MacCraic 71 – The Crossing Guard (Crossover with IMP 98)

• Paul: Reports say 50,000 iPaddies sold within 2 hours - via iPhone Alley
• Bart: Apple reveal more iPaddy details as pre-orders begin in the US
  • Mute switch becomes ‘Screen Rotation Lock’ - via iPhone Alley
  • iBooks app to support ePub sync via iTunes + VoiceOver - via iLounge
  • Apple details iPaddy 3G data plans - via iPhone Alley
  • iPaddy accessory pricing revealed - via Macworld UK
  • iPaddy battery replacement plan replaces iPaddy itself - via MacRumors
  • iPaddy Apple Care only for 2 years, not available in all areas - via 9 to 5 Mac
• Stu: Apple execs head to the UK for iPaddy data plan negotiations ? - via Macworld UK
• Justin: Verizon to woo iPaddyers with MiFi - via TidBiTs

Apple Competitor Watch

• Stu: Steve Ballmer compliments Apple, in other news, hell freezes over! - via TUAW
• Paul: Roughly 10% of Microsoft staff are iPhone users - via AppleInsider
• Dave: Jonathan Schwartz lets rip on Apple and Patents - via 9to5 Mac

Go Daddy Ad (link)

• Justin: Things – GTD app for Mac and iPhone from Cultured Code.
• Dave: Chrome - Google’s alternative browser with extensions (Firefox competitor indeedy)
• Paul: iCanSee – Turns the iPhone into a magnifying glass
• Stu: Flow – FTP / Transfer client
• Bart: Movist – alternative video player for OS X based on VLC, great Mac interface

Contact details

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• twitter.com/justingbyrne
• twitter.com/davidshortle
• themaccraic@gmail.com
• Mevio

Outro

Tag – That’s all the craic from this week’s Mac

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