OK, so it’s official now: the new iPhone is a fact.
As was widely predicted, it uses the in Europe and Asia dominant UMTS or 3G technology, a sigh of relief for us European users 
But the best of all: the new iPhone is ONLY 199$ EVERYWHERE. Cool!
Since everybody and his dog is making predictions or outing rumors about the Keynote that Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs will give today, I thought it would be fun to participate.
So without further ado, here are my predicitons for today’s Apple Keynote at WWDC 08 San Francisco:
Digidesign is pleased to announce the immediate availability of a pre-release version* of Pro Tools® software that provides expanded Mac OS X 10.5.3 Leopard compatibility for many Pro Tools users. Pro Tools 7.4.2pr software is provided as a convenience for Mac-based Pro Tools 7.4 users who may wish to begin their transition to Leopard before a fully tested and qualified version of Pro Tools becomes available.
Pro Tools 7.4.2pr software is available as a download only, and requires Mac OS X 10.5.3. Pro Tools 7.4.2pr is not compatible with earlier versions of Leopard.
Updated on May 29th
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Today, Digidesign announced a pre-release version of Pro Tools 7.4.2 for Leopard. This special pre-release will be available for download within the next few days, according to Digidesign.
This is a non=typical behavior for the leading DAW developer from Silicon Valley. The most likely and understandable reason will be the growing impatience and malcontentment of the LE user base, since there was still no approved version for Mac OS Leopard.
Although not explicitly said, my experience forces me nonetheless to warn early adopters. Pre-release versions will by nature be more unstable than final releases. But if you are waiting on a new release because you have a brand new Mac waiting (that is only delivered with Leopard by the way…) you will most likely accept the added risk.
So, according to my source (always been reliable), you will be able to download the special pre-release free of charge if you are already a 7..4 user. There will also be a 7.4.2 for us HD users of course. Although, I have been using 7.4.1 HD for Leopard for a while now, with no real issues.
OK, so get ready, brace yourself and hope that all plugins will follow suit.
Cheers
Arthur
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Apple Releases 10.5.3
After a lot of beta tests, a seemingly endless series of seedings to developers and patient waiting by anxious users, Apple finally released the long awaited 10.5.3 update for it’s Leopard OSX operating system.
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Finally, the first tutorial will be published tomorrow.
The title is “101: Session and File Management in Pro Tools 7“.
The screencasts will be divided into three categories:
The second tutorial, 102 about the user interface and optimizing your setup will follow later this week.
Have fun watching the first one. It will be published in the following formats:
There will also be links to subscribe to all popular aggregators, such as iTunes store, Miro, Yahoo etc…
Cheers
Arthur :twisted:
Adobe is committed to bringing its Flash Player to the iPhone platform a company’s executive told during a conference this week.
According to the Wall Street Journal (subscription required), the company’s Chief Executive Shantanu Narayen said that Adobe is currently working on a port of the Flash mobile player which will be made available through the AppStore.
“We believe Flash is synonymous with the Internet experience, and we are committed to bringing Flash to the iPhone,” Narayen said. “We have evaluated and we think we can develop an iPhone Flash player ourselves.”
Apple introduced the iPhone SDK early this month as well as an exclusive distribution platform called AppStore. However, the program forbids developers to develop software for the mobile version of Safari, which is the case of Flash, which comes as a Safari plug-in.
The iPhone port of Adobe’s flash player was probably the subject of negotiations between the two companies. A few weeks ago, Steve Jobs commented that Flash was too heavy for the iPhone for the moment and that the mobile version wasn’t full featured.
Hi guys, girls and searchbots!
I know I promised the first two tutorials for today. Unfortunately a last minute technical hickup prevents us from posting it today.
I will see to it, that the tutorials get posted no later than tomorrow.
Thanks for your patience!
Cheers
Arthur :twisted:
