Dan Pourhadi is back to provide us with thoughts from the younger demographic on the Apple TV and the impending iPhone. Dan talks about Apple’s set-top box, how it has changed his viewing habits, and why the lust factor doesn’t always overcome the price issue for students. The preferred methods of media distribution by the networks (and anyone else), how advertising fits into those models and revisions that would make the Apple TV even more attractive are all covered, along with Dan’s thoughts on the appealing (and not so appealing) characteristics of the iPhone…and why he’ll be first in line.
MacVoices #768 – Dan Pourhadi Looks at the Apple TV, the iPhone and the Youth Market
MacVoices #767 – Clark Humphrey Helps You Take Control of Digital TV
The newest release from Take Control eBooks is an update to help you understand one of the most confusing consumer electronics purchase you can make: digital TV. Clark Humphrey, the author of Take Control of Digital TV discusses the 2.0 version of his book and gives some advice on things to look for and things to avoid when buying your first (or next) HDTV. Buying the best doesn’t necessarily mean buying the biggest or the most expensive. Clark covers the various options, the alphabet soup of acronyms surrounding digital TV and what they mean to you, as well as the options for obtaining HD content, recording HD content and more.
MacNotables #736: Christopher Breen’s New Favorite Thing is iTunes Plus
Apple has introduced DRM free-music in the new iTunes Plus, and the service has been adopted by Christopher Breen as his new favorite thing. Chris summarizes what may be the first real crack in the wall that is Digital Rights Management, the favorable pricing for albums vs. single tracks and the fact that this may be the first time in history that music is “upgradable.” Your questions about sound quality, whether you should avail yourself of the upgrade option, the potential impact on the music industry, as well as commentary on iTunes U, subscription music services and more are all answered by Chris in this in-depth examination of the latest upgrade to the iTunes Store.
MacVoices Announces iPhone Panel
MacVoices has created a panel of experts who will be delivering rea-world experiences with buying, using and enhancing the iPone in the coming weeks. The panel includes:
Pat Fauquet of Bob LeVitus Consulting
Pat, the Senior Agent for Bob LeVitus Consulting, is their resident expert on PDAs, smart phones and synching to the Mac. She has owned four Treos and three Newton Messagepads and has worked with clients around the world to troubleshoot synching issues between Macs, smart devices and various software packages. She also assists clients in exporting, importing and optimizing data from long-outdated address book applications into Address Book.
Paul Kafasis – CEO, of Rogue Amoeba
Paul serves as the public face of Rogue Amoeba and handles product management for all of Rogue Amoeba’s application, as well as tackling the innumerable tasks no one else wants. When not working, Paul enjoys distance running as a form of fleeing from his problems. Unfortunately, he always winds up back at home, where the problems have been waiting and eating his snacks.
Dan Pourhadi – freelance writer, contributor to The Unofficial Apple WeblogDan Pourhadi is a Mac enthusiast and critic whose writings have appeared in various publications, including MacAddict and MacDirectory magazines, TidBITS, macCompanion, Macsimum News, Macteens, the Daily Herald newspaper, Northwest Passages, and several MUG newsletters. Dan’s a blogger at AOL’s The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW), and he regularly gives presentations on various technologies to Mac User Groups and Apple Stores in the Chicago area.
Steve Sande – Take Control author, creator of Movable Beast and iPhone Ranch
Steve Sande has been in love with handheld devices since the first announcement of the Newton Messagepad and has run mobile device websites since 1994. He’s a member of the elite Möbius mobile computing conference group, and has a huge pile of smartphones cluttering his desk as a result. His latest sites are MovableBeast.com, which looks at mobile devices from the perspective of a Mac user, and The iPhone Ranch. Steve is a Mac consultant, instructor, and has written books on the iPod and iWeb for Take Control Books. He’s also the author of the help files for Mark/Space, Inc.’s Missing Sync products for Palm, Windows Mobile and BlackBerry.
MacNotables #735: The MacNotables’ Analysis of Microsoft’s Open Source Intimidation
MacNotables Adam Engst, Andy Ihnatko and Chuck Joiner get in-depth on Microsoft’s recent claims of Office patents, their intentions to defend them and what they hope to accomplish. The panel decides on whether Mac users should care, veers off on an overview of the goods and not-so-goods of open source software, and share their Windows frustrations.
 Adam Engst |
 Andy Ihnatko |
 Chuck Joiner |