Bart Busschots – www.bartb.ie, www.impodcast.tv, @bbusschots
Tim Verpoorten MacReviewCast.com and Surfbits.com : @surfbits
John F. Braun – The Mac Observer’s Mac Geek Gab, Monday’s Mac Gadget, @johnfbraun
Steve Stanger – http://themacattack.tv, @tmasteve
Katie Floyd – Macpowerusers.com, katiefloyd.me, @katiefloyd
Geotagging – be careful!
- Not all services to share photos strip out GPS data from the meta data (EXIF Data) in the photos you post (edit EXIF data with the free app Reveal)
- Many cameras now have GPS in them, including the iPhone, so many images have GPS data when they’re taken
- iPhone and iPod Touch apps should ask for permission any time they try to use your location
- Many Eye-Fi cards do this with WiFi, compatible with other schemes
- Note that location services are required for Find My iPhone/iPod Touch
The iPad
- Apple badly misses it’s target of “world-wide availability” in 60 days
- US get it a few days late
- UK & a few other large countries get it about a month late
- No release date at all for other countries like Ireland
What version of the iPad are people getting?
- Verizon using the opportunity to sell 3G data plans
- Broadband Access Day Pass -$15 a day
- Confirm availability before purchasing
- High cost per use, but may work for occasional users
- Benefit of having another wireless carrier besides AT&T
- No iPad Tethering
App Store
- Through some very clever trickery the EFF have legally, publically, released the iPhone dev agreement
- Selective rejection and removal of apps
- Why is Apple handling this so badly?
Picks:
Bart – 3D Sun – NASA iPhone
Katie – TextExpander 3
John – New 4GB RAM chip (OWC) and new Hitachi 500GB HD with case (OWC)
Tim – Fujitsu S1300 Scanner
Steve – HDRtist
