Tuesday Tech Talk - Apple Event Special

Greetings everybody, yes I’m back with an extra installment of Triple T. as I wanted to talk about the Apple Special Event today. So lets dive right into things. My comments are in italic. Please excuse the notes form of the post but I decided for the sake of a timely release it was best to just keep it the way I wrote my notes.

iOS 4.1

Proximity, Bluetooth, iPhone 3G bug fixes- Glad to see the proximity censor issue finally addressed here.

High Dynamic Range photos-uses algorithm to enhance photos So basically a built in software function to enhance photos

HD video upload over WiFi

TV show rentals

Game Center-Multi-player games Challenge friends, auto matching, Compare scores

Will be out next week for the iPhone and iPod touch

iOS 4.2 sneak peek iPad

Everything in 4.1 plus

Wireless Printing - Finally! This is going to be awesome and make working with Pages a whole lot easier

AirPlay- stream audio, photos, and video formerly called AirTunes

Out in November free update to iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch - Although I was hoping the iPad would have multitasking earlier, for wireless printing, I can wait.

iPods

Shuffle

Buttons and voiceover

Multiple Playlists

Genius mixes

15 hours of music

2GB available in 5 colors

$49

iPod nano

Smaller no wheel multitouch has a clip on the back to wear

24 hours of music battery life

Square looking

voice over

radio

Nike+

Pedometer

screen rotates

Photos

7 colors

$149 8 GB, $179 16 GB

iPod touch

Slightly thinner than the previous iPod touch

Retina display like in iPhone 4

Apple A4 chip also like in the iPhone 4

3-axis gyro

iOS 4.1

FaceTime with front and rear facing camera - This means if you have an iPod touch and a friend or family member has an iPhone 4 you can talk to each other using FaceTime. I’m guessing this will be tied via an email address since the iPod touch is not a phone.

HD video recording

40 hours battery life

8GB $229

32GB $299

64GB $399

Available next week

This is great if you wanted the iPhone features of HD video capture, FaceTime and the retina display but don’t want to sign up for an AT&T contract. They will sell a ton of these!

iTunes

iTunes 10 - dig the new logo...the CD is gone!

Ping- Social music discovery, see what your friends are listening to. Connect with your friends and favorite artists. I think MySpace has a problem!

available today Free

AppleTV

The new AppleTV is a fourth the size of the original AppleTV and it fits in your hand!

On the back:

HDMI

Optical audio

Ethernet

802.11n WiFI

Comes with a remote

streaming- no syncing so don’t have to worry about HD space

HD movie rental $4.99 for first run titles

HD TV shows 99 cents commercial free

ABC & FOX signed on to deliver content Please CBS sign on so I can get my NCIS episodes in HD since my local channels are not offered in HD by DirecTV yet.

Netflix - I finally got to see how Netflix streaming on a TV looks after going down to Hattiesburg and seeing it stream via the Nintendo Wii to my in-laws TV. I can’t wait to get this device.

YouTube - Love that my wife and I can browse our TV for YouTube content.

Flickr & MobileMe - Cool to show off pictures on the TV without hooking up a computer to it to do so

$99 Available in 4 weeks - Keep in mind it was $299 so they are dropping $200 on this and it does so much more now. I will be getting one!

Well, that is what Apple came out with today. Lot of cool stuff that made my eyes as big as saucers. What really stands out to me is the new AppleTV. I think the price point and its features is really going to turn it around in sales. Also the new iPod touch is going to be big for those that want the FaceTime and HD video shooting but not the expense of a 2 year AT&T contract.

Tuesday Tech Talk #12

It’s Tuesday September 15th, time for another Triple T!

New iPods

So on Wednesday Apple announced updates to the iPod nano and iPod touch product line. To no one’s surprise, the nano supports a camera that shoots video but no pictures oddly enough. Has something to do with form factor issues and the size required for a still camera mechanism. It also supports an internal FM radio tuner, built in mic with speakers and voice memo, voice control and a pedometer. TUAW has a nice post about all the new features here. What was a surprise was the lack of a camera entirely on the touch models. However based on model tear downs, a future touch update may support cameras.

iTunes 9

Also announced was iTunes 9. Among the new features there are desktop management of your app layout on your iPhone or iPod touch which is much appreciated by me. Also you can now swap music on your home computers as long as it’s under 1 ID and up to 5 computers. Now my iMac and MacBook are synced on purchased music. You can share music, movies, TV shows, and app links in iTunes on Facebook and Twitter now as well. Oh and a new feature called iTunes LP. You can read more about it here.

AT&T MMS for iPhone

Yes, it is finally coming and for some it is already here. AT&T announced it will be available nationwide on 9/25. Congrats AT&T, it only took you 3 years to make available on the iPhone what I had on my Sony Ericsson before I got my iPhone...you get a cookie! (not saying what I put in the cookie)

This Week’s iPhone/iPod touch apps

WebMD Mobile - This cool app gives you one touch access to a Symptom checker, drugs and treatments, and First Aid information. I used it to diagnose my bloody eye problem yesterday.

MLB.com At Bat - Quite frankly if your a baseball fan like I am then you need this app. It gives you scores, in game live update down to the pitch count, you can listen to the games on either teams radio flagship. It also offers 2 free live streaming games and if you subscribe to MLB.TV you can watch all the games on it. I use this app to keep track of the Angels when I’m away from my TV.

Gun App - Ever want to shoot someone? Well me neither. But wouldn’t it feel good to fire a gun? Well now you can with this free entertaining app. You can choose from many different firearms and other peace keeping tools as I like to call them. With the iPhone you even get a cool vibrate kickback when you fire a gun.

Delivery Status - A handy package tracker. Use it to track FedEx, UPS, USPS. You can also track orders from Apple, Adobe, Nintendo, Amazon, and Google Checkout.

Dictionary.com - Hey how about a free dictionary app with all the words stored on the touch/iPhone? Look no further. It even has audio pronunciation of words to boot.