In a video chat with the Cowtown Mac User Group at their June meeting, Adam Engst and Chuck Joiner examine the announcements from Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). In Part 1, the conversation starts with the new MacBook Pro line, the addition of an SD card slot and loss of the Express Card, then turns to AT&T’s lack of understanding on how to do business like Apple, the iPhone subsidy (or lack thereof) and more.
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Dennis Sellers takes a few minutes off from updating Macsimum News with WWDC information to discuss the the announcements of the new iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3.0 software, Mac OS X 10. Snow Leopard, a newly revamped MacBook Pro line and more. The discussion includes a review of why AT&T may have been the bad guy in the announcements and why Steve Jobs’ absence may have been a good thing.
Parliant has announced the newest upgrade to PhoneValet, their Macintosh telephony solution, and CEO Kevin Ford gives us an in-depth look at their product. PhoneValet can meet and exceed the feature sets of commercial PBX systems for small and medium-sized businesses at a fraction of the price, and can bring many of those features to your home phone as well. Kevin discusses PhoneValet’s ever-expanding capabilities that includes individual, private mailboxes, a variety of on- and off-site notification options, call screening, recording and logging, and more. How these key features apply to your business, school or civic organization, some real-world examples that will surprise you, and why, contrary to popular opinion, the plain old telephone system (POTS) will remain a key communication hub for years to come, are all part of the discussion.
Dennis Sellers discusses his predictions for WWDC, the state of the Apple TV and whether there are games in its future, and whether Apple’s plate is too full. Dennis reviews the pricing of iTunes music and apps and the effect on buying patterns, the possibility of scaling apps for the iPhone, and pruning the apps you no longer use. The perception of WWDC without Steve Jobs, Apple patents and more wrap up the discussion.
As the head honcho at Take Control books, Tonya Engst is closely watcing the changes in the eBook market, and delivers her take on how it has developed and exploded. Tonya comments on the Kindle and Kindle DX, their effect on textbook and newspaper publishing, and more. She also covers why users love the iPhone as an ebook reader, explains some challenges to ebook publishing you haven’t thought about, and how they affect you, and why size may trump function in selecting your ebook reader.
