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People say that August is a slow news month for Apple, and the business world in General. Today’s show is completely iPhone and iPod centric. 

Apple sent out  another update for the iPhone and iPod Touch. 2.0.2 provides bug fixes for the 3G Network (on the iPhone). Users have been complaining about bad reception, and supposedly, this fixes it. In addition to bug fixes, the transition from list view to CoverFlow in the ‘iPod’ section has slightly changed. 

Cali Lewis of GeekBrief.TV has demoed copy & paste for the iPhone. It is an open-source project for any developers use. I can’t wait to get my hands on this. At last, what we have been waiting for is finally here!   

Cut and Paste for iPhone from Cali Lewis on Vimeo.

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I am safely back home from the 3,000 mile roadtrip where the wonderful people at GeekBrief  somehow inspired me to change up the format of the show (don’t worry, only slightly!). 

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Apple releases the first update to its new 2.0 software for the iPhone and iPod Touch. 2.0.1 address issues like a long backup process, slow keyboards and crashing apps. 

NetShare was an application on the AppStore that took the iPhone’s internet connection and turned it into a WiFi signal for use on a computer. 

The iPhone 3G will be available in about 20 more countries on August 22. 

New Cinema displays for MacWorld? 

Thank you Cali and Neal from GeekBrief for letting me help out and using your set!

It has all happened to us before, negative comments. Most of these nasty comments happen on places where the less formal audience meet, people who don’t have the intention of actually enjoying your show. Geoff Smith (RingtoneFeeder and musician) created this song (along with Jonathan Davis as the cinematographer) to all let us know its no big deal. 

I hope you pass this along to your friends. 

This song is part of Geoff’s new album availible here.

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We are back a few days early this week with a new Mac News Weekly. I am going on a road-trip all over the southern United States for two weeks. I will be blogging my experience at blog.macnewsweekly.com.

Last week we reported that Steve Jobs may be having health problems. This week, Steve actually conacted Joe Nocera over at the New York Times to let him know what’s up with is well-being. 

The websites 9to5 Mac and Computerworld are reporting that they have a source inside Apple working on the new Macbooks. Among other things, it will be much thinner.

Rapper and producer Dr. Dre has released new headphones made by Monster. They look amazing! 

Adobe releases a 64-bit version of Lightroom for Mac. 

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After about a month of iPhone and MobileMe goodness, we are finally back with news! 

I start off with discussing Apple’s 3rd quarter results. Nearly 2.5 million Macs 717,000 iPhones, and 11 million iPods were shipped in this quarter alone. 

900 apps are available for download in the App Store, and nearly 25 million have been downloaded so far. Also, 1 million 3G iPhone were in the first weekend of sales. 

Sometime during the results, CFO Peter Oppenhimer stated that Apple will come out with a new-product shortly with “technologies and features that others can’t match”. 

The iPhone may be getting copy and paste soon.

Steve Job’s is loosing weight, is he sick again? 

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This is an episode that didn’t turn out exactly the way that I expected. The lighting was bad in some parts, and voice-overs don’t always fit, but it is an overall good episode. 

MobileMe was launched last week, but not after a rocky start. They were supposed to launch on the early morning of July, 9th, but for some most users, it didn’t even work for at least 24 hours after that! 

If you try to explain MobileMe to someone, you would probably end up saying something along the lines of “Exchange for the rest of us”. But what does that really mean? It means that your digital life is kept up to sync so you don’t have to sync. 

In today’s episode, I explain how I use MobileMe to make my life easier. Feel free to elaborate in the comments. 

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Mac News Weekly is an equal opportunity reviewer. All opinions in this review are not meant to offend anyone, just reflect on my personal experiences. 

The iPhone 3G. We have quite literally been waiting for this product for years. This week, we devote an entire episode to it. All of the good, bad, and the ugly are included. 

The Purchase and Activation

I was at film school/camp and got my iPhone 3G on Saturday, one day after its inital release. I got to the mall at around 1:00PM. There was a line of 60+ people. I had to wait in line for nearly 3 hours to get it (last year, it was different. I waited for 9 hours!) 

The slowness of the line is blamed largely in part because you have to activate your phone in store. Due to the heavily subsidized price of the iPhone, neither Apple nor AT&T want to loose a cent; some people may just bring it home and unlock it to work on any GSM carrier. I liked it a lot better last year, you walked in, purchased, then brought it home to activate. 

In addition, the Apple store employees were the nastiest I have ever seen (I bet it was because they were tired, though). Here is an actual conversation that I heard (all from memory, but you get the gist of it): 

Man: I have an iPhone, do I pay $199 for the 8GB or $599? 

Employee: You are part of the subsidized price. 

Man: So I pay $599? 

Employee: Do you want to pay $599? I can accommodate that. Why do you keep saying $599 anyways? You get it for $199. 

This is just un-tolerable and I almost left the line when I heard this. It is his job to answer questions. I almost blew a gasket. 

The Phone

Okay, now with that mean bashing out of the way, lets get to the good stuff! 

The iPhone 3G’s beauty makes up for all my troubles in line. It has beautiful curves, and fits very nicely in your hand. Although it is thicker, it is a much better physical experience with it. 

3G is fast, very fast. Although there is no 3G signal inside my house, I got to use it for a while today. It is definitely 2x as fast as EDGE, but not as fast as WiFi.

The AppStore is amazing! It is amazing how many rich applications can be develped for the iPhone. Currently, my favorite apps are Twitterific, SuperMonkey Ball, and Remote. I also like Cro-Mag Ralley.

GPS is great as well. It takes a while to find your location, and it is not pinpoint accurate. It also sucks a lot of battery out of your iPhone. But a great companion for a car indeed.

Audio quality is great like Steve said, and MobileMe is an excellent companion. We will discuss MobileMe next week on Mac News Weekly.

Unboxing photos: flickr.com/macnewsweekly 

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Today on the 40th episode of Mac News Weekly, we are taking an audio approach to it. I am at film camp and the day just has no time for video (I arise at 7:30AM and everything is planned up to 10:30PM). This is a big week for Mac News, so I couldn’t justify not doing an episode.

The iPhone will be coming to a store near you at 8AM on Friday, July 11, 2008. It will be sold in both Apple and AT&T stores ONLY (According to the woman that I spoke with, and numerous sources, no iTunes activation). 

The new iPhone 3G will be sold at the discounted price of $199 (8GB) or $299 (16GB) only if you fit the matching criteria: 

• Purchased an iPhone before July 11 (that is me!) 
• Activating a new line on AT&T
• Current AT&T costumer who is eligible for an upgrade