MacBreak Weekly 173

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MacBreak Weekly Episode 173

"Two Words: Dance Belt"Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko Recorded: December 29, 2009 Published: December 29, 2009 Duration: 1:15:45 Transcript Previous episode – Next episode

Contents 1 MacBreak Weekly 173: Two Words: Dance Belt 1.1 Hosts 1.2 Topics 1.3 Picks of the Week 2 Notable Quotes 3 Significant Products 4 Sponsors 4.1 Audible 4.1.1 Picks 4.2 FordSYNC 4.3 Squarespace 5 Production Information

[edit] MacBreak Weekly 173: Two Words: Dance Belt

[edit] Hosts

• Leo Laporte
• Alex Lindsay
• Andy Ihnatko

[edit] Topics

• AT&T temporarily halts online iPhone sales to New York City - Why?
• Google schedules Android related announcement for January 5th Will the Google Nexus One phone be officially unveiled?
• Apple reportedly books venue for product announcement on January 26th Tablet announcement? iTunes/Apple TV content deals to be unveiled?
• Apple tablet rumor mill - Steve Jobs reportedly "happy" with as yet unannounced Apple tablet product
• Nokia files complaint against Apple for patent infringement
• [1] Nokia unboxing video
• Andy thinks that Unix and Unix derivative operating systems (i.e. Linux) are the technology of the decade
• Will the rumored tablet introduce a third variation of Mac OS X? What will it be called?
• "I'm on a Mac" Parody music video

[edit] Picks of the Week

Leo Laporte

• Blippy.com - Social networking for online purchases (iTunes, Amazon); Free
• Withings Wi-Fi scale - Transmits weight and other data via Wi-fi, also allows online publishing; $159 USD

Alex Lindsay

• Qik Live - Live streaming video app for iPhone; Free

Andy Ihnatko

• ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac - OCR software for Mac OS X; $99.99 USD

[edit] Notable Quotes

• "Google is like Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory" - Andy Ihnatko

[edit] Significant Products

• Link URL and optional brief description

[edit] Sponsors

[edit] Audible

• Audible.com/macbreak
• ad times: 00:01:08-00:01:16 and 00:50:08-00:55:19

[edit] Picks

Googled: The End of the World as We Know It by Ken Auletta (UNABRIDGED) Narrated by Jim Bond

[edit] FordSYNC

• FordSync #7
• SyncMyRide.com
• ad times: 00:00:37-00:00:54 and 00:34:07-00:36:20

[edit] Squarespace

• Squarespace.com/macbreak
• ad times: 00:00:55-00:01:07 and 00:19:23-00:22:08

[edit] Production Information

• Edited by: Erik
• Notes:

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