MacBreak Weekly 99

MacRumors, iPhone problems, investors consider Jobs' health, Apple tablet thoughts, and more.

• Arnold Kim of Mac Rumours quits medicine for full-time blogging
• Merlin Mann discovers Apple's own battery life tips for iPhone 3G (In a nutshell? Use it as
  an iPod. But not too often)
• iPhone 3G long sync times, stability issues
• Apple's earnings rise but stocks tank on future outlook
• Is Apple bringing some out-of-left-field product soon?
• Is the Macbook Touch coming?

Picks of the week:

• Andy Ihnatko: Urban Spoon, for finding restaurants, free
• Arnold Kim: Dizzy Bee, $3
• Leo Laporte: Texas Hold'em, $4.99
• Bloomberg for iPhone, free
• Merlin Mann: SplashShopper for iPhone, $9.99

Audible pick: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Unabridged) By Stephen King, Narrated By Stephen King. Sign up for a free Audible book at Audible.com/macbreak.

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