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what's happened in Apple biters Brian song here and welcome to all the good and bad inside the world of Apple plus we have a macbook air giveaway at the end of our show we're sticking around for now I'm a little beat up with all the iphone 5 talk that's dip and a heavy coating of rumor sawsan I know you are too so let's make a promise if I say I phone after this point in the next two minutes Jim the cameraman will discipline me okay all right deal now on to the show with new toys in a new report from Apple Insider that claims Apple is preparing a refresh of its macbook pro line for this year ahead of the holiday shopping season according to their sources the late 2011 refresh will bring marginal speed bumps but no new design or major changes until next generation core i series processors are expected to be ready in the second quarter of 2012 that's over six months away and the last update was at the end of februari what's the chance I see this happening very strong now more product news the big a is expected to start shipping a new version of the airport express 802 11 and base stations resellers have discontinued the current line and amazon has a two to five weeks shipping date the hardware should remain relatively the same but we're not sure if it will get the same dramatically improved signal boost that the recently released airport extreme and time capsule received and in news that it's about time according to 9to5 mac apple and sprint have completed work on a version of the ipad 2 that's compatible with their network there's no confirmation if it will be only 3g or compatible with their 4g network which seems a little like a reach the news comes after a bloomberg report last week that said sprint will offer the apple smartphone with the number 4 in mid-october with an unlimited data plan as part of a deal to bring the cinco on board in the future sprint says they can handle the data burden but let's get real unlimited data is only going to last so long you're right what's that you get your body over here it's my iphone 4 damn it alright let's take a break guys if you're bored of the games you have I'll show you the next wave of iOS games do you think he where the bull frogs jump from bank to bank in hey guys welcome to tap that app i'm brian Tong and this is sure we cover the hottest apps in the mobile space now you're probably bored with some of those same old iOS games because angry birds and bejeweled gets played out but i'm bringing you three new games that are 99 cents and a breath of fresh air to keep your thumbs cramping now first up is spy mouse and guess what you are a mouse that's a spy the goal is to collect the cheese wedges without being spotted by those nasty cats and then get out of the room draw a path with your finger where you want to go and see if you have what it takes to be the Big Cheese get it now you also face boss battles and mouse traps in this fun puzzle and timing game that's well worth its 99-cent price tag now some games are just one hit wonders but the team from half brick that broadest fruit ninja has done it again with jetpack joyride touch the screen will fly up and down and collect as many coins as you can while avoiding zappers pick up enhancements in the game and survive as long as you can then use the coins you collect to purchase jetpacks vehicle upgrades and more and if you suck at the game just purchase coins directly in that with your own money but right now this is my new favorite game hands down and finally let's get a game for the grown-ups two words zombie gunship you'll hunt zombies from the sky by protecting a bunker and civilians and shooting the zombies with an infrared military style display from a gunship see I'm supposed to kill all those zombies the shadow looking guys in I don't know if I can do it hold me you also earn coins to purchase weapon upgrades or special extras like a bomb drop but this is another badass 99 cent app for you so out with the old and in with this new wave of games that work on your iPad iPhone and iPod touch now if you guys have any other apps you'd like us to show up send them to tap that app at cnet com I'm Brian Tom thanks for watching I will see you guys next time come on one bank of the hey seriously jetpack joyride is so fun you can like go up and down then you ride this like crazy dragon thing and I'm gonna get back to you show now the Tokyo Game Show just finished up in Tokyo and intend to release some updates to their underperforming 3ds also Sony tatted their launch of their PS Vita in Japan in December but one piece of news that caught my attention nintendo president satoru iwata confirm the japanese news organizations that they will not develop iOS games and said this is absolutely not under consideration which is smart you know turn your back on an install base of over 200 million iOS devices and let's see the competing hardware you have Oh yikes and add on analog stick attachment that's the definition of fugly and that's a bad apple Nintendo you've been offering some of your classics on iOS would be smart and it's about time you guys we've done all right to the quick bites we talked about parallels a couple weeks back and now it's a vmware fusion for is turn the virtualization product is available for the promo price of 4999 better graphics and performance and the lion compatibility are part of the 90 new features also joining apple stance on the dwindling significance of flash the developer preview of Windows 8 from Microsoft includes its Metro UI for tablet and touch products microsoft announced that the Metro version of its web browser will not support plugins and will be a full html5 experience which means not flash and another kick to Adobe's special parts and if you're a mac skype user who felt left out and couldn't communicate with your facebook chat users the latest skype 5.4 beta is now compatible with your facebook friends because who doesn't want their mom to be able to video chat them at any time all right we keep working for you the apple biters and we have a killer give away from our friends at spec you all know i have a special relationship with my macbook air and nothing says I love you like protection so we're giving out eight macbook air see-through cases that are compatible with the 11 inch and 13 inch models there's four of them for each size in different pretty colors all you have to do is email us with a different food that the Iron Chef macbook air sliced up at the end of last week's show alright that's going to do it for this we send us your email to the Apple by de cnet com I really do answer some of your questions thanks for watching and we'll see you guys next week for another bite of the Apple