Apple Reveals New IPhone For Half The Price

Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs made the announcement Monday, according to the San Jose Mercury News. Read more

iPod Vending Machines To Hit Macy Stores

Macy’s was paying attention to the success of iPod vending machines at international airports and hotels and decided to add them to about 400 of their own department store locations. Read more

New Phone Prototype Called “The Con”

Designers trying to build the next great portable multimedia player are finding it pretty hard to get away from the spectre of the iPhone’s success and the latest example can be seen in Sean Haller’s attractive new prototype, called ‘The Con.’

The Con includes a touchscreen display (surrounded by a carbon fiber case), uses an Apple OS, and includes detachable and programmable buttons (possibly like the Maximus Optimus Keyboard?).

What’s best though, is the embedded (and large) convertible screen that slides out from a slot like an accordion (or a map folded vertically in sections) and is made out of solid-state LCD panels. This addition is potentially important because it solves the annoying problem of watching epic-style movies on a tiny screen — a detail that other companies like Microvision are trying to fix with embedded projectors. (Jon Stewart famously mocked the iPhone’s small screen as well, at this year’s Oscars.)

I saw a prototype of the projection technology at this year’s CES and while I was impressed by the possibilities of a nicely rendered projection, the current resolution results (and the image’s brightness) still need a lot of work, and this opens up the market for new ideas like the panel in ‘The Con.’

Mobiado Unveils World’s Thinnest ‘Luxury’ Phone

If you can’t break a record outright, try qualifying it slightly. “Fastest person to complete a marathon… in a car”, for example. Read more

The New iPhone 2.0?

Could this be the new iPhone? Tucked away inside both Mac OS X 10.5.3 (released today) and the newest iPhone SDK (also new today) you’ll find this icon, presumably ready to be deployed when the new iPhone shows up. Read more

Designer Karl Lagerfeld’s Pistol Heels

http://www.style.com/fashionshows/collections/2009RST/complete/thumb/CHANELpresentation for Chanel took place last week in Miami, and one of the most talked about items coming from the show were these the pistol-heeled shoes a few models had to strut in. Designers have been becoming more innovative with footwear lately and I love it! Read more

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