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everythingiCafe: the show “Weird thumbs, but beautiful girl”

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So Chris and I got off on a bit of a tangent at the start of this episode (now available through iTunes) and somehow started talking about the actress Megan Fox. I remembered an odd factoid about her – she has an inherited condition that resulted in shortened thumbs. And that’s where the title of this episode came from.

After this tangent, we talked about the first purported iPad mini part leak and speculation about the size and design of the rumored device that indicate it will look like a large iPod touch with a slimmer bezel compared to all iPad models to date. Also on the docket were lots of iPhone 5/sixth-generation iPhone rumors that indicate that the new iPhone will be available for pre-order on the date it’s announced, which is shaping up to be September 12 with an actual release on September 21.

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everythingiCafe: the show “Sniffling, cranky Marianne”

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Chris and I recorded episode 65 of the everythingicafe.com iPhone and iPad podcast and it’s available for download through iTunes now. My seasonal allergies made a surprise appearance this week after several weeks of a blissful hiatus, prompting the title of this week’s episode.

We talked about Apple’s Q3 financial results, which were pretty damn good overall even if Wall Street wasn’t entirely happy with them. We also talked about the latest iPhone 5 (or 6 if you want to get technical) and iPad mini rumors, plus new rumors about an impending iPod touch redesign. When we recorded this episode, Mountain Lion was set to be released on the next day so we also talked about our plans on updating to Apple’s new operating system for the Mac.

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everythingiCafe: the show “Love of Vampires”

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Chris Meinck and I recorded episode 64 of the everythingiCafe.com podcast earlier this week and it’s now available through iTunes. If you like our show, please do subscribe! (I’d recommend Downcast if you’re looking for an app to manage your podcast subscriptions on the iPhone or iPad, by the way.)

Chris and I talked about iPhone 5 (or 6, if you want to get technical about the number of iPhone generations to date) rumors, more 7-inch iPad rumors, and some news about iOS 6. We also revisited our respective predictions of the date of the new iPhone’s release. Chris’s guess is September 28 while mine is October 5. Hopefully we’ll learn who’s right sooner rather than later.

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everythingiCafe: the show “Skeuomorphism”

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Chris and I recorded episode 61 of the everythingiCafe.com podcast a few days ago and it’s now available for your listening pleasure through iTunes. We talked about Apple’s new Podcasts app, rumors about NFC in the next iPhone model, and more rumors about a smaller dock connector in that new iPhone, and more.

Chris’s Teh Awesome was iHandy’s Flashlight app for the iPhone that helped him out a lot during an electrical outage last week. My Teh Awesome was the new Launch Center Pro app by App Cubby. Launch Center Pro is a utility app that lets you create shortcuts to complete actions in other apps. For example, you can create shortcuts to immediately dial a FaceTime call with a selected contact, do a Google search in Safari, and much more. As I said in the podcast, I think it’s more of a pro user app that has a lot of potential but takes time to set up. If you want more information about Launch Center Pro, check out Chris’s review and my post about it at AppShopper.

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everythingiCafe: the show “Plastic Dinosaur Magnet”

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Chris and I recorded episode 60 of the everythingicafe.com podcast a few days ago and it’s now available to download through iTunes. Of course, most of the items on the docket came from Apple’s announcements at the WWDC keynote on Monday.

First, I have to apologize for my audio quality on this one. Thanks to some sh*tty LogMeIn sound drivers, my iMac’s audio input was all jacked up and it was recording through my Mac’s microphone instead of the real Shure mic that it was supposed to be using (even though the audio input setting in the Sound control panel was telling me otherwise). Right now, my recommendation is to avoid using LogMeIn on a Mac running Lion if you’re doing anything audio-related until they fix these sound driver issues – turns out there are several posts in the LogMeIn forums about this.

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