A few weeks agoPsystar modified a PC to run Leopard, and they sold it. They are back again now selling the OpenServ series of servers. The OpenServe 1100 and 2400 have the option of running Mac OSX Leopard Server or just Leopard.
The Boy Genius Report is saying that AT&T store managers have received notices stating that the iPhone 3G will go on sale at 8:00AM, local times.
I am not going to be able to make it to the 3G iPhone launch! I will be getting it the day after, though.
Apple has sent a memo to store managers with ways to respond to questions that customers may ask prior to the 3G-iPhone launch.
There are now TV Shows in the Australian iTunes store!
Many, many, many thanks to Neal Campbell for making the new opening graphic!
At Mac News Weekly we are always trying new things with the show. Today, we changed location to the Mac News Weekly “newsroom” and we are also using entirely automatic controls (exposure/frame-rate).
The way that I did the keynote coverage was a bit sloppy, and read over some things (I was filming as the updates came in). 10.6 Snow Leopard will be Apple’s next generation operating system. It adds on a ton small features that Leopard lacked.
I’m not a gamer, I hate video games. But I think that EA changed that. SPORE is a game currently under development. In SPORE, you make a creature and then control its evolution over time. SPORE uses all of Apple’s graphic protocols and ends up with a rich 3D gameplay. SPORE is going to be released on September 7th (Pre-order), but you can download a free trial of SPORE Creature Creator where you build the creature for SPORE.
Qik is a live streaming service that offers users the ability to do a live stream from their phone, this week they announced support for the iPhone. The date has not been confirmed.
Cali Lewis and Neal Campbell are the co-producers of GeekBrief.TV. Cali and Neal are pursuing on of their goals in life: traveling the entire United States in an RV, while producing GeekBrief.TV. They are calling it the Big Trip. You can support the Big Trip by buying one of the T-shirts that I was wearing, or taking out an advertising space at Paid by Pixels.
Apple has sold 5 Billion songs on iTunes to date. The iTunes catalog consists of 8 million songs, 20,000 T.V. episodes and 2,000 movies (350 are HD). In addition, they are selling more than 50,00.
Many thanks to Riley Kaminer for helping out with this episode.
John Appleseed. John is probably to coolest guy on the internet. By day, he does product demos for Apple (MobileMe, MacBookAir), but by night, he does stand up at comedy at various clubs in the Bay Area. His specialty: Steve Jobs impressions.
On this special edition of Mac News Weekly, we take a look at all of the features the 3G iPhone has to offer… John Appleseed style.
NOTE: THE IPHONE COMES OUT JULY, 11 NOT JUNE, 11. (THANKS MARK AND DAD).
First, sorry for the sloppiness of the show. I was updating as I was getting information from the live-blogs. I am not sure if this was the BEST way to cover it, but it got the episode out much faster than if I did a fully scripted show.
This was the WWDC Keynote, and we have been waiting nearly 6 months for it. First, Steve showed off the iPhone Version 2.0 (software) and the SDK. Nearly 200,000 people downloaded the SDK, and 35% of Fortune 500 companies are using it.
Scott Forestall then introduced developers from companies like Ebay to show what they have been doing with the SDK, some of it really blew me away.
Steve came back on stage and demoed some new features that will be valuable to users. These include: iWork integration for email, bulk delete email, save images from an email attachment, Chinese character support, parental controls, scientific calculator, and a slew of language support.
iPhone software version 2.0 will be available in early July, free for iPhone users, $9.99 for iPod touchers.
And the rumors were right, Apple introduced Mobile Me. Mobile me is a new service that keeps your mail, calendars and address books all in sync. It also features push contacts, email, and calendar to your iPhone, over the air. Mobile me will replace .Mac in a few weeks, and will cost $99.
And now the moment we have all been waiting for.. iPhone 3G! Yes, it is finally here. It is a big rounder than the current model. Everything is the same except it has blazing fast 3G, better audio, real GPS, and a black plastic backing.
It will be available in 22 countries on July, 11. It costs $199 for the 8GB and $299 for the 16GB. The 16GB version also comes in white.
I will be back in the studio this weekend with a more in depth look at the iPhone 3G. If you have any comments, leave a comment at www.macnewsweekly.com, or send me an email (max@macnewsweekly.com).