New and Noteworthy: Steve Jobs: "We're not done with phones yet..."; Apple having harder time attaining TV rights

Steve Jobs: "We're not done with phones yet..." In an interview with Fortune Magazine after last week's product introductions, Apple CEO Steve Jobs hinted at what's coming down the pike for Apple: "He isn't done with the mobile-phone business, despite the disappointing reaction to the iTunes phone he launched recently with Motorola and Cingular. Jobs says he's happy with Apple?s part of its first telephony experiment. 'There are more phones yet to roll out,' he says with a sly smile, adding, 'Cingular has been great to work with.' More.

Apple having harder time attaining TV/Movie rights Reuters reports that Apple is having a tougher time convincing television networks and movie studios to sell their media in a downloadable format than the record companies two years ago. "In the week since Jobs unveiled the handheld iPod, which plays video clips on a 2.5-inch diagonal screen, media and technology executives have been trying to figure out whether people will watch shows on a small screen, what types of programs will work and whether money can be made at the $1.99 price Apple set. 'There is no doubt people are going to access content in more flexible ways going forward,' said Rick Feldman, who heads the National Association of Television Program Executives. 'What we don't know, for independent producers, is what kind of content is going to be wanted and needed, what it will cost and what it can be made for,' he added. More.

Macworld Expo SF to feature "Market Symposiums" This year's Macworld Expo in San Francisco -- taking place January 9-13, 2006 at the Moscone Center -- will a sport a new conference feature: Market Symposiums. There are five unique day-long Market Symposiums that will focus on small business owners; educators (K-12); art directors; new media artists; and Podcasters. The Market Symposiums will take place on the last day of Macworld, Friday, January 13, 2006 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The price for the Symposiums is $295 if purchased before December, 10, 2005. More.

Previously on MacFixIt

• iMac G5 rev. C (iSight) [#2]: Front Row remote can put machine to sleep/wake it up; Location of infrared remote receiver; more
• Margin Note: Devices in place: Waiting for vodcasts
• QuickTime 7.0.3 (#3): Problems with Ac3-encoded audio linger; Some third-party applications exhibiting problems; more
• iTunes 6.0 (#4): Another workaround for problems installing; Inability to preview videos; more
• Adobe Reader 7.0.5: Failing with "disk full error"
• Older versions of QuickTime unable to view trailers (poses issue for pre-Mac OS X 10.3.9 users)

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