As you may have noticed recently neither Stu or I or any of the other bloggers we have on our staff have been blogging lately. The reason for this is we are currently working on a new project. The im-podcast, which stands for International Mac Podcast.
This will be a show with the same type of feel but will have more international focus. We have spoke about it on the podcast previously and if you want to know more check out some of the shows.
Now BUMP will not be dying we have no intentions of letting that go but for now we have some plans for that we are working on which we will talk about in the future. When we have more full featured plans we will talk about them and let you know what’s going on but for now we are still here.
32 years ago to the day When Apple computer Inc. was born to the proud parents of Steven Gary Wozniak and Steven Paul Jobs. The birthed the Apple 1 in a garage in their hometown and now 32 years later the company is sat with many children such as the iPhone and the iPod.
As some of you have noticed I (Chris) haven’t been on the podcast or blog as much lately. I just wanted to let you guys all know that I am still here and I will be on the shows more regularly and also be blogging a lot more in the time to come.
The reason for my absence has mainly been due to some small exams and they are not over yet. I have completed one GCSE this Friday just gone (hopefully got an A according to teacher) a year early and I still have some to come towards the end of April.
I have been working hard on these and they have taken up a lot of my time but rest assured I will be back blogging again and on the podcast hopefully this week. Thanks for everyone who has wanted to hear me again it means a lot and I will speak to you sometime soon.
Apple today amongst other releases let out of the Cupertino Campus iPhone and iPod Touch firmware 1.1.4.
What does it do?
Nothing.
No really nothing.
It improves stability as everyone already knows with the Apple notes and thats basically all it says. Maybe something to do with 3rd party applications is included but not documented. Engadget say that the jailbroken phones will update without problems everything still intact but be careful and if you have any complaints complain to them not me
It is a hefty update clocking in at around 160 megs it is almost as big as a OS 10 upgrade.
If you have one of the touchscreen Apple devices then update it and enjoy the nothing.
iPods now are becoming an extension of peoples beings. I feel it is becoming like the hoover. Instead of saying “Vacuum cleaning” people say “Hoovering” and now I can see it becoming not MP3 player but iPod. iPod has a status of its own. I could go on a post about how iPods are so big now they are creating a monopoly (gives me an idea) but this post is about breaking your iPod virginity and finding you the right iPod.
This is a really good mock up of how the iPhone copy and paste could and should work. If they choose to implement it in this way I would be a happy man.
If any of the iPhone developers are reading this then take a good look. I find this video could educate you and make you see your mistakes. People complained about Leopard’s Menu Bar and you changed that. If we whine enough about the copy and paste will you? I realise I’m talking to no-one here but I am doing my little bit to help.
A while ago in the UK the Mitchell and Webb versions of the hit US Mac and PC adverts were pulled offline. During a bored 3am time last night I found my self perusing through the great servers of YouTube and came across all the ads and I just wanted to know your opinion on them.
If you have a MacBook or MacBook Pro you are probably sick and tired of hitting that software update but you should again once more as Apple has released a keyboard patch that helps when a key is pressed for the first time after the mac has been idle and hasn’t done anything. It probably also “Improves stability and compatibility” in some way shape or form. All the updates do these days.
The forgotton iPod the baby of the lot has grown bigger. He know is sporting a 2GB chip inside his little shell as opposed to the 1GB as before. There is also a 1GB version still available at a cheaper price of £32.00 but there is now (well soon) the 2GB version at £45.00! That’s cheaper than it was to start with!
February 2nd is here and for those of you who remember it is the day of BUMP LIVE! If you are in Leeds at around 7 o’clock please come and join us , you can find details on how to get there from this post.
If you can’t make it then we do encourage you to join us live on talkshoe.com so head over at 7:00pm British time (2:00pm ET or 11:00am PT) hit the “Live Now” then look for our logo and click the “Join Now” button. Its really that easy.
If you cant make it don’t worry it will be sent out on the feed for you to listen to! We hope to speak to you soon!
