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The best video on teh internets, ever. iPhone parody of the Pussycat Dolls' 'Dontcha'
Without a doubt, this video is what the internet was created for. Forget the Nintendo sixty-foooouuuur kid, the otters holding hands, heck, even the My Hands Are Bananas vids, this is the creme de la creme of online video.
Wait for the killer chorus – “dontcha wish your cellphone was hot like me, dontcha wish your keypad was button-free…dontcha wish your cellphone was raw like me, dontcha wish you spent more than half a gee”. Perfect. I will probably be watching this video thirteen times a day on average. Well, at least until someone creates a parody of Depeche Mode’s…
Nani: Japan's new potential iPhone-killer
You might think Nani is Manchester United’s new wing-hugging Portugese starlet. Mainly because, well, he is. But Nani is also the name of Sophia Mobile’s new handset, which is coming out in Japan, and is the latest wannabe iPhone-busting mobile.
Prince, Maroon 5, Pink, Simply Red and New Order follow The Beatles' Yellow Submarine Apple iPod collaboration!
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Well, if I were ‘in’ with Steve Jobs and his cronies, that’d be the case, anyway!
My more-than-slightly-dodgy Photoshop of the Beatles’ Yellow Submarine iPod last week caused such a furore over the internets, with plenty of sites not only linking to our story, but also pinching the mock-up I created. It got to the point where when Gizmodo linked to us and originally included my ‘mad Photoshop skillzorz’, several readers complained about the quality of the pic, and their Photoshop da Vinci, Jesus Diaz, had to hurriedly create a new one to sate the Apple fanboys’ appetite. I can just imagine the horrified looks on their faces as they realised someone had desecrated their beloved Jesus ‘pod without actually having a graphic design degree. Gasp!
So I thought I’d throw a bit more bleach on your eyes with some more band-themed iPods Apple really should create. Stuff the Beatles’ whole catalogue, who wants…Simply Red’s? Apart from moi?…
Create your own iPhone ringtones… if you have time on your hands
Some intrepid hackers have figured out how to put your own custom ringtones on the iPhone – it’s famously one of the missing features from Apple’s handset, despite being one of the more obvious things you’d want in a music phone.
2007 Tech Trends No. 9: DRM-free music
Talk to many companies in the music industry, and they’ll tell you DRM is woefully misunderstood. It’s not about stopping naughty file-sharing, they’ll say, it’s about enabling music fans to do Cool Stuff. Except that so far, that’s not true.
Microsoft patents paid Zune file-sharing… just like we hoped!
Hurrah. Just weeks after writing a ranty column about how Microsoft should encourage Zune owners to share music by paying them a commission if their friends go on to purchase tunes, the company has made a patent application to do just that.
Opinion: Should Apple extend their new family with touchscreen, Intel-based, OS X laden iPods?
With all the furore surrounding the iPhone, rumours about the next (sixth) generation of iPod have been a little quiet.
Now that the iPhone is safely launched, in the US at least, we can once again discuss what Apple might do to keep on top of the portable music player market.
PMPToday is just one site circulating the rumour of a touchscreen iPod – coming as early as August.
DigiTimes says that the next-generation 6G iPod video will feature touch-screen panels similar to the iPhone. The reported supplier of the capacitive touch-screen panels is Taiwan-based manufacturer WinTek. WinTek has yet to make an official statement due to customer confidentiality, but sources from upstairs have confirmed the news. The estimated shipping date of the panels is late 2007.
Yes, it seems that the touchscreen device is the new, erm, non-touchscreen device. Now that Apple have pushed large touchscreens into the public gaze with their shiny iPhone, it’s not surprising that some think they should roll that out to future iPods, too.
The hardware is just one aspect of Apple’s future success. It’s rumoured that future iPods could run OS X, which might also imply they’d use Intel chips.
As far as I’m concerned, Apple’s “killer app” is becoming even clearer.
Get set for Apple's Yellow Submarine Beatles iPod
Could there ever be an Apple gadget more desirable than the iPhone? Yep. How about a limited-edition Yellow Submarine iPod, with every single Beatles album preloaded onto it? Oh yes.
2007 Tech Trends No. 8: Bluetooth music
Wire, huh? What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Well, it does keep chickens in their place I suppose, but apart from that, wires are intrinsically rubbish. They get in the way, get tangled up, and when they’re white and attached to an iPod, they get you mugged.