Hotel Figueroa ESPN Mural

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Hotel Figueroa ESPN Mural, originally uploaded by Tommy.Chang.

Met Lofts

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Met Lofts, originally uploaded by Tommy.Chang.

iPhone... Got it.

By pure dumb luck, we managed to be second in line at the Apple store in The Grove yesterday. After several hours of waiting in the blazing hot sun and amidst the media circus aka the papparazzi, Apple opened its doors to the iPhone faithful at 6PM. It was an... uh well, unique experience to say the least; one that I will never do again.

All that matters is this - I got one.

I'll post a review in a couple of weeks.

iPlans and iTunes Activation

Apple and AT&T finally announced the rate plans for the iPhone, dubbed the iPlans, today. Essentially the data plan will cost an additional $20 an month, including unlimited data, visual voicemail and 200 SMS text messages.

$59.99 | 450 minutes | Unlimited Data | Visual Voicemail | 200 SMS Text Messages | 5,000 Nights & Weekends
$79.99 | 900 minutes | Unlimited Data | Visual Voicemail | 200 SMS Text Messages | Unlimited Nights & Weekends
$99.99 | 1,350 minutes | Unlimited Data | Visual Voicemail | 200 SMS Text Messages | Unlimited Nights & Weekends

Many were predicting gloom and doom, how Apple and AT&T will gouge customers with the rate plans. Well $60 for voice and data sounds very affordable to me!

Also Apple demoed how activation will occur, via iTunes!

Finally AT&T confirmed that everyone, new customers and existing customer in or out of contract, can purchase the iPhone.

The Wait IS Almost Over

The Wait IS Almost Over, originally uploaded by Tommy.Chang.

Giant iPhone Display at Apple Store

Giant iPhone Display at Apple Store, originally uploaded by Tommy.Chang.

iPhone Wallpaper

I already have my wallpaper ready to be loaded into the iPhone.

Guided iPhone Tour

Apple posted a new guided tour of the iPhone, as well as updating their iPhone website. This tour provides much more insight on the iPhone than ever before, revealing more features.

I "Apple" NYC iPhone Commercial

Among the many unofficial and homemade iPhone commercials, this is the best... I "Apple" NYC featuring Young Folks by Peter, Bjorn & John.

Fifth iPhone Ad!

Here's the fifth iPhone ad, highlighting the power of YouTube on the iPhone.



And in case, if you want to watch the entire video of the skateboarding dog, here it is...



Awesome!

New Video of Pleo

Here's a new video of Pleo, the dinobot, to be released on 10/15/2007.

YouTube, now playing on the iPhone

According to another Apple press release regarding the iPhone (twice in one week!), YouTube will be the twelve widget joining the iPhone widget family. YouTube videos will be encoded in H.264 format. 10,000 H.264 formated YouTube videos will be available at launch next Friday with the rest of YouTube's catalog converted by this fall. The iPhone will be simply amazing.

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8 Hours of Talk Time and Glass Surface on the iPhone

The iPhone will sport an all glass surface and 8 hours of talk time, 6 hours of Internet use, 7 hours of video playback or 24 hours of audio playback, according to an Apple press release today.

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iPhone kinda, sorta, not really SDK

I had high expectations for today's Jobsnote from the Apple WWDC.

Leopard looks extremely promising. It's decided. Our next computer will be a Mac. Maybe a MacBook or the next generation iMac due out sometime in late summer or fall this year.

Safari for Windows? Awesome. I'm posting from Safari right now. It rocks.

Now to the iPhone. There was much rumor regarding an iPhone SDK. What could be cooler then developing an application or widget for the iPhone!? Apparently Jobs had other plans. He announced a kinda, sorta, not really SDK. This kinda, sorta, not really SDK comes in the form of web 2.0 applications. That's right people... web apps. The silence was deafening in Moscone Center. I thought, hoped Jobs was joking but I shit you not. Web apps. Sure web apps can be cool but it'll never be a real application. Oh well, maybe in the future.

Robert Kubica Crash at Grand Prix of Canada

This is a testimony to the safety of F1. Despite a reported 75G crash, Kubica was relatively unhurt.

Fourth iPhone Ad!

Tonight a fourth iPhone ad started appearing, emphasizing that it's not the watered down, kinda sorta internet, it's just the internet!

Confirmed - June 29, iPhone cometh!

I was expecting Jobs to make the huge announcement during WWDC next Monday, but as with many other times I was wrong. Officially announced via three spectacular TV ads, the iPhone can be had starting June 29! Here are the ads, check it...