Today Team Betamouse the announcement and imminent launch of the much hyped iPhone 4! And struggles (nay, EXCELS AT) to relate it to Disney. Questions? Email: show@betamouse.net
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- Henry introduces the Panel.
- Thank you to our sponsor TouringPlans.com! Disney fans, visit this site to save time in line at Disney Parks!
- Today the Panel discusses the features of iPhone 4 and how they can be used in Disney Parks.
- Jeff mentions the front facing camera and how he hopes it will be integrated with streaming apps like UStream so that he can share his Disney trip live!
- Katie mentions the use of the front facing camera for easily taking self portraits while traveling to Disney solo.
- Scott mentions multitasking and folders and the ease of organization of Disney apps!
- Nate and Jeff talk about Apple’s form of multitasking and how it will reduce crashing at Disney.
- The Panel discusses FaceTime and if, and how, it could be used at Disney.
- Scott elaborates on the limitations of FaceTime at Disney.
- Jeff talks about recording HD video and how it could replace Flip cameras at Disney Parks.
- To wrap up the show, each of the hosts detail on if they will be getting an iPhone4.
- Thank you again to our sponsor TouringPlans!
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In Addendum:
Apple has introduced 7 specific background services for IOS 4 apps that will allow them to continue tasks after a user switches away from them. These include:
- Background audio – Allows your app to play audio continuously.
- Voice over IP – Users can now receive VoIP calls and have conversations while using another app.
- Background location – Navigation apps can now continue to guide users who are using other apps
- Push notifications – Receive alerts from your remote servers even when your app isn’t running.
- Local notifications – Your app can now alert users of scheduled events and alarms in the background, no servers required.
- Task finishing – If your app is in mid-task when your customer leaves it, the app can now keep running to finish the task.
- Fast app switching – This will allow users to leave your app and come right back to where they were when they left – no more having to reload the app.
You’re so accurate, Scotty-boy.
In follow up to Nate’s issues with the 3GS camera, Ars has a nice write up of the iPhone 4 camera improvements: http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/06/sizing-up-the-iphone-4-for-shutterbugs.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
Just got halfway through the episode #20 and had to leave a comment about multitasking. I have a Palm Pre and if multitasking is what you’re after, Palm’s WebOS does a very good job of it. Dare I say better than iOS or Droid?….I better not say that with all the iphone people here. Don’t want to get flamed on. Insert nervous laughter here.
I’ve had the Pre for a year now and haven’t had any problems with multitasking crashing the device. Memory is definitely an issue with the original Pre when there are a lot of “cards”(applications) open, but doesn’t tend to crash the phone. I just have to close some cards. The Pre Plus on AT&T fixed this with additional memory.
Lack of apps (~2,800 now) are still an issue and the hardware is becoming very long in the tooth compared to the new iphone and HTC EVO. Hopefully Palm(soon to be HP or HPalm or whatever) will come up with some new hardware this year, or else they’ll have wasted an great OS. I enjoy listening to you guys every week, keep up the good work.
Would be interesting to hear how Henry used technology on his trip to Disneyland Paris. I’ve yet to travel overseas so maybe would just be interesting to me. Did his phone work? GSM/CDMA? GPS? Roaming? 3G availability? Any useful Apps? Is the wi-fi technology the same. Were a lot of people using smartphones in the park? Did he have to carry a bag full of adapters? I saw a lot of tweets, so he must have had something. Just curious.