Derek Punsalan went into a Cingular store to trade in his Sprint BlackBerry 8703e for a Cingular BlackBerry Pearl and came out with a receipt with this printed on the bottom:  Not sure what it means, but Derek thinks it could be a glitch hinting that the iPhone price “may be discounted for longer service agreements.” We’ll find out in June. |
Friday, 16 March 2007
Discount iPhones?
Has interest in the iPhone peaked?
The fervour generated around the keynote speech at Macworld and the contention with Cisco over the naming rights of the iPhone would appear to have peaked as estimated by the number of searches entered into google (see: google trends graphic below). |
Hidden iPhone Features
Steve Jobs iPhone keynote speech at Macworld analysed. It looks like there are some thinks not eluted to by Jobs which are pointed out in this video. Apple iTunes going into Ringtones? Traffic prediction incorporated with google maps? |
Wednesday, 14 March 2007
Apple quiet on the iPhone gaming front....
Apple have been quiet on this area, too quiet....Jobs didn't expressly mention any gaming applications for the iPhone in the course of his keynote speech, however it's only a matter of time before some form of interactive entertainment is announced for the device. You might ask why Apple would want to get into this tight market with products like Sony PSP and Nintendo DS dominating this area. However this would be to ignore the capacity of the iPhone to displace it's competitors by the sheer convenience represented by this all-in-one media device. There are other features, similar in appearance to the PSP with it's large (3.5”) screen, the touch-screen interface also enables interesting control possibilities for the games developer. It doesn't stop there, it may also be a possibility to use the accelerometer to control certain games, sure, Steve Jobs simply uses it switch between portrait and landscape modes, but why this feature shouldn't be used for WarioWare Twisted-style games with tilt-based controls...just a thought? In respect to distribution, iTunes is already on millions of computers and has trained users to accept making micropayments for downloadable content. Downloading games-on-demand over a cell phone network/internet network will surely represent a great edge for the bored commuter? Wi-Fi is already old news on the Nintendo DS and PSP, but since the iPhone is a cell phone, you could theoretically connect to your cell network and play online even without a Wi-Fi hot spot. The built-in web browser also has the potential to allow for mobile play on thousands of free Flash games as well. The mobile-phone arm of Electronic Arts (EA games) is reputed to be in discussions with Apple about development of the iPhone as a platform for their software. EA mobile expanded its mobile gaming business through last year's purchase of independent mobile publisher JAMDAT Mobile, later rebranded as EA Mobile. Mock-up of how the iPhone gaming interface could look... |
Tuesday, 13 March 2007
iPhone Release Date
There had been rumours (flying around Dec '06) of a release date as early as the 15th of January 2007, this has lead to some confusion and it is suggested that Steve Jobs himself probably postpone the anticipated release date by several months. So 4-7 months and counting..... |
Sunday, 11 March 2007
Safari on the iPhone
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The iPhone killed the SmartPhone
| The stockmarket on anouncement of the Apple-iPhone. Stock chart for the 9th of January 2007, the day the iPhone was released. Compared are, Apple, Research in Motion, and Palm. MacWorld keynote is was from 12pm - 2pm. breakdown: 12:15 The Intel transition. 12:20 Paramount movies and the new iTunes ads. 12:25 AppleTV announcement and demo. Ships February 2007. 12:40 The iPhone. Ships June 2007. 12:40 It's an iPhone. It has no keyboard, runs on "OS X", syncs to your home computer OS X data, and has the following hardware features. 12:55 Interaction demo: multi-finger gestures, iPod functionality and cover flow. 1:00 Call-making demo: Conference calls and visual voice mail. 1:15 Content demo: iPhotos and rich text e-mail; surfing with Safari and Widgets. 1:30 Content providers: Google and Yahoo executives. 1:40 Accessories and Price announcement. 1:50 Cingular partnership discussed. 1:55 Wrapping up, thanking employees, mini-Concert. 2:10 The end. I'm interested to know what the consensus is out there, (please answer my poll on the top-left of the screen). On one hand the iPhone looks like the true all-in-one e-gadget that has long been promised. However there are still a number of unanswered questions not least regarding the keyboard interface. How effective a will the iPhone's button-less system will work for users who do a lot of thumb-typing? The keyboard is certainly one of the battlegrounds if the iPhone is to compete with incumbents like the Treo and Blackberry. The other area that was mentioned to me recently is the lack of 3G capabilities and the mobile internet facilities. The iPhone will also be able to connect to the Internet through Cingular's EDGE network however it will not be able to utilize Cingular's 3G/HSDPA network at launch. The iPhone's mini-Safari will no doubt compress images and code to minimise download overhead however the current NY times shown in the keynote example ~500kb would cost $5 to download! iPhone plans are likely to be unlimited packages - however if you're over the initial $500 outlay to get your hands on an iPhone this is probably a secondary issue. |
iPhone Technical Specifications
  Specifications: Screen size 3.5 inchesScreen resolution 320 by 480 at 160 ppi Input method Multi-touch Operating system OS X Storage 4GB or 8GB GSM Quad-band (MHz: 850, 900, 1800, 1900) Wireless data Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) + EDGE + Bluetooth 2.0 Camera 2.0 megapixels Battery * Up to 5 hours Talk / Video / Browsing * Up to 16 hours Audio playback Dimensions 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 inches / 115 x 61 x 11.6mm Weight 4.8 ounces / 135 grams Multi-touch "iPhone features the most revolutionary user interface since the mouse. It’s an entirely new interface based on a large multi-touch display and innovative new software that lets you control everything using only your fingers. So you can glide through albums with Cover Flow, flip through photos and email them with a touch, or zoom in and out on a section of a web page — all by simply using iPhone’s multi-touch display." Intelligent Keyboard "iPhone’s full QWERTY soft keyboard lets you easily send and receive SMS messages in multiple sessions. And the keyboard is predictive, so it prevents and corrects mistakes, making it easier and more efficient to use than the small plastic keyboards on many smartphones." Wireless"iPhone uses quad-band GSM, the global standard for wireless communications. It also supports Cingular’s EDGE network, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, which links to Apple’s new, remarkably compact Bluetooth headset." Built-in Advanced Sensors
OS X"All the power and sophistication of the world’s most advanced operating system — OS X — is now available on a small, handheld device that gives you access to true desktop-class applications and software, including rich HTML email, full-featured web browsing, and applications such as widgets, Safari, calendar, text messaging, Notes, and Address Book. iPhone is fully multi-tasking, so you can read a web page while downloading your email in the background. This software completely redefines what you can do with a mobile phone." (ref:Apple - iPhone ) |
Saturday, 10 March 2007
Ballmer on the attack!
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iPhone Launch
See what the iPhone can do in this demonstration. Apple Inc's Phil Schiller shows John Blackstone the many features of the iPhone. Apple's latest product will go on sale this June. |
The iphone has landed!
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The iPhone won't iFlop..
'iPhone' is a registered trademark of Cisco Systems, which sells a variety of products under that brand. Apple has been negotiating with Cisco about licensing the iPhone name, so they can hardly claim ignorance of the trademark, yet this week they announced the product without such a license and of course Cisco filed a lawsuit in response. As the trademark holder, Cisco had no choice, because to not file suit would have been to not defend the trademark, perhaps making it more vulnerable to poaching by Apple. Apple have since resolved the dispute and unusually Cisco System products and Apple iPhone range will be called "iPhone". |
Friday, 9 March 2007
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