So it is finals week. The week that every student (at one point in their lives) dreads. I love producing Mac News Weekly, but 8 hours this Saturday that I am not studying is not good. So instead of producing an entire video show, I just made the script for it. I hope that you enjoy it (even if you like it only a little).
Hey everyone I’m Max Murphy, and your watching Mac News Weekly, sponsored by Gibraltar Management, for more information go to gibraltarmgt.com, here is the mac news from this week.
I really love the “calm” before the store. All news seems to be focused around Steve Job’s WWDC Keynote on June 9th. Last week I talked about a store in Beantown, and this week, and executive spilled the beans. An employee at the Austrialian cellular company, Telstra said that the next generation iPhone will support downloads up to 42Mbps. If this is true, just one word: wow. That is better than my home internet!
Although, I do see a problem with this. AT&T is finishing up its HSPDA network that will have speeds of up to 1.4Mbps download, but they will follow through and hopefully have 20Mbps download by 2009, but that is less than half of what the executive says. Furthermore, the exec says that the iPhone will be available ”very soon after its June 9 unveiling”.
Apple may have two new rivals this week. Number one, Napster. Napster has just launched a new a-la-carte MP3 service with more than 6 million songs in their library. A large chunk of songs are DRM free, and in the AAC formant. Most songs are 99c and an album is $9.95.
Number two, Netflix. Netflix launched an $100 AppleTV competitor, but this one is made by Roku. However, these movies are available at no extra price than you pay for your monthly service plan. There are 10,000 movies (way more than the AppleTV), but they are all in standard definition.
Alright that is the mac news from this week, I’m Max Murphy. Have a great weekend and remember, never trust a computer you can throw out a window.