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I love to IM, but sometimes I feel like I am just talking to myself. 

Here is my most recent example:

[12:31] Cory: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118289311361649057.html?mod=home_personal_journal_left

[12:31] Cory: The iPhone’s most controversial feature, the omission of a physical keyboard in favor of a virtual keyboard on the screen, turned out in our tests to be a nonissue, despite our deep initial skepticism. After five days of use, Walt — who did most of the testing for this review — was able to type on it as quickly and accurately as he could on the Palm Treo he has used for years
[12:32] Cory: Crap. now I want one too!!!!
[12:33] Cory: The article also mentions that it synchs seamlessly with both macs and windows., USING iTunes…
[12:34] Cory: Does that mean that iTunes is being used to synch contacts, etc.? It looks like iTunes is becoming much bigger than music player software.
[12:35] Cory: I don’t know if you recall a previous article I sent you. I think by these same authors that mentioned that iTunes installs Bonjour on windows machines and is actually a robust “OS” in its own right…
[12:37] Cory: http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20070607/youre-using-itunes-but-are-you-missing-some-of-the-fun/
[12:38] Cory: With parallels, iTunes, AppleTV, Safari, and now the iPhone, Apple products are really integrating into the Windows world…
[12:40] Cory: Interesting:
Walt: This first model is missing some features some other smart phones have, like video recording, instant messaging, and real-time GPS navigation. Do you plan to upgrade iPhones purchased now so they have these features? If so, when?Steve: We don’t talk about future products. I will say that the iPhone is the most sophisticated software platform ever created for a mobile device, and that we think software features are where the action will be in the coming years. Stay tuned.

[12:40] Cory: From:
http://mossblog.allthingsd.com/20070626/jobs-qa/
[12:40] Cory: No IM?
[12:41] Cory: Well, I hope I haven’t bored you to death. Maybe you are already dead. Sorry.   

 

Oh well, I must be one of those people who IMs because they like to hear the sounds of the voices in their heads. 

 Is it true that the iPhone doesn’t have Instant Messaging capabilities?

Last week I eagerly tore into my new Apple TV and started using it. It is the now main component of my entertainment center, especially since I can’t have both a DVD player and the Apple TV connected at the same time. I rip DVDs using my Dual 2ghz G5 and then stream them over the wireless G.

Other than that, I’ve been getting all of my entertainment from either the iTunes store or from podcasts. NBC Nightly News and CBS provide a light overview of the day’s events, I watch 1 or 2 episodes of the TED and CoolHunting (fascinating!) podcasts, and sprinkle in a few cartoons and animations, plus shorts from PBS, Discovery, National Geographic, and a handful of amateur science podcasts.

As for paid programming, The Daily Show and Colbert are daily requirements, and then Heroes, Lost, and BSG when they’re available. I still haven’t purchased a single movie from the iTunes store and likely won’t until they either make the pricing more reasonable or come up with a rental scheme since I usually only watch most movies once, I can’t justify paying $10 for a low quality, stripped down version of a similarly priced DVD!

I have the HD capable, widescreen TV, the Apple TV, the HDMI cable to get them talking to each other, the surround sound. So what’s missing? There’s no freaking HD content! Even the Apple movie trailers are in a grotesquely compressed, low res format.

Yeah, shocking. So I have done the legwork and pulled together a list of resources for getting a little 720p action from your new honey. If you’re able to find something I haven’t listed here, let me know and I’ll update this post.

BBC in HD
http://www.bbcmotiongallery.com/Customer/index.aspx
They’ve got some great, free content over there in QT format.

Technology Evangelist
http://www.technologyevangelist.com/feeds.html
Fun tech geekery in glorious 720p. It’s a podcast!

MariposaHD
http://www.mariposahd.tv/
The world’s first HD internet TV show. Chicks in bikinis. Site may not be wholly SFW.

ItalyGuides.it
http://www.italyguides.it/us/roma/download_audioguide/podcast/hd_apple_tv.htm
These guys are marketing directly to you, you AppleTV owner you.

TrailerCast HD 720p
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=213245269
HD movie trailers! This is a direct link to the podcast in the iTunes store.

Tecnocato
http://www.tecnocato.com/
They’re now producing an HD podcast.

That’s enough to get you going. There are a couple more on similar subjects that I haven’t listed here because I couldn’t find a link to their website, but just do a search in the iTunes store for 720p and you’ll find them.

EDIT

Reader Contributions:

Nasa in HD
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/hd_index.html

Steve Jobs knows how to work the crowd. At this year’s keynote, he started of by announcing the actual launch of the iTv (branded AppleTV) which was first shown to the public late last year.

Steve Jobs went on to introduce not one, but three killer products, that will revolutionize the industry.

That’s right, the iPod, the iPhone, and some sort of Internet device.

But, it turns out that he is not introducing three individual products but one killer product.

The iPhone. I know, the iPhone already launched last year from Linksys, but this one is different. I am sure the attorneys are already busy working on this.

Basically, it is a subcompact tablet computer (running OS X) combined with a cell phone and an iPOD.

Notice that there is only one button. All other input is through a touch sensitive interface(the entire screen).

From engadget’s take on the iPhone:

Sweet, glorious specs of the 11.6 millimeter device (that’s frickin’ thin, by the way) include a 3.5-inch 480 x 320 touchscreen display with multi-touch support and a proximity sensor to turn off the sensor when it’s close to your face, 2 megapixel cam, 4GB or 8 GB of storage, Bluetooth with EDR and A2DP, WiFi that automatically engages when in range, and quadband GSM radio with EDGE. Perhaps most amazingly, though, it somehow runs OS X with support for Widgets, Google Maps, and Safari, and iTunes (of course) with CoverFlow out of the gate. A partnership with Yahoo will allow all iPhone customers to hook up with free push IMAP email. Apple quotes 5 hours of battery life for talk or video, with a full 16 hours in music mode — no word on standby time yet.

It does so many things, that it is somewhat overwhelming. The Apple Store website has an excellent page about the new iPhone.

Unfortunately this product will not ship until June, but I am sure it will revolutionize the way we communicate and share data.

And finally, Apple Computer, Inc. is now Apple, Inc. With the name change, look for new products for the entire home. Maybe an Apple HDTV? Or how about a line of Apple Smart Appliances.

I can hardly wait until June to get my hands on an iPhone.