From the monthly archives:

December 2006

Another Leaked Apple “iPhone” image showing more details

by Vincent Nguyen on December 21, 2006

Hopefully this second image will help answer questions about the bottom half of the touch pad. “touch pad has backlight possibilities to show click wheel, Numbers or other input-interface… or just a track pad…” Someone is obviously paying attention to your comments about the picture and the possibilites and questions it raises. Disclaimer: I don’t know if this is real or not, I am just passing on the info as I receive it. ... continued »

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Rumor of Ultra-thin, ultra-portable, 12-inch Apple Macbook Pro Specs

by Vincent Nguyen on December 20, 2006

The specs from Mac OS Rumors sure looks yummy to me. What do you think? Would you be willing to bet the farm on this info?I’ll be more than happy to give up my Macbook Pro for a slimmer 12-inch version any day. Mac OS Rumors swears by the long list of features below, thanks to recons from trusted resources in Cupertino and Southeast Asia. “Macbook Thin” — spec-wise, ... continued »

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United States Patent Application 20060026536: Gestures for touch sensitive input devices

by Vincent Nguyen on December 19, 2006

United States Patent Application 20060026536 Kind Code A1 Hotelling; Steve ; � et al. February 2, 2006 Gestures for touch sensitive input devices AbstractMethods and systems for processing touch inputs are disclosed. The invention in one respect includes reading data from a multipoint sensing device such as a multipoint touch screen where the data pertains to touch input with respect to the multipoint sensing device, and identifying at ... continued »

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Is the name Apple “iPhone” still alive?

by Vincent Nguyen on December 19, 2006

UPDATE: I've updated this post with a couple of new images of the Apple iPhone and a sweet video demo (enjoy!): [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgW7or1TuFk&eurl=[/video] continued »

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iPhone launches, nobody impressed, Gizmodo take their ball home

by Vincent Nguyen on December 18, 2006

Oh dear. So on Friday Gizmodo's Brian Lam ran a very short post claiming that the iPhone would launch on Monday - cue a barrage of "you tease" and other slightly-less-polite comments, with an underlying hiccup of "please let it launch". Well, time waits for no man (or woman, or long-awaited Apple cellphone) and so today everyone was stunned by, yes, the iPhone. Only it's not exactly what was ... continued »

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Is the ZTC 321 – the iPhone?!

by Vincent Nguyen on December 18, 2006

Please don’t tell me this might be the iPhone. The folks at ITTechNews.net found a phone called ZTC 321 on Taobao, a Chinese auction site, selling for roughly 998 Chinese Yuan or $127 USD. The handset features a 260k-color screen, a 1.3 Megapixel camera, MP3 and video playback. There’s no mentioning of storage capacity, but the site does say that it has a microSD slot. (Look at the size of ... continued »

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Exclusive video of the Mobile Me Phone

by Vincent Nguyen on December 18, 2006

NOTE: This post is updated with the real video of the iPhone from Steve Jobs keynote speech at Macworld 2007: [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze559mhbrD0[/video] [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i0Q5iGW-os[/video] continued »

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