Apple iPhone video demos

Apple iPhone - makes everything else look rubbish!

This makes all other mobile devices look outdated! It's a wide-screen video ipod, phone and internet tablet all in one. Everyone is going to want one:













Apple iPhone!

"Everybody hates their phone, and that's not a good thing. And there's an opportunity there." - Jobs told Time

Its got a wide-screen touch screen, runs a version of OSX, has a great interface, full version of the safari browser, 8GB flash memory, iTunes and other data syncing, automatic landscape/portrait switching via an accelerometer, is a quad band GSM/EDGE smartphone with speaker, has a 2MP camera, has Wi-Fi and bluetooth and push IMAP email.

Battery life: 5 hours of talk time, video, and browsing. 16 hours of audio playback.

Cost: $600 with 2 year contract. Shipping in June in the US and Q4 in Europe.

Maybe 3G, twin batteries, video out, video capture, 30gb hard drives, gps, replaceable battery, support for 3rd party software and flash cards will be added for version 2, 3 or 4 ?

Video:
http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/j47d52oo/event/

More info:
http://www.apple.com/iphone/
engadget.com
more pics
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2370
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2371
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1575410,00.html
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/01/09/some-hands-on-time-with-the-iphone/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX1Lz8PDgg8

Laptop Laser Engraving

Laser engraving of images on laptops:

Kevin Rose using an engraved laptop on Diggnation:


The laptop getting engraved:


click above for a larger image

He and Fried hope there will be solid demand for the company's services in New York, particularly because the laser-etching machinery, a 35-watt machine from Epilog Laser, runs about $15,000.

more info:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ldandersen/sets/72157594384643188/
http://www.epiloglaser.com/
http://www.trotec.net/
http://www.identify.co.uk/level3_lasers.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm89tfprStE
makezine.com
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/12/how_its_made_laser_etching_pow.html
http://www.adafruit.com/laser/
http://dev.freeverse.com/monkeyblog/archives/2006/12/lasing_around.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-6143072.html
http://www.etchamac.com/
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/laptop/laser-etching-a-powerbook-197202.php
more laser etching pics on flickr
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/24/moto_miami_ink_razr/
http://www.laserdevils.com/ipod_engraving.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_engraving