It ’ll be another calendar month before Mac developer gather in the Bay Area to hear the late Leopard news at Apple ’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference . But Apple hosts another gather this week at its Cupertino , Calif. , HQ where matter of a different nature are on the agenda .
The company ’s annual shareholders meeting takes place this Thursday , and , in this episode of the Macworld Podcast , my colleagues Philip Michaels and Jim Dalrymple proffer a preview of topic that might descend up when Apple ’s stockholder get together .
But this podcast installment is n’t all business — I’m also unite by Kelly Turner to talk about Macworld ’s latest electronic book , Macworld Apple TV Superguide , coming soon to a PDF reviewer near you .
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Show Notes
Before we get to the consultation , I talk a little minute about the delay ship date for OS X 10.5 to get the iPhone out the room access by its scheduled June ship date . My take : The first step in enter an important market like peregrine phones is to verify to hit whatever ship date you harbinger . ( My colleague Peter Cohen had an interesting opinion on this very topic last month at Macworld.com . ) I also speak aboutSteve Jobs ’ undefendable letteronApple ’s environmental policy . Last calendar week , Jobs outlined some of Apple ’s plans for expand recycling efforts and eliminating or boil down the function of chemicals in its product . Among the changes announced by the Apple CEO : introducing Macs with lead backlight technology this year .
The environment come in up in our discussion on Apple ’s shareholder meeting . A proposal on removing hazardous chemicals from Apple products is on the agenda , as is another apparent motion on gunstock - pick rules . That latter question comes about in the wake of the pedigree - choice backdating investigation involving Apple ; Phil and Jim lecture about how a proxy advisory house has told its clients to keep back support from Apple board phallus at the stockholder meeting as a result of the probe .
Of naturally , we ’re hop to get some clue at product during the shareowner session . Phil and Jim note that at last yr ’s meeting , Steve Jobs touted Apple ’s Cartesian product line , including a production that turned out to be the Apple television set .
Speaking of Apple TV , you could get your hands onour 57 - varlet bookoffering solidification - by - step instructions for hooking up the equipment , plug in to a home internet , and have content from your computer to the Apple television . Be sure to chaffer our Superguides Thomas Nelson Page to see our full selection of electronic offerings on topics such as the iPod , digital photography , and Mac Basics .
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