MacVoices

MacNotables panelists Adam and Tonya Engst and Andy Ihnatko andt Chuck Joiner conclude their discussions of Apple’s August 7 Media Event. In this edition, the newest edition of Keynote, iWeb and the remainder of the iLife ’08 and iWork ’08 suites go under the microscope. “Customer One” for Keynote is identified, “silent” updates to the Mac mini and the Airport Extreme base station are reviewed and what .Mac could be are all bandied about in the second of a two-part series.

Tonya Engst	Adam Engst	Andy Ihnatko	Chuck Joiner

MacNotables panelists Adam and Tonya Engst and Andy Ihnatko join host Chuck Joiner to deliver their initial impressions of the announcements at Apple’s August 7 Media Event.

The team discusses why the new iMac isn’t that much different and debate whether or not Blu-Ray drives would have made sense from both a video and data perspective. iPhoto expectations are high with this group, and they point out some of the things that have been addressed and others that they still want to see. iMovie’s new, “Just Give Me The Movie” feature, thoughts on iWeb, some significant improvements in pages and a discussion of Numbers, the new Apple spreadsheet entry are all included in the first of a two-part show.

Tonya Engst	Adam Engst	Andy Ihnatko	Chuck Joiner

Author and Mac troubleshooting expert Ted Landau is back to talk about a new project and provide some real-world feedback on iPhone usability. Ted and host Chuck Joiner compare notes on favorite iPhone featues, speculate on the upcoming Apple press event and what they would like to see in a new Mac model and contemplate changes to Apple’s .Mac service. The discussion wraps up with thoughts on Microsoft’s announcement of the Office 2008 delay and where Office fits in today’s software market.

Jim Dalrymple of Macworld had plenty of doubts about the iPhone before it came out, but now his Blackberry is in a drawer somewhere in his basement. Find out why we waited over a month to ask him about it, and why the iPhone is now his mobile communication device of choice.

While not perfect Jim explains how the iPhone has adequately addressed his biggest concerns, then he and Chuck turns their attention to the media coverage of the iPhone, the Duke iPhone scandal that wasn’t, the iPhone battery lawsuit that is and how you can add custom ring tones to your iPhone, even though Apple says you can’t. Jim also offers up his opinion on new software that puts the power of a legendary guitarist at your command.