Apple CEO Steve Jobs Unveils iPhone
Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs introduced an eagerly anticipated iPhone with a touch-screen that combines features from the popular iPod music player.
Read the story and watch the video at CNN Money.
A lot of pictures available at engadget. Look for the keylock at the first pic - how cool is that?!?!?
From unknown and unverified sources (IM chat, thanks Raul!):
iPhone is less than a half-inch thin — less than almost any phone on the market today. It comes with a 2-megapixel digital camera built into the back, as well as a slot for headphones and a SIM card. The phone is 11.6 millimeters thick with a 3.5-inch-wide touchscreen and a 2-megapixel camera. The device integrates functions of Apple’s popular iPod music and video players and has 4 or 8 gigabytes of storage.
Shipping in June
8GB model - $599
4GB model - $499
Codehoop homepage now officially open
Open Source Java Consulting and Development Startup (web2.0 beta:P) Company CODEHOOP launched it’s homepage at http://www.codehoop.com
Feel free to provide any kind of feedback :)
all the best to your life,
Ahti.
Your plan is worthless without The Impulse
I’ve never before experienced how important is impulse on any kind of plan execution. I might have a perfect plan and it’s like an engine. And that’s it!
Having an impulse to start something is like a starter that puts your engine running.
How many times have you thought that “this is the last time I’m going to tolerate this” or “next time it happens again then I’ll do this” or “now that’s it, I’ll do it”! You are always waiting for such impulses to execute your plans. Subconsciously you’re trying to find out your impulse instead of just doing whatever you planned at the first place. This kind of subconscious reasoning is often not working as it encourages you not to take action now but somewhere in future.
Any kind of calculated plan is useless until you find the impulse to unleash the power behind plan. What’s most surprising is that the impulse is not often tightly related to your plan. It just attacks you from an unexpected angle.
What I learnt from this is that whenever there is a plan to execute you can always try to find an impulse to give it a real kick.
You can always start your plans without impulse but then you’ll never have that much power and energy compared to having a real event that forces you to take action.
May the Force be with you!
UPDATE! This post is not motivated by having trouble with always postponing the plans :) Quite opposite but more details later!
Have a mark, have a Trademark®
Protecting the name of your software is not that expensive as you might think.
Quoting http://www.patentpending.com/tmark.html
“Cost on a simple application is $875 including the $325 U.S. Patent Office fee. Your only other cost will occur about six to nine months later if we have to amend your application due to a request for an amendment or office action from the Patent Office. “
It remains unclear wether it’s a one state, U.S. or includes international registration. Any ideas?
The actual search for pricing of ® is inspired by Guy Kawasaki blog entry where he encourages and clears up issues surrounding trademarks in software development.
Protecting your trademark will always be a choice but if your stakes are high or just trying to get additional VC funding then protecting your trademark should be worth the money.
Think how valuable is Porsche®, literally :)
I’m not urging you to protect every .com domain you have :D
Btw, how many .com domains do YOU have?
No music, no e-books
I can’t buy e-books from amazon.com because I live outside of U.S.
I can’t buy monthly subscription to listen full-quality launchcast radio because I live outside of U.S. and U.K.
What is my option? CD-store?
I’m willing to pay $5/mo to listen as much and whatever I want. Fair enough, in average I would buy one $15 CD after every three months and distributing music online is so much easier (and less expensive). The amount of music I consume is not relevant.
Why do these services encourage non-U.S. customers to use illegal intellectual property? (they do)
What good do they get by prohibiting some countries from paying money while still allowing access to samples and low-quality music?
At least one can download oracle developer version for free in case you agree that you are not going to use it to create weapons of mass-destruction. Good enough :)
