Last week Apple held a developer’s conference. As is usual, the event started with a speech from Steve Jobs. If you weren’t there you could follow what was happening from a variety of websites who had attendees taking photos, writing notes, and sticking them up on the web for the world to consume. Mind you, only an idiot would stay up from midnight till 0200 in Thailand to watch the event; at least that is what my wife said I was.
The main announcement was the new iPhone. Better (GPS), faster (3G) and cheaper ($199). To be released in a larger number of countries, not including Thailand of course. Remains to be seen whether the boys in Bangkok can hack the phone and get supplies. If they can, I want one.
Another announcement was the next release of the operating system. Named after large cats, we have had Puma, Panther, Tiger and now we have Leopard. At the conference, Stevie boy told us that the next release would be Snow Leopard, hinting at the incremental. And indeed the focus will be on refining Leopard so that is runs quicker and takes up less space, rather than on implementing new features. What an excellent idea and something Microsoft should emulate. Currently looking like a tart on a cheap night out, Vista needs slimming and refining so it actually runs at a reasonable speed and does not hog all your resources. They could call it Snowy Vista, or Windows XP.
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2008-06-15| The Ghost saysHey Spike, if you’re only going to use your iPhone in toilets in Thailand, stick to what you have. Thailand doesn’t have 3G – well, a “pilot project” has started in Changmai and BKK – and, except for the 3G chip and GPS, the hardware is IDENTICAL. Same memory, same (crappy) camera, and the software upgrade you’ll get for free anyway.
I own an iPod Touch and have to pay $10 for the software upgrade. Bummer.
But I didn’t get an iPone and won’t until the hardware gets better. I chose to go with the touch to play music and a Nokia N82 for phone, GPS and the best camera on any phone in the world (for the moment).
Oh, and it holds like 2,000 songs too if I load up my 8 GB card. And, unlike the iPone, the N82 has stereo bluetooth, so I can use bluetooth wireless headphones to rock out.
2008-06-15| Spike saysAgree the camera is shit, but all mobile phone cameras are basically shit, it just shades of shitiness! I know I don’t need a new iPhone, I am just a hopeless gadget freak. Thanks for the nice words on your site. I maintain this is still a bunch of ramblings, although maybe sometimes coherent. Cheers Spike
2008-06-20| The Ghost saysRe: camera phones…. I can’t sing the praises of the one on my Nokia N82 enough. Many of the photos on my site are taken with it, espeically the nighttime ones.
I have a Nikon D40, but most the time to 5mp N82 with the Xenon flash is all I need. A big noisy, but the photos are pretty much as good as a small point & shoot.
2008-06-20| The Ghost saysActually, I mean Nikon D50. (The 40 is crap).