What’s that, you say? If I repeatedly drop the iPhone, it’s gonna break? Fascinating. The folks from iFixyoui decided to drop-test the iPhone 4, and despite Gorilla Glass from Corning and reinforced steel, the device just wasn’t build to be dropped onto concrete multiple times in succession. Check out the results below.
Continue reading...Thursday, June 24, 2010
Comments Off on When an Apple fan runs into Steve Jobs [Video]
Earlier this week, a fellow named Hunter Pearson dragged both his mother and sister on a “geek excursion” to Apple’s HQ at 1 Infinite Loop. After spending some cash at Apple’s Company Store, Pearson spotted Steve Jobs talking with what he presumed was an Apple employee. Being a self-professed Apple fanatic, Pearson whipped out his Flip cam and […]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 24, 2010
Comments Off on iPhone 4 has folks lining up in droves at Apple Stores worldwide
Reports of reception problems be dammned, the iPhone 4 is already selling like hotcakes with a number of stores already reporting that they’re completely out of stock. As expected, people lined up by the dozens outside of Apple retail stores worldwide to be some of the first folks to get their hands on Apple’s next-gen […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Toss in an iPad with Alphaville’s “Forever Young” and what do you get? A Russian marriage proposal. To add some contest, the man proposing is Fashion and Beauty photog Stephen Eastwood, and the proposal was done via an iPad slideshow. The slides mainly consisted of photos of the bride to be, and culiminated with the […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Comments Off on “Poker Face” iPhone musician from South Korea lands record deal
Remember this 22 year old South Korean amateur singer/iPhone enthusiast who made waves singing Lady Gaga’s Poker Face using only a collection of iPhone apps? The cute singer with the impressive voice is named Kim Yeo-hee, and the youngster soon found herself a web celebrity thanks to the popularity of the above video (which generated […]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 19, 2010
An iPad meets 4 blowtorches. Sounds like a good idea to me. With an environmental message, of course, tossed in for good measure. via Planet Save
Continue reading...Thursday, June 17, 2010
Comments Off on Parody of Apple’s iPhone 4 promo video
This is a great spoof on Apple’s iPhone 4 promo video, and it’s almost as funny as the iPad promo spoof from a couple of months ago. You can check out the original iPhone 4 promo video over here.
Continue reading...Monday, June 14, 2010
Comments Off on Apple’s 2010 WWDC “App Wall” display is a homerun [Video]
At last year’s WWDC, Apple wowed WWDC visitors with color-organized “app wall” display comprised of thousands of app store icons that pulsated each time a corresponding app was purchased on iTunes. This year, Apple upped the ante with a revised app wall that exchanged pulsating app icons for icons that dropped down from above, resulting […]
Continue reading...Monday, June 14, 2010
With AT&T’s new bandwidth caps now in effect, it’s probably worth exploring just how much data, in practical terms, you can consume without going over your pre-determined limit. Under AT&T’s new plans, you can either get 200MB of data for $15/month or 2GB of data for $25/month. So how, exactly, does that translate into real […]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 12, 2010
Comments Off on Apple releases developer video touting advantages of the iOS platform, throws in a few sly jabs at Android
Check out this Apple produced video profiling a number of big name iPhone developers talking about how great the iPhone platform is and how the iPhone SDK makes their job a whole lot easier. It’s pretty entertaining, and there are a few not so veiled jabs at Android if you’re into that sorta thing.
Continue reading...Friday, June 11, 2010
Comments Off on The iPad goes mobile… as in it’s walking! [Video]
Where to even begin on this one. A walking iPad and a walking iPhone? We’re at a loss. Check out the handiwork of Kazu Terasaki below. via Engadget
Continue reading...Thursday, June 10, 2010
Comments Off on Walt Mossberg’s “Holy Shit!” moment with eBay CEO John Donahoe
At last week’s D8 conference, Walt Mossberg sat down with eBay CEO John Donahoe where the two took some time to talk about eBay’s iPad app. As is quite apparent, Donahoe is pretty enthusiastic about the eBay experience on Apple’s shiny new toy, but here’s why the video is worth a peep.
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Friday, June 25, 2010
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