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It’s been nearly a week so each of us has had a chance to use each and every one of the 200+ new features, and with the help of the inimitable Kelly Guimont of TUAW and Angry Mac Bastards fame, we get to make sense of them.  Siri also gives hosting a try, but she’s… Continue reading Eyes on iOS 5

I want nothing besides my keyboard, monitor, and a billion bits between me and buying a gadget, but sometimes, I admit, it’s best to burn some gas to get the next best thing. On this episode of inThirty we discuss brick and mortar retailers and the impact salespeople have on the buying experience, especially when… Continue reading Point of Sale

Apple Keynotes, these are what inThirty podcasts are made for. We talk iPhone, and only iPhone, (please ignore the intro) for 30 minutes and decide whether the keynote was a blockbuster or a bust. Show Links: Apple iPhone 4S – Apple Website Apple Fall 2011 Event Keynote – Apple Website

Beating Apple to the punch with pre-holiday hardware announcements, Amazon revealed its new line of Kindles today. We discuss whether tablets need to have integrated digital content delivery for them to be valuable and close by asking which tablet is currently the best considering price and features…all before sundown. Show Links: Kindle Fire | Amazon… Continue reading The New Kindles: Hot or Not?

Who cares about Windows 8? Well, Harry, Chaim, and Justin care enough to talk about it and the state of the desktop OS in general for thirty minutes. We discuss the most important elements for creating a solid user experience on the desktop and the aspects that lock users into a platform. And try to… Continue reading Who Cares About Windows 8?

Ask yourself this question: how are you going to listen to this podcast? It’ll of course be with deep interest and admiration for its hosts, but will you do it on a smartphone, a laptop, with your home theater in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound? Chaim, Harry, and Justin discuss whether or not the PC… Continue reading Are We in the Post PC Era?

On today’s inThirty we hash out the history and the future of instant messaging.

HP puts the kibosh on WebOS and throws a fire sale on the TouchPad. We discuss the implications for the tablet market, where HP went wrong with the TouchPad, and what it would take to unseat the iPad as king of the tablets. Most importantly, though, listen to find out whether or not Chaimtime was… Continue reading HP Kills WebOS

Sergey and Larry decide that they’re sick of building all of their products out of 0s and 1s and want to make something you can really get your fingerprints all over, or at least chuck across the room at one of Apple’s lawyers during a deposition.