Especially when all those smartphone buyers get wind of this…  “Limited edition Keith Haring artwork comes pre-loaded”    I love art (DH is an artist), but gimme a break!  THAT’S a SELLING POINT????  Yeah…sounds pretty desperate, if you ask me.

Don’t know what kind of school these execs graduate from when I hear remarks like that. Maybe Microsoft has a Business school along with their engineering and design school

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Especially when all those smartphone buyers get wind of this…  “Limited edition Keith Haring artwork comes pre-loaded”    I love art (DH is an artist), but gimme a break!  THAT’S a SELLING POINT????  Yeah…sounds pretty desperate, if you ask me.

I made a bunch of Keith Haring desktop pictures a few years back. His work lends it self to pattern repeats (wallpaper). Plus his choice of colors appeals to my personal ex-drugged out hippie aesthetic. So maybe I’ll adapt them for the iPhone.

Apple considering Intel chip for future iPhone

By Prince McLean [AppleInsider]
Published: 10:00 AM EST

Apple may eventually abandon its custom-designed Samsung system on chip (SoC) found at the heart of the iPhone for one developed by Intel, according to a new report.

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Citing OEM channel sources, DigiTimes claims that Apple has been looking closely at Intel’s Moorestown mobile Internet device (MID) platform processor introduced at the Intel Developer Forum last month.

Although not expected until 2009, Moorestown chips will be based on Intel’s 45-nanometer manufacturing process and therefore promise to be ten times more power-efficent than today’s embedded mobile chips, enabling longer battery life in smaller form factors.

Similar to the Samsung SoC that Apple uses in its existing iPhone design, Moorestown will combine the CPU, graphics, video and memory controller onto a single chip. Based on Intel’s “Menlow” MID design due out a year earlier, it will also incorporate wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi, 3G and WiMAX.

Some Taiwanese channel vendors believe if Apple adopts the new Intel platform in its iPhone, it will reposition the MID market place and influence the future designs of not only mobile handsets, but also notebook systems.

For Apple, a move to the Intel architecture and away from the ARM-based Samsung chips would also present the opportunity for the Cupertino-based company to narrow the gap in the software code base of its handheld products—like the iPhone and iPod touch—with that of its Mac personal computer line.

Anyone experienced problems with the new iMac ?

Not me.  I am still holding the opinion after a month that it’s the nicest to work on, and best computer I’ve ever owned.

2.0 20”

Mine’s been rock solid.  20”

Nod to the Pod

Caught this article about the new Zunes and it featured a graphic for the Zune that was talking about syncing podcast… Poor little Zune can’t get out of the shadow of the iPod.

In addition to distinctive new interface menus, the players will leverage a new wireless sync feature that will automatically sync media over home Wi-Fi networks, ensuring that users always have the latest podcasts and other content ready to go when they leave home.

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From The How Far We’ve Come Department

This will bring a tear to your eye.