All New Desktops, Kindle For iPhone

This was a huge week for the Mac. Every Mac desktop machine, all three product lines, received significant updates. There are new iMacs, a new MacPro and a new Mac mini. All feature upgraded processors and video chips with the new Apple DisplayPort plug. You can watch episode 211 to find out more.
In addition, new versions of the Airport Extreme base station and the Time Capsule base station were released. The first supports multiple bands thanks to a second antenna. So now you can have 802.11g for your iPhone and 802.11n for your MacBook going at the same time. Time Capsule has the ability to share files through the MobileMe service, which could be very handy for a lot of people. It is now an Internet file server too.
Apple also introduced a new version of its standard USB keyboard that matches the smaller wireless keyboard without the numeric keypad. It will come standard with all the new desktops, though you can upgrade to the numeric keypad version.
Almost lost in the news this week was the release of a free iPhone app that will have a significant impact on the ebook world. Amazon released Kindle For iPhone. Now you can purchase ebooks on Amazon and get them delivered to your iPhone in a nice ebook reader. It will instantly become the dominant ebook reader on the iPhone, and open up Amazon’s ebook business to a whole new set of customers.

Comments: 4 Responses to “All New Desktops, Kindle For iPhone”

    Roberto Salermo
    16 years ago

    Hi Gary,

    I'm a loyal podcaster subscriber and really enjoy all that you do. I have a Time Capsule and MobileMe, so I'm very interested in this new feature. Are you going to cover this in detail? I really don't see any directions on how to get this to work.

    Thanks,
    Roberto

      rosenz
      16 years ago

      Unfortunately, probably not. As you can imagine, I can't purchase everything that Apple produces -- don't have that sort of budget. I prefer to use USB2 drives for Time Machine backups, not a networked Time Capsule, so I probably won't be getting it any time soon.

    Andy
    16 years ago

    Is the Time Capsule / Mobile Me capability only on the new model or will they provide some kind of software update so this is possible with the first generation Capsule?

      rosenz
      16 years ago

      Looks like the recent fireware update has given us at least some of these abilities.

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