Wednesday, January 16, 2008

MacWorld Expo 2008 – Comments and Observations

by Michael Sheehan on January 16, 2008

in Apple, Cellular, Gadgets, General, Hardware, iPhone

I spent a few hours yesterday at MacWorld 2008 and wanted to quickly post some information about what I saw and who I talked to. Obviously, the hype is around the new MacBook Air. I must admit, it is a beautiful machine. However, it is probably a better device for someone who already has a Mac and simply wants something nice for on-the-go type of work. The upgrade of the Apple TV with video rentals really should prove to be great! But more about that later.

MacWorld Expo

First, just for fun, some bad quality iPhone pics of Cali Lewis (http://www.geekbrief.tv) and Veronica Belmont (http://daily.mahalo.com/) that I snapped as they were doing a presentation on Xtrain:

Cali & Veronica 1 Cali & Veronica 2 Cali & Veronica 3

Some of the Companies that I talked with (in no particular order) with some highlights:

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iPhone: Upgrade to Firmware 1.1.3 Observations

by Michael Sheehan on January 16, 2008

in Apple, Cellular, Gadgets, General, Hardware, iPhone, Software

Last night I took the plunge and decided that I wanted to have the latest and greatest firmware from Apple. The Google Maps location feature, the Web Clips on the springboard and the ability to re-arrange icons really grabbed me. But this post is not about that. Since I was coming from a Jailbroken 1.1.2 iPhone with 3rd Party Apps installed, I thought that I would post some of my observations of this process.

iPhone ‘08

So in no particular order:

  • I used the Upgrade/Update function using iTunes 7.6
  • Upgrade worked fine. No error messages despite having the jailbroken software. All data and settings were retained
  • After the upgrade, I noticed a couple of things:
    • Within iTunes, the “Other” space was high (200 MBs)

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