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Post CES and MacWorld Blues

Now that CES and MacWorld are over, it’s time to look back.

CES is still a much larger event and yet it was eclipsed by Steve Jobs’ MacWorld Keynote. Once again, Apple stole CES’ thunder. I am still processing and formulating the information overloads from CES and MacWorld.

Let’s see.

MacWorld

  • Apple iPhone, AppleTV, and the new Airport Extreme base station. No real news about Mac OS X, Macs, and other softwares from Apple.
  • ModBook – A tablet Mac.
  • No GPS support on Mac OS X from Garmin
  • …to becontinued

CES

  • XBox 360 HD video and larger hard drive.
  • Something about Windows Vista and its variants.
  • Sling Media’s SlingCatcher.
  • Tons of other products, to be added later.

This will take a while for me to write something interesting regarding CES and MacWorld.

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Megadeth “United Abominations”: Two More New Song Titles are Revealed

Dave Mustaine has once again revealed two more song titles from the upcoming Megadeth album “United Abominations”. According Mustaine’s Megadeth Official Forums posting the titles are:

  • Sleepwalker
  • Burnt Ice

Other known and confirmed song titles from “United Abominations”:

  • United Abominations
  • Washington is Next
  • Gears of War
  • Blessed Are The Dead
  • Never Walk Alone
  • Amerikhastan
  • Out on The Tiles (cover of Led Zeppelin song)

“United Abominations” is tentatively scheduled for release in March 2007.

http://forums.megadeth.com/showthread.php?p=7594040 (free registration required)

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Look! It’s a Phone, It’s an iPod, It’s a MacPhone!

A short editorial

On January 9, 2006 Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, introduced the much rumored Apple iPhone during his annual keynote at MacWorld San Francisco. As written on Apple website: “Introducing iPhone. Apple reinvents the phone.”

For the last 3 years Apple has been rumored to have been working on a phone-like device. Apple and Motorola introduced Motorola ROKR, an iTunes-enabled phone on September 7, 2005 and somewhat closed a chapter on the rumor. Motorola has since then released other iTunes-enabled phones such as RAZR V3 and KRZR.

Apple iPhone is a different breed compared to any iTunes-enabled phones. Its appearance resembles more like an iPod than a phone. There are other smart phones with touch screen, but Apple strives to make its iPhone to be a class of its own. Underneath its shell, Apple iPhone runs a variant of Mac OS X. Its capabilities make Apple iPhone more like a Mac than a phone.

Steve Jobs on his keynote said that Apple would like to capture 1% of Mobile Phone market, or about 10 million units. Should Apple be able to reach that goal, they would be shipping an additional 10 million of Mac OS X. It is a surprise that Apple didn’t call it “MacPhone”.

Apple iPhone is tentatively scheduled for release in June 1007.

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/01/09iphone.html

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Apple TV, Apple iPhone, and New Airport Extreme 802.11n

Thanks to bad WiFi receptions, bandwidth hog and some other factor, I didn’t get to connect to the internet at MacWorld.

Ayway, two new products from Apple announced by Steve Jobs.

  1. Apple TV
    http://www.apple.com/appletv/
    Priced $299 (U.S.) and will ship in February.
    As expected, it has 40GB hard drive for local caching and storage.
    “It is a cool product, but not necessarily a must have product at this point. I will find out more before making any purchasing decision.”
  2. Apple iPhone
    http://www.apple.com/iphone/
    Tentatively scheduled for released in June 2006 (U.S.)
    GSM Quad Band (no 3G) and EDGE
    Cingular exclusive (for U.S.)
    $499 (4GB) and $599 (8GB) with 2 year contract.
    3.5 inch screen at 3:2 ratio (landscape)
    Operating System: OS X
    iPod capability
    Built-in 2.0 megapixels camera
    802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
    “Yikes! It is basically a Mac. I’m surprised that it’s not called MacPhone. One thing that might stop me from getting this so called phone is the price with 2 year contract. Now I have to wait till June to spend my hard earned money.”

Apple also shows off the newly redesigned and updated Airport Extreme Base Station.
http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/
It now officially supports 802.11n protocol, offering up to five times the speed and twice the range compares to 802.11g protocol. It has one WAN port and three LAN port. It also has one USB 2.0 port that can be used for printer sharing or USB mass storage sharing.

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Megadeth “United Abominations”: Three New Song Titles are Revealed

Dave Mustaine in Megadeth Official Forums posting, has revealed three more song titles from the upcoming Megadeth album “United Abominations”:

  • Amerikhastan
  • Blessed Are The Dead
  • Never Walk Alone

Mustaine also mentions that “United Abominations” will have 11 songs for US release, and 1 additional song for Japanese release. He also reserves 2 extra songs for later use as “B-Sides”.

Other known and confirmed song titles from “United Abominations”:

  • United Abominations
  • Washington is Next
  • Gears of War
  • Out on The Tiles (cover of Led Zeppelin song)

“United Abominations” is tentatively scheduled for release in March 2007.

http://forums.megadeth.com/showthread.php?p=7574234 (free registration required)

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Links for MacWorld Live Coverage

UPDATE:
Thanks to slower-than-modem Wi-Fi connection I had been unable to add the links on time.
I have added more links after Steve Jobs’ Keynote ends. The coverage provided great insight on the Keynote.

Watch the Keynote webcast
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/keynote/
or
http://www.apple.com/iphone/keynote/

Many Mac-sites will be providing live coverage on Steve Jobs’ Keynote on Macworld San Francisco. More links will be added as they post their links to MacWorld Live Coverage.

MacScoop – http://keynote.macscoop.com/

LoopRumors – http://www.looprumors.com/keynote.php

Mac Rumors – http://www.macrumors.com/events/mwsf2007.html

Mac OS Rumors – http://specialevent.macosrumors.com:17530/

Think Secret – http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0701mwsflive.html

The Mac Observer – http://live.macobserver.com/article/2007/01/mwsfkeynote.shtml

Macsimum News – http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/todays_the_day_steve_jobs_mwsf_keynote/

MacDailyNews – http://www.macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/12203/

I will be posting updates from MacWorld.

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SlingPlayer for Mac OS X Public Beta2 1.0.1.144 is Available

SlingMedia has released SlingPlayer for Mac OS X Public Beta2 1.0.1.144

With the new version of the Player, SlingMedia also releases new firmware upgrade for the SlingBox.

Unfortunately, SlingBox Setup Assistant is forcing firmware upgrade and saying that the version of the SlingPlayer has expired. No firmware upgrade can be done. As of this moment, the SlingPlayer for Mac OS X can not connect to the SlingBox.

http://us.slingmedia.com/object/KB-005161.html

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