Obviously Zynga has come quite a long way. Got a nice deal here with 7-Eleven and an iPhone app in the works for Farmville. Sing it with me y’all! “Movin’ on up to the East side. We finally got a piece of the pie!”
Btw, I snapped this with my iPhone while getting gas at 7-Eleven. (To totally digress for a moment, I have to say that I love my iPhone 3GS’s camera feature. It has come in handy ever since I accidentally broke my point-and-shoot camera in New York City last summer. More importantly, in light of the great quality that the 3GS delivers I am even more excited about getting my reserved iPhone 4 next Thursday!)
iPhone 4 pre-order access has failed on two fronts: both Apple and AT&T’s pre-order sites, but probably due to AT&T’s servers getting locked up or should I say clogged with requests. I got these two screens some time after 5:40am today. My wild guess is that everybody thought to do what I did. “Oh I’ll just check the site in the early morning, do my pre-order, no problemo.” Nay. Instead, we are all hit with a strong sense of déjà vu. Think back to the release of the iPhone 3G. I was among the many people that walked a out of AT&T in my area with a shiny black brick for several hours after purchase because AT&T’s iPhone sales processing literally went from a run to a crawl then a halt 30 minutes after opening it’s doors.
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Anyway, there is a bright side to having woken up early this morning. Apple decided to suprise us all with a new Mac Mini.
Besides the obvious physical changes to bring it in line with the unibody design that Apple’s other products have gone through there are these configurable options:
Processor up to 2.66GHz
Memory up to 8GB
Hard drive up to 500GB
HDMI port
24-inch Apple LED Cinema Disply
Then there is the Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server.
Perfect fit for the iPad, easy to handle, safe to carry
Protective folding case that doubles as a stand
Stretchy bands and leather base keeps your iPad secure
Stretchy bands only cover the bevel edge and not the screen
Lightweight, flexible design gives a cushioned feel when typing
Concrete grey 100% wool felt
Asphalt grey premium leather
This product was made using tanned leather, various textures and irregularities in colour and shade add value to the appearance and make every single piece of leather unique.
Check out hardgraft.com for pictures and purchasing.
This is a really great development in iPhone OS news. I think I’m most excited about the multitasking more than anything for the iPhone. And it appears that Apple figured out an effective way to do it without too much affect on the battery life.
To reiterate what I said on twitter, I toyed with jumping ship from the iPhone if Apple wasn’t going to bring multitasking to the device. In hindsight, I’m glad I didn’t.
Got a tip about these awesome bedsheets from oddee.com. What do you think? Would you buy these for your bed? I might. Not sure really. I’d feel a little dorky. lol
Here is a great video that was created by transparenthouse.com, a 3D design and visualization studio, showing Apple’s technological innovations.
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Transparent House used its visualization capabilities to create a tribute to a company they greatly admire on the occasion of the iPad release. The idea was to show a glimpse into the history of this product giant by modeling some of the innovative products they’ve developed in their 3+ decade history.
The animation was done entirely using 3Ds Max and V-Ray render and took about 10 days to complete. Professionally done 3D visualization is the perfect tool to present concepts or new products in a beautiful, photoreal style, while creating a mood with music and conveying a message, through on-screen text or narration.
This animation was an artistic exercise and not intended for commercial use. The animation is not affiliated with Apple or any third-party companies. We hope this animation will be used mainly as an educational tool for the 3d visualization or/and design industry.
