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hey Jim would you have my microphone I can't find it what ryan you really think I look like Jim nope no Charlie no I idiot I was just a mistake what's happened in brian Tong here and welcome to the apple pie for all the good and bad inside the world of apple and with thanksgiving holiday happening in the US I just wanted to tell you that I'm thankful for all of you the Apple biters that means so much all right let's get to the show in if it happens we've been telling you 2013 will be the year for the Apple TV but when can we expect it well my favorite analyst who loves to make up things gene munster is back at it now saying the apple TV is coming out in november of 2013 this is the same guy that was saying it would come out in december two thousand twelve for sure see i wish i could get paid to make up they can use to now the Apple TV will only be a unique offering if they are able to lock down the content deals for their goal of an a la carte TV subscription service over the Internet that's what Apple needs to do to have their next big product now if it doesn't happen you're just looking at an apple design TV with a mediocre Siri feature and the functionality of a current Apple TV at Apple's pricing is that what you guys really want what we know Apple is talking with content and cable companies but they want piles of money to make it happen and it's not happening right now so my best guess is that we'll see an apple TV in 2013 if they can lock down more than just a few but not all content deals to make a compelling we know ABC disney is obviously in but it really has to be more than that and if you guys are holding off right now i'm buying a TV hoping for something from Apple don't all right so you guys can't get an Apple TV TV but if you really love your kids or nieces or nephews I know some of you do you might want to pay attention to this Nielsen study where I OS devices were four of the top five gadgets wanted by kids 6 to 12 years old with the full-size iPad ranked number one kids 13 and up picked the iPad as their top gift followed by a computer and the tablet other than an iPad was third now if they surveyed what I want for Christmas they would know it's a diff and dot's frozen top maker you know you want one now Black Friday is going to be huge an apple will have their own deals this year they teased them once again this week but don't look for anything major and discounts off apple products somewhere around ten to fifteen percent last year saw discounts from forty to sixty dollars off iPads and discounts around a hundred dollars off laptop so look for more of the same also if you're still wondering where are the new iMacs multiple reports say there are no delays and the 21.5 inch imacs are shipping the Apple distribution hubs right now they'll be available online and in apple retail stores before november ends with 27 inch still on track for december and hopefully it's not the end of december it's expected the new iMacs will also be in short supply initially and Tim Cook warned analysts about it in Apple's last earnings call now very early builds of OS 10.9 have been detected on multiple websites and according to 9to5 mac these early builds currently integrate apple's siri mountain lion currently supports the dictation feature but nothing resembling Siri they also say Apple maps will be integrated into OS 10.9 and this map kit framework would potentially allow developers to embed map functionality into their apps for the Mac like they do in iOS apps and since we're talking about maps on iOS we told you about Nokia's new offering last week for their free here maps it's available now to download and you can check it out but its current rating is that a lonely two and a half stars and it requires you to create an account to add favorite destinations now Facebook is also slowly rolling out their photo sync feature for iOS users that Android users have enjoyed it now allows you to upload automatically all the pictures that you've taken on your iPhone to a private photo album on facebook with two gigs of complementary storage and yes those pictures are private by default it's not officially available to everyone just yet but keep your eyes open alright guys let's get to the winners for our in case ipad mini case giveaway Congrats go out to pay hey Davis sweet name Charles Altman whose son is a fan and Charles says he raps to iphone 5 on it Ellen Bulger gets one because I said so and Amy mogera who writes in with so what is up with this new ipad mini I mean come on I'm sure that you agree but size does matter Oh L still got to cover it Amy I'm really disappointed in you my mom watches this show and you still get a case and for those of you who didn't win in case is still hooking all of you up the Apple biters with a twenty-five percent off discount code off everything at go in case calm just use the code apple byte 25 and it's good through December first we also got this email from Peter you fussing he writes in with people up here in Minnesota say we look alike I think it's just because we're asian my co-workers kept changing my profile picture to a picture of you for the longest time perhaps this is what you would look like without facial hair and bleached hair Peter we look nothing alike actually he looks a lot better like a lot Jamie it really okay but you know Peter to prove this I did a little something and this is what you would look like with facial hair and bleach spiked hair okay I stand corrected maybe we actually do look alike alright guys that's going to do it for this week's show i'm brian Tong email us at the apple byte at cnet com and we'll have a killer promo next week for you thanks for watching and start enjoying the holidays with your family friends loved ones will catch you guys next time another bite of the Apple hey jamie j where you going wait what Jamie whoa what oh um all right I thought you idiot what well you guys look like you're dressed nothing alike 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