MacCraic

• 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

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• 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

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Outro

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

 

 MacCraic 71 - The Crossing Guard (Crossover with IMP 98) [70:46m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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This week our heroes finally reach their magic number and celebrate with a thong, sorry I mean song.   Are you brave enough to listen to episode 69?

News

• A Bunch of Muppets in Cupertino
• Tit Case for iPhone (shows you where someone’s mind was when reading the headline)..also video proof.
• PowerBook Snow Board ( “think different” Xtreme! )

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Dave’s Slot- Notes from Tim Cook’s Goldman Sachs talk (Updated with transcript) and Apple supplier audit reveals sub-minimum wage pay and records of underage labor

Dave’s App Pick: Vector Tanks- Battlezone for iPhone/iPod Touch for all the retro-arcade MacCraicers out there. Free on App Store till next Thursday.

Steve Jobs puts it all into perspective- Quick discussion/analysis of some Steve J quips from Apple AGM

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 MacCraic 69 - Oral Hygiene [52:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Justin has a chat with Pat Mahon about his recent trip to Macworld 2010 in San Francisco.   Now who was that having his photo taken with Pat?   You’ll just have to listen to find out.

 

 MacCraic SE - Pat Mahon at Macworld 2010 [35:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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This week D-Shorts and Justin talk about the benefits of disciplining Disney, and there is an interesting discussion about playing with balls.   Time to leave the world behind and immerse yourself in the world of the MacCraic.

News

• Jobs Bigger Thank Oprah
• Viagra for the Radio Star
• Leaky Address Book
• Cops Endorse Mac
• A Spanking for Snow White
• iPhone Exposé
• In App Purchases from Inside Fee Apps
• Project Squirrel
• Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Roll and the USATF

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Feature 1 – iLongPlay

Daves PMT (if any) – Dave’s Dongle

Dave’s App – Click to Flash

Justins Tip of the Week – Spotlight Searches Faces & Places

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 MacCraic Episode 54 - Spanking Snow White [57:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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