Mickey Papillon

As a soon to be new dad, this video rings incredibly true.  I’ll let the rest speak for itself.

Apple Monday kicked off the 2011 WWDC Developer Conference with a keynote featuring Steve Jobs and other Apple Executives.  The presentation focused on three main topics, Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5 and iCloud.

Apple started off by discussing the growth of the Mac over the last year, stating 28% growth year over year while PC sales have fallen 1% during this same period.  Further 3/4 of Mac machines sold today are laptops.

250 new features can be found in the new Lion OS, including 10 showcased in the presentation.

1. Multi-touch guestures – Users can now swipe, pinch, and tap to zoom through the OS.  Things now function very much like iOS.  Also, the scroll bar disappears, just like in iOS, adding to the functionality of the Magic Trackpad.
2. Full Screen Applications – The standard method now for apps will be to use them in full-screen.  You can still run more than one at a time, and a swipe brings you between them.
3. Mission Control – According to Apple, the best feature, essentially unifying expose and spaces together.
4. Mac App Store – Now the #1 place to get Mac apps.  In app purchases are coming to the App Store in Lion, as well as push notifications.
5. Launchpad – Guestures makes app icons appear, and you can make folders of apps
6. Resume – instantly resume where you left off in an app.  Similar to how many apps save the state in the iOS.
7. Auto Save – Lion autosaves everything.  No more Command + S every few minutes.
8. Basic versioning – Allowed in apps like pages and keynote, it a looks like time machine view.
9. Airdrop – A new document sharing method using a peer to peer wifi-based network.  Airdrop shows up in finder.  The recipient of a file sent gets a prompt, which they must confirm, and then the OS it downloads it.
10. New version of mail – A new design with multi-column view.  It looks much like iOS mail, and has conversation view like Outlook 2010 or Gmail.

Other items announced included in Lion are Facetime, Lion Server (drastically reduced from $500 previously to $50 now) and over 3000 new API’s.  The software will be available in the Mac app store as a 4GB download only.  The cost is $29.99, and once you purchase, it can be installed on up to 5 machines.  The developer preview is available starting today, and it will be available for everyone in July.

Press Release:

SAN FRANCISCO—June 6, 2011—Apple® today announced that Mac OS® X Lion, the eighth major release of the world’s most advanced operating system with more than 250 new features and 3,000 new developer APIs, will be available to customers in July as a download from the Mac® App Store™ for $29.99. Some of the amazing features in Lion include: new Multi-Touch® gestures; system-wide support for full screen apps; Mission Control, an innovative view of everything running on your Mac; the Mac App Store, the best place to find and explore great software, built right into the OS; Launchpad, a new home for all your apps; and a completely redesigned Mail app.

“The Mac has outpaced the PC industry every quarter for five years running and with OS X Lion we plan to keep extending our lead,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “The best version of OS X yet, Lion is packed with innovative features such as new Multi-Touch gestures, system-wide support for full screen apps, and Mission Control for instantly accessing everything running on your Mac.”

New Multi-Touch gestures and fluid animations built into Lion let you interact directly with content on the screen for a more intuitive way to use your Mac. New gestures include momentum scrolling, tapping or pinching your fingers to zoom in on a web page or image, and swiping left or right to turn a page or switch between full screen apps. All Mac notebooks ship with Multi-Touch trackpads and desktop Macs can use Apple’s Magic Trackpad.

Full screen apps take advantage of the entire display and are perfect for reading email, surfing the web or browsing photos, especially on a MacBook Air® or MacBook® Pro. With a single click your app fills the display and you can swipe from one window to another, between full screen apps, or back to your Desktop, Dashboard or Spaces® without ever leaving full screen. iWork® and iLife® apps, as well as Safari®, iTunes®, Mail, FaceTime® and others, all take advantage of Lion’s system-wide support for full screen apps.

Mission Control combines Exposé®, full screen apps, Dashboard and Spaces into one unified experience for a bird’s eye view of every app and window running on your Mac. With a simple swipe, your desktop zooms out to display your open windows grouped by app, thumbnails of your full screen apps and your Dashboard, and allows you to instantly navigate anywhere with a tap.

The Mac App Store is built into Lion and is the best place to discover great new Mac apps, buy them with your iTunes account, download and install them. Apps automatically install directly to Launchpad, and with Lion’s release, the Mac App Store will be able to deliver smaller “delta” app updates and new apps that can take advantage of features like In-App Purchase and Push Notifications.

Launchpad makes it easier than ever to find and launch any app. With a single Multi-Touch gesture, all your Mac apps are displayed in a stunning full screen layout. You can organize apps in any order or into folders and swipe through unlimited pages of apps to find the one you want.

Lion includes a completely redesigned Mail app with an elegant widescreen layout. The new Conversations feature groups related messages into an easily scrollable timeline, intelligently hiding repeated text so the conversation is easy to follow, and retaining graphics and attachments as they were originally sent. An incredibly powerful new search feature allows you to refine your search and suggests matches by person, subject and label as you type. Mail includes built-in support for Microsoft Exchange 2010.

Additional new features in Lion include:

• Resume, which conveniently brings your apps back exactly how you left them when you restart your Mac or quit and relaunch an app;
• Auto Save, which automatically and continuously saves your documents as you work;
• Versions, which automatically records the history of your document as you create it, and gives you an easy way to browse, revert and even copy and paste from previous versions; and
• AirDrop, which finds nearby Macs and automatically sets up a peer-to-peer wireless connection to make transferring files quick and easy.

Pricing & Availability Mac OS X Lion will be available in July as an upgrade to Mac OS X version 10.6 Snow Leopard® from the Mac App Store for $29.99 (US).  Lion will be the easiest OS X upgrade and at about 4GB, it is the size of an HD movie from the iTunes Store®. Mac OS X Lion Server requires Lion and will be available in July from the Mac App Store for $49.99 (US).

Lion requires an Intel-based Mac with a Core 2 Duo, i3, i5, i7 or Xeon processor and 2GB of RAM. The Lion upgrade can be installed on all your authorized personal Macs.

The Mac OS X Lion Up-To-Date upgrade is available at no additional charge via the Mac App Store to all customers who purchased a qualifying new Mac system from Apple or an Apple Authorized Reseller on or after June 6, 2011. Users must request their Up-To-Date upgrade within 30 days of purchase of their Mac computer. Customers who purchase a qualifying Mac between June 6, 2011 and the date when Lion is available in the Mac App Store will have 30 days from Lion’s official release date to make a request.

The Cell Phone Junkie Show #218 1:04:14
Show Notes
Q2 earnings released from hardware manufacturers, the first LTE hardware surfaces and our redesigned website.

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News
Obama says his Blackberry is “no fun” anymore
HTC moving from Samsung to Sony displays
Government changes law regarding locked cell phones
Wireless charging standard set
New FCC Consumer Website
CTIA updates “Consumer Code” for Wireless
Motorola Q2 earnings
HTC Q2 earnings
Samsung Q2 earnings
RIM registers blackpad.com domain
How to find prepaid SIM cards to use while travelling
Hacker builds $1500 cell-phone call trapping device
Apple removes competitor antenna performance comparisons from website
UAE and Saudi Arabia to ban Blackberry
AT&T Expands Wi-Fi Hotzone Project to Additional Cities
AT&T says HSUPA network glitch being fixed in coming weeks
Verizon Wireless users consume most Smartphone Data
Sprint Nextel reports Q2 2010 Results
T-Mobile announced accolades for wireless service
Best Buy announces private label wireless service

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Devices
iPhone 4 goes on sale in 17 more countries
Blackberry 9800 launch event
Blackberry Storm2 and Curve 8530 set for EOL on Verizon
Blackberry Pearl 3G comes to Cincinnati Bell First
Droid X supplies still remain low
Dell Streak coming to AT&T
Verizon to start Motorola Droid 2 training soon
First HSPA+ smartphone from T-Mobile this summer
FCC documents reveal Peel for Sprint
First Verizon LTE USB Modem photos surface
FCC approves its first LTE phone
Samsung Intensity II comes to Verizon

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Software
Google Maps for Android Update
Apple looking into iOS4 problems on iPhone 3G
HTC EVO 4G getting Android 2.2 Froyo on August 3rd
Android 2.2 coming to Motorola Droid next week
Security Firm Lookout warns of possible malicious Android application
Blackberry App World 2.0 beta now available
Samsung confirms Galaxy S will get Froyo this fall
Dropbox launches limited beta for Blackberry
iOS jailbreak via Mobile Safari

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The Cell Phone Junkie Show #217 1:26:39
Show Notes
Q2 2010 earnings, CTIA suing San Francisco and Windows Phone 7 reaches the technical preview stage.

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News
Motorola to sell Network to Nokia Siemens
Wireless Bill Shock disagreement between FCC and CTIA
Lightsquare to cover US with LTE and Satellite
Inside the AT&T/Apple partnership
Apple Q3 2010 earnings highlights
Microsoft Q2 earnings highlights
US House of Representatives apporves cell phone ban for prisoners
CTIA suing San Francisco over Wireless Law
HP will focus on webOS, pass on Windows Phone and Android
AT&T begins transition of Verizon assets
AT&T Q2 earnings results
AT&T HSUPA Upload Issue being fixed
Verizon Q2 Earnings Results
Verizon might switch to capped data plans
Sprint Zone makes account management easier
Sprint clears 35MHz of spectrum for future broadband use
T-Mobile’s future LTE network may reside in AWS-3
T-Mobile to launch HSPA+ handset later this summer

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Devices
iPhone antenna issue spooks Apple customers
iPhone coming to T-Mobile in Q3 says Cult of Mac
Apple begins bumper refund program
Apple delays white iPhone longer
Is white delay for antenna issue fix?
Verizon Kin sales being stopped, phones beting returned to Microsoft
Blackberry Storm 3 detailed in training slide
MetroPCS launching 8530
Motorola i1 coming to Sprint for $150 on July 25th
Nexus One sold out
Verizon addressed DROID X screen problems
AT&T adds Sharp FX
Photos of the Verizon FiveSpot CDMA/GSM mobile hotspot

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Software
Windows Phone 7 reaches Technical Preview
Verizon pushes V Cast out to Blackberries
RIM adds non-GPS location feature to BB
Slacker adds news station
Verizon pushes out software update for LG Ally
Google’s Eclair on more than half of Android phones
Skype updated for iPhone OS4, supports Multitasking in the background
Cellular South offering Android 2.1 to HTC Hero customers
Palm CEO says webOS 2.0 due out later this year
Google Voice speeds up dialing for Blackberry and Android
Carrier billing coming to the Android Market

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A brief followup to show #056, we talk about our thoughts after Apple’s iPhone 4 press conference.

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The Cell Phone Junkie Show #216 53:06
Show Notes
Antennagate 2010, 5 billion wireless lines in the world and get your Nexus while you can.

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News
Ericsson estimates 5 billion cell lines
Verizon upgrading system to allow for 4G devices
Shortages of EVO hurting Sprint’s 4G rollout
WiMax live in seven additional markets
Sprint looking at switch to LTE and T-Mobile Merger
payLo is Virgin mobile USA’s latest pre-paid plan
Boost changes up international calling plans
T-Mobile launching HSPA+ in 19 cities on July 21st

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Devices
Consumer Reports removes buy rating on iPhone 4
Apple engineer reportedly warned about iPhone antenna design issue
Apple says iPhone antenna is good, gives free cases
Nokia statement backs Apple’s defense
RIM reponds to Apple’s Anteanna statements
Consumer Reports is still not recommending iPhone 4
T-Mobile cuts price of Garminfone by $70
Samsung Vibrant and Droid X available
Samsung Captivate now at AT&T
Google Halting Nexus One sales once inventory is done
Droid X sold out online, scarce at retail stores
FCC approves LG LTE Modem

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Software
Google announces ‘App Inventor’ Tool
Android Market continues to grow
RIM introduces Blackberry Protect
Microsoft to announce find my phone feature
Skype threatens Fring, Fring dropping Skype
Motorola Droid X already updated
iOS 4.0.1 software released
Gizmodo shows bigger bars
iOS 4.1 Beta released
Firefox Home for iPhone
Try Android on your PC without buying a Phone
Skype to Go
Droid Incredible Update

Questions/Comments
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Think your phone is big?  Check out these shots that Android Central listener Adam took of the Droid X compared to the HP 12C calculator.  That is one big phone!

The iPhone 4 has been the fastest selling device in Apple’s history, nearly 2 million units sold in the first weekend of availabity.  But is it ready for prime time.  This is the iPhone 4 recap show.

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The Cell Phone Junkie Show #215 1:21:29
Show Notes
AT&T explains their slow upload speeds, Google says no to a sequel and the government gets into apps.

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iHound for iOS 4 Review

News
HTC has a record second quarter
Android still growing in US Smartphone market as others fall
Apple Care says the iPhone 4 Update won’t sold antenna issue
NTT DoCoMo to sell all phones unlocked
American Eagle offers a smartphone to everyone trying on their jeans
WiMax tower will not get built due to protest
AT&T slowing down upload speeds
AT&T upload speed issues tied to Alcatel-Lucent equipment
AT&T giving out Free MicroCell devices
Alltel forcing Verizon customers to AT&T
Class action lawsuit over iPhone/AT&T Exclusivity is now certified
Sprint continues 800MHz rebanding
T-Mobile announces 3000 minute family plans
T-Mobile and HTC to launch first 21MBPS HSPA+ handset in September
T-Mobile could be moving to 42MBPS in 2011
3 UK rolls out “The One” plan

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Netflix to stream premium cable shows

Devices
Use your iPad 3G on 3G without a separate 3G plan
HP selling Palm phones for free
CDMA Blackberry Curve 9300 at FCC for approval
Possible HTC Vision info and pics
LG launches new Optimus brand
Google says there will be no Nexus sequel
Samsung Intercept coming to Sprint
AT&T prices Samsung Captivate
Motorola CHARM
FCC approves T-Mobile MOTOROI
Updated Verizon network extender gets FCC approval
Time Warner comes out with it’s own personal hotspot device

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Software
US Government launches site for applications
Twitter for Blackberry now official
BMW will support one of iOS 4′s most overlooked features
YouTube improves site for mobile devices
RIM rolling out new features in BES 5.0.2
Skype refreshes Symbian App
Fring adds video calling to its iPhone app
US Cellular to use TeleNav for turn by turn directions

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