It’s been a great year for tech and I’ve boiled it all down to my top10 wishes for the new year.
My Top10 Tech Wish-list:
1. Iphone 3g 16GB
Price: $299.99
2. DELL ULTRASHARP 3008WFP 30-inch Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor
Price: $1999.00
3. i-rocks USB Hub
Price: $10.99
4. EOS Rebel XS 18-55IS Kit
Price: $599.99
5. VIXIA HF11
Price: $1199.00
6. Sony Bravia KDL-46W4100
Price: $1999.99
7. Bose QuietComfort® 2 Acoustic Noise Cancelling® headphones
Price: $299.00
8. Bose Acoustimass® 16 speaker system
Price: $1299.00
9. Vodoo Omen
Price: estimated to be up to $20000.00
10. Macmini 2GHz, 120GB HDD
Price: $799.00
Total cost of my fantasies?
Approx. $30505.95
Maybe I’ll wait until …
Apple stated that there will be no updates/upgrades to their product line this year, despite rumors that the iMac and Mac Mini were to be receiving speed bumps before the new year. I guess I got my hopes up for nothing. The next Macworld event is scheduled in January 2009, so we will all have to wait until then. Read all about it here
Following is a summary of the recent event entitled “Let’s Rock” from Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SF; hosted by Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple.
The recent event titled ‘Let’s Rock’ has surprised many of us. While some were hoping for rumors like that of Kevin Rose to be true, with the no-longer-widescreen display, accelerometer and new shades of aluminum, some were hoping for Apple to improve the range, rather than take it back a generation. This, of course, is a matter of your own opinion. Let’s rock!
One of the first …
You will not believe quite how many requests I’ve had since the arrival of my current favorite gadget. Essentially, people have been asking me exactly how I have been taking screenshots of my iPod touch, rather than taking a photo with my camera. The answer’s actually surprisingly simple, and can be found quite easily by anyone playing around with their iPhone.
To take the screenshot, hold the Home Button (the square symbol printed upon a physical button at the bottom of the iPod/iPhone) and press the Sleep/Wake button on the top …
Now, it is beyond doubt that almost anybody on the internet will have heard of the brand new iPhone 3G, and its release on July 11th. What people don’t understand anywhere near as well how will the iPhone actually impact our daily lives.
iPhone Prices - Pay & Go + Contracts
Update: Pay & Go delayed in the UK until November.
O2, on their website, appear to be keeping the original prices for the iPhone Classic, through the release of the 3G update. Although this is subject to change, I highly doubt it …