Apple and Nike team up for iPod Shoe

The Nike+iPod Sport Kit was announced Tuesday and expected to be available within 60 days. It consists of a receiver that attaches to theiPod Nano and a sensor that can be inserted into a special pocket inside Nike+ shoes.

Apple Nike iPod Kit

As you run the sensor collects data and delivers it to the iPod. It is collected and displayed on the screen and spoken through audible alerts.

When you get home the data is transfered to your computer and can be sent to the Nike+ web site. Where you can keep track of all your runs and analyze the data.

www.nikeplus.com

The sensor and receiver are wireless (proprietary 2.4GHz not BlueTooth)

Has a PowerSong feature which is a song you pre-select in your Nike+ playlist and will be played when you press the center button on the iPod to give you that extra workout boost.

Requires iTunes 6.0.5 which the Apple site says will be available soon.

The kit sells for $29.00 USD

Apple also recently filed a patent in which they describe an iPod where song tempos would be changed based on your running speed.

JogTunes is a site that offers "running playlists", so it gives you a series of songs from iTunes that will give you a Music paced workout.

www.jogtunes.com

Nike is making a line of clothing with Nano pockets.

You may also want to checkout the JamBand. This is a new product that is a sweatband that goes around your wrist and has a pocket for your Nano. $16.95 USD

wearjamband.com

Also the Imo Shuffle Sweats, 2 for $18.95 USD

www.imojo.com

XCode 2.3 released to developers

A new version of Apple's integrated development environment (IDE) was released Tuesday

XCode 2.3 includes bug fixes, a new DWARF debugging format and a new Distributed Network Build (DNB) scalable build architecture.

The update is available from Apples Developer Web site

developer.apple.com

MacBook Developer tools include Widget Maker

A little bonus could be found in the DeveloperTools that ship with all new MacBooks

DashCode is an application to help developers quickly and easily develop DashBoard Widgets

Interestingly DashCode was not included with the recent XCode 2.3 release and is only available with the purchase of a new MacBook.

PowerMacs lose 'Power' when going Intel

Apple has filed for a trademark for the term 'Mac Pro'

Speculation is that the name will be used for the next generation of Apple Intel Pro Desktops.

The keeps in line with Apples new Mac centric naming strategy

Apple Sells PowerSchool to Pearson

Apple is selling PowerSchool, their educational management system which was purchased in 2001 for US$62 million in stock, to Pearson.

Provides real time student performance feedback to teachers, parents, and students

Pearson is the world's largest educational publisher.

Pearson will develop iPod compatible content for students and teachers

Educator content would cover topics like professional development and working with students.

Students will be able to study guides and review notes for Pearson textbooks loaded onto their iPods for quick review.

Apple said this spinoff does not decrease their commitment to education.

Star Wars Clone Wars now on ITunes

Lucasfilm Ltd. and Apple have made Cartoon Network’s Star Wars: Clone Wars Volume 1 available for purchase on iTunes in the Short Films section.

Volume 2 will be released in June.

Clone Wars is an animated mini series and takes place between Episodes II and III of Star Wars

Apple also recently added new NBC news content and will be selling NHL playoff and finals game recaps.

Listener review of the MacBook

Play review from Katie

Correction: MacBooks have a Dual Layer Read Only SuperDrive, no Dual Layer burning.

Overheating on new MacBooks could be due to a blocked vent. Clear plastic packing material under the hinge that is not obvious to some people and not mentioned in the manual.

Tons of Apple Fifth Avenue Store Feedback and Pictures

So many of you went and many of you saw (and some even talked to) Steve Jobs.

I received many audio comments (some too long or mixed quality) and photos.

Apple NYC Photos

Backup: The Lion and Ants

Play comment from Craig

Recommended backup strategies

Cloning

SuperDuper

www.shirtpocket.com

Carbon Copy Cloner

www.bombich.com

Backup with Incremental

.Mac Backup

Retrospect

www.emcinsignia.com

Copy/Syncing

SilverKeeper

www.lacie.com

Burn to CD or DVD (iPhoto,Finder, etc)

Copy to external HD or other media.

Closed Intel Kernel report was just speculation

On the Apple Open Source mailing list, Apple product manager, Ernest Prabhakar said the report of Apple closing the kernel of Intel Darwin was speculation by InfoWorld columnist Tom Yager

Ernest stressed that Apple has "not yet released" the source for the Intel Darwin kernel leaving the possibility that it may be available in the future.

This could be a form of damage control, but it is important to point out that this only effects Darwin and is only t

Turn off just iMac screen

Not quite all the way off, but you can just adjust the display brightness all the way down.

Easiest way is of course to just use the Energy Saver preferences. Set the computer to go to sleep 'Never' and set the display to go to sleep at a specific time interval. 1 minute is the shortest.

A shell script on Mac OS X Hints.com using 'pmset' Unix command.

Script to sleep display

Essentially changes the value of energy saver preferences down to 1 min and then after 30 sec turns it back to 30 mins.

Podcasting USB Microphones

Play review from Chris

Samson C01U

Logitech USB Mic

I like Sweetwater for gear

www.sweetwater.com

Powering your MacBook on a plane

This came up on a previous MacCast as the MagSafe connector is proprietary and Apple doe not make an airplane adapter

I guess different planes/carriers have different connector, but for the ones with Car style DC outlet Chris from the Amateur Traveler podcast recommends a Kensington Portable Power Inverter (KMW33060) for around $40 USD.

Portable Power Inverter

Converts your car cigarette lighter into a standard AC outlet.

MacBook Motion Sensor Madness

Everyone seems to be looking to find ways to take advantage of the Sudden Motion Sensor (SMS) technology in the newer Apple notebooks.

BubbleGym, Game controlled by sensor

BubbleGym

BumpTunes, a Python script to control iTunes by tilting your PowerBook

BumpTunes

MacBook Alarm, iAlertU uses the Apple remote to activate a car style alarm. If the notebook is moved it goes off. TheftSensor is a similar product, but will also use the built-in iSight to snap a photo of the thief and email it to you.

iAlertU
TheftSensor

MacSaber, Wield your MacBook like a Jedi Knight.

MacSaber

Smack Book Pro, a guy named Erling Ellingsen created a patch for Desktop Manager (a virtual desktop manager) that allows him to tap the side of the screen and "slide" from one desktop to another.

SmackBook Pro

Some of these tools will work with later model iBooks ( built after July 26, 2005) and PowerBooks (built after January 31, 2005).

Apple overturned on appeal. Rumor sites are safe.

Overturning the lower court's ruling, the three judge panel in the California court of appeals, unanimously said that both PowerPage editor Jason O'Grady and AppleInsider's publisher and editor-in-chief, Kasper Jade, should be protected--under both the California Shield Law and the First Amendment of the Constitution.

Apple wanted to uncover the person who leaked information about an unannounced product called Asteroid (Firewire audio interface).

Something missed in iWeb update

There are six new templates to choose from.

Using iWeb on more than one Mac

Listener Darin pointed out this tech not on Apples .Mac Blog

.Mac Blog Tech Note

When you create a website with iWeb, all your work is saved in a single file called domain.sites

By default, iWeb stores the file in the iWeb folder located inside the Application Support folder in your Library (Users/username/Library/Application Support/iWeb/domain.sites).

Quit iWeb (if it’s open)

Locate the domain.sites file, and move it to a location where it can be shared by multiple Macs. iDisk (great if you need remote access), network volume, iPod.

Double-click the file in its new location. iWeb will launch.

From then on, iWeb will automatically save your work in the new location, and you’ll be able to publish your site from any Mac that has access to it.