iWannabes

On this Episode (009) the iWannabes try yet again to record their bi-monthly podcast using Apple's latest incarnation of GarageBand, but again, the application fails to deliver. Among the topics discussed in this episode, the guys talk about recent content addition to iTunes, the Disney + Pixar buyout, and review the new iLife' 06 suite.

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Show Notes:

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Apple vs. The Postal Serice

Apple hired the same director for the "intel ad" and people are saying "ripoff"

Network Test: itunes episode premiere

on monday jan 30th a new episode of comedy central's animation serieces "Drawn Together" will be release for free on itunes three days before it's first network TV debut.

New TV content on iTunes

MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon

Networks make $1.44 per iTunes episode

TV networks must be happy, they are making $1.44 per episode, while apple only makes $0.55 and they are handling all the bandwith...

One week with the new iApps...

after a week of playing with the new iLife and iWork, Gerry and Jose give their hands-on opinion about these new apps.

Apple cutting corners

shrinking iPods, now shrinking packages. the new iLife, iWork and .Mac boxes are really small.

Disney and Pixar, 2 become 1 (Pixney)

disney buys pixar and makes steve jobs disneys largest stock holder.

iPod nano wireless

why is apple looking for RF engineers for the iPod?

WoW soon to be universal

on the next update to the popular MMORG game, Blizzard will finally release an update in universal binary to run natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs.

RANT: OWC Battery

after two trials with 3rd party batteries, Jose gives up and calls the crap out by saying how much he hates "newertech" batteries.

On this Episode (008) the iWannabes share their thoughts regarding Steve Jobs' keynote from this year's MacWorld Expo. Will Apple's "One more thing" make us cheer or boo, stay iTuned to find out!

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Show Notes:

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Introduction

The new studio

The new mics

New headphones coming soon

The i thing

iWork '06

Pages 2

Is it worth it?

Drag and Drop Policy in Mac producs (DO NOT OVERLAP TO IWEB)

Microsoft Office compromise for the future of macs

Keynote 3

High Definition Themes

New Transitions

Superiority to Microsoft Office Power Point

iLife '06

Trully a digital life with seamless sharing within bundled products

iPhoto

Photocasting

Garageband

Podcasting

iWeb

Integrating everything into the web - the mac way

Drag, drop, blog

Pricing and other comments

Intel unleashed into the Mac

Roll Intel Mac Ad soundclip here

General Comments on the switch (and conclusion of ongoing bet)

Feeling the heat for programmers to switch to Universal Binaries

Ahead of schedule duedates

What's inside Steve's mind?

Faster is better (Intel Core Duo Performance)

http://www.apple.com/imac/intelcoreduo.html

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/intelcoreduo.html

http://www.apple.com/hardware/

Rossetta Technology

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/01/20060113233039.shtml

iMac

Was this the right machine to do this transition?

It may be bad for consumers, but it's great for stocks

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70002-0.html?tw=rss.technology

MacBook Pro

New name comments

FrontRow, iSight features

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/frontrow.html

Other details

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/01/20060113163208.shtml

Quickies

Microsoft Halting Windows Media Player for Mac

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/01/20060113040653.shtml

http://news.com.com/Music+stops+for+Mac+Windows+Media+Player/2100-1047_3-6026715.html?part=rss&tag=6026715&subj=news

iPod Radio Add-On (iPod nano and iPod video)

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/7200505/wo/6G3uHQkRaH6s3m1QwomPwtYSIGY/1.SLID?mco=3A8E4A5E&nplm=MA070G%2FA

Mobile Me Trademark Rumors

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/01/20060111150523.shtml

http://www.macosxrumors.com/articles/2006/01/11/apple-trademarks-mobile-me/

Closing Arguments

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On this Special Episode (007.5) the iWannabes discuss the rumors that may become a reality on Steve Job's Keynote to take place on January 10th 2006 at Macworld.

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Show Notes:

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Topics Discussed:

MacWorld 2006

⁃ Intel Macs

⁃ Mac mini Media Center

⁃ iBooks

⁃ iPod Shuffle

⁃ iLife '06

⁃ iWeb

⁃ GarageBand video support

⁃ Front Row 2.0

⁃ iWork '06

⁃ Numbers 1.0

On this Episode (007) the iWannabes speculate on upcoming Apple products for 2006, talk about a new music service for the new year, more video content for the iPod on iTMS, beg Steve not to kill FireWire, and they read your emails on the air.

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No more support for IE on the Mac

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/internetexplorer/internetexplorer.aspx?pid=internetexplorer

Persons of the Year: Bono, Melinda and Bill Gates

No iPod Shuffles till January

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1420

Widescreen iBooks?

http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0512briefly.html

Urge: an upcoming music service from Microsoft and MTV

http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20051213/tc_macworld/urge20051213

iPod minis still selling like hotcakes

http://www.macminute.com/2005/12/14/ebay-ipod-mini/

Intel's Napa Platform with Yonah (Jan 2006)

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2005/12/20051214125813.shtml

Apple Developing new iPod applications for Windows?

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1416

Google Music and Apple iTunes

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2005/12/20051215104615.shtml

Sopranos: Coming soon to an iPod near you!

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1417

Apple Featured on Jeopardy! Category

http://www.dtgeeks.com/index.php/news/comment/apple_featured_in_a_jeopardy_category

Macintels to sing a different tune

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1410

Firewire not dead, but on life support

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=57

On this Episode (006) the iWannabes talk about the media and hackers who don't cut Apple some slack, a new Apple Store opening in Europe, still none for us, XBOX 360 overheating issues, and lots of crap about iTunes.

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Jobs Offers Mac OS X for $100 Laptop

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2005/11/20051114111820.shtml

Mac OS X 10.4.3 cracked, new features discovered

http://www.macosxrumors.com/articles/2005/11/22/mac-os-x-1043-cracked-new-features-discovered/

EMI expects iTunes price hike within a year

http://www.macminute.com/2005/11/16/itunes-price-hike/

Apple denies EMI claims of copy-protected song support on iPod

http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20051118/tc_macworld/emiapple20051118

Newsweek criticizes Apple for FairPlay DRM licensing

http://www.macminute.com/2005/11/15/fairplay-licensing/

iPod DRM faces another reverse-engineering challenge

http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20051122/tc_macworld/ipoddrm20051122

iTunes in Top 10 US Music Retailers

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2005/11/20051122093124.shtml

iTunes ‘owns’ UK music business

http://www.macminute.com/2005/11/18/itunes-uk-market/

iPod and iTunes success in Japan

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2005/11/20051116100159.shtml

TiVo Inc. expands to iPods and PSPs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051121/ap_on_hi_te/tivotogo_expands

iTunes security flaw reported

http://www.macminute.com/2005/11/18/itunes-security-flaw/

Apple to open three retail stores November 19

http://www.macminute.com/2005/11/15/apple-store-openings/

Apple After Thanksgiving Sale

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2005/11/20051120231759.shtml

Apple retail store in Rome in 2006?

http://www.macosxrumors.com/articles/2005/11/20/apple-retail-store-in-rome-in-2006/

iPod nano sales strong, while shuffle fails

http://www.macminute.com/2005/11/15/ipod-sales/

Even smaller iPod shuffle may debut in January

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1373

Apple planning Intel-ready iBook debut for January

http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0511intelibook.html

Intel forms ‘Apple’ group

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2005/11/20051122092351.shtml

Hollywood, BitTorrent reach agreement

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051123/ap_on_hi_te/downloading_movies

San Francisco gets Wi-Fi feet wet with ‘hot zones’

http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20051122/tc_macworld/sfwifi20051122

On this Episode (005) the iWannabes try a new podcasting setup, they talk about close encounters with Steve Jobs, Sony's new Root Kit, iPod with video review, some Apple Store stories and much more... CRAP.

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Steve Jobs Cult - is it good or bad for Apple?

Time Magazine - The Man who always seems to know...what's next - How

Apple Does It

http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1118384,00.html

New York Daily News - Writer told to take this Jobs and shove it

http://www.nydailynews.com/10-31-2005/news/gossip/story/360722p-307363c.html

Apple and Intel, on the verge of something - or is the pressure rising?

PowerBooks with integrated iSight, iBooks and PowerBooks upgrades

before than expected

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1359

Nano's sleeves

Final Remarks:

- Apple going strong on iPod and general sales

- Attacks are expected to blow the mastermind behind it all

On this Episode (004) the iWannabes tried their luck at being DJ's resulting in a horribly over-modulated audio. However, they do talk about the newly released Apple products, a very cool FrontRow hack, and the future of human-computer interaction.

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Apple readying an underground "Apple Store" on lower Manhattan

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1347

Digg.com gets venture capital... a few million dollars:

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/financial_markets/venture_capital/13019053.htm

Apple to replace any 5G iPods that exhibit hardware failure

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1344

AppleInsider - iPod nano owners sue Apple over screen issues

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1340

macosXrumors - Exclusive: Leopard to feature a totally redesigned Finder, based on Spotlight

http://www.macosxrumors.com/articles/2005/10/20/exclusive-leopard-to-feature-a-totally-redesigned-finder-based-on-spotlight/

Apple October 19th Media Event

-New PowerBooks

-New PowerMacs

-Aperture: Pro Photo App

-Cinema Displays Price Drop

MacRumors - iTunes Australia Arrives

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2005/10/20051024172026.shtml

MacRumors – Front Row on Any Mac

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2005/10/20051025161749.shtml

AP - Yahoo Doubling Price of Music Service

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051026/ap_on_hi_te/techbits_yahoo_music

AP – Software Converts iTunes Songs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051027/ap_on_hi_te/tech_test_itunes_converter

On this Episode (003) the iWannabes unveil their new theme song. They talk about the the new Yahoo! Podcast directory, Microsoft playing nice with Real Networks and Yahoo!, Apple's "One more thing..." event, our rants, reviews... and just one more thing.

On this Episode (002) the iWannabes talk about the recent Apple Music Special Event, the newly released iPod nano, the Motorola ROKR, .Mac Updates. They also take some whacks at Windows and giver personal reviews on free software online... and some other stuff.

Tonight's topics: The iWannabe's are back, the recent advent of podcasting, a Mac user's view of Windows Vista, the September 7th music event rumors: iTunes/Motorola phone, flash based iPod minis, and the iPod video, Digital's vidcast plug, Garageband and Keynote gripes, RFA's IEEE Radio plug.