After 13 hour work day and a 2 hour drive home (and less than 6 hrs before i leave for work again), here I am following Steve’s keynote address at the ongoing Mac World 2008 on twitter, TUAW and several other sites. Mac Book Air is surely an engineering marvel, but not a usable one.
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Into the third week of using iPhone, I can justify carrying $400 toy strapped around my belt. Believe me, the phone lives upto every iota of hype it created before the launch. Be it user interface, glass screen compared to glossy plastic, integration with google apps or just the looks – each component makes it a proud member of my apple gadget army.
After 4 ipods, an ibook, host of accessories and dominating my rss reader list, a product from Apple can barely keep itself off my desk. And when it’s a super hyped phone, it stands no chance but to submit to my fingers. I got my iPhone 1.1.2 OTB up and running on Airtel network just over two weeks ago. So it was obvious for me to write a rant justifying the last minute Christmas gift to myself. This is why it makes sense to buy iPhone in India and use it before it is officially launched.
- Great Phone with Great Looks: One of the nicest looking gadgets around. If you care about classy, yet very usable stuff iPhone is for you. It sure will turn most heads if you plan to flaunt it.
- Workable Camera: If you happen to click photographs on the go for your moblog or just to keep your flickr stream running, this phone can help you survive. The 2 MP camera isn’t the best option when you compare to the 5 MP in Nokia N95, but 3.5 inch glossy screen makes clicking pictures a pleasure!
- Music on the go: For people who actually travel a lot using public transport or otherwise, iPhone is a perfect example of a convergent device – a basic phone + best portable mp3 player + great web browsing machine.
- Time – “Gadget of the Year” : How many times you get a chance to play around a proudly own a gadget rated so highly by Time Magazine?
So the next few posts will evolve as I explore this new gadget. In the meantime, run and grab one for yourself too!
I often feel a pain to work in public places, especially in Delhi, where people just don’t have a volume control planted in their voice boxes. It’s quite bugging to sit in Barista/Costa Coffee/Any Other coffee joint, paying for expensive WiFi service, and getting distracted while working because some dude wants to laugh/giggle/talk at 60dB. I always wondered if there can be a mp3 file that emits silence so as to dissolve the nagging background noise at public places. While looking for alternatives, I stumbled upon DSP generation of Pink (1/f) Noise project by Robin White, but there was no implementation in form of a software/track that I could use.
With the launch of Noise application by Blackhole Media, the problem seems to be solved. It will take time to get used to sound emitted by Noise, but at least it saves you from getting distracted from those boring/interesting gossips at the table behind you.
I am Sumeet,an information security enthusiast, crazy about Coffee, iPod, everything mac, travelling, consuming rss and eating. I work for a large consulting firm where I usually rant about security best practices.