[decryption]

MacTalk Podcast - Episode 70 - Velociraptors in Turtlenecks

Chris Menz (Xenex), Alex Reid (Al Aero), Matthew Lesh (matthewlesh) and Anthony Agius (decryption) bring the guns. Your girl brings the roses.

• iPhone Component Suppliers - who's making what for the next iPhone
• iPhone OS 3.0, Beta 3 - another day, another beta
• Push Notification Developer Testing - BYO server
• NextG is Good - costs ya though
• Apple Ordered 4 Million New iPhones - duh
• Where's Our Visual Voicemail? - carrrnn guys, I want it already
• Nine Inch Nails App for iPhone - is pretty cool
• 1 Billion Apps Served - thats a spicy meatball
• So Long Compact Disc - it was fun while it lasted
• iTunes Pricing - greedy record companies
• Top 20 Apps of All Time - Crash Bandicoot? Really? Jesus H. Christ
• iPhone for the NSW DET - a good start
• Apple Fixing Out of Warranty Cracked MacBooks - not set in stone, but you have a better chance now
• iTweetReply - Matthew's Twitter service for those who can't miss an @ reply
• Listener Email - thanks Julian! podcast@mactalk.com.au
• Apps - Flight Control, Read it Later Pro, Word Scramble, GunApp, Tweetie for Mac, Espresso
• Voicemail - Pete direct from Broadway Woolworth's produce section, bringing the ruckus

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[matthew858]

Just something with push that I mentioned in the chat last night - with push, every iPhone is connected to Apple's servers, not the developer's. Developers get handed the unique identifier through Apple, which is then used to send messages. If a dev wants to send a message, it is sent to Apple's server; it is up to Apple's servers to work out where to send it (which is where the iPhone's identifier comes in). Tech sites have blown out of proportion the server power needed to actually run the service; pretty much any web server can do it, as we can only send messages up to 256 bytes.

One of the best podcasts I've ever listened to by the way!

[ZeMule]

This is still the only podcast that ive remained subscribed to. Always feel a rush when itunes informs me theres a new one being punted over to my iphone. Keep up the good work guys!

[azenis]

Is this the first podcast without Pete?

[Xenex]

Oh, there's a Pete cameo.

Nice choice of name, Anthony. I'd forgotten about that.

[bennyling]

Yay!

Xenex is on the podcast again, which is awesome. You should totally do more of them, man.

[MacAndy74]

Great show! Only started listening to your podcast recently, it's really grown on me. (-:

[colbsi]

Word Scramble best game ever. Wonder what everyone's high score in that app

[mitty]

Menz you cheat. The only way a real person can afford to use the iphone with Telstra is to work there and get the staff plan, or to be related to someone who is and get it through them Welcome to the club

[Trabb]

ohhh Broadway is a pretty gross place to be stuck looking for fruit and vegies. And there isn't even a woolies there!

[ozron]

Welcome Matthew, and always great to see Xenex back! Great podcast guys, and I have to agree that it was one of the best in a long while.

I reckon it's a good idea to have new people on the panel to hear a different perspective on all things Mac. Maybe each week you should have a "guest" person on the show?

[timmytomtam]

How come theres no "from the forums" anymore?

[matthewlesh]

Originally Posted by timmytomtam

How come theres no "from the forums" anymore?

We didn't get time.. that and well yeah.

[Al Aero]

Originally Posted by ozron

Welcome Matthew, and always great to see Xenex back! Great podcast guys, and I have to agree that it was one of the best in a long while.

I reckon it's a good idea to have new people on the panel to hear a different perspective on all things Mac. Maybe each week you should have a "guest" person on the show?

Glad you enjoyed it Ron, yeah its good to have some freshness and xenex is always good, and matthewlesh was great for his first time.

should be back to the og team next week.

Originally Posted by timmytomtam

How come theres no "from the forums" anymore?

Thats arkenstone's domain and we had a list of things as long as your arm (providing your not a amputee ) and just didnt get to it.

[jeremy_warnock]

The issue with the nine inch nails app seems to be a geographical issue. If you set you phone to a USA time zone such as las vegas - it works a treat. The issue has a big thread on the nin forum, manly from us australian nin fanboys

J

[Chief911]

Originally Posted by mitty

Menz you cheat. The only way a real person can afford to use the iphone with Telstra is to work there and get the staff plan, or to be related to someone who is and get it through them Welcome to the club

NOT TRUE, i am a student and work once a week doing a shift for 6 hrs and i am with telstra, i would love to not be,, but they do have the best network and u need it for the iphone, its not that much more than the optus plans per month, just prioritise spending, i am on the 69 + 10 data (im sure thats it) and i get by....

[Xenex]

Originally Posted by mitty

Menz you cheat. The only way a real person can afford to use the iphone with Telstra is to work there and get the staff plan, or to be related to someone who is and get it through them Welcome to the club

I do cheat, but only a little.

$49 3G Cap Plan plus $29 300MB Browsing Pack is $80 a month. Considering I was paying Optus $70ish a month ($59 cap, plus phone payment), it's not a huge premium for a network that works almost anywhere.

[battye]

Great podcast guys

Originally Posted by decryption

[*]So Long Compact Disc - it was fun while it lasted

This was a really interesting topic that came up. I wrote a short article about the future of CD's in January last year concluding that its the ease of downloading music which makes it the future (and probably the present, although I suspect CD sales still outnumber digital downloads?) of the music industry.

As someone mentioned on the podcast, fans will still buy the CDs. I still buy a CD if the album (I won't buy singles) is good enough. Plus CDs have a few advantages, they are still easier to deal with than downloads I reckon. Not everyone can get an Apple TV or hookup their computer to their living room sound system, etc... so CDs are still useful here. DVD players will play CDs, easy! Also in the car, CDs are great. I sometimes hookup my iPhone to the car radio, but it is a lot of hassle taking the earphones out, plugging the cord in, adjusting the cord because only one channel is working, etc, etc. Easier to just stick in a CD.

Of course, you could download the music and then burn it to CD. But sometimes it is nicer to have a real copy rather than a burnt copy.