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- Crazy EDGE Outage
As many folks have reported, AT&T’s EDGE network is struggling in the midwest. Outages have been patchy but seem to have affected entire cities, or at least large areas. But to my knowledge, there haven’t been any accounts of service dropping within inches…until now.
Here I sit, in downtown Cincinnati, and of the three iPhones in my office, two of them have absolutely no cell service. Zero. Zip. Zilch. Any attempted call immediately fails. They are the equivalent of an iPod Touch, plus a camera. Fortunately for me, mine works perfectly fine and I get to just listen to the frustrations of my coworkers and not experience any of my own. But the rants really fired up when we decided to sit all three iPhones, each with the exact same hardware (purchased within two months of each other), side by side. Here’s what we saw:
Pretty weird. I’ve experienced similar things with people that have other phones on the same network, but never with the exact same hardware. So who’s to blame here? AT&T or Apple? Either way, there doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to the outage, and I can say (from experience) that there are some really grumpy AT&T customers out there.
So what about you, loyal TAB readers? Can anyone reproduce this?
Tags: att, Commentary, iphone, News, Reader Feedback
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http://theappleblog.com/2008/02/01/crazy-edge-outage/#comments - Using Your Mac Wisely: Video Content
When it comes to harnessing your Mac's power for video encoding, you're left with two choices: digital or physical.
Digital
Handbrake is the go to source for creating digital copies of your video. With Handbrake you can pop in a DVD and select the appropriate preset. You can encode straight to iPod, iPhone or Apple TV. Handbrake is open source, and completely free.
iSquint is great for converting DivX/XviD to Mp4. It's freeware for basic use, or you can purchase Visual Hub which offers a variety of services. For basic use, iSquint works well and converts fairly quickly. For the best iPod TV out settings, select:
- Check Optimize for TV
- Check H.264
- Scale the slider to the quality setting of your choice
Quick tip for your iPods. If you want to import a video without transferring it to iTunes. Be sure your iPod is set to "Manually Manage" and you can now drag and drop files right onto the iPod icon in iTunes and transfer straight to it.
Physical
MacTheRipper allows you to import DVD Vob files right to your Hard Drive. Couple it with Dvd2OneX and you can shrink the file down to 4.4 gigs so it will fit right on a single layer DVD-R. Personally, if you can find it, I prefer the original version of Dvd2OneX, not the new Dvd2OneX2. Also Dvd2One isn’t freeware and requires purchasing.
Toast 8 will take your Dvd2One or MacTheRipper file and burn it for playback on DVD players. Toast 8 is not freeware and will require purchasing to unlock all its features. Be sure to select UDF in Toast 8 to ensure proper playback.
iTunes
When dealing with importing videos into iTunes, it’s a simple drag and drop. If the video you copy doesn’t go into the proper category (Movie, TV Show, etc) be sure to edit the Metadata as follows:- Right click and select ‘Get Info’
- Click the ‘Video’ tab
- From the drop down select: TV Show, Movie, or Music Video
Comment any questions, I’ll see if I can answer them. Also if you use any other resources or methods for converting your videos, I’d love to hear about them.
Disclaimer: This article is not intended for any illegal activity. What you do with it is your problem.
Tags: apple-tv, Dvd2One, Handbrake, ipod, iSquint, MacTheRipper, Software, Software, Tips, video, Walkthroughs
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http://theappleblog.com/2008/01/25/using-your-mac-wisely-video-content/#comments - Reflections on another Tuesday at Macworld
This is the fifth year I’ve attended Macworld Expo on the day of the keynote, and it definitely wasn’t as exciting as 2007. But after last year’s introduction of the long-rumored iPhone, how could it be?
Of course, another big difference is that I didn’t get into the keynote this year. There’s always a disconnect between those who attend the keynote and those who don’t. (more…)
Tags: apple-tv, Commentary, macbook air, macworld, media, moscone
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