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what's happening what's happening hey Brian ready to knock out this episode to do this man Apple buy you know how we can help oh boy we got to do a good job since you know this is my last episode what are you caring about leaving oh ho you didn't hear Brian yeah my transferring to the scene iv thanks Bri what well why would you why would you leave you said that we'd be together forever man you said it was forever right it's not you it's me okay let's talk in a minute okay what talk you know what get out of here I'll need you anyways forget this crap man Oh What's My Line what's happening guys Brian song here and welcome to the best apple bite for all the good and bad inside the ruled Apple that's right I called it the best show I've ever done now let's jump to the stories and it's official Apple announced WWDC in 2012 will be held in San Francisco from June 11th to the 15th this year but if you thought you even had a remote chance of getting in tickets sold out in under 2 hours which was totally awesome for developers on the west coast since Apple made the $1,600 tickets available around 5:00 a.m. local time while people were still cuddling their hug me pillows but don't worry you can always find a ticket at our friends at eBay like this one that's already at two thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars with three days to go now we know Apple can't afford one and they announced their quarterly earnings this week with our best ever second fiscal quarter with over thirty nine billion dollars in revenue and a net profit of eleven point six billion greenies the standout products were no surprise iPhones selling over 35 point 1 million units up 88 percent year-over-year and iPads selling nearly eleven point eight million units up 151 percent now Mac's sold four million units up seven percent and there was a drop off with the seven point seven million iPods sold down fifteen percent now the interesting nugget of news came from the Q&A session where Tim Cook shot down the idea of a hybrid macbook iPad like device Cook said anything can be forced to converge but the problem is that products are about trade-offs and you begin to make trade-offs to the point where what you have left doesn't please anyone you can converge a toaster and a refrigerator but those things are probably not going to be pleasing to the user I personally would like a refrigerator now Cook's comments aren't discouraging they're just making it clear Apple won't be doing anything like it in the near future but there's more and more accessories serving this purpose like the Logitech ultrathin keyboard cover that earned the prestigious editors choice from seeing it so let's check it out I'm Scott Stein and I like writing on my iPad well I usually like writing on it if I don't have to do too many other tasks other than pure typing and then when it comes to finding a keyboard for my iPad it's a bit of a trial and error because some keyboard cases are really pretty bulky and I don't always like typing on my iPad screen directly lo and behold the new Logitech ultrathin keyboard cover for the iPad it looks like it's a laptop right no it's an iPad with this new keyboard cover attached to it it connects the same way that a smart cover attaches via magnets and this little thin case doubles as a keyboard that you can lay and set up with your iPad right through this little docking connector and it even has magnets on the bottom pretty snazzy this thin little case when it's assembled gives you access to a pretty full sized keyboard that connects via bluetooth and gives you some really nice feeling keys in the middle some cramped keys on the sides but an experience that nearly matches what you're gonna get in a Bluetooth keyboard that will be sold separately but here you're getting something a lot thinner and some of the unattach is in a really sexy way with your iPad now there are some caveats one it's not a case maybe that's why they call it ultra thin keyboard cover in fact it's not really that great a cover for the front it's nothing like a smart cover in the sense that it's kind of thick and awkward to close but it does have rubber bumpers that protect the iPad from contacting the keyboard you're still going to need something to cover the back of the iPad however so you might want to get a smart cover or you might want to keep it in a folio case when you're not using this unfortunately if you try to put a smart back cover on the third generation iPad it won't dock with the groove on this keyboard but if you have an iPad 2 you're in luck I tried the Belkin snap shield cover and at least in that instance it worked just fine now you can also dock this iPad in portrait mode although it's not kind of supported with the magnets it does work it does feel a little bit tenuous here I'm not sure I trusted at a cafe with a lot of jostling people but you can do it though this keyboard is really meant to be used in landscape mode and only in this one orientation where the magnets are to dock and when it does it's strong enough that it can hold the keyboard on the bottom it's ninety-nine bucks which is not cheap but compared to a lot of iPad keyboard cover accessories that's kind of right in that ballpark and Logitech says that this will last six months on a charge although that will be with two hours of use a day still that's a lot of hours of use and it charges via a micro USB cable that comes in the package all told it's not going to reinvent the world of keyboards but it really may change your habits in terms of how you carry a keyboard with you you can't get much sexier than this ultrabook keyboard cover and the way connects back with your iPad as simply as this alright thanks for that Scott now everyone is hoping to see the next-gen iPhone and iOS 6 at WWDC there are no guarantees but if you like any tidbit of iPhone news check out these parts from Chinese vendor TVC mall which has begun offering what they call iPhone 5 home buns for sale in black and white now the parts have a rounded square shape and are designed differently from the iPhone 4s is home button and will help hold the button in place aren't you glad you guys know that now also in more iPhone news seen its own Roger Chang reports that Sprint will continue to support the iPhones unlimited data plan even if the next iPhone is a 4G LTE phone and set it apart from the others on the market CEO Dan Hesse told C net that if the next iteration arrives with LTE Sprint will continue to offer a no strings unlimited plan and that's a strong differentiator and I'm all in for that and you've got to love some of those analysts that make up an idea and publish it a KGI Securities analyst reports that Apple may be preparing to drop the 17-inch MacBook Pro from its lineup due to weak sales now I haven't heard any chatter about this and our own C net poll the majority of 45% of respondents say they shouldn't kill it 35 percent say the 13 and 15 inch models are good enough for them and 20 percent say they'd like to see a 17 inch MacBook Air backing up the idea that even if the 17 inch is its least popular model it still serves a specific user and the creative professional market and finally guys we wanted to send you off with some happy thoughts Apple owns the patent to an iMac touch concept all the way back from 2010 we've seen all-in-one touch smart desktops from HP but check out this sweet concept video from Joaquim ole Seth showing off the idea in action incorporating a touchscreen Mac OS 10 lion functionality with Siri and more it's really really pretty but how do you the Apple biters feel about a touchscreen iMac have you been waiting for one do you hate the or is there something else you'd like to touch let us know at the Apple bita cnet.com and we'll read some of your responses next week that's gonna do it for this week's show thanks for watching I'm Brian Tong we'll catch you next time for another bite of the Apple it was great guys all right 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