update for the Apple TV that adds YouTube functionality. Users can navigate through YouTube’s familiar video browsing categories or search for specific videos. YouTube members can also log-in to their YouTube accounts on Apple TV to view and save their favorite videos.
Apple also announced that YouTube will also be available on the iPhone, with the "mysterious 12th button" now being revealed as a YouTube interface. A new Apple-designed application on iPhone will wirelessly stream YouTube’s content to iPhone over Wi-Fi or EDGE networks and play it on iPhone’s 3.5 inch display. Apple's website has been updated with images and demos showing this new functionality. There have also been new images added showing off the before-unseen iPhone dock.

iTunes now the 3rd Largest Music Retailer in the US

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According to a just-published NPD Group MusicWatch report for the first quarter of 2007, covering the sales of both physical and downloadable music, Apple’s iTunes has jumped in rank to become the third-largest retailer of music in the United States. iTunes now holds a 9.8% share of music purchases, ahead of fourth place Amazon.com at 6.7% and fifth place Target at 6.6%. Walmart remains the nation’s largest music retailer with a 15.8% share of the market, with Best Buy holding 13.8% for second place.

EMI Reports Success with DRM-Free Music on iTunes

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EMI's recently-appointed senior vice president of digital Lauren Berkowitz has confirmed significant success with the company's move to sell DRM-free tracks through iTunes. Berkowitz stated "The initial results of DRM-free music are good. Berkowitz said that initial success with DRM-free songs seems set to boost sales of digital albums, as well as songs. She confirmed that sales of the Pink Floyd album, Dark Side of the Moon had increased since it shipped DRM-free up 350 per cent.

More Leopard Details

No 64-Bit Carbon: At the 2006 WWDC Steve Jobs mentioned that Leopard would have full 65-bit Carbon support however it wasn't mentioned at this year's WWDC. Apparently Apple will not have 64-bit Carbon Support in Leopard.

www.macrumors.com—leopard-drops-carbon-64-bit-support

Fast User Switching for Boot Camp Disappears- we mentioned on our last show that Apple was touting a new "Fast Switching" option with Boot Camp using the "Safe Sleep Mode" that has been on Apple computers for a while now. But now the Apple page has been updated and is missing that option.

www.tuaw.com—leopard-boot-camp-fast-switching-disappears

iChat Screen Sharing Still Available- Last episode were were concerned that we didn't see the iChat Screen Sharing feature demoed. As it turns out, this feature is still in Leopard, it has just been moved and is now classified as a "finder feature."

www.tuaw.com—ichat-screen-sharing-now-a-finder-feature

ZFS will supposedly be part of the new operating system with read/write capabilities

www.macrumors.com—zfs-read-write-developer-beta

Quicktime will get Full Window Playback abilities without QuickTime Pro

www.macrumors.com—more-leopard-features-unveiled

iChat now supports Google Talk

DVD player gets support for HD-DVD and Blueray

Microsoft Will Not Change EULA to Allow Virtulization with Basic Vista Editions

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Microsoft was set to announce that it was broadening virtulization rights for WIndows Vista, but at he last minute decided to back away. Microsoft provided little explanation for the about-face they simply said "Microsoft has reassessed the Windows virtualization policy and decided that we will maintain the original policy announced last fall,"

Safari for Windows Downloads top 1 Million in First 48 hours - Security Issues

www.apple.com—14safari.html

Apple announced that more than 1 million copies of Safari for Windows were downloaded in the first 48 hours since the free public beta was made available on after WWDC.

security researchers have found a host of security issues for both the Mac OS X and Windows versions. Apple has since released updates.

Dave- Audio Comment- Safari for windows was all about iPhone- iphone tied into Safari

David-

There are a few reasons why Apple wants Safari on Windows. The easy
one is that it'll build market share, but that's a minor reason.
There is also the fact that Google pays for search click through from
browsers. I've read some analysts predict as much as $10 million in
revenue per quarter for Apple from this.

The main reason, I think, is that Safari will be the browser on the
iPhone. It will be the browser all those Windows-using iPhone owners
will use and as they become more accustomed to it, they'll stop using
IE on their desk/lap tops and maybe even switch to a Mac for their
next computer purchase. When it comes to switchers, Safari on the
iPhone is similar to iTunes on the iPod: it attracts more Mac users.
Don't forget that Macs are still the profit driver for Apple.

Paul- See the comments to our last show for his whole post

First and foremost, the iPhone uses Safari, and the only way for
third party developers to develop for the iPhone is through web apps.
Having Safari on Windows helps more people develop for the iPhone,
which makes for happier iPhone users and perhaps more iPhone sales.

Bookmark syncing between Safari on OS X and Safari on Windows
(Bootcamp, work computer, multiple computers, etc.) is another
incentive for people to pay $100 a year for .Mac.

More web site compatibility with Safari.

Jay- Restoring Tabs in Safari

On show #39 you mentioned wanting a session restore in Safari that is
similar to Fire Fox. I stumbled across this plugin and though it
might fit the bill.

http://kisonecat.com/software/forget-me-not/

Tyler:

I just bought an apple TV the other day and it is already full! i have an external hard drive hooked up to the computer that syncs with the apple tv, is there any way i can make that content stream/show up on my apple tv without it actually being on my computer and using up my hard drive?

Mac OS 10.4.10

www.apple.com—macosx10410updateintel.html

The 10.4.10 Update is recommended for PowerPC and Intel-based Mac computers currently running Mac OS X Tiger. This update includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes or compatibility updates for the following applications and technologies:
- RAW camera support
- Mounting and unmounting external USB devices
- Support for 3rd party software applications
- Security updates

Katie has concerns- USB support and Audio "Pops" documented

Apple Security Update 2007-006

www.apple.com—securityupdate2007006universal.html

Includes security updates for Webkit

Safari 3.0.2

www.apple.com—safari

• Latest security updates
• Improved stability
• Improved WebKit support for Mail, iChat and Dashboard

Apple TV 1.1

docs.info.apple.com—article.html

Ads support for YouTube, Parental Controls and fixes a vulnerability where a remote attacker may be able to create a denial of service attack. Note this will not show up in the OS X Software Update or on the APple download page- you must download from within Apple TV.

Superdrive Firmware Update 2.1

www.apple.com—superdrivefirmwareupdate21.html

The SuperDrive Update improves readability of certain CD media. The updater application will be installed in the /Applications/Utilities folder. Please follow the instructions in the updater application to complete the update process.

Apple Pro Application Support 2007-01

www.versiontracker.com—24273

Pro Application Update 2007-01 includes improvements to underlying frameworks and shared components for the updated Final Cut Studio 2 applications.

Soundtrack Pro 2.0.1

www.apple.com—soundtrackpro201.html

Improved stability and performance

Compressor 3.0.1

www.apple.com—compressor301.html

improved stability, performance and compatibility updates for Apple devices

Apple Motion 3.0.1

www.versiontracker.com—23146

Motion 3.0.1 improves stability and resolves performance issues that may be encountered when using Motion 3.0 on both PowerPC-based and Intel-based Macintosh computers. This software update is recommended for all users of Motion 3.0.

Final Cut Studio 6.0.1

www.versiontracker.com—326

Improved stability, support for AVCHD, FXPlug improvements, improved master template support, fixed resolution issues with long file names.

Adobe Lightroom 1.1

www.adobe.com—photoshoplightroom

• Flexible image management for multi-computer workflows
• Improved Noise Reduction and Sharpening technology
• New camera support

Parallels Desktop 3.0

www.parallels.com—desktop

OpenGL and DirectX 3D graphics, to play games, Snapshots, which allow you to save your VMs state and instantly revert back to that state at any time, SmartSelect, a new feature that lets you assign any Windows or OS X application to open up any class of file from either OS. A built in security management tool that helps users customize the level of interaction between Windows and OS X, and Parallels Explorer: View and modify the contents of your Windows virtual hard drive even when your VM is OFF.

1Passwd 2.4.6

1passwd.com

Adds support for Safari 3.0 Beta

Visual Hub 1.25

www.techspansion.com—visualhub

Major update - including full support for 8-core Mac Pros, significant speed increase when converting to DV format on Intel Macs, better compatibility with iPod and Apple TV format, support for PSP Firmware 3.30, additional compatibility for MPEG-2 based camcorders and many other tweaks and fixes.

Cocktail 3.8

www.maintain.se—index.php

Cocktail 3.8 is the latest version of the general purpose utility for Mac OS X. Cocktail allows users to clean, repair, optimize their system, and more. This major update features: major interface improvements; updated Cocktail Help; improved Activity Log; added possibility to join Cocktail eList; added possibility to include Activity Log when providing feedback; and other miscellaneous fixes and improvements

Adobe Editions 1.0

www.adobe.com—digitaleditions

a new application for managing, acquiring and reading eBooks, digital newspapers, and other digital publications. Adobe is making the software available as a free download from its Web site.