The iPhone is now available in the UK, and officially went on sale from 6pm on Friday the 9th of November, but so far the release of the iPhone over here has been pretty calm and has been nothing like it was in the US. There have been reports of Apple fanatics queuing up on the 9th to be the first to get their hands on the iPhone, but compared to the US release these numbers were extremely small.
I thought that by the weekend it would have kicked off, but there still doesn’t seem to be any visible signs of demand for the phone; since you can walk into any store selling the iPhone and take a look at it without being hindered by large groups of people trying to do the same. Maybe it’s the fact that we have so many Carphone Warehouses and O2 stores scattered throughout the UK that it’s helped to distribute the demand a lot better than the US did. Still, I was expecting larger queues and pretty much chaos everywhere the iPhone is being sold, but that’s just not the case. A number of other sites here & here are describing the same lack of enthusiasm about the iPhones release, even The Register is reporting that the iPhone has flopped on its first day in the UK.
Unfortunately for Apple & O2 I too will be contributing to the low demand as I am happy with my current phone: it may not be cutting edge but it suites me just fine. I am more interested in the iPod touch than the iPhone. The only thing that is holding me back from buying one is the drive size; but I’m guessing it will not be that long until Apple release one with a larger capacity.
The new iPod Touch features an iPhone-like touch screen with Wi-Fi capabilities, also included is the Safari Internet browser and, like the iPhone it will play YouTube videos. it comes in two capacity’s 8GB or 16GB which is an improvement over the iPhone which only has 8GB for storage at the moment. The size of the iPod Touch is slightly smaller and weighs a little less than the iPhone but the screen size is exactly the same on both models, except the iPod Touch beats the iPhone by 3 dpi.
Specs:
iPhone
iPod Touch
Height: 4.5 inches (115 mm)
Height: 4.3 inches (110 mm)
Width: 2.4 inches (61 mm)
Width: 2.4 inches (61.8 mm)
Depth: 0.46 inch (11.6 mm)
Depth: 0.31 inch (8 mm)
Weight: 4.8 ounces (135 grams)
Weight: 4.2 ounces (120 grams
Display: 480 by 320 pixel at 160 dpi
Display: 480 by 320 pixel at 163 dpi
Maximum capacity: 8GB
Maximum capacity: 16GB
Along with announcing the iPod Touch, apple also announce a number of updates to the current iPod line. Both the Nano and the current 80GB iPod models have been upgraded with new metal casing. And the Nano, now has a larger & brighter screen with the ability to play videos. while the current 80GB iPod has been re-branded as the iPod classic, and has had its capacity doubled form 80GB to 160GB. The only member of the iPod family that didn’t get upgraded was the iPod shuffle. I was actually hoping for the shuffle to be upgraded to something slightly bigger say 4GB. Anyway Apple should begin shipping the New iPod Touch this month, so it looks like it’s just in time for Christmas.
When Novell did their ‘I’m a Mac’ spoof, it was nice to see Linux for a change; but looking at that ad, we all know that’s not what Linux looks like or even sounds like. If Linux were a person it would probably look and sound just like the Linux in the following videos:
Upgrading:
Gaming:
Created by the guys at truenuff.com way before Novell did their version these have to be some of the funniest ‘I’m a Mac’ spoofs ever. They have recently made many more new additions since the two Spoofs above, which are around a year old now, You can check out the rest at http://tv.truenuff.com/mac/
I know, I know its a few days late but I thought I would post about it anyway, by now am sure every one on the Internet has heard that Apple have launched 4 iPhone ads (Never Been an iPod, How To, Calamari & Watered Down) announcing the iPhone launch date on the 29th of June.
The iPhone will have 2 versions the 4GB version that will sell for around $499 (£250) and the 8GB version for $599 (£301). unfortunately the June release is not a global release and is only intended for the US, So still waiting for the UK release date to be announced I’ve heard it could be in October or at the very latest not until early next year.
Apple have just released three more “Get a Mac” ads. “Choose a Vista” pointing out the ridiculous amount of Vista versions available. Probably the best of the three; “Genius” Informing everyone that you can get free tech support for Mac from a Mac Genius at every Apple Store & “Party is Over” that also points out the constant Vista delays and the long production times between windows operating systems.
For those of you that haven’t heard of A macquarium before its just an aquarium made from the shell of an Apple Macintosh computer. This has to be one of the coolest fish tanks I’ve seen, made from an old 450mhz Power Mac G4 Cube.
For more information on this particular macquarium check out this website.
