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i keep hitting "software update" hoping an iphoto update will magically appear

i guess i've been spoiled by all those nice itunes and iphone updates ... thank god they didn't charge me for google maps integration on the iphone

you should've heard when they demanded $10 from my GF just to let her ipod tooch work the App Store. she's not used to the rough stuff like we are.

i regret every dollar i've spent so far at the app store

even the free yelp app sort of sucks

I kinda wonder if ten years from now they will have a photo sequence of an iphone owner like they have with that poor lady who was addicted to meth

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Apple's pretty generous really, considering companies like Microsoft won't even fix some basic functionality bugs without fisting you for an entire upgrade.

true ... but sometimes you wonder if "it just works" refers to the product or the sales model

http://www.techrestore.com/xcart/product.php?productid=18467&cat=273&page=1

the two-finger scroll on my G4 Powerbook rules

the only apps i am happy about buying on the store are:

- frenzic (awesome cheap tetris-y game... super-addictive... seriously... only good game i've downloaded)
- STM app (montreal bus/metro schedule)

I'm happy w/Instapaper and Byline.

and Stanza, but it was free so doesn't really count.

Wé aer going back to the Mothership this morning when the Company Store opens. Anyone want anything? I'm going to try and see if I can talk my brother into buying me an iPod since he's spent the entire holiday addicted to his iPhone like crack.

ok I think the new shuffle is stupid but I just downloaded the new iTunes, which said that it makes browsing large libraries fast, and sure enough, there is no lag when scrolling through my 37,452 item library, where there used to be very annoying and noticeable pauses. Bravo.

am i crazy to want the new macbook pro? ive always had windows machines but that thing sure is pretty and my Toshiba laptop is making the most godawful whirring and ticking sounds like its about to die

I am so sick of waiting for my build to order Apple imac - ordered on march 3 and ship date is april 21 - just because I chose the ATI card rather than the nvidia - ridiculous

Royal Trux (rules!) - yeah you are crazy - I'd wait for the next iteration myself - I've seen too many complaints on various mac forums ... or - ask yourself how bad you need the portability - that's why I'm getting the imac - everywhere has a terminal, your pockets have stuff anyways ...

what are people complaining about? i thought this generation of mbps was considered pretty solid.

you can always get a wrong idea from reading complaints forums tho

Case in point: Is happiness overrated?

Are we expecting anything good tomorrow or will it just be jesus phone with a new hat and an invitation to drop $100 onsnow leopard?

Can't decide if there's going to be something tablety. The docs for the iPhone 3.0 SDK seem a bit more generic than the previous ones -- more emphasis on not hardcoding to specific screen sizes and reference to "the device" and "the device's default sizes" and so forth -- which suggests different machines running Mobile OS X, but beyond that, no idea.

I would love something tablety, e-reader plus note taking (it doing itunes is probably agiven but I could care less about that really), I doubt it is going to turn up although what you mention about iPhone 3.0 sound promising.

think this is the first time i've genuinely given a shit, just because my contract is up w/sprint and i wanna see if it's worth jumping to ATT or getting a palm pre

the answer is still blackberry.

yeah, but i want something that plays nice with my mac (mostly calendar, since i use gmail IMAP)

also: epocrates, eventually

oh n/m, apparently it's on everything BUT the iphone

blackberry plays very nice with mac, basically I sync everything through google. anything I put on my calendar on either mac or Blackberry appears on the other within seconds. Mail is done via IMAP, I love it.

epocrates website says it is on the iphone.

I will be buying two of the next model iPhone. Can't wait.

blackberry plays very nice with mac, basically I sync everything through google. anything I put on my calendar on either mac or Blackberry appears on the other within seconds. Mail is done via IMAP, I love it.

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wait, so you have all yr cals on google? i should probably do this. explain.

epocrates is available on iphone, but it's not the real deal

not that it REALLY matters to me, as a lowly MS1

iCal to GCal via the CalDev sync built into iCal (calendars have to be created on google)
Gcal to Blackberry via Google Sync
Blackberry Contacts to GMail via Google sync

the only thing that is missing is Address Book to GMail, support is there but you have to hack it to make it appear and it doesn't work very well.

Avoid the Blackberry Storm though.

huh, i'll look into it

is it gonna be a new design iphone or just the same design but w/new components/features/camera?

WHO KNOWS?

Still some talk of a tablet, but probably not here just now.

Rumoured new hardware for 3.0 iPhone includes compass and autofocus that "allows you to select what you are focusing on by moving a little blue square with your finger".

http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/06/01/the-new-iphone-see-all-the-leaked-photos-here/

thought there might have been some indication in the rumours, haven't been following

oh well, those pics look plausible to me. in which case, meh

http://images.apple.com/r/store/backsoon/title_backsoon1.gif

New MBP 15" five minutes into keynote. This cld be packed.

7hr battery

And an SD card slot. Truly this is the future.

sd card slot and proper screen, this sounds great.

http://www.macrumorslive.com/ providing usual coverage.

though majority of pros use CF cards, so odd move.

Also at gdgt

13" MacBook now a Pro -- cheaper, better screen+battery. that's about time.

Lots of little things, like text selection in PDF files. “In SL we’ve used a little AI to infer the structure of PDF documents for text selection.”

SOLD.

oh yeah that is great. hate hate hate selecting text in journal articles w/two column layouts

if they're leading w/new MBP, then maybe a tablet isn't too far fetched???

cosign xp to two-column stuff.

can live w/out demo, tho.