This is for the most part a very good book, at least for my rusty brain, but it definitely needs some kind of Objective-C accompaniment if you're not familiar with the language and want to do more than just follow instructions.
What if you buy the iPhone, get it at home, and fail the credit check? Do they tell you to take your brick back to the store, or bill a deposit to your iTunes account? It would make more sense to pre-qualify people on AT&T's site, rather than waiting until they've scored the handset and opened it.
Since I use my G5 as a de facto media center, I would have liked it to have the Front Row / Apple Remote functionality. It sounds like I'll be able to run the program officially come Leopard time, but the Mac Pro doesn't include the remote. Or, more to the point, a sensor for it, making it the only Intel Mac to lack that functionality.
I'll second that; I've got a T68i, a PowerBook 12", and Palm's Tungsten T, and they all work beautifully together; you can do all Philly says and more.
Tap the HotSync icon on the Palm, and the other two devices light up and start syncing information with it. Add to that the ability to do light web browsing on the Palm from anywhere, not just within hotspots, with the phone in your pocket doing the heavy lifting, and you've got got all the info you really need, with you at all times.
Additionally, shareware programs like Salling Clicker let you control PowerPoint, DVD Player, and iTunes right from the phone; you can even trigger events using a proximity sensor, so that (for example) your email client quits when you walk out of the room.
It all works, and it works well. Maybe Apple's integration allowed stuff like this to be developed more quickly, but there's no reason one couldn't make this all happen on Windows or Linux as well. Don't confuse poor implementation or application of a protocol on a given platform with its overall failure.
Thanks for the pointer. BTW, according to the bullet list, these tools and docs can be used to "Create plug-ins for TiVo Desktop to add support for additional music, playlist and photos file formats"
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This is for the most part a very good book, at least for my rusty brain, but it definitely needs some kind of Objective-C accompaniment if you're not familiar with the language and want to do more than just follow instructions.
The co-author recommends Learn Objective-C on the Mac as just such an accompaniment.
What if you buy the iPhone, get it at home, and fail the credit check? Do they tell you to take your brick back to the store, or bill a deposit to your iTunes account? It would make more sense to pre-qualify people on AT&T's site, rather than waiting until they've scored the handset and opened it.
Since I use my G5 as a de facto media center, I would have liked it to have the Front Row / Apple Remote functionality. It sounds like I'll be able to run the program officially come Leopard time, but the Mac Pro doesn't include the remote. Or, more to the point, a sensor for it, making it the only Intel Mac to lack that functionality.
Just because Mac OS X isn't OSS doesn't make it WebTV; Apple's developer tools are included and updates are free for the downloading.
Why do I feel like someone's trying to get us to do their market-research for them?
Using an apostrophe weakens "its" real meaning.
No kidding. I think the parent of this thread gets that, otherwise he wouldn't have suggested the need to add a key to the keyboard.
I'll second that; I've got a T68i, a PowerBook 12", and Palm's Tungsten T, and they all work beautifully together; you can do all Philly says and more.
Tap the HotSync icon on the Palm, and the other two devices light up and start syncing information with it. Add to that the ability to do light web browsing on the Palm from anywhere, not just within hotspots, with the phone in your pocket doing the heavy lifting, and you've got got all the info you really need, with you at all times.
Additionally, shareware programs like Salling Clicker let you control PowerPoint, DVD Player, and iTunes right from the phone; you can even trigger events using a proximity sensor, so that (for example) your email client quits when you walk out of the room.
It all works, and it works well. Maybe Apple's integration allowed stuff like this to be developed more quickly, but there's no reason one couldn't make this all happen on Windows or Linux as well. Don't confuse poor implementation or application of a protocol on a given platform with its overall failure.
Thanks for the pointer. BTW, according to the bullet list, these tools and docs can be used to "Create plug-ins for TiVo Desktop to add support for additional music, playlist and photos file formats"