If the iPhone continues to rewrite sales records even in the face of Verizon’s new handsets, executives at Verizon may have nowhere to hide when shareholders question the wisdom of passing on the iPhone.
“Bah! We’re Verizon! We don’t need no stinking iPhone!”
Tag: iPhone
If you have an iPod, or a new iPhone, and you’re worried that the mere sight of the device may prompt a ne’er-do-well to attempt a snatch, consider the Hide-a-Pod as a deterrent.
Even if you choose not to purchase a Hide-a-Pod, be sure to click on the Order graphic or Buy Now link for a special treat. You won’t have to complete the order to enjoy the surprise.
[Via David D. on the Ranchero iPhone list.]
Oh, yes, he did.
Over on the Ranchero-sponsored iPhone email list, Kevin C. mentioned using his iPhone as a flashlight in a pinch. I’m sure many, if not all, iPhone users have found themselves in a similar predicament over the past week. I know I sure have.
Chris Messina chimed in that someone should grab a domain like “iphoneflashlight.com” and put up a page with the code he provided. So may I present:
Pop on over to it on your iPhone, bookmark it, and you’re always a web browser away from a nice, bright, white iPhone flashlight.
Thanks, Chris, for the code, and the inspiration!
(The obvious answer is “Flash sucks, that’s why”.)
Brent Simmons:
We all know that the iPhone doesn’t include Flash. Various theories have been aired.
I have a theory that I haven’t heard yet: Flash wasn’t included because it crashes so much.
I detest Flash. It’s a resource hog, and there are very few Flash-based sites that are well designed to begin with. I hope Google moves YouTube to H.264 video for the “regular” Internet, not just for the iPhone’s access.
Roughly Drafted makes the case that the iPhone is a threat to Flash, as well as to Windows Media and Real. Why? Because H.264 is an standard video codec that doesn’t rely on a software processor, for one. In laymen’s terms, by using H.264, your system doesn’t have to work as hard, because it likely has a hardware processor capable of decoding H.264 without having to hit your general processing unit, which means you get more battery life, use less power, etc.
If you’re a content provider, you don’t have to worry about providing multiple video formats. You can simply output a single, MPEG-based H.264 video that you know users won’t have to have a plug-in for, like Flash, Windows Media, or Real. The other upside is that you don’t have to pay any licensing fees for those three formats, either. Sounds like a win-win to me.
[Wave of the phin to Lee for the Roughly Drafted link, via IM.]
A good friend is trying to decide whether or not to buy an iPhone, and I was attempting to help him reason it out.
So sayeth Jeff Harrell, upon the realization that Ratatouille opens nationwide today as well.
When, while watching a show recorded on your TiVo, and fast-forwarding through the commercials, you stop and back up to watch the iPhone commercial you’ve already seen about fifty times, then proceed to fast-forward through the remaining commercials.
TechCrunch is reporting that Yahoo! has announced unlimited storage for all email accounts, beginning May 2007. Gosh, just in time to be ready for all those new iPhone users…
[Via Michael Arrington on Twitter.]
Flickr user Thane Plambeck captured a shot of Steve Jobs using a test iPhone in the wild:
According to Thane, “Yes, the photo is for real, and yes it is an iPhone that he was talking on, or at least it was the same size and shape. He took it out of his pocket to make calls using the touchscreen.” He adds, “It’s not like this isn’t public information that they’re developing the iPhone, and I wasn’t surprised to see him using one (presumably they’re testing prototypes or something). I just thought it was kind of cool that he was using one.”
As Thane says, not really surprising, but cool nonetheless.