15 Jan 2008 1322H

Macworld Keynote ‘08 metatalk

11:49:16 AM Me: nothing much compelling here on macworld keynote so far
11:49:24 AM E.: just connecting to it now.
11:49:46 AM E.: appreciate the airport hard drive upgrade
11:50:10 AM Me: that makes sense but there still isn’t a culture of backups around yet
11:50:24 AM E.: it just takes one bad day to fix that
11:51:31 AM Me: well i think in this case it’s a case of benign dictatorship basically –  all we have to do is ask people to store documents somewhere and oh, by the way, full backups in case your shit goes down are easy. here’s how.
11:52:01 AM Me: movie rentals aren’t compelling for me
11:52:33 AM E.: what’s iphone maps with location?
11:52:52 AM Me: http://live.gizmodo.com/
11:53:18 AM Me: google helps triangulate using cellphone towers
11:53:27 AM Me: and then there’s wifi data via another provider
11:53:34 AM Me: so that tells the phone where you are
11:54:25 AM E.: that’s killer built in
11:55:18 AM E.: yep…wifi plus cell = better data
11:56:30 AM Me: how about the mac supermini?
11:56:56 AM Me: more like a mac subnotebook, i suppose
11:58:00 AM E.: ho.
11:59:50 AM E.: hd 5.1 rentals!
11:59:54 AM E.: I’ll have to try out one day what unbox rentals are like.
12:00:04 PM Me: eh.
12:00:08 PM Me: where’s the content?
12:02:33 PM Me: is appletv still compelling at 229?
12:02:36 PM Me: i think 199.
12:02:47 PM E.: well rentals not active yet I think.
12:03:01 PM E.: unless new version of itunes needed.
12:03:07 PM Me: software update now
12:03:24 PM Me: er two weeks
12:03:26 PM Me: =(
12:03:37 PM E.: but he’s demoing an apple tv 2
12:07:24 PM E.: so is atv2 a software or soft+Hardware upgrade?
12:08:31 PM Me: both, innit?
12:10:32 PM Me: interesting. dvd movies will have a free itunes version that you can transfer over just by copying.
12:10:59 PM E.: so automatically preformatted.
12:11:09 PM E.: that remembers where you left off.
12:11:33 PM E.: transfer to ipod or portable right?
12:12:19 PM Me: ipod, appletv
12:13:21 PM E.: you watching a vid feed?
12:13:34 PM Me: live.gizmodo.com
12:13:54 PM Me: macbook air!
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12:29:09 PM E.: bold…no optical…like no floppy
12:29:14 PM E.: but that’s the way subnotes go
12:29:19 PM Me: who uses discs anymore really?
12:29:26 PM E.: check the size of the battery
12:29:32 PM Me: i haven’t used a disc this year since i have a flash drive.
12:30:25 PM E.: there are places however where there’s no wireless
12:30:41 PM E.: I’ve been to hotels where rooms are wired but commons are wireless
12:33:35 PM Me: yes
12:33:45 PM Me: in which case, well. it’s too bad. =)
12:34:06 PM Me: but i have been carrying my airport express to hook me up when i have a wired connection
12:34:44 PM Me: i dunno
12:34:49 PM Me: seems fragile.
12:34:53 PM Me: who needs something like this?
12:34:57 PM Me: what about the hinge?
12:35:11 PM E.: everyday mobiles
12:35:17 PM E.: yes. airport express I guess.
12:35:40 PM E.: how about an integrated power brick and airport express?
12:35:46 PM Me: same form factor
12:35:49 PM Me: why not right
12:38:43 PM Me: randy newman closes out the hour
12:38:44 PM E.: apparently that was a price drop on atv?
12:38:47 PM Me: yes
12:38:52 PM Me: down $70.
12:46:41 PM E.: I don’t know if I’m an early adopter on any of these items.
12:46:59 PM Me: agree
12:47:10 PM Me: these are all so niche
12:47:43 PM E.: no 3g iphone
12:47:56 PM Me: that’s later this year said the at&t ceo, remember?
12:48:23 PM E.: yeah. later of course should  not be taken as January
12:48:42 PM Me: problem is, is their network ready?
12:48:46 PM Me: for 3G overload?
12:50:58 PM E.: down the road…I’ll adopt time capsule
12:51:31 PM Me: i want apple tv to be satellite/movies/music.
12:51:35 PM Me: and maybe phone.
12:52:18 PM Me: i think time capsule should be more like time vault. there should be NAS on there for all our porn and pirated movies and music
12:53:17 PM E.: yeah…but when you take your laptop on the road…you want all that stuff.
12:53:27 PM E.: well…maybe not all of it.
12:53:31 PM Me: what we want is slingbox connectivity
12:53:35 PM Me: for apple
12:53:49 PM Me: vpn tunnelling
12:54:29 PM E.: $20 a for iphone update….that’s easy cash

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15 Jan 2008 1551H

Tim writes:

Are you in SF today?

15 Jan 2008 1643H

Gino writes:

Watching remotely via Gizmodo’s live updates from location.

And now it's your turn.

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