It had to happen! Post Apple event and iPad launch, the fanboyism was at an all time high. Host Aayush Arya is joined by Milind Alvares, Ole Teucher, and Ian Wright, discussing the highs and lows of iPhone OS 4, and share musings about the iPad. 40 minutes, just shy of 20MB… download it directly, or subscribe to the podcast in iTunes.

Show Notes:

1. BluePhoneElite actually supports iPhone calling.
2. Thoughts on the iPhone OS 4.0
3. WifiPhoto: A smoother transfer of images from iPhone to Mac

To decide whether or not the iPad was revolutionary enough to be revolutionary, four nerds had to have a sit down, putting their point across. With Aayush as the impartial host, Manan the anti-Apple Winboy, Yours Truly as the Apple apologist, and Ole Teucher to make sure we don’t exceed the realms of reality, we managed to pull off a 50 minute episode for your ears only. Warning: Intense fanboy wars could not be edited out of the show.

There aren’t any shownotes for this episode—it’s the iPad dude! You can hit the download button to have the 24MB AAC file trickle down to your downloads folder, or just subscribe in iTunes which is the better thing to do.

Milind and Preshit cover the weekly news, including new iMac rumours, Apple’s brand status, and how to get a tumble washed iPhone working again. Topping it off is a special interview with Ryan Rosenberg, VP of Product and Services Marketing at Filemaker, talking about Bento 3, their latest release of the home and semi pro database management app. Ryan explains what Bento is all about, what it’s being used for, and how exactly Bento 3 changes the way existing Bento users will manage their data.

Show Notes:

AppleInsider: New iMac refresh.

AppleInsider: Apple gets into top 20 brands.

A quick wrap-up of Gmail push apps for the iPhone

Bento 2 review and screencast

Note: Last iMac refresh was August 2007, and not 2006 as mentioned in the podcast.

[There were some problems with the recording, so there might be some jumps in between. Apologies]

A slow news weeks is hardly something that can prevent us from recording our second episode. Or even the absense of our third host. Aayush and Milind discuss AppleTVs and their impact in India, poke a little fun at the Zune HD, mention Chrome’s imminence on the Mac desktop and whether anyone even cares, and Google’s un-redacted reply to the FCC.

Just shy of 40 minutes, and 17MB in length, it’s yours for the listening. Leave your thoughts on this post, or email podcast at smokingapples dawt com.

Show Notes:

1. TechCrunch: Chrome Mac by end of the year
2. Google Voice rejected by top Apple Execs.
3. And Apple responds to Google’s letter.
4. Pick of the week: Awaken for iPhone (Review).
5. Pick of the week: Logitech MX 1100 mouse at Amazon.

Innocent bystanders might not know about this, but we produce our own little podcast in available for download in iTunes. Of course, we don’t record as many episodes to call it a regular podcast; choosing to stay close to major events and such. But we figured there’s news every week. Always something to discuss, talk about, and jabber.

So we’re taking a new turn. The Smoking Apples podcast is gonna be a weekly affair. Till we get settled in, it’ll be your favourite Mac people from India: Aayush, Preshit, and Me. This time round we discuss the iPhone 3GS’ status—or lack thereof—in India, the recent ‘music’ announcements, and Snow Leopard. You can hit the download button to have the 20MB chaptered AAC file trickle down to your downloads folder, or just subscribe in iTunes which is the better thing to do.

Oh, and feedback.

Show Notes:

New York Times’ David Pogue interviews Steve Jobs after the September event.
Ankur’s experiences with 3G in India
Verizon Mifi card review by David Pogue

Prices for iPods in India (All MRPs. Availability 2 Weeks):
iPod shuffle with new colors: Rs. 3700 and Rs. 4800 for 2GB and 4GB respectively.
iPod nano: Rs.9,400 for the 8GB model and Rs. 11,200 for the 16GB.
iPod touch prices for Indian market: 8GB – Rs.12,400, New 32GB – Rs.18,400 and new 64GB – Rs.24,400

[Header Img via Flickr]

After a long delay, we finally got together for a virtual round table discussion of recent events. Joining Milind and Preshit from Smoking Apples was Macworld writer Aayush Arya, and Ole Teucher. We discuss the iPhone OS 3.0, iPhone 3G S, and Snow Leopard, since we’ve been using these for the last week or so.

You can download the podcast here, or subscribe to it in iTunes.