Host: Scott Bourne: Podcastgearguy.com, Podcastingtricks.com and iLifeZone.com

Special Guests: Chris Breen: MacWorld Magazine and Playlist Magazine Andy Ihnatko: Colossal Waste of Bandwidth and The Chicago Sun Times Let's jump right in, shall we?

Scott wonders what is it about success, Apple's in particular, that makes the haters come crawling out of the closet. Jealousy, fear, linkbait (*cough* Dvorak). Scott asks the great questions: How do you know the iPhone is slippery, the screen isn't bright enough, and the battery doesn't last? It isn't even out yet! Scott promises that we'll let people know if there are problems, but we should at least wait until the product hits shelves before we start losing our minds.

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And now, Andy Ihnatko! Andy is in the final stages of writing a book about the iPhone called iPhone Fully Loaded (see his prior book, iPod Fully Loaded here). Right now, he's just waiting for the release to fill in 25% of the outline with whatever comes along at release time. The FCC has supposedly approved the iPhone (no official verification from the FCC yet). Andy says that the new book isn't exactly like the iPod book, but it's not an instructional manual either. It's how to cram everything you can possibly carry with you on your iPhone. Andy did have some time with the iPhone (45 minutes) but he absorbed as much as he could in a spongelike way. Now that we're down to weeks prior to release, and we have 6/11, 6/15, and 6/29 as possible dates. Andy is leaning toward the last week in June. It would be nice if it came out during WWDC, but he thinks Leopard is going to be the big cheese at that party. The iPhone will garner a lot of attention at launch, so whenever it comes out it'll be the star of the show. Scott points out that we have the AT&T memo that says employees can't take a vacation between 6/15 and 7/15. Andy isn't 100% convinced that it's a giveaway that the iPhone is coming along with other information that's been leaked out. Scott mentions the Engadget story about the alleged delay of the iPhone and Leopard. Andy points out that considering the publication schedule and so on, that he understands where Engadget was coming from, but also points out that the e-mail was counter to everything we already know and have heard and should've probably been vetted better. He thinks they could've pointed out that they had an e-mail that said the iPhone and Leopard was delayed, rather than pointing out that it was. Andy likes Apple Insider and their journalistic processes. Scott points out that the SEC could actually look into this story now because of the effects on the stock. Andy agrees and says that it would be very easy to see who bought a ton of Apple stock at its low that day. Andy also points out that if it was someone within Apple, that's going to be a real problem for Apple and a lot of questions asked. Scott points out that he's a host, not a journalist. Andy is actually a real journalist with different standards. Our blog is run with some more journalistic standards. With the FCC story, for example, we're still waiting for verification from the FCC. Andy points out that the Engadget story was really easy to verify and just wasn't. He thinks that the fact that this story went out without any kind of real verification is problematic.

And now, some iPhone news with Chris Breen. The theme for this week is infrastructure, namely, we know this thing is going to be sold soon, but how? They will be sold in 2000 stores according to Apple (Apple Retail and AT&T Corporate stores). Apple is now advertising for iPhones sales and service representatives out of Austin, Texas. You can call these folks to find out about the iPhone, technical specs, pre-sales questions, etc. Now let's say you have the iPhone and you have a puzzling problem. Ads are also out for Senior Tech Representative. These are the folks who will deal with troubleshooting, WiFi, EDGE, and other issues. Apple is in the process of arranging staff to be ready when you get your iPhone. OUR FIRST TIP: When you call the iPhone support line, immediately ask for escalated support. Chris points out that you also need to be polite and it'll go a long way toward getting you better support. Scott asks Chris about the Engadget story. Chris and Scott talk about the Engadget story. Chris also agrees with Andy in that there wasn't enough skepticism in viewing this story. Chris is also writing a book on the iPhone called The iPhone Pocket Guide which should be available shortly after the release of the iPhone. That's going to do it for now...

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