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Yeah, as you know, a lot of us here at c|g are huge mac guys. With the exception of Jim and Bart, which is why they post so infrequently, due to their windoze machines crapping out. ;) Anyways, last week crunchgear caught a tip of the new iPhone 2.0. Looks pretty hot. For the nerds out there, gizmodo will be live-blogging from the World Wide Developer’s Conference. All signs point to Apple announcing today. Anyone want to buy a lightly used 8gb iPhone?
One week after I purchased my iPhone, I sold my TomTom GPS. There was just no longer a need for it. With my iPhone, I could readily search for locations, i.e. “home depot, minneapolis, mn” and then see how far they were from my current location. I pick the location I want and then have it route the directions based on my current location. As Apple prepares to release iPhone 2.0, it is expected that the GPS function and the Google mapping capabilities will be even better. Which is kind of scary in a Big Brother type way. Popular Mechanics recently spoke with the president of an unnamed GPS manufacturer, who claimed he was, “scared shitless.” It will be interesting to watch.
As many fellow gadget nerds might know, Apple released their new ultra-thin notebook this morning at the 2008 MacWorld Keynote. Rumors ran wild the weeks before the show as usual, and not surprisingly a lot of them came true.
The MacBook Air boasts as the “world’s thinnest notebook,” and certainly lives up to that mark. When I first saw the pictures of the slim computer, I was impressed. I’ve always thought my MacBook Pro was thin, but this really blew it out of the water. However, it was soon that my excitement would begin to fade. Read the rest of this entry »
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