DigitalOutbox 090628 - Podcast #004
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Welcome
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About
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Welcome to DigitalOutbox
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A podcast all about digital technology - computing, gadgets, gaming
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UK based podcast with a real world take on the digital trends
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News
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iPhone 3GS and OS 3.0
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Great first weekend sales - 1 million in three days
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Phone performed well for Ian over the last week
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Issues with icons on 3G with OS 3.0
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3GS uses more powerful PowerVR SGX 535 GPU. Pre uses 530, 3G uses 520
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Open GL performance is really good on 3GS
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Appstore approvals from Apple are very slow
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Tweetie, still waiting on approval from an update two weeks ago
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Sony PSP Phone
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Rumoured again
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We wouldn't buy one
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Is there a market - already getting crowded?
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Price of PSP Go in UK is shocking - no pre-orders for it.
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Tough launch ahead
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GT5 - looks really good but when will it arrive?
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Macbook Air
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Newer model slower
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It is cheaper
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Can't see the market for the Air
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It is lovely though
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Windows 7 Prices
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£80 on launch for Windows 7
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Not an update but a full version of Windows 7
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In America, upgrade is $50
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Microsoft missing a great opportunity
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Snow Leopard a smaller upgrade and less anticipated than Windows 7 but pricing is an issue
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Plus, no browser on purchase - no clear solution for that issue
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Safari 4
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Ian - having issues with Safari 4 - quite crashy in day to day use. Google reader has issues, can't connect to my local router.
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Couldn't customise toolbar, changes wouldn't be saved. Had to navigate to home/library/preferences and delete com.apple.Safari.plist file. Then it worked. Ugly.
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SAFT gets around some of the Safari shortcomings
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Firefox 3.5
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RC3 now out - final version next week?
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Faster, HTML5 support, private browsing mode, tear off tabs
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More stable on Mac than previous version of Firefox which was really bad
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Michael Jackson
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Social networks first with the news
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Spikes on Facebook, twitter with loads of news, gossip and also non news
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Jeff Goldblum death rumour spread across twitter and Facebook - it wasn't true
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Social reporting - how do we validate?
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How much of Iran news is real, how much from Iran itself
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How do you get both sides of a story
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HTC Hero
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Third android phone
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Odd shaped, strange curve
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Touch device but a lot of buttons at the bottom
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HTC have put own UI on top of Android called Sense
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Rival to iPhone but no where close
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Teflon coating on back - feels better than iPhone
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Also has flash support - take that Apple fanboys
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Spotify
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Increasing bit rate for premium users
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Now moving to 320kbps
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For premium users only, £9.99 a month
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Tempting pricing model, but would need access on the move and more choice of music
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Need iPhone application and then it would be pretty compelling option
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Zune HD
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16 & 32GB options
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No UK love
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Be nice to try it
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Tekken 6 Wireless Joystick
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From Hori, $150
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Looks a nice product
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Ian say's he uses his Streetfighter joystick often. yeah, right.
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PS3 Games
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Uncharted 2 - critics choice from E3 show
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Final Fantasy 7 coming to PSN on PS3
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Final Fantasy 1 coming out on PSN - Ian falls asleep
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Zen pinball coming in May? Or is it out?
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PS3 2.8 Firmware is out
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Worms 2
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Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday
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Picks
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Dropbox
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Cloud based syncronisation service
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Works on Mac's, PC's
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2 GB to use for free
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Premium options available starting form $9.99 a month for 50GB
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Easy to share files with friends
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Could do with more storage space than 2GB
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Referral options are available - 250Mb for every referral
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Use it in place of iDisk in MobileMe - sync Mac applications between computers
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XLD
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Lossless audio decoder for Mac OS X
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Simple interface
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Quick to convert
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It's free, used it extensively this week and impressed with quality and speed
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Close
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Contact the Contributors
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Ian
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Ian's personal blog
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Follow Ian on Twitter
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Facebook
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Shakeel
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Shakeel's personal blog
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Follow Shakeel on Twitter
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