Wishing you all a Happy New Year from the IMP Team

Follow Up / Errata

• Stu : Forgot to thank Mike King, completely accidental screw up.

iPhone / iPod / iTunes News

• Stu: The Dev Team have done it, iPhone 3G now soft unlocked - via TUAW
• Will: Apple Patent Swipe Gestures for multitouch keyboard - via MacRumors
• Mike: iPod thrown 154 yards by Olympian, survives - via TUAW
• Bart: Munster Predicts cheap iPhone with physical KB in March Quarter - via MacLife
• Stu: Mac Tablet/NetBook Rumours continue - TechChrunch predicting large format iPod Touch by autumn 2009 -  Via TechCrunch
  
• Will: Zune FAIL! 30gb Zunes all crash because of leap year! - via MacWorld
  

Apple News

• Will: Thieves break into Silicon Valley area Apple Stores - via MacWorld
• More Apple Law Suits
• Mike: Happy New Year Apple, iMac display suit! - via Ars Technica
• Bart: Apple, Google, Microsoft all sued in image preview case - via Apple Insider

Mac News

• Will: OS X Deals with Leap Seconds - via MacWorld
• Bart: NetApp numbers for December show Apple gains again - via ArsTechnica
• Stu: Psystar claims Apple never Copyrighted OS X - via Information Week

• Stu: iWork moving to web apps in '09 - via TUAW
• Bart: iMovie too? - via MacRumors
  
• Will: New iMac - via TUAW
  
• Mike: New Mac Mini
• Dual Display support? - via AppleInsider
• Most versatile Mini yet? - via AppleInsider

Mac Roundtable Podcast : Live at MacWorld 2009

Macworld Learning Center Booth (# 3036) in North Hall
4-5pm on Wednesday 6th January

Hosted by:  Allison Sheridan, Don McAllister,  Katie Floyd, David Sparks, Chuck Joiner, Victor Cajiao and Adam Christianson

Macworld 2009 Predictions by Panel

• Bart: SnowLeopard Demo & Ship date, new MacMini & iMac, no new iPhone, iWork & iLife could get some love, but will remain real apps.
• Stu: Agree with Bart, AppleTV merge with Mini, iWork could go online + real app? MobileMe to compete with Dropbox?
  
• Will: Agree with Bart about pretty much everything, Solid State drives to make it in to Mac Desktops. No TV+Mac Mini merge, online iWork or iMovie.

Panel's Favourite App / Pick of 2008

• Stu: Dropbox
• Mike: 1Password
  
• Will: Pixelmator
• Bart: Photomatix Pro from HDRSoft
• Allison: Screensteps (are you surprised?) from screensteps.com