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WWDC 2009 Keynote Wrapup
Jun 8th
This morning went over pretty well, in my professional opinion. Here’s what we saw:
- Phil Schiller did a good job presenting
- Snow Leopard $129 for new users $29 for Leopard users
- iPhone 3.0 software to be released on June 19th
- iPhone Tethering with certain carriers… AT&T not included
- iPhone 3G is now $99
- iPhone 3GS (for speed) is going to be released on June 19th
- the 3GS is twice as fast as the 3G also with the HSDPA 7.5Mbps standard
- 16GB 3GS will be $199, and 32GB for $299 both available in white and black
- Upgrade fees DO apply for iPhone users.
- No Steve Jobs
The Night Before WWDC 2009
Jun 7th
Tomorrow is the grand opening for WWDC 2009. Us Macheads have been waiting for this for a little while. Especially the iPhone fans due to the rumors upon rumors of new iPhones.
Not much else to say, but head over to http://specialkolin.com/live around 1pm EST for my live coverage of the WWDC keynote brought to you by Phil Schiller, and hopefully a cameo by Steve Jobs!
SpecialKolin Sez Podcast – Episode 8
Jun 6th
In this Episode:
- Google Wave
- iPhone Apps of the Week
- WWDC Predictions
- iPhone 3
- Tablets?
- Netbooks?
- Steve Jobs?
- Billy’s iPod Sh*ttle
Joining us:
- Billy Hime – http://billyhime.tv
- George Drage – http://twitter.com/gdrage
Links:
- Google Wave – http://wave.google.com
- Mafia Wars – iTunes Link
- DSLR Remote – iTunes Link / [lite] iTunes Link
- Soundcheck – iTunes Link
SpecialKolin Sez Podcast – Episode 7
Mar 25th
In this Episode:
- iPhone 3.0 Beta! We love it
- iPhone Apps of the week
- System Backup solutions
- Blue Microphone Reviews: Snowball, Snowflake, and Icicle
- Last week’s video status
- CONTEST!!
Joining us:
- Jordan Drake - http://www.vocalgeekery.com http://twitter.com/vocalgeekery
- George Drage – http://www.applejuiceshow.com http://twitter.com/gdrage
- Billy Hime – http://flickr.com/billyhime http://twitter.com/billyhime
Contest Info:
- Retweet the following links: iTunes Link - http://bit.ly/WA5W2 and Link to this post - http://bit.ly/bkon1
- If not on Twitter; e-mail contest@specialkolin.com and tell us where you’re reposting.
Links:
- SuperDuper! - http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
- Carbonite - http://www.carbonite.com/
- Mobile Fotos – iTunes Link
- Summizer – iTunes Link
- Photogene – iTunes Link
- Trism – iTunes Link
Featured Song: Spontaneous Devotion – Random
iPhone 3.0 Beta – downgrade
Mar 19th
The other day, iPhone 3.0 Beta was released. AWESOME improvements on the iPhone software, I can hardly wait.
I’m not a registered developer, nor do I have the money to become one just to get the 3.0 Beta. However, I was able to get my hands on the image for the Beta, and I installed it.
BIG MISTAKE!
For the most part of today (March 18th) I had a dead iPhone 3G and was using a BlackBerry 8800. Oh yeah, I was doing peachy. I tried everything to restore it back to 2.2.1, but it was IMPOSSIBLE. I even called tech support up (since my warranty wasn’t void…yet) and offered up my opening line to Charles: “heh, you’re going to laugh, but I did something really stupid”
I was on the phone with Charles for about an hour… we had NOTHING. He left me with a case number and me downloading iTunes again. The servers were going slow, so it would have been a 2 hour phone call by the time it was done.
His solution went for nothing…but I managed to find my own method that worked.
- Reinstall iTunes (I don’t really know if this helps, but just in case)
- Put the iPhone into DFU mode (I ran the pwnagetool through just to make sure I got it all right…your screen should be blank)
- Restore to 2.0.1 (you can try any others… 2.2.1 wouldn’t work directly for me… leave comments below)
- Then Update back to 2.2.1
- if stuck in restore mode at any point, Quickpwn on my windows machine was able to get it out for me
Downsides were that I wasn’t really able to completely restore the backup that I had… and it would appear that my contacts are a bit off.
I really would like to thank Charles from Apple iPhone tech support. He was really freaking awesome and definitely deserves a raise.
SpecialKolin Sez Podcast – Episode 6
Mar 15th
In this episode:
- Video! (actual video coming soon! check back in a couple days)
- New iPod Shuffles
- iPhone 3 hopes
- iPhone Apps of the week
- CONTEST!
Joining:
- Billy Hime – http://twitter.com/billyhime
- George Drage – http://twitter.com/gdrage
Links:
- iMapMyRide – iTunes Link
- Tweetie – iTunes Link
- Kindle for the iPhone – iTunes Link
- SpecialKolin Sez Store – http://blog.specialkolin.com/store
Contest Rules:
- You MUST retweet all bit.ly links for this podcast
- if not on twitter, you must report where you’ve posted the link
- to enter, however, you must e-mail contest@specialkolin.com with your twitter name
- 1st prize is a SpecialKolin.com t-shirt and a set of stickers, 2nd and 3rd prize get just stickers.
- Contest ends on April 4th, 2009
- ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, TWEET!
Download the Audio Podcast here!
SpecialKolin Sez Podcast – Episode 5
Mar 9th
In this episode:
- McNugget Emergency
- New iMac and Mac Mini
- Cydia Store
- iPhone Apps of the Week
- Wireless Audio/Video
- Interesting Finds
- Billy’s got a Kindle
- Contest?
Links:
- Billy Hime – http://twitter.com/billyhime http://flickr.com/billyhime
- Ustream.TV Mobile Broadcaster – http://www.ustream.tv/mobile
- iPhone Air Mouse – iTunes Link http://www.mobileairmouse.com/
- SpecialKolin Store – http://blog.specialkolin.com/store/
Download/Listen to the Episode here!
Don’t forget to submit your topics here or e-mail them to podcast@specialkolin.com.
SpecialKolin Sez Podcast – Episode 4
Mar 1st
In this episode:
- LOTS OF GUESTS!
- Facebook’s new terms of Terms of Service
- MySpace’s status update
- iPhone Apps of the week
- iGerard’s voicemail
- All about Netbooks
- Billy’s Pageant experience
This Week’s guests:
- iGerard – http://igerardftw.com http://vexedtech.com and http://twitter.com/igerard
- Billy Hime – http://twitter.com/billyhime and http://flickr.com/billyhime
- George Drage – http://applejuiceshow.com http://twitter.com/gdrage and http://georgedrage.com
Links:
- Facebook’s Blog – http://blog.facebook.com
- Palringo – iTunes Link
- Yo Moma – iTunes Link
- My name is – iTunes Link
- Big Words – iTunes Link
- FedEx Mobile for iPhone - iTunes Link
Download/Listen to the Episode here!
SpecialKolin Sez Podcast – Episode 3
Feb 24th
In This Episode:
- New Mic!
- Podcasts
- Facebook Terms of Service
- Job Hunting
- Wedding Photography
- Mac Mini and iPhone Rumors
- “I am Richer!”
- Next Episode?
Shouts to:
- Catrina Macaragh
- Carlos Falconi from Sacred Tuesday
- Everett Freeze
- Billy Hime
Links:
- Sequential Pictures’ Pointless Podcast – http://sequentialpictures.com/podcast.html
- The Apple Juice Show – http://www.applejuiceshow.com
- VexedTech – http://www.vexedtech.com
- Sacred Tuesday – http://www.myspace.com/sacredtuesday
- My twitter – http://www.twitter.com/specialkolin
Don’t forget to leave topic suggestions in the comments or e-mail them to podcast@specialkolin.com
SpecialKolin on the Apple Juice Show
Feb 1st
Late Saturday night I was going through my Facebook friends’ updates, like you do. When I noticed my friend George Drage posted a link. Now, I was bored, so I clicked it, next thing I new I spent most of the night chatting it up with him and a couple others guys (sorry, I seriously forget your names now).
Down to the point. Monday (tomorrow) you’ll be able to listen to me throw in my two cents on the Apple Juice Show (or Apple Jew Show). I’ve been told that it’ll be up by Monday afternoon at the latest. So my suggestion to you is to go to the site, check out the show, maybe even subscribe to it in iTunes!
Until next time…
