Shownotes:
Ralph de la Vega said AT&T would be sanctioning tethering for the iPhone soon. Macrumors suggests it could be with the 2.2 update. Many iPhone users have wanted this feature since the beginning!
I’ve been trying out the Outcast, an outdoor wireless audio system, and I’m impressed. Soundcast has done wireless audio right. They even built the Outcast to withstand fire and a car wash.
Mgestyk Technology is getting us closer to a Webcam Gesture Control System. It’s PC only.
You’ve heard my interview with the founder of Savant. They’re building home automation on Mac hardware and software. Their ROSIE line now has a remote control that looks like a bowl.
With the VidaBox Rackserver, you can put an unencrypted disk in, and it will automatically go to work copying to the server and looking for meta data.
Rovio is sponsoring this episode of The Brief. To find out more, go to MeetRovio.com. You can also take over Rovio’s controls and test drive him.
The fireplace video on the display behind me is our project, iYule.tv.
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November 8th, 2008 at 1:47 am
Hi Cali
I’m a big fan and watch the show on daily basis. On most cases I love the wat you produce it and the way you use animations and stuff. However The animation you used on the lower 3rd of the screen during the VidaBox segment was one of the most annoying thing I ever seen. My eyes still hurt :) It was just like watching those motion blur “Feeling Tired” T-Shirts
November 8th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Wow, the Gesture Control System is like a giant iPod! :)
November 8th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Is there anything similar to the vidabox in a linux or mac configuration.
I have a 2 TB raid running on a old mirror door, and looking to upgrade.I am out of space, I never really liked stuffing 4 hard drives in the mirror door anyway, figured I am overloading the powersupply. Anyway I looked at setting up my own rack server, for decent storage, tape backup and decent switches it came to over $40,000! I don’t have that kind of cash, but enterprise level storage is probably a little overkill. I’ve looked at the NAS/Drobo rout the only problem I have with going with a solution like that is I hook my apple TV to it, does the iTunes server do video? Can I hook it to an Apple TV. I am not crazy about the HP media smart server ether… Maybe an issue of home based servers in an ever growing need to access ripped data.
Gotta love handbrake!
Love the show, my faience who’s not a geek watches it with me at night, thinks its fun.
Thanks
Brian
November 8th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
I want that remote badly!! Great show guys! Do we know how much it will cost (the remote, not the show)?
Moxie Mo
http://www.moxiemoshow.com
November 8th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
I want the Savant Remote! Great show guys!
Do you know how much the remote costs?
November 8th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Using the iPhone to surf on my PowerBook will be a good backup plan. Can’t wait to see it approved.
November 9th, 2008 at 4:30 am
Well, only after AT&T approves Tethering, Apple will allow tethering apps into the AppStore. Carriers in countries like India have tethering plans but iPhone users cannot use tethering because there are no apps allowed into the AppStore.
So, I hope AT&T approves tethering soon and we get apps for tethering in the AppStore. Or maybe, Apple can make an app for it like they make the Remote app.
November 9th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Hey, in case people haven’t seen it yet, GeekBrief won the Podcast Award for Best Video Podcast, as voted by viewers! I’m so proud of these guys and the recognition they’re receiving! Go GIA!
http://www.podcastawards.com/
November 13th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
I am not sure why this tethering is such news item. The iPhone could do this before. You can also jailbreak your iPhone and install PDANet and you can do this without having to pay $30 a month.
I guess it’s a lazy tax.
April 26th, 2009 at 7:42 am
What is a “CDS certified home automation system”?!