Rodgers to carry iPhone? Maybe,who knows, who cares

Follow the link to reader the comments. Basically everyone in Canada hates their cell phone carrier, and or another one they used to be with. Compared with Europe Asia and even the US, the market here is dreadfull. Some more competition is needed to really drive this thing. Operating a "smart phone" in this country is far too expensive.

From Infinite Loop...

Rogers to carry iPhone in Canada? Maybe, but...This week must be the week of post-Macworld rumors. The most recent iPhone-related theory is that Rogers Wireless will be the carrier for the iPhone in our northern neighbor of Canada. The rumors have been sort of loosely floating around for a while now, especially considering that Rogers is currently the only GSM carrier in Canada.One potential iPhone lover started pestering Rogers Wireless himself about whether or not they'd be carrying the iPhone, and got a response from the company.

You were wondering about iPhone..Lots of speculation out there. Beyond the fact that Rogers is the only GSM carrier in Canada, we have not issued any statements as to whether or when the iPhone would be available at Rogers.

Of course, this is a typical corporate response to a question that they cannot legally answer yet, but the whole "we're the only GSM carrier in Canada" thing does indicate that they're aware of their position in the market, in that respect. This would kind of make them a shoe-in for the iPhone, unless Apple decides to release another version of the iPhone before they launch in Canada.

Considering that Apple will have to do so for some other international markets (such as, say, Asia), it's not outside the realm of possibility that the iPhone will no longer be GSM-only by that time.

Okay, for you "no double negatives!" types, that translates to: By that time, the iPhone could be available as CDMA, or even something else. So basically, no one has any idea of whether this rumor has any weight or not. But for now, Canadians can sleep easily thinking that maybe, perhaps, possibly Rogers will be the carrier for the iPhone. For now.

Infinite Loop: Rogers to carry iPhone in Canada? Maybe, but...

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Rogue Amoeba: Should I Exhibit At Macworld?

This article might explain why some didn't show...

Macworld San Francisco 2007 just ended, and I've recently heard the same question many times: "Should I exhibit at Macworld?". The answer is simple and concrete. That answer is, of course, "Weeeeell, it all depends".

Macworld 2007 Panoramas

The link takes you to a page of 3600 QuicktimeVR panorama's taken at Macworld. The next best thing to being there, you really get a feel of a few enviro's. Crumpler's unique booth with the CEO in his cream suit and crocs (he is a bit nuts), the 600 F4's mounted at the Nikon Booth, the sheer size of the Apple booth, and of course the iPhone under glass. You can now live it all in 360!

Macworld 2007 DONE!

Well another expo done. The link takes you to Macworld's best of show list. Personally I was a little dissapointed with the product mix on the show floor. While traditionally the Mac was the "graphics guys" platform, it's bounce back means the product mix is more consumer oriented. Don't get me wrong, that's great for the Mac, but just not as many apps that speak TO ME. The iPod, and soon the iPhone will further this and make MACworld probably consider a name change soon, just like Apple took the word Computer offically out of their name. AppleWorld? Eworld? iWorld?

iDive

iDive is the ideal cataloguing solution for all your video files. iDive can catalog any video file that Quicktime can open.iDive allows you also to keep track of your videos on CDs or DVDs.
For the first time also, iMovie users will find a tool that lets them browse through their projects and catalog all those clips captured in iMovie.
Organize your footage

Qnext

These guys from Toronto were thrilled when I came by and talked to them. They were even more exicted when I came back the next day with Kev and we interviewed them. What is Qnext? An easy peasy music and photo sharing app. You set up what you want to share, it send a web link to who ever you want and they get to see or hear what you want them to. Many more features, hit the link to read more. The best part? It's FREE! Unintrustive banner ads pay for the software. It's a few weeks away from release, so sign up for the first version.

The north hall ghetto

the article from Ars Technica take to task with the spitting up of the Macworld Expo into two halls. I must say it made for easier video work, last year was full of collisons, elbows and people walking through my shots. I do see what he is saying though, it was pretty quiet in the North Hall. Maybe next year will be full of iPhone vendors.

Blurb

Blurb makes books. using their own software, you can create all sorts of books. Similar to other services out there, but with some nicer templates, and a really nice quality. The humourous edge of the website is directly aa result from the attitude of the CEO. We interviewed her for the presentation and she was fun!

The Luddite who helps Apple look so good

From the globe and mail, story about Johny Ive, the guy who designs all this cool stuff.
Jonathan Ive, the British-born design whiz behind the iPhone, might just also be Apple Inc.'s perfect customer.

An admitted computer klutz in college, he fell in love with the simplicity of Mac computers as a young design student in the 1980s.

Now 39, Apple's chief designer is the man responsible for injecting the cool factor into 15 years of the company's devices, from the iMac and the iPod to this week's iPhone, and most everything in between.

"I went through college having a real problem with computers," he has admitted. "I was convinced that I was technically inept, which was frustrating as I wanted to use computers with various aspects of my design."

Don't get too close to the iphone

There are only TWO iphones on display. Under glass, and there are crowds around both of them. These is also security, and this article talks about the scene around the iPhones.

I moved in a bit to get a closer look at the demo running on the screen. As I leaned forward, I heard this firm (but very polite) voice beside me: “Sir, if you would please just step back a bit from the display case, thank you.” Whoops. Apparently that last step forward I took had violated the iPhone’s invisible Cone of Protection—it seems the cone extends out from the display case to a distance of a foot or two. I was half tempted to remain in place, to see what the iPhone protectors’ next course of action might have been—but then decided that explaining to my wife why I needed bail money in California wouldn’t be a pleasant conversation.

iPhone wrap up

This site counts down to the day of the iPhone's release. In the meantime you can print out the PDF and cover your old phone with it and pretend!

Day two At Macworld

Just some random comments, no photos of my own. The link takes you to a Flickr group of Macworld snaps:

-The thing with the most buzz is of course the iPhone. There is one under glass somewhere. I haven't found it yet. The Apple TV device was kinda lost inthe phone frenzy. Pretty cool device for sharing content on TV's, priced at $299US.

-We did something like 12 interviews yesterday. You'll have to come out to the presentation to see who they are and what they do, sorry!

-People tend to look one way and walk the other.Thats frustrating when your filming!

-The show is back to being in two halls. I think they had too much for one hall and then two hall set up allows for a little more breathing room, so not too many crowded areas

-Ipod stuff still dominates.Lost of cases, and ways to share the music.Home systems, alarm clocks, speakers.

-The weather here is unanturally sunny and warm. Should be raining and damp.

The Adobe User Group breakfast was this am. Some very cool features shown within Acrobat, Lightroom and Photoshop CS3. The coolest feature was Lightroom linking the GPS co-ordinates in a GPS enaabled camera, to google maps. So if you wanted to know exactly where that cool sunset of the Rockies was shot, you can find it again!. Gimmicky, I know, but it get the OOO's and AHHH's

Waiting for Kev he's at a New Media demo and then back to the show floor for more interviews.

You want LIVE coverage?

If you showed up here and expected a play by play,.. best to hit the link where they will reccount things as they happen.

When we do see the keynote it's in a leadlined conference room. There is a password protected wifi to drive us nuts, but basically we have to stop blogging and pay attention!

More Macworld inside snaps

This article shows the workings of the show itself. Saves me doing it!look at these pcis and imagine tonnes of anxious people

Macworld Keynote Bingo

If someone yells BINGO! and stands up and waves a piece of paper, then blame this link.It won't be me as I don't plan on lining up at 4am to get in the main room. I will be in teh secondary room watching in on monitors.

He's got it bad!

This guy in Toronto has bought aprox 23 ipods. That's right, TWENTYTHREE! Granted some of them were for family but he has owned and used 17 diffferent ipods. An upgrade geek, he sells the last one for the latest one. Apple must love guys like this.

Funny thing is this doesn't remind me of anyone I know. Nope not a soul. Hey Kev, can you think of anyone who's upgrade path is as heavily travelled? :-)

More Macworld hype: Blogging from the show floor

Oh the irony of the booth sponsor! Looks like I will be able to blog on the show floor rather than the hallways. Probably be busy.

Microsoft Blogger Lounge
Attention bloggers! Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit (MacBU) is sponsoring the first-ever Blogger Lounge at Macworld 2007! Located in Booth #702 (South Hall) and open during Exhibit Hall hours, bloggers are invited to stop by, hang out, blog and meet fellow community members. It will be a relaxing, dedicated area for bloggers (as well as podcasters and active forum members) to share their experiences with the rest of the Mac community. iMacs will be available in the Blogger Lounge, but you can also bring your notebooks and get online!

Apple Macworld hype starts NOW!

No idea what this means. That's the way they like it!

iSight outta sight!

The fact that every Mac has a built in iSight is creating some cool tricks. The link takes you to a dream recorder software that uses the isight to document your sleep habists and possibly get you to remember and control your dreams!

Other tricks include Flickrbooth which allows you to send snaps from Photobooth directly to Flickr.

Undercover which will take a snap of whoever steals your laptop.(wish I had this one before :-)

Dashlevel which lets you use it as a laser level!

I am sure there are some others out there.

UPDATE: Macbook users need to try this program out too! You set the alarm by using the remote and anyone touches your machine an alarm goes off. free beta!

David Pogue on Vista

Seems there are few cool things coming to Windows Vista. They are the very same cool things we Mac users have been enjoying for a few years. Oh and the bit at the end about how they only expect 5% of the machines out there able to run it, gotta love that.

Here are some of the grace notes that will remind you of similar ones on the Mac: A list of favorite PC locations appears at the left side of every Explorer window, which you can customize just by dragging folders in or out. You now expand or collapse lists of folders by clicking little flippy triangles. When you’re dragging icons to copy them, a cursor “badge” appears that indicates how many you’re moving. The Minimize, Maximize and Close buttons glow when your cursor passes over them. There’s now a keystroke (Alt+up arrow) to open the current folder’s parent window, the one that contains it.

Some of the big-ticket Vista features and programs are eerily familiar, too. The biggest one is Instant Search, a text box at the bottom of the Start menu. As you type here, the Start menu turns into a list of every file, folder, program and e-mail message that contains your search phrase, regardless of names or folder locations. It’s a powerful, routine-changing tool, especially when you seek a program that would otherwise require burrowing through nested folders in the All Programs menu.

A similar Search box appears at the top of every desktop (Explorer) window, for ease in plucking some document out of that more limited haystack.

New programs include the Sidebar, a floating layer of single-purpose programs called gadgets ( Apple called them widgets) like a weather reporter, stock tracker, currency converter, and so on; Photo Gallery, a deliciously simple shoebox for digital photos; the bare-bones DVD Maker, for designing scene-selection menus for home-burned video DVDs; and Chess Titans, whose photorealistic board can be rotated in three-dimensional space.

Flip 3-D, which presents all open windows in all programs as cards in a floating deck, seems to be modeled on Mac OS X’s Exposé feature — minus the ability to see all the windows simultaneously. You have to flip through the “cards” to find the one you want.

Now, before the hate-mail tsunami begins, it’s important to note that Apple has itself borrowed feature ideas on occasion, even from Windows. But never this broadly, boldly or blatantly. There must be enough steam coming out of Apple executives’ ears to power the Polar Express.