NZMac.com Podcast 027

DavidNZ, Loweded Wookie and Philip Roy chat about about the announcement this week of the Apple iPad, discussing the reaction to it and speculate what Apple are trying to achieve with the product. They conclude with their latest picks of great applications or sites.

A fantastic podcast was almost spoiled by my failure to pay close attention to recording it. About 40 minutes in, DavidNZ came online briefly (but then had to go again) and I failed to notice that I hadn't restarted the recording. Luckily Darryn was recording also, so panic over! The final podcast for 2009 features a discussion about the year that has been....an exceptionally eventful year. Andrew, Darryn and Philip chat about the year and talk about some of the highlights or significant news stories of the year for them. And to top it all off, they add some picks in to keep you enjoying your Mac and iPhone over the Christmas season. The news items discussed are: Apple introduces Magic Mouse - The world's first Multi-Touch mouse, Mac Mini server, Apple reports Fourth Quarter Results 2009, Apple releases iPhone 3.1, Apple premieres iTunes 9, Snow Leopard, Apple announces the new iPhone 3GS, and Jobs issues health letter

DavidNZ (David) and Loweded Wookie (Darryn) chat about about all the Snow Leopard news and Darryn's experience in installing and using the new operating system from Apple.

Join Darryn and Dave as they meet up in person (for the first time ever) in downtown Wellington to discuss iPhones, apps and what the Manager of the hotel (who makes a guest appearance) was trying to install on the two lovely 24" iMacs at the hotel.

Andrew, David, Darryn and Philip discuss the latest news about the iPhone 3.0 OS update for the iPhone and iPod Touch, the iPhone 3GS, the announced date for the iPhone 3GS to go on sale in New Zealand, as well as Vodafone's announcement of handset prices. We also take time to offer you some iPhone and iPod Touch picks.

So good they recorded it twice!! OK, a technical glitch made Darryn (aka Loweded Wookie) and Andrew (apdv1) have a discussion about Apple, HD TV, Eye TV and more in this episode...twice! But we're thankful to them for taking the time to have another session. The discussion includes useful software to use on your Macs, great sites and some great software picks. Those thinking of getting into using their Mac for a media centre or making use of great products like Apple TV, should check it out.

Site users DavidNZ, Loweded Wookie and Philip Roy chat about backup routines, systems and backup software to use and offer some great advice, as well as providing some great links. The podcast also provides one of the questions you need to know to win a great prize from NewerTech.

David (DavidNZ), Darryn (Lowededwookie) and NZMac.com site owner Philip Roy chat about about all the latest events in the Mac world, as well as discussing the forthcoming iPhone 3.0 OS and associated rumours. Picks and items discussed include OmniGraphSketcher, Managing Your Digital Life (Andy Ihnatko and Scott Bourne podcast), Red Alert 3, Airport Mania, Flight Control, Wolfenstein 3D Classic, ID article in iPhone development, Macheist, Evolution of the iPhone blog post, Skype for the iPhone reviewed in Ars Technica, Jiggler, Caffeine, Rowmote

NZMac.com site owner Philip Roy provides an audio version of his commentary "Evolution of the iPhone" related to the announcement of and features included within the iPhone OS 3.0 beta. In it, he argues that the progress of the iPhone OS may not be fast, but is detailed and well thought out, showing a maturing operating system with new features that many users will come to enjoy.

NZMac.com site users DavidNZ, Lowededwookie and Philip Roy catch up with the latest Mac news, as well as quite an extensive "Mac picks" section. Starting off the show is the incredibly named new feature "What have you been up to?", where we talk about any Mac related activities we've been involved in. Then we discuss the latest Mac news, apps and hardware.