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Episode BritishMac033

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				Steve Wozniak on BBC Radio 4

				On Midweek - Radio 4

				Promoting his new book "iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: Getting to the Core of Apple's Inventor (Hardcover) " £13.96 from Amazon

				iPhone - more rumours By Macworld staff Apple-watchers are excited to note that the company has officially filed for the 'iPhone' trademark - as analysts predict the company will launch two hybrid iPod/mobile phone models, perhaps as soon as Macworld Expo 2007. A report on Forbes cites new research from Prudential Equity analyst Jesse Tortora. The analyst claims the company is preparing to launch two such devices, basing his information on "sources" and "recent checks". He predicts both a smart phone and a slim music phone, the report explains. One of these models will include wireless (WiFi) connectivity and a keyboard for messaging. Recent rumours have speculated the company will launch the phones in conjunction with US mobile network operator, Cingular. More recently, T-Mobile CEO Robert Dotson said Apple's OS "represents the future of next-generation mobile networks". As reported by AppleInsider, the Apple trademark is described in a Southeast Asian trademark filing that is dated 15 September. The filing occupies several categories, including that of a music player, mobile phone and video game machine. There have been multiple analysts predicting Apple will release the purported iPod/mobile phone product. Most recently, American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu wrote: ""Our research indicates that an Apple-designed smart phone has moved from concept to prototype and recently has progressed to near completion as a production unit." He added: "We believe this smart phone has been in development for over 12 months and has overcome substantial challenges including design, interference, battery life and other technical glitches." Shortly after the release of iTunes 7, developers noted that Apple's media management software includes some code that seems designed to support the mythical device. Gizmodo found multiple mentions of a mobile phone that can play videos and display images inside the code itself. Content management, synchronisation, format incompatibility, manual management of content and other features were hinted at within the code. One code string explained: "iTunes cannot sync photos to the mobile phone, because your Aperture Library could not be found". Prudential analyst Tortora expects Apple to manufacture limited quantities of the new devices when they first launch.

				Apple-watchers are excited to note that the company has officially filed for the 'iPhone' trademark - as analysts predict the company will launch two hybrid iPod/mobile phone models, perhaps as soon as Macworld Expo 2007. A report on Forbes cites new research from Prudential Equity analyst Jesse Tortora. The analyst claims the company is preparing to launch two such devices, basing his information on "sources" and "recent checks". He predicts both a smart phone and a slim music phone, the report explains. One of these models will include wireless (WiFi) connectivity and a keyboard for messaging. Recent rumours have speculated the company will launch the phones in conjunction with US mobile network operator, Cingular. More recently, T-Mobile CEO Robert Dotson said Apple's OS "represents the future of next-generation mobile networks". As reported by AppleInsider, the Apple trademark is described in a Southeast Asian trademark filing that is dated 15 September. The filing occupies several categories, including that of a music player, mobile phone and video game machine. There have been multiple analysts predicting Apple will release the purported iPod/mobile phone product. Most recently, American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu wrote: ""Our research indicates that an Apple-designed smart phone has moved from concept to prototype and recently has progressed to near completion as a production unit." He added: "We believe this smart phone has been in development for over 12 months and has overcome substantial challenges including design, interference, battery life and other technical glitches." Shortly after the release of iTunes 7, developers noted that Apple's media management software includes some code that seems designed to support the mythical device. Gizmodo found multiple mentions of a mobile phone that can play videos and display images inside the code itself. Content management, synchronisation, format incompatibility, manual management of content and other features were hinted at within the code. One code string explained: "iTunes cannot sync photos to the mobile phone, because your Aperture Library could not be found". Prudential analyst Tortora expects Apple to manufacture limited quantities of the new devices when they first launch.

				Macworld Daily News Friday - October 20, 2006 IDC: 1 billion phones should sell this year By Nancy Gohring Mobile phone users are on track to buy 1 billion handsets this year, said IDC as part of its report on third-quarter sales. A total of 254.9 million phones shipped during the quarter, an increase of 7.9 per cent compared to the previous quarter and up 21 per cent over the same quarter last year, IDC said. That means that phone makers should ship a total of one billion phones this year, the researchers said. Growth at the top and bottom of the market is fuelling sales. The trend at the high end is shifting from very slim phones to handsets with digital music players, IDC said. While full-featured phones are drawing buyers in mature markets, sales of low-cost phones are growing in emerging markets. The top two handset makers improved their market shares. Nokia sold 88.5 million phones during the quarter to take 34.7 per cent of the market. Motorola's share of the market grew to 21.1 per cent compared to 18.4 per cent in the same period in 2005. Samsung Electronics took third place and Sony Ericsson fourth. These figures emerge as speculation continues that Apple will move to grab its slice of the lucrative mobile market with its own new product releases in the new year.

				McDonalds and virus Ipods Apple warns of Windows virus in latest iPods By Jonny Evans Apple has warned Windows users that a very small number (under 1 per cent) of its latest iPod (with video) models are affected by a virus. Just 25 reports concerning this problem have been received by Apple so far. The problem does not affect data on infected PCs. Apple's technical support website warns: "We recently discovered that a small number - less than 1 per cent - of the video iPods available for purchase after September 12 left our contract manufacturer carrying the Windows RavMonE.exe virus." "The iPod nano, iPod shuffle and Mac OS X are not affected, and all video iPods now shipping are virus free," company vice president Greg Joswiak told Macworld UK on Tuesday night. Joswiak explained how the virus infected these small number of iPods: "As you're probably aware, the majority of iPod sales are made to Windows users, so we have some Windows terminals on our production line," he explained. "We discovered that one of these computers was propagating this virus, fortunately less than one per cent of video iPods were exposed to this Windows virus. The problem has been corrected and all the video iPods we are now selling are free of the virus," he reassured customers. The Windows machine that did the damage is used as part of the quality control process, "a final test station", Joswiak explained. "It appears this virus propagates to a PC when an iPod containing the virus is double-clicked in Windows Explorer. Technically it's a worm. It does not spread through a network." Asked if this implied that someone at the production centre had infected the machine, Joswiak said: "We're not getting into details. There was an exception in the process that we have now remedied. "We believe we have a process to make sure this doesn't happen again," he added. "It's the first time this has happened to us and we wanted to be very open and up-front about what's happening. We first learned of this a week ago," he added. "Since then we have been working around the clock on this, discovering the root cause." "We understand that this virus/worm doesn't do any data damage to the Windows machine, but that it can lower the security settings of an infected PC," he explained. "It should be removed from any infected machine." The virus propagates itself using mass storage devices. It affects only Windows computers, and up to date anti-virus software "which is included with most Windows computers should detect and remove it," the company explained. "As you might imagine, we are upset at Windows for not being more hardy against such viruses, and even more upset with ourselves for not catching it," Joswiak said. In the event that affected users lack anti-virus software, Apple has published links for potentially affected users which will allow them to download trial versions of anti-virus software packages which detect and destroy the worm. After installing an anti-virus application, users should attach their iPod to their Windows computer and run the anti-virus program. Affected systems will trigger an alert, and the anti-virus software will quarantine or remove the malware. Users should then run the 'Restore' function in iTunes 7 to restore the software on the affected iPod. Because it is a mass storage virus, users are also advised to scan all their existing external storage solutions, including but not limited to hard drives, digital camera memory cards and flash drives, for the virus. Apple isn't the only MP3 player manufacturer to have been hit by a virus. Fried fast food vendor, McDonald's, last week had to tell 10,000 of its customers that thousands of MP3 players given away in Japan as part of a special promotion had been infected by a different virus. The burger chain's virus was far worse for a Windows user's health than any Apple. It appears the McDonald's virus (the WORM_QQPASS.ADH) could infect PCs and steal personal data.

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				iSync Plugin from Andy Hi Will, How's it going? Glad to see the show back and really pleased with the new Friday slot... this means that I can now listen to you on my way to and from the pub on a Friday night! I just wanted to share information on a recent Plug-in purchase... I recently upgraded my mobile phone to the Sony Ericsson V630i. It's a cracking handset but the only problem with it (and many other new phones) is that Apple's iSync won't work with it. This can be very annoying, especially for people like me how use their phones as an organiser, for notes, reminders and calendar events etc. Well after a quick search I found a site... http://mobile.feisar.com/phone_plugins_23.html ...that provides very cheap and very reliable plug-ins for syncing via bluetooth using iSync. After a £1.49 PayPal payment and 5 minutes of following the simple on screen instructions, I was well away. iSync now lists my phone, with all the usual syncing features and has worked perfectly every single time. It's worth pointing out the system requirements as listed on their site... * An Intel or PPC Mac running Apple Mac OS X 10.4.7 or 10.4.8 * iSync 2.3 (part of the Mac OS X 10.4.7 update - Intel Macs, PPC Macs) * Apple supported Bluetooth hardware (internal module or D-Link DBT-120 USB Adapter). Other USB adapters may work but as Apple can't guarantee support for them, neither can these plugins. * You cannot sync Sony Ericsson phones via USB cable. Bluetooth only is supported by iSync. ...all in all it was an essential investment for me, and I hope that some of your other listeners might find it helpful too. See you on iChat soon! Regards, AndyBen

				Ben's USB 1.0 question answered Will, In your last podcast, Ben (?) asks whether the Nano is backward compatible to USB 1. This simple answer is YES it is. The basic difference as you'll know is that the data transfer is just very slow. I've got a couple of older Macs and PCs with USB 1 as well as the later Macs with USB2 etc. The difference in transfer speed between USB 1 and USB 2 is about 20 fold!! So, he can plug his Nano in to his old PC/Mac and transfer at a very leisurely pace! My only gripe with Apple was with the fact that Nano and 5th Gen iPods could not use the Firewire port. When the iPod Mini and 3rd Gen iPods came out with the dock connector it enabled you to use the USB port or Firewire port by the use of the two different cables that came supplied. So you would've thought that when you buy a 5th Gen or Nano iPod that you could use that 'spare' Firewire cable from your older iPods and utilise the high speed Firewire port, but alas not. Obviously some technical reason that I don't understand. Cheers Rob

				Brad's RAM fitting tips Hi Will, A welcome return. Glad you're ok. Little tip for you: I decided to upgrade my intel Mac Mini to 1 Gig of memory. A look at Apple's website and the other usual suspects reveals this to be pretty damn expensive. However, PC World stock the correct memory and it's quite a bit cheaper (I was as surprised as anyone). I actually got mine mega cheap because they priced it up wrong but its still cheap anyway. I fitted it myself and it works a treat. Anyway, I guess a lot of people may be much happier buying something like RAM from a shop rather than online so this is a good way to do it. Fitting the stuff is a pain in the arse quite frankly and definitely not for the faint hearted but it can be done. I bought 2 512MB units and one of them was duff but PC World swapped it out for another no questions asked. The techy details of the RAM needed are at the end. Keep up the good work mate. Regards - Brad Techy Details ------------- What you need to upgrade the RAM in your Intel Mac Mini to 1 gigabyte: 2 off DDR2, PC5300, 667MHz 200 pin SODIMMs from PC World 2 off Very thin putty knives from homebase or similar 1 user guide found here: http://www.applefritter.com/Mac_Mini_Take_Apart_Guide (Those are underscores between the Mac Mini Take Apart Guide by the way) Nerves of steel!

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