Katie Floyd: Mac Power Users http://wwwmacpowerusers.com @katiefloyd
Chuck Joiner: The MacVoices Group at http://www.macvoicesgroup.com @chuckjoiner
Allison Sheridan: NosillaCast at http://podfeet.com @podfeet
Hardware Engineering
Glass and Aluminum < --oddly excited about the anodized aluminum back
Thinner and Lighter
4′ Display
16×9
one more row of Apps
Tech Specs
802.11n (5 GHz) Dual Channel!
A6
2x CPU
2x Graphics
22% Smaller
Camera- Even better
Panorama – goodbye apps
28MB photo
Audio
3 Micorphones for Better Audio Quality
Noise cancelling ear piece
Wide Band Audio – natural sounding voice (requires carrier support – no US carriers mentioned in Keynote)
Lightning Connector
All Digital, Adaptive, More Durable (Reversable)
Adapters Available
Does not support Audio Pass Through
But Phil specifically mentioned Speakers and use in the Car and listening to Music?
JP Morgan says the iPhone 5 colid measurably move the needle on the US Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
iOS 6
Not much new here
Really looking forward to Siri
iTunes
Cleaner interface
new stores for iOS devices
iCloud Sync for location – what info are they taking about my movies?
Available October
iPod Nano
No Clip
Bluetooth but no Wi-Fi
Video is Back
No Apps (yet)
The Podcast Problem
iPod Touch
Larger Screen
A5 Chip
No 3G/LTE
Better Camera with LED Flash
iPod touch Loop – WTF?’
AirPlay
Siri
Colors< -- Is it just me or does this scream "Teeny Bopper"?
Older iPod Touch Still Available
“Engineered for Maximum Funness” – Are you trying to piss off the English Teachers?
HeadPhones:
Earpods – Seriously, what’s with these names
General Thoughts:
What’s up with Doubling Down on Secrecy
Were there any surprises?
Thought Price Points for iPod Touch was High
What does Price Point of iPod touch mean for iPad Mini?
iPod Classic Still around – still ignored
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
I really want to see that 4′ display on the iPhone 5.
Comment by Steve Sheridan — September 13, 2012 @ 6:14 am
Great late night show.
I find all this connector angst amusing. 9 years with the old. Got your money’s worth with the cables. Buy new $10 cables and save the $30 adapters for the boom box docks. You are buying a $600 item, after all.
BUT I suggest, in my old age of 63, you move into the 21st century and do Bluetooth. It has been years since I plugged in my iDevice in a car. An older car? Belkin makes a good little knob sized Bluetooth doodad that plugs into your aux in and cigarette lighter. It will handle phone calls as well as podcasts/music. Or use a Jambox which I do in other’s cars, when I wish to ‘share’ my tastes in podcasts…
Comment by Ian Hendrie — September 13, 2012 @ 11:35 am
I suspect the “does not support iPod out” means that the Lightning to dock connector adapter doesn’t support the *analog* audio output that used to be on the 30 pin connector. At some point (I believe it was with the iPhone 4) Apple changed things and removed analog audio I/O. This bit some companies; for example Blue Microphone had to release a new version of the Blue Mikey (their little mike that plugs into the dock connector and lets you record things) that works with digital audio). So if Katie’s head unit is fairly new, it should support digital audio, which means theoretically it will work with the Lightning to dock connector adapter.
Comment by Donald Burr — September 13, 2012 @ 3:30 pm