But, I didn’t see any sign of him. Heck, I got more media attention than he did on iPhone 3G day.

What gives. Steve, come out and play…or are the scary rumors true?

Here’s hoping you’re just prepping for major product launches Tuesday morning.

Yes, yet again, CES 2009 will partially overlap with MacWorld 2009.

MacWorld 2009 is from January 5-9 and CES 2009 is from January 8-11. This is interesting because while it does make it difficult for some vendors to exhibit at both, it does allow for press from around the world to do an open-jaw travel and catch both shows for the week.

It also would allow Steve Jobs to do a MacWorld 2009 keynote and CES 2009 keynote back-to-back. Although while we can’t get enough of the Steve Jobs keynotes, the prospect of a Steve Jobs CES 2009 keynote appears unfortunately unlikely at this time.

In case anyone is wondering, CEA dates of CES are published for the next 13 years:
Jan. 8-11, CES 2009 (Thursday-Sunday)
Jan. 7-10, CES 2010 (Thursday-Sunday)
Jan. 6-9, CES 2011 (Thursday-Sunday)
Jan. 9-12, CES 2012 (Monday-Thursday)
Jan. 6-9, CES 2013 (Sunday-Wednesday)
Jan. 9-12, CES 2014 (Thursday-Sunday)
Jan. 8-11, CES 2015 (Thursday-Sunday)
Jan. 7-10, CES 2016 (Thursday-Sunday)
Jan. 5-8, CES 2017 (Thursday-Sunday)
Jan. 10-13, CES 2018 (Wednesday-Saturday)
Jan. 10-13, CES 2019 (Thursday-Sunday)
Jan. 9-12, CES 2020 (Thursday-Sunday)
Jan. 7-10, CES 2021 (Thursday-Sunday)
Jan. 6-9, CES 2022 (Thursday-Sunday)

Here’s hoping there won’t be CES and MacWorld scheduling conflicts in the future.

All CES dates are for the official locations:
Las Vegas Convention Center
Sands Expo and Convention Center/The Venetian
Las Vegas Hilton

The PodTech CES BlogHaus has always been at the very elegant Bellagio. Where would you like to see PodTech CES BlogHaus 2009?

Tags: CES, CES 2009, MacWorld 2009, Steve Jobs, CES, Las Vegas, keynote

Stay tuned for an update to the MacWorld 2008 and CES 2009 previews.

MacWorld has gotten to be so big that Apple has had to dedicate a weeklong convention in Las Vegas for vendors to show off all their iPod and iPhone accessories. They called this MacWorld 2008 Pre-show “CES 2008″, and kicked it off with Bill Gates delivering an “SNL like” Digital Short. It was the best 5 minutes of Bill Gates ever, followed by a dozen or so hours of random Microsoft messaging.

Fortunately, I was able to avoid watching the Bill Gates keynote in the convention hall by watching it stream live at the Seagate BlogHaus hosted by PodTech.net. At the BlogHaus, I met the lovely and delightful Chola from Ask A Chola, who was just one of the many Mac-using bloggers who showed up this year.

My promise for bloggers attending CES 2009 BlogHaus next year: I’ll tone down my Apple cult ideology, if in fact, Steve Jobs does deliver the CES 2009 Keynote.

As for the MacWorld 2008 Keynote, We’ll just have to wait to see if Steve Jobs can top the iPhone.

Tags: CES 2008, CES 2009, Bill Gates, Consumer Electronics Show, Apple, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, CES, MacWorld, Steve Jobs, Keynote, BlogHaus, CESBlogHaus, Microsoft, Ask a Chola

There was a very funny skit Bill did to remind us that he was stepping down at Microsoft and that this would be his last CES Keynote. This of course raises the question of “Who will deliver the CES Keynote 2009”?

One name stands out of course, Steve Jobs.

Apple Inc. hasn’t been present at CES for the past few years, and has even stolen a lot of CES thunder in the past with doing things like announcing the iPhone at MacWorld 2007.

Steve Jobs delivering the CES 2009 Keynote, would definitely represent a shift in who people are looking at in terms of envisioning the future of consumer electronics. Of course many of us MacWorld regulars have been looking to Apple for this for some time now.

While there are a lot of compelling reasons for Steve Jobs to replace Bill Gates at CES 2009, this isn’t idle speculation. Check out the Steve Jobs keynote at MacWorld for some signs that Jobs is intending to head to Las Vegas this time next year.

Check out CESBlogHaus hosted by PodTech and Seagate

Tags: CES BlogHaus, Bill Gates, CES 2008, Microsoft, CES Keynote, CES Keynote 2009, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., iPhone, MacWorld, consumer electronics, Las Vegas, CESBlogHaus, PodTech, Seagate

While the Apple Store was down over the weekend, it came back up with no new products. But now with this announcement from Intel, I’d keep a close eye on the store for new products being released that take Macs into the second generation of Intel Core microarchitecture.

Tags: Hafnium, Intel, 45nm, Penryn, Macintosh, Apple, Apple Store, Intel Core microarchitecture

]]> http://www.applevoicesshow.com/27/adobe-photoshop-cs3-for-the-iphone/feed/ http://www.applevoicesshow.com/26/more-quick-and-easy-methods-for-video-on-your-iphone-apple-tv-or-new-ipod http://www.applevoicesshow.com/26/more-quick-and-easy-methods-for-video-on-your-iphone-apple-tv-or-new-ipod#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:47:16 +0000 Kevin Edwards http://www.applevoicesshow.com/26/more-quick-and-easy-methods-for-video-on-your-iphone-apple-tv-or-new-ipod Our recent video showing a quick and easy video for your iPhone, Apple TV or new iPod required hardware and resulted in some inquiries from viewers for other methods of how to get video from cameras, DVDs, TiVo, downloads or other sources into the proper QuickTime or MPEG-4 file format specs required for transfer via iTunes.

Those really interested in the detailed video specifications should look on Apple’s site:
iPod Classic video specs
iPhone video specs
iPod nano video specs
Apple TV video specs

To make video transfer via iTunes and simple and easy as possible, let me ignore the details of Apple’s specs and simply make a list of the hardware and software solutions that allow video to be converted and transferred with the least amount of knowledge or learning curve possible. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, but rather a quick guide to some of the best solutions, not just in ease of learning and use, but additional features you may want to take advantage of once you graduate in your learning.

Here’s our top picks for software that make converting video for the iPhone, Apple TV or iPod quick and easy:

Best hardward/software (fastest) for converting downloaded video or video from a camera:
1) Turbo.264 from Elgato - $90

Best software for converting downloaded video or video from a camera:
2) VisualHub - $23.32

Best software for converting commercial DVDs that you own:
3) HandBrake - Free!

Best software for converting DVDs you made yourself (from iDVD, DVD Studio Pro, etc…):
4) Roxio Popcorn - $49.99

Best software for converting shows from TiVo:
Roxio Popcorn - $49.99

While you could use QuickTime Player Pro, or even iMovie to create/convert video your video, you’ll find tremendous advantages in the above hardware and software in terms of speed, ease, and additional features.

We hope to post tutorials and reviews of these individual products soon. Please come back.

Tags: iPhone, Apple TV, iPod, DVD, TiVo, QuickTime, MPEG-4, iTunes, iPod Classic, iPhone, iPod nano, Apple TV, Turbo.264, Elgato, VisualHub, HandBrake, iDVD, DVD Studio Pro, Roxio Popcorn, QuickTime Player Pro, iMovie

This small device simply plugs into any Intel or PowerPC based Mac with a USB port (USB 2 is highly recommended). All of the heavy processing normally done by your computer is offloaded onto the Turbo.264 encoder, resulting in much faster encoding and freeing up your Mac for other tasks.

The older and slower your Mac, the more significant the speed increase will be with this device. We found the Turbo.264 encoded video up to 20 times faster on a G4, but even on higher end Intel based Macs, encoding times were drastically improved with the Turbo.264.

The Elgato Turbo.264 goes for about $90 on Amazon.com, making it a very inexpensive way to bring new life to an old Mac as a video encoding workstation.

The new software for the Turbo.264 couldn’t be any easier to use. As with the earlier software, it allows for batch processing, but more importantly, it provides support for custom data rates and other settings. It also includes simple selections for encoding video optimized for the Apple TV, iPhone, iPods, or the recently announced iPod Touch, iPod Classic and iPod Nano (also known as the iPod Nano Fatty.

While the included software is easy to use, the Turbo.264 comes with plug-ins for QuickTime that allow it to work with any application that uses QuickTime for export. This includes Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro, iMovie (including both HD and ‘08) and third party video apps such as Roxio Popcorn.

For an alternative to the Turbo.264 from Elgato, consider the VideoExpress from Miglia. The Miglia compares very well in terms of hardware and performance, but we find the software for the Turbo.264 to be much better due to the ability to easily customize the settings.

See also:
More Quick and Easy Methods for Video on Your iPhone, Apple TV or New iPod

Tags: Ripping DVD, Turbo.264, video encoder, Elgato Systems, Macintosh, Apple, Intel, PowerPC, USB, Apple TV, iPhone, iPod, iPod Touch, iPod Classic, iPod Nano, iPod Nano Fatty, QuickTime, Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Roxio Popcorn, VideoExpress, Miglia

1) The 1.0.2 update doesn’t force a restore.
That implies that somehow this is pushed. It’s not. You can choose not to do the update. The usual advice on waiting to do updates applies. If you want to do the update, you must first do a restore, if you have hacked your iPhone. This should be expected and should be the preface to any “hack your iPhone” instructions.

2) The hacks are not disabled.
After doing the restore and update, you need to re-do the hacks. To say they are disabled implies that the software and/or methods used to hack the iPhone no longer work. Jailbreak, iFuntastic, iPhuc, installer.app (and all its associated apps) all work.

3) I have not seen any reports of actual bricking of iPhones.
If you have bricked an iPhone, please comment on this post. Please first note that “bricking” a device means that you’ve literally turned it into a brick. Specifically it means that your device can not be recovered, reset, or restored in any way.

What the 1.0.2 update does:
Having updated the iPhone to 1.0.2, I have not discovered any improvements other than with WiFi and the iPhone’s camera now has pretty decent image stablization, which greatly improves image quality, especially in low light situations. Apple only offers up in the release notes that this update fixes bugs.

The rest of this post is relevant if you’ve fully hacked your iPhone to the point of adding SSH/SFTP. You may consider doing this before updating to 1.0.2 as it will allow to back up additional data, and if you mess up along the way, there’s no effort lost as you’re going to restore your iPhone anyway. Think of this as a practice run.

The best guide I’ve seen yet for hacking your iPhone is at:
www.shauninman.com

Before you upgrade your hacked iPhone to 1.0.2:
1) Make sure to completely synch your iPhone using iTunes.
2) Copy all of your customized images into a folder on your hard drive. Use subfolders that map specific locations where the images will go on your iPhone…keep stuff organized!
3) Copy all of your ringtones to a folder on your hard drive.
4) Back up all of your files that aren’t otherwise synched. Using ssh or sftp, go to /var/root/Library. I backup the entire Library folder, just becuase it’s easier. However, when you go to recover after the update, only copy the files back that you need…things like Notes/notes.db. You can also backup your photos which are located at /var/root/Media/DCIM.

It’s worth considering that each iPhone update will most likely require a restore before hand on hacked iPhones and will require re-hacking (if desired). As such, do yourself a favor and organize everything as you’re doing the hacks. This can result in bringing your iPhone back to the hacked state it was within just a matter of minutes.

Tags: hacked iPhones, iPhone, 1.0.2 update, Jailbreak, iFuntastic, iPhuc, installer.app, brick