Apple iPhone and related items (cont.)

[elbows]

Those photos dont exactly show the kind of curvy hardware we have come to expect from Apple.

 

[editor]

as a followup, according to the NYT Steve Jobs has said it was a mistake and going to be corrected -

More like a PR mistake that's now being hastily airbrushed.

Good user comment in that article:

Until [Apple] can and does commit to a public, transparent, clear, and logical policy describing a reasoned approach to censorship of apps based upon content, SJ's statement is meaningless.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Those photos dont exactly show the kind of curvy hardware we have come to expect from Apple.

It's been deemed a fake but the design shift post new iMacs and iPad wouldn't surprise me...

 

[FridgeMagnet]

More like a PR mistake that's now being hastily airbrushed.

Good user comment in that article:

What would it look like if it was some other sort of mistake?

The App Store has plenty of political cartoon apps already, so "Apple bans satire" is clearly untrue. It also has what seems to be a disorganised and inconsistent app approval process, as has been indicated quite a few times already.

 

[editor]

What would it look like if it was some other sort of mistake?

Neither of us will know what really happened but that's my take on it. I'm pretty sure that if he hadn't been famous and attracted so much press, his app would still be residing in the 'banned and we don't give a fuck' department - just like loads of other apps by lesser authors booted out for vague reasons.

Here's the original reason Apple banned the app:

According to a Dec. 21 e-mail reprinted by Neiman, Apple rejected his app because it “contains content that ridicules public figures and is in violation of Section 3.3.14 from the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement which states: Applications may be rejected if they contain content or materials of any kind (text, graphics, images, photographs, sounds, etc.) that in Apple’s reasonable judgment may be found objectionable, for example, materials that may be considered obscene, pornographic, or defamatory.”

The app still ridicules public figures as far as I can see, so what else has changed?

 

[elbows]

Iant ther some clause about apps that 'ridicule public figures?'

 

[Crispy]

I held off posting about this earlier, as it all looked too circumstantial or fake, but it really does look like an apple engineer forgot to pick up their 4G iphone

http://gizmodo.com/5520164/this-is-apples-next-iphone - loads of pics and analysis (hi res screen, front camera, flash (the camera kind!), plastic back)

 

[grit]

I held off posting about this earlier, as it all looked too circumstantial or fake, but it really does look like an apple engineer forgot to pick up their 4G iphone

http://gizmodo.com/5520164/this-is-apples-next-iphone - loads of pics and analysis (hi res screen, front camera, plastic back)

Was just reading that, on first glance my thought was "bollocks" but it actually looks legit.

 

[gabi]

Someone's head will be rolling

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Unless it's an exceptionally detailed hoax, it looks real - I'm a bit sceptical about this "left it in a bar" thing though. Apple engineers are allowed to take high security products out of the lab, and not only that, to bars, now?

 

[editor]

It looks like a flattened MacBook!

If it is a hoax, someone's put in an awful lot of work, but it's an nice looking phone alright, albeit a little less less distinctive with its chunky body.

 

[grit]

Unless it's an exceptionally detailed hoax, it looks real - I'm a bit sceptical about this "left it in a bar" thing though. Apple engineers are allowed to take high security products out of the lab, and not only that, to bars, now?

Its a corporate handset that can be killed remotely so I dont find it too far fetched that employees are using them as their primary handset. I've met several RIM execs who all were carrying at that time unreleased handsets.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

CVG reckon it's real, whatever that means...

 

[g force]

On first glance it looks distinctly average compared to the current version. Quite how the got hold of it is really more intriguing than that brick-shaped phone

 

[Structaural]

It also appears in this old shot of the iPad prototype:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/18/iphone-4g-proof/

Apple also filed a patent in 2006 for a ceramic material that was wifi transparent.

 

[Crispy]

I like the new look myself. All-over curves are so 00's (or 90's even!)

 

[Structaural]

I do too, nice bit of design.

 

[editor]

I like the new look myself. All-over curves are so 00's (or 90's even!)

It looks more like some of the recent Android handsets, and those round buttons on the side keep reminding me of my old Sony Ericsson T610!

 

[Crispy]

Ah that was a marvellous bit of design I only just dumped mine

 

[Structaural]

Ah that was a marvellous bit of design I only just dumped mine

my gf still uses my old one, battery lasts for aaages.

 

[grit]

I'm starting to think Apple leaked this themselves. Today is the same day that pre orders start for the droid incredible from htc.

 

[editor]

I'm starting to think Apple leaked this themselves. Today is the same day that pre orders start for the droid incredible from htc.

There's always that likelihood because this whole 'left in a bar' story really, really does sound unlikely.

 

[spacemonkey]

There's always that likelihood because this whole 'left in a bar' story really, really does sound unlikely.

There's no way Apple leaked this on purpose.

The idea of leaking stuff is to give the consumers little drips of information, which generates huge amounts of discussion on the web. Look at how much speculation there was on the iPad on urban alone! They kept everyone guessing right up to the last min.

You don't leak the entire freaking phone for some geek to hack to pieces in his bedroom!

Marketing execs lie awake at night fearing these kind of fuck-ups.

 

[Crispy]

absolutely. this lets all their competitors get a 2 month lead on the specs of the new model. they keep that stuff secret for a reason.

 

[spacemonkey]

Just saw this on reddit.

 

[Sunray]

There is no such thing as bad publicity.

Heads will roll, but they will carry on as if it never happened.

I have to say I do really like that look. They can't boot it, so we still don't know what extra it can do apart from 3g video calls. I'd rather they hadn't of bothered with that. Has anyone seen a 3G video call, what a load of pants they are.

 

[editor]

absolutely. this lets all their competitors get a 2 month lead on the specs of the new model. they keep that stuff secret for a reason.

But it's never been just about the specs with the iPhone, which traditionally always lags behind the current high end features found elsewhere. It's the software and OS that matters, and that's been disabled.

 

[grit]

absolutely. this lets all their competitors get a 2 month lead on the specs of the new model. they keep that stuff secret for a reason.

From what I understand they dont have the phone actually running, its just a brick. We cant even get a screen resolution, its a very carefully managed leak imho.

 

[editor]

I have to say I do really like that look. They can't boot it, so we still don't know what extra it can do apart from 3g video calls. I'd rather they hadn't of bothered with that. Has anyone seen a 3G video call, what a load of pants they are.

If Apple succeeds in popularising video calls (and if anyone can do it, it'll be them), the networks will just turn into one almighty facepalm as bandwidth vanishes quicker than a bikini app from the AppStore.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

If Apple succeeds in popularising video calls (and if anyone can do it, it'll be them), the networks will just turn into one almighty facepalm as bandwidth vanishes quicker than a bikini app from the AppStore.

What can you do to make the user experience better? I've had on at least six phones now and even when I got free/inc video calls, didn't bother with them much.

Whilst Apple have made using things like the net on your mobile much easier, it didn't come much simpler then on the first nokia I owned that did years ago.