In this episode of the Apple Universe Podcast, Sam Levin (@samlevin) from the Cool Mac Picks show joins us to talk about some Apple news!

News:

• Apple Updates Consumer Desktop Line
• Apple Introduces New Mac Pro
• Apple Announces Safari 4
• Amazon Releases Free ‘Kindle for iPhone’ Application
• Apple Releases AirPort and Time Capsule Firmware Update
• WWDC Scheduled for Second Week of June?
• Snow Leopard Build 10A286 Seeded to Developers

Don’t forget about Speck’s MacBook Air SeeThru discount!

Host/Executive Producer: Daniel Brusilovsky
Associate Producer: Sam Levin
Length: 32:38

Sponsors:

• shinywhitebox – Great software for Mac. The makers of iShowU, Stomp and now Chatter!

If you would like to sponsor Apple Universe, contact the Sales team at .

Theme Music is provided by Daphna Kalfon. Apple Universe is a proud member of the Tech Podcast Network and the Teen Podcasters Network.

The long awaited iPhone firmware version 2.2 has appeared in iTunes. You can install it now by clicking the “Check for Update” button in your iPhone Summary panel. The iPhone 2.2 update includes:

- Google Street View in Google Maps
- Public Transit and Walking directions in Google Maps
- Display the address of a place when you drop a pin
- Share your location via email
- A fix for a scheduled fetching of email bug
- Improved stability and performance of Safari
- Podcasts can be downloaded right to the iPhone over WiFi or 3G
- A decrease in call failures/dropped calls
- Improved sound quality of visual voicemail messages
- The ability to return to the main home iPhone screen with the click of the home button
- The ability to turn on and off the keyboard auto-correction feature

Also, Apple has released iTunes 8.02. The update is available in your Mac OS X software update.

iTunes 8.0.2 improves stability and performance and provides a number of important bug fixes, including:

- Addresses a quality issue creating MP3s on some computers.
- Fixes a connectivity issue with the iTunes Store when using some Internet proxies with Mac OS X.
- Improves accessibility with VoiceOver.

[Information provided via MacRumors and VentureBeat]

UPDATE: iPhone 2.2 firmware update is successful for me as of 11:03 PM PST. Pictures of the process have been posted on my Flickr account here.

Apple Universe #112 Topics:

In this episode of Apple Universe, I talk about:

Time Machine Now Works with Airport Extreme USB Drives , Apple Announces WWDC 2008 (June 9-13, 2008) , Apple Updates Airport Express (802.11n) , Apple Releases Security Update 2008-002 for Mac OS X , Apple Releases Safari 3.1 , Intel to Launch Quad-Core “Mobile” Processor in Q3 2008 , and Hints at iPod Touch Price Drop?

Also, Stu Helm reviews Adobe CS3, and gives you the low-down of what you need to know.

If you would like to see a product/software reviewed on Apple Universe, email the Review Team!

Sponsors:

• GoToMeeting – www.gotomeeting.com/techpodcasts – web conferencing solution that will revolutionize how you communicate with your business associates, family and friends.

• shinywhitebox – Great software for Mac. The makers of iShowU, Stomp and now Chatter! Check them out today!

If you would like to sponsor Apple Universe, contact the Sales team at .

Theme Music is provided by Daphna Kalfon. Apple Universe is a proud member of the Tech Podcast Network and the Teen Podcasters Network.

Quick Update: Apple Universe is not floating away by any means. We have recorded up to episode 107, and we are working on editing episodes, and writing show notes; after that’s all taken care, we will release all of our new episodes.

Please keep in mind that Apple Universe only does production and post-production work during weekends. For example, Irina Slutsky joined Daniel in episode 104 of Apple Universe to talk about Geek Entertainment Television. That episode was almost a good hour long, and so far has taken two hours to edit.

Please understand that we’re working hard to produce episodes that we feel you’ll enjoy. A little patience goes a long way, and we’ll definitely make it up to you.