Talkcast tonight: iPhone 4 preorder and more!
Filed under: TUAW Business , Podcasts As per tradition, we’ll be digitally gathering this evening for the Talkcast . Hosting tonight will be handled by me, unofficial Mistress of the unofficial Aftershow. This week’s topics include the iPhone 4 preorder snafu-age, the 10.6.4 system update, the impending iOS 4 release, and iPad/Mac security. We’ll get things underway at 4pm Hawaiian time, which is 7pm Pacific and 10pm Eastern. Of course, we’ll also talk about whatever your heart desires too. None of this works without you. Yes, you! Without our regular readers and listeners, it’s just TUAW bloggers talking to themselves
TUAW Talkcast: the WWDC 2010 preview show
Filed under: Podcasts When we’re not being taken in by fake iPhone advertisements , we’re preparing for our coverage of WWDC 2010. Tonight we’ll be hosting our usual Sunday night TUAW Talkcast, starting at 10 PM EDT. If you’ve never joined the Talkcast, it’s a wild hour (sometimes more, if we decide to have an after show) of fun talk, interesting news, and crackpot theories. To participate on TalkShoe, you can use the browser-only client , the embedded Facebook app , or the classic TalkShoe Pro Java client ; however, for maximum fun, you should call in
Is AT&T moving up your iPhone upgrade date?
Filed under: iPhone In anticipation of a new iPhone coming out soon , I visited my online AT&T account information last week to see when I’d be available for an upgrade. As of last Wednesday, the upgrade page showed that I’d be available for a new phone upgrade on 9/21/2010. This morning we received a tip from TUAW reader Omar, who noted that his date had been moved up from late October of 2010 to “discounted equipment pricing when you sign a new 2-year commitment.” That intrigued me, so I decided to check for myself. Sure enough, the upgrade page for my AT&T account now shows the information seen above (account and phone number information deleted to protect the blogger). While we’re not sure that this offer has been extended to all iPhone 3GS owners on AT&T’s system, it’s certainly showing up for a lot of people. Well, at least two of us… Note that you don’t have to sign into your AT&T online account info page
One of tomorrow’s announcements? iPhone HD (Update – it’s a fake)
Filed under: WWDC Editor’s Note — from the number of tweets, direct emails, and phone calls we’ve received, we’re now aware that the photo is a fake. We apologize for any excitement this may have caused. Please go back to whatever you were doing earlier.
TUAW Talkcast tonight: Moms, Macs, and mirth at 10 PM EDT
Filed under: Podcasts Sunday night is the night that all of your favorite TUAW bloggers and commenters get together for the fun-filled hour called the TUAW Talkcast . Tonight’s show starts at 10 PM EDT sharp, and we’ll be talking about our mothers (hey, it is Mother’s Day and we need to work that into this show somehow…) and as many Apple-related topics as we can possibly come up with. To participate on TalkShoe, you can use the browser-only client , the embedded Facebook app , or the classic TalkShoe Pro Java client ; however, for maximum fun, you should call in.
TUAW Talkcast tonight at 10pm Eastern
Filed under: Podcasts Our trademark talkcast goes on the air once again this evening at 10pm Eastern, and it’s going to be a heck of a show. We’re right in the middle of the runup to the iPad, so we’ll be talking about Apple’s rumored scramble for content deals, those test units hidden in the wild, and the doors opening up for app submissions on the App Store. And “iPad” isn’t the only word on the street — Apple has chosen to ban protective screens for some reason, 10.6.3 could be sneaking out this week, and we’ve even got new hardware rumors (but then again, don’t we always?). It’s sure to be a good time full of discussion about the biggest Apple stories of the past week
Slate comes to the iPhone, along with a lot of advertising
Filed under: Multimedia , Odds and ends , iPhone , iPod touch , App Review I’ve always liked Slate Magazine on the web. It’s sometimes sassy and irreverent, but always interesting — an eclectic mix of politics, culture and tech news. Now, Slate has come to the iPhone in a US$1.99 app that features all the articles from the site, as well as the blog posts, staff tweets and streaming video from the Slate podcasts.
GDC 2010: Ngmoco explains how Eliminate was built
Filed under: Gaming , Software , Other Events , Developer , iPhone The 2010 Game Developers Conference kicks off today in San Francisco, and TUAW is in attendance to check out the latest and greatest in iPhone game development. The conference boasts a whole track dedicated to iPhone gaming this year, and all week long, we’ll be bringing you panels, news, and interviews straight from the conference floor. This morning, panel number one was from Stephen Detwiler and James Marr, two engineers at Ngmoco, to talk to developers about how they put the server software together for Eliminate, the “freemium” first person shooter that’s serving as their flagship app lately. As they explained during the presentation, they had a heck of a goal with this project: they wanted to put together “the definitive FPS for iPhone,” complete with all of the functions of a standard console deathmatch-style FPS, in just five months with just three engineers. And they started with the toughest nut of all: the networking code. They looked first at commercial solutions for game networking, and it turns out that the Quake 3 engine that they eventually used fit their ideas well. The toughest obstacle was of course the lag — in a fast-paced game like Eliminate, even a delay of 200 milliseconds is too much
Talkcast reminder: Oscar night show 10pm ET
Filed under: TUAW Business , Podcasts It’s the biggest night in show business , but just in case you’re not caught up in the Hollywood horse race (go Hurt Locker !) you’re welcome to join Mike Schramm and I for our Sunday night Talkcast, as we dive into all things Mac, iPhone and iPad. This week, of course, the big news was the announcement of the on-sale date for Apple’s newest platform and the teaser of Steam for Mac , but there’s also a lot coming up at the Game Developer’s Conference over the next few days; we’ll preview it with you. As always, your calls and questions help us make the show the best it can be. To participate on TalkShoe, you can use the browser-only client , the embedded Facebook app , or the classic TalkShoe Pro Java client ; however, for maximum fun, you should call in. For the web UI, just click the “TalkShoe Web” button on our profile page at 10 pm Sunday. To call in on regular phone or VoIP lines (take advantage of your free cellphone weekend minutes if you like): dial (724) 444-7444 and enter our talkcast ID, 45077 — during the call, you can request to talk by keying in *8.
