June 2007
2-Year Agreement NOT Required for iPhone
Credit checks weren’t to penalize potential iPhone buyers with bad credit, but to draw in their business. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Gruber's iPhone First Impressions
Overall day one impression: the iPhone is 95 percent amazing, 5 percent maddening. I’m just blown away by how nice it is – very thoughtful UI design and outstanding engineering. It is very fun. (via News dugg by lseeley)
10 Things that "Absolutely suck" about the...
1. The overall lack of a [visible] filesystem, and web-browser limitations.I want to be able to download things from the web on my phone — Why did I pay for 8GB of space that I can’t friggen use? (via News dugg by lseeley)
Wozniak first in line at Valley Fair [photos]
Apple co-founder Steve ‘Woz’ Wozniak arrived at San Jose’s Valley Fair Apple Store before 3:30 a.m. this morning to be the first in line to purchase iPhones. Woz was reportedly promised an iPhone by Steve Jobs on Saturday, but is waiting in line anyway to purchase more devices for his children and to experience the iPhone launch… (via News dugg by lseeley)
Live Streaming Video Coverage of the iPhone Launch...
Live coverage starting at 12pm EST. “We’re broadcasting around the clock to bring you live streaming coverage of the launch of what is arguably the most talked about product launch in history. Coming at you from both coasts, we’re the most in depth video coverage of the event. Enjoy!” (via News dugg by lseeley)
Gallery: Full-resolution iPhone interface screen...
Think Secret sources have passed along a number of full-resolution screen captures of the iPhone’s interface, including shots of the calendar, email, alarm clock, timer, and RSS reader functionality. (via News dugg by lseeley)
AT&T customers seeing sudden boost in EDGE...
Shortly after beginning the shutdown process of AMPS and TDMA networks, and just hours before the launch the EDGE-capable iPhone, a number of users are reportedly seeing dramatic increases in EDGE throughput. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Stephen Colbert reviews the iPhone
Seems that everybody in the press has received a free iPhone for review. Except Stephen. But that will not keep him from reviewing it! (via News dugg by lseeley)
iPhone Keyboard Video, Much More User Friendly...
Apple has posted an iPhone Keyboard Video which shows off just how easy to use the virtual keyboard is. It recognizes words, and helps you by doing things such as dynamically changing the size of the button’s press zones. Should see, pretty neat. (via News dugg by lseeley)
What the iPhone Doesn't Have
• Songs as Ringtones• Games• Any flash support• Instant Messaging• Picture messages (MMS)• Video recording• Direct iTunes Music Store Access (Over Wi-Fi or EDGE)• Voice recognition or voice dialing• Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Streaming (via News dugg by lseeley)
Shut Up About the iPhone, Already! - PCWorld's...
“This is the last week of Apple iPhone hype, hyperbole, and hand-wringing. Oh wait, I mean the last week of pre-iPhone hype, hyperbole, and hand-wringing—we have a few more post-iPhone months left on the calendar. I am sick of it. It’s all anyone talks about. It dominates the news. It dominates the podcasts and videocasts and magazines.” (via News dugg by lseeley)
How Did Apple Get The iPhone Battery To Last...
“Apple announced on Monday that its much-anticipated iPhone will offer eight hours of talk time rather than the previously announced five. On Wednesday, Jack Shafer mocked journalists for lavishing attention on this tiny morsel of news. Even so, that clever bit of Apple PR got Explainer wondering: How do you make a battery last longer?” (via News dugg by lseeley)
3rd Party iPhone Accessories
A Flickr account, presumably by an AT&T store employee, shows some of the early iPhone accessory arrivals. Despite Apple’s claims that the iPhone will be relatively resistant to scratches, it is expected that carrying cases and protectors will be one of the hot-sellers. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Safari 3.0.2 Beta Available!
Changes in Safari 3.0.2 for Windows beta:Latest security updates; Improved stability; Fixes for text display, non-English systems, and start-up timesChanges in Safari 3.0.2 for Mac OS X beta:Latest security updates; Improved stability; Improved WebKit support for Mail, iChat and Dashboard (via News dugg by lseeley)
Is the iPhone worth supporting the evil AT&T...
The iPhone is super-hyped, but is it worth getting if it means giving money to the privacy-hating, monopoly-having bastards at AT&T? Gizmodo examines why it might be worth skipping the iPhone to maintain a clear conscience. (via News dugg by lseeley)
iPhone guided tour from Apple
Watch a 20 min guided tour video from Apple (via News dugg by lseeley)
Who Will Be The YouTube Of Live Video?
The growth of Youtube and it’s subsequent $1.65 billion buyout left behind a bevy of competing video sites. Since then competitors have been seeking to differentiate themselves by focusing on longer videos, higher (bitrate) quality videos, professional content, and paying their users. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Threaded Digg Comments That Actually Look Nice
A greasemonkey script that restores the look of the old comments but keeps the new ability of threading comments. Looks a lot nicer than what Digg implemented. Made by tlpro (via News dugg by lseeley)
Color Inspiration from the Masters of Painting
The world has seen thousands of artists and millions of great pieces of art, but we chose just a handful of pieces of art from some of greatest masters of painting to show a little of how they were inspired by color… or perhaps, how they inspire us with color. (via News dugg by lseeley)
WebKit Gets a New Web Inspector!
The WebKit framework now sports a completely new Web Inspector. (via News dugg by lseeley)
iStat Menus Out Now! - Exclusive Review
The iSlayer.com team has been consistently in the top 10 widget downloads on Apple’s Widget Download section, not only with iStat, but with their seminal I Love Lamp, and have had their praises sung by many around the Internet. Now, the iStat widget evolves onto your menu bar, giving you real-time feedback right at the top of your screen. (via News dugg by lseeley)
WWDC Leopard Beta Got Pirated, Leaked Onto...
It looks like the WWDC beta of Leopard was leaked onto the Oink BitTorrent Web site. (I’m not about to download it, though, that’s for sure.) Here’s a screen shot. And another. And another. That last one made me laugh. Oops! Nobody’s completely downloaded the 6GB file yet, but the site’s forum is red hot with activity and the file already has 205 (via News dugg by lseeley)
Top 20 Magic Trick Tutorials Of All Time
Be the life of the part, or get the interest of that girl. These are the 20 most amazing magic tricks tutorial videos that you will find anywhere. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Gallery: Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard build 9A466 (WWDC...
Those in attendance at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference last week went home with the first new build of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard released to third-party developers in almost two months. Think Secret has compiled a number of screenshots from the newest build. (via News dugg by lseeley)
One of the worst Photoshop mistakes I've seen so...
Poor Jessica Simpson haha (via News dugg by lseeley)
Jawbone Headset to be sold alongside iPhone
When Apple fans across the country flock to their neighborhood Apple Store to pick up their shiny new iPhone next Friday, they’ll also have the opportunity to buy a Jawbone Bluetooth headset to go along with it.Designed by Yves Behar and decked out with military-grade noise-canceling technology, the Jawbone is certainly no slouch… (via News dugg by lseeley)
Wired Reviews: Leopard Adds Polish and...
Flipping through documents, browsing other computers on my network and cleaning up my desktop — such things are hardly capable of sustaining one’s interest for more than a few seconds, let alone producing joy. But joy is exactly what I felt as I pointed and clicked my way around the visually immersive world of Mac OS X version 10.5… (via News dugg by lseeley)
Apple announces iPhone now delivers up to 8 hours...
In a press release today, Apple has revealed a number of significant upgrades to both the iPhone’s battery life and touch screen. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Do you need to defrag your Mac HD? The answer...
Following my inability to get a straight answer on the question “Do I need to defrag my Mac?” I decided to find out for myself. I did a bit of research and there was certainly two sides to the argument. Armed with my iMac and a newly purchased copy of iDefrag 1.6.1, I set out to find out if it was useful or pointless to defrag my Mac. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Introducing iPhone Developers Camp
Created by BarCampers (Raven Zachary, whurley, and Chris Messina) iPhone Developers Camp is an upcoming gathering to develop web-based applications and optimize web sites for iPhone. It is a non-commercial event, organized by volunteers, with attendance free to all. The event is being held the week following the public release of the iPhone. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Apple's iPhone Website: Demonstrations in 3D
The new Apple.com website has quite a bit of surprises. While looking though the its iPhone technology section I learned they updated their 3D demonstrations. Pretty cool. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Gas.app - Find Cheap Gasoline on Your iPhone
Here is a gasoline finder app for iPhone that I created. It isn’t completely done yet, but it is in a very usable state. It includes its own keypad, price lookup, and Google Maps integration (with directions coming soon). Let me know what you think. Leave your comments, bugs, and suggestions in the comments. Thanks! (via News dugg by lseeley)
HILARIOUS Darth Vader iPod spoof [PIC]
Page full of iPod ad spoofs, Darth Vader being the coolest of course. (via News dugg by lseeley)
iPhoneChat - iChat for iPhone in JavaScript
Here’s my second app for the iPhone… instant messaging. Its still a little rough, but check it out. Its server intensive, so I’m limiting sessions to 10 minutes for now. Source is available, though its a little tricky to configure. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Yellow Box for Windows Still Exists?
Over 10 years ago, during the transition from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X (Rhapsody), Apple promised write-once, deploy everywhere functionality to developers in the then upcoming Mac OS X platform. Yellow Boxes for Intel and Mac OS would in theory make the Yellow Box the premiere choice for cross-platfor… (via News dugg by lseeley)
Mac OS X Leopard: Wired Preview - Screenshots
Wired News has obtained a preview copy of the new Mac OS X 10.5 operating system. We installed Leopard on our test machine (a quad-core Xeon Mac Pro), and the installation was accomplished very quickly with zero difficulty. We checked the option to keep all of our personal settings and preferences, and those were preserved when Leopard booted… (via News dugg by lseeley)
Mozilla COO: Steve Jobs "Not Good for the Web"
From the article: “The web belongs to people, not companies. This world view that Steve gave a glimpse into betrays their thinking: it’s out-of-date, corporate-controlled, duopoly-oriented, not-the-web thinking. And it’s not good for the web.” (via News dugg by lseeley)
Creative Favicons: When Small Is Beautiful |...
Their beauty lies in the approach a designer has chosen to put something really unique inside of the 16×16px box. Designing favicons, it’s necessary to work with miniature images, and every extra pixel can be the wrong one. A good favicon is original, beautiful and - in best case - fits to the logotype and color schemes used in the web-site. (via News dugg by lseeley)
iPhone spotted in public?
Could this be the first true and proper iPhone sighting in public? Like, for really reals this time? check out the link for the picture…. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Microsoft Versus Google: Apple Wins - Forbes.com
While the two giants fight over antitrust allegations, Steve Jobs moves forward. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Apple updates Windows Safari to Version 3.01 fix...
The update is available in their software update program on windows/mac. Maybe they should update their site to say “Our engineers have make safari to be secure from day 4 ;) (via News dugg by lseeley)
First Hand Reports on WWDC's Leopard 9A466
With WWDC in full swing, few first hand reports of Apple’s Mac OS X Developer Build of Leopard have been leaked beyond what was shown at the WWDC Keynote. The reason for this is that beyond the keynote, the remainder of Apple’s conference is under a strict non disclosure agreement. A few tidbits,… (via News dugg by lseeley)
The Coolist Bookshelf You'll See all Day
The Gravity Bookshelf is a piece of furniture with a design that you’ll love or hate, but either way you can’t deny its inherent practicality. By bending the plywood shelves so they appear to be coming out of the floor, designer Leo Kempf ensured that any books (or, say, DVDs) that you put on it won’t fall over, with no need for any bookends. (via News dugg by lseeley)