Some really interesting videos of when Steve Jobs took stage this week at D8 to answer questions from the Wall Street Journal and from the floor. Speaking about Flash Steve explains that when they took the decision to not include Flash on the iPhone OS when launching the iPhone, they spoke with Adobe, expressed their concerns about its speed and power consumption and asked Adobe to come back to them when they had a better product, they never did. He then goes on to say that whilst some users were disappointed nobody made too much of a fuss with the iPhone. When the iPad launched, Adobe were publicly outspoken about the exclusion of Flash from the iPad, regardless of the fact that they had not improved their mobile platform. In response, Steve published “Thoughts on Flash”. Here he mentions that Apple just got sick of Adobe trash talking their products even though they had failed to bring anything new to the table. The second video, after the break, aptly demonstrates just how passionate Jobs is about their products and is a real glimpse into why Apple takes some of the restrictive steps it does.
Oh and by the way, since launch, Apple has sold an iPad every 3 seconds! Read more…
Google Chrome OS is undoubtedly an exciting new prospect in the altogether stale consumer operating system market. It’s not often that a new and, well, good operating system hits the market, however Chrome OS is looking rather promising. When it was debuted last year Google promised a power on to fully functional time of around four seconds and appeared at that time more than able to deliver. Chrome OS was initially set to launch in late 2010, however today Goole tied down that launch window to autumn (fall) 2010 which puts it somewhere in the region of September to December. Expect to see simultaneous Google product launches at the same time like, oh, I don’t know, a tablet device.
At this years All Things Digital show (D8) Microsoft had a little gizmo to show off, Project Natal. Whilst this version is quite clearly marked as a a developer unit, given how close we are to E3 it’s highly likely that the final product will look markedly similar to this. Of course, nobody knows as yet what the thing will be called as Microsoft are sure to change the name of the device, which is a shame really as the whole technology community seems to have grown rather fond of its pet name. Mt bet is on Motion-sensing-body-movey-thingy, quite a ring I know.
Google went on record this week stating that they were abandoning the Windows operating system within its offices and stipulating that employees must chose a machine running either Mac OS X or Linux. Word has it that Google will be replacing all machines running Windows within its headquarters due to the security risks the operating system imposes. Read more…
According to Superiphone.cz, who are claiming that they have managed to get their hands on parts for the next-gen iPhone, the newest model will sport a dramatic increase in screen resolution. Microscopes in hand, the sire counted the screen’s RGB elements to figure out the resolution.
In case you were wondering, 960 x 640 is quadruple the number of pixels found on the current iPhone which sports a comparably measly 480 x 320 resolution. This increases the the new iPhone pixel density to 320 dpi. How d’ya like them Apple(s) Droid (265) and Nexus One (252)?
This may look like an ill-conceived DS but what you probably don’t know is that this is undoubtedly the best handheld gaming console ever made Read more…
This really is a stroke of geekery. By working a little magic this little piece of codes puts a swing into the step of any track by “time-stretching the first half of each beat while time-shrinking the second half.” Results below.
This screen, made by Sony is 80μm thick. That’s roughly ten times the size of a red blood cell or a fraction thinner than a human hair. Showing off one of the main advantaged of OLED technology, Sony demonstrates a world first – streaming video on this 4.1 inch display whilst rolling it up. The screen features a resolution of 423 x 240 and a contrast ratio of 1,000:1. Forget 3DTV I want BenDTV! This is the future!
Whatever you have sported as a costume, to whatever event, at whatever age is nothing compared to what this guy created by hand. Your fancy dress game is weak, WEAK!
