Archive for August, 2008
Microsoft’s ‘App Store’ to be Called ‘Skymarket’
Microsoft placed a job posting for a Senior Product Manager for an upcoming service called “SKYMARKET” — apparently a Microsoft Windows Mobile version of Apple’s iPhone App Store.
Original post by Mike
iPhone Factory Girl Freaked By Internet Fame
I told you August 20 and 27 about the growing fame of the “iPhone Factory Girl.” A British iPhone buyer discovered several pictures on her brand-new iPhone. The photos were snapped inside the Chinese factory, and feature a smiling poser. The girl in the shots became a minor Internet sensation when the pictures were posted […]
No commentsConcept Phone Scans, Projects, Doesn’t Exist
A concept phone called the Ply, designed by KDDI Designing Studio, does a lot more than real phones do. It’s a projector. It’s a scanner. It’s a game console. It’s an iPhone like full-screen touch phone. It also has real buttons. It’s EVERYTHING except real.
Original post by Mike
Mystery iPhone Factory Girl’s Fame Grows
I told you August 20 about pictures, found on a brand-new iPhone, of a cute and smiling Chinese factory worker. Well, the iPHONE GIRL’S FAME IS GROWING. Now, the media has pinpointed her location. She works for a Taiwanese contractor called Foxconn hired by Apple to manufacture iPhones in the mainland Chinese city of Shenzhen. […]
No commentsDevelopers Can Roll Their Own Multi-Touch PCs
A company called NOR_/D (a self-described “research and development studio… in the area of art, architecture, and system design.”) is now selling an inexpensive development kit for building Apple iPhone-like or Microsoft Surface-like multi-touch applications. The kit includes a FULL-SIZE TOUCH SCREEN and is for anyone with C++ skills and $1,580. (Here comes the VIDEO!)
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No commentsVerizon’s iPhone-Bashing Talking Points Leaked
iPHONE-BASHING BULLET POINTS have been distributed to Verizon employees so they can counter customer enthusiasm for the phone, and explain why Verizon doesn’t carry it. (props to Gizmodo)
Original post by Mike