Sorry, I couldn’t think of a better title for this post.
Anyway, I am not really surprised Apple has chosen WWDC to not only be their main gig, in terms of iPhone announcements and development details. I think the iPhone has sort of surpassed the “MacWorld Expos” and the “Apple Town Hall” type announcements. The iPhone itself has become a development platform on it’s own, running a mobilized version of OS X. Since its debut, the iPhone has evolved slowly as Apple released it grip gradually and started letting developers in. Proof positive that whenever you let developers in, things turn out pretty awesome. With the World Wide Developers Conference on the horizon, we have a lot to look forward, in both hardware and software.
Software-wise we are looking at the new iPhone 3.0 update. It’s been in beta since earlier this year and already we are expecting a lot of updates that bring it up to par with what the Palm Pre will be offering when it’s released from June 5-7 (according to the New York Times). MMS, a full phone search feature, cut & paste, are just a few features in the massive update. The update will also allow for features such as turn-by-turn navigation (along with some hardware help, we’ll get in to that later) and much more. Lastly, this update will activate the long awaited Push Notification Service that Apple has kept locked up for quite sometime.In fact the notification server is now also in beta testing today along with a new Associated Press app. I guess they were too scared to test it with a Twitter app, we would no doubt be having more “fail whales” than normal.
Critics, myself included, argue that this update is a long time coming. That this is an example of Apple’s stubbornness to satisfy its loyal consumer base and that nothing happens unless Apple absolutely HAS to do it. I have said numerous times on this site that I love phones like the Palm Pre, because it reminds Apple that they are not invincible. Either way, change is coming to the iPhone…sooner or later it always does and it always will. I have always said that features such as MMS and copy & paste WILL come, it’s only a matter of time and motivation.
On the hardware front we have…umm, rumors. New camera with on phone editing capabilities that will shoot video? Better processor and larger memory and storage space? Probably. A lot of rumors are swirling around. However, I am fairly certain that Apple will release some new hardware to go along with 3.0. Don’t be surprised if it’s awesome too. Given the way things are going in terms of screen technology, we might see some OLED action with our new iPhones. Who knows?
WWDC will be on June 8th and the keynote address will be on the same day, given by Phil Schiller.
Apple has announced (in it’s usual cryptic manner) that it will be demonstrating iPhone 3.0 and the new SDK on March 17. Now, what may be included in this update? At this point who the hell knows? However what I do know is that with the Palm Pre on the horizon, Apple is going to have to make a few changes in order to stay competitive.
First of all, Apple needs to add an MMS application in some way. Be it a new, separate application, or simply just allowing the SMS app to receive pictures and video, something has to be done. Steve Jobs has been quoted as saying that MMS is on it’s way out and email is the next thing, but I don’t think thats the case.
MMS may be on it’s way out, but not anytime soon. A lot of people use MMS (because they don’t have email on their phone) and it’s something very cool and very useful. Steve (or Tim) should grant iPhone users MMS and then sit and wait until it goes away on it’s own. Not force people who use and enjoy MMS to sacrifice it. I am sick of that stupid viewmymessage.com bullshit. Not that I can copy and paste the login and password anyway right?
Copy and Paste would be a very welcome addition to iPhone 3.0. This is seeming as a very likely addition for the simple reason that during the Palm Pre debut at CES, presenters made it very clear that the Pre was able to do this while the iPhone did not. Not having copy and paste on the iPhone is like not having a steering wheel in a Ferrari. Apple wants this phone to be the end all be all Blackberry killer but without a functioning copy and paste solution, I doubt it will. People who use their iPhones to run their day-to-day lives, like I do, we need copy and paste.
Another thing that Apple seems to constantly resist for no reason is video recording. If my old, $60 Motorola RAZR can record video, then my $299 iPhone should be able to as well. In fact, my RAZR has MMS, copy & paste, and video recording when my iPhone didn’t. Frankly, that is unacceptable. The camera has the capability, so come on Apple, flip the switch on the video.
The “iPhone 3.0″ event is scheduled for March 17 at 10 AM Pacific (1 PM Eastern). I’ll be back on here with the post game.
Steve Jobs leaves for six months and this thing comes out?
Seriously Apple, no buttons?! What’s next? No, seriously I have no witty remark, no guess as to what could be next? Oh wait, it talks to you? Wait, so does my Nano…and that has a screen, and buttons! Apple is taking this simplicity shit to a whole new level. Eh, what am I saying? Of course I am going to buy this. I am an Apple nerd, and just because Dear Leader is recovering at home, doesn’t mean I should stop now.
This thing is…I guess…pretty cool. Though I really don’t like the fact that it puts all of the control in the headphones, basically forcing people to use Apple’s headphones instead of the ones they prefer (*cough* Bang & Olufsen A8’s). But it’s nice to see that for only $80 you too can have the most overly simplified flash MP3 player on the market. A think digital screen would have been nice…but hey what can I say? Apple likes to fool you with “implied simplicity” sometimes. Let’s see…
It’s that time again for a new Macworld Expo to begin. This year’s expo is already under the community’s spotlight as it is not only Apple’s last event, but the famed Apple Keynote Address will not be given by the big cheese Steve Jobs, but by the moderately smaller cheese Phil Schiller. The rumors are already flying left and right. Let’s see what we may or may not see at the show this year:
iPhone nano
Supposedly Apple is planning a smaller, EDGE only version of the iPhone to sell for about $99. Where normally I would laugh at this, reports are flying in left and right that third party case companies are already manufacturing cases for an “iPhone nano”. This would be very cool, and would no doubt make investors smile. Apple needs to keep the iPhone fresh, and releasing a new model every year keeps it competitive, and keeps that hype factor up. I won’t be surprised to see this, nor will I be surprised to hear Schiller tell us it will be available in July.
New Mac Mini
This one seems like a sure thing. Refreshed Mac Mini, looking a little bit like the Time Capsule, with a new SATA slot loading drive that can be swapped for a second HDD for the mini home server types. I would love to see some sort of HDMI out on this that would be great. I definitely think the Mac Mini can be so much more than just a mini desktop. It has the potential of being a killer home theater computer, and until Apple TV has Safari and bluetooth for a keyboard and mouse, I’ll be wanting this a lot more.
Bigger iPod Touch
This one seems a little farfetched but it would be welcomed none the less. Word on the street is that Apple is working on a version of the iPod Touch, with a bigger screen, 7 to 9 inches to be exact. I guess this would be the perfect balance between an iPod and a netbook. But I am definitely throwing this one in the “maybe” pile.
iWork ‘09 Goes the Way of the Web App
This one makes sense, in order to compete with Google Docs, but I don’t know. I have iWork and currently I find myself using MS Office for Mac a lot more. Sure having it as a web app may be convenient in a pinch, but people still appreciate the reliability on installed software. Then again…having Keynote online would be sweet.
If I am missing anything or you want to add something…comment below. I’ll see you on the day of for the post-keynote analysis!
With the recent announcement that Apple will withdraw from MacWorld Expo after this year, and the fact that Senior VP of Product Marketing Phil Schiller will be giving the final keynote instead of Steve Jobs, all signs are pointing to something I have thought to be true for a long time, that Apple’s fearless leader is not doing so well.
According to Gizmodo, a [very credible] source is claiming that Apple is withholding the real reason for their withdrawal from the MacWorld Expo. Originally they cited that they prefer to do in house product releases, such as the “Let’s Rock!” event or the Macbook/Macbook Pro announcement held at Cupertino, because they didn’t need the event anymore. According to the source
Steve’s health is rapidly declining. Apple is choosing to remove the hype factor strategically vs letting the hype destroy apple when the inevitable news comes later this spring.
This strategic loss will be less of a bang with investors. This is why MacWorld is a no-go anymore. No more Steve means no more hype. Saying they are no longer needing [MacWorld] is the cover designed by the worldwide “loyalty”
Normally I don’t comment on rumors too much, especially when it’s in regards to Apple, who is better at misinformation than the CIA. But this time around I am more inclined to believe this. Frankly with Steve’s fading physical appearance and sudden weight-loss, the writing has been on the wall for a long time.
Some feel that this is Apple deliberately misinforming the public and in particular the investors. Steve has been very clear that his health is his business and no one else’s. Frankly, shortly after his bout with pancreatic cancer, for which he underwent the Whipple procedure to attempt to correct, I knew that this would be the eventual outcome. Steve’s health has been the center of debate amongst the community for some time now, and frankly the doubt amongst loyalists and investors is evidence enough that there is something going on behind Apple’s iron curtain.
Does this spell doom for the company that Steve Jobs built? I don’t think so. Steve Jobs may be the fearless leader of Apple, but in the end, Apple has become more than just Steve Jobs. I know that if/when the time comes that Steve will no longer be able to serve as Apple’s CEO, Apple has someone in mind who will continue to push the envelope, continue to drive Apple in the way Steve has done (and that man I hope is Tim Cook).
What makes this so troubling is not regards to the future of Apple, because that is secure, but in regards to the man himself. I always get excited for keynotes because I know something awesome (or mildly cool) will be released. And in the four years or so that I have been following Apple, I have grown a sort of admiration and respect for Steve Jobs. It’ll be sad to see him go, and it will be even sadder to see him really go, but I am not worried that Apple’s mojo will go with him.
Here is the story over at TUAW, the best Apple Blog on the internet right now.
The 2009 Macworld Expo will be Apple’s last, as it does not plan to appearing, nor giving a famed keynote address again after that. At it’s last expo, Senior VP of Marketing Phil Schiller will be giving the keynote address. Some people are saying Apple will be dropping its successor to the Mac Mini, others go so far as to say a new iPhone Nano (seriously?) but that is not the point of this post.
What is going on inside Apple right now? I know Apple, lately has been toning down it’s presence at large trade shows, opting for smaller, media only product unveilings at the “Town Hall” on the Cupertino campus, but Macworld? We’ve had such great product unveilings at Macworld. The iMac & the PowerBook G3 in 1998, Safari in 2003, and just recently the MacBook Air in 2008 (my personal blogging weapon of choice). Truly a sad day for the Apple fanboy…but even THAT is not the point of this post.
What puzzles me the most is that Phil Schiller, the marketing bad ass that runs Apple’s ad campaigns and worldwide product marketing will be giving the keynote this year. If thats the case what is Steve up to? Lately, as with each passing of a product unveiling event, I have noticed more and more that Steve is starting to include more people in his keynotes. People like COO Tim Cook, and Senior VP of iPhone Scott Forstal who have each had their own segments of each event.
It seems to me that we are slowly approaching the end of an era at Apple. The era of Jobs. I think Steve is slowly preparing us for the inevitable day where he would have to turn the reigns over of the best companies over to someone else. Steve seems to be going out of his way to show that Apple is more than just Steve Jobs. That it’s a coming together of many great minds and that in the end, Steve is not the only creative genius over at Cupertino.
I don’t think this has anything to do with the recent rumors of Steve’s declining health, because I believe he isn’t dying (nor is he dead for that matter). But I do think that Steve, much like Batman, doesn’t want to do this forever. Being CEO of Pixar, his true joy, I think he is preparing Apple for a transition of power, wanting to move on to other things. But unfortunately, being such a central figure to Apple’s culture, almost mascot like in a way, the transition must be slow. Most importantly one that calms of the fears of investors and fanboys a like. I guess only time will tell, in the mean time, Google Tim Cook, I think the man has the chops to run Apple in true Jobsonian fashion. Peace Out.
I have been an Apple user for a little over three years now, and will continue to be an Apple user till my unavoidable end. Apple has always made great, reliable hardware that pushes the envelope in terms of technology and innovation. And for that reason, coupled with my admiration for the company itself I choose Apple. But lately after a few blogs on the matter I, along with other iPhone users still feel a bit left out in the cold.
Since the introduction of the first generation iPhone, Apple has made it clear that it values customer feedback and looks to continue to develop the iPhone around the specific demands of iPhone users. We all begged for GPS functionality and compatibility with a 3G network, and we got it…reluctantly. We asked for third party applications, and we got that too…sort of. In exchange for third party apps we got a closed distribution system with various flaming hoops to jump through before you get your app out there. But hey, I’m not complaining.
What I am complaining about is Apple’s cryptic responses to the addition of some basic features to the iPhone, namely copy & paste and MMS messaging. With each software update, we tend to gasp slightly hoping that when our iPhones boot up again we will have some innovative, multi-touchy way of being able to copy and paste text. Or the ability to send and receive MMS messages without having to log on to that stupid AT&T website with the generated login and password. But alas, as each update passes, we are left high and dry.
As I sit at my local coffee shop (not Starbucks) I see all these Blackberry and WinMo users copy and pasting the night away. When I argue with a Blackberry user about how much better my iPhone is, the question “ah but can you copy & paste?” is the final death blow. The iPhone is like the Death Star, everything is perfect except for that poorly design exhaust port that leads directly to the main reactor. When will Apple finally concede and give us copy & paste?
So far it feels like never. Apple has made it clear that copy & paste and MMS is not their main concern. I know it has nothing to do with the fact that they can’t figure out how to do it. I mean…it’s Apple. They designed a touchscreen phone that changed the world forever, they can’t figure out how to do copy & paste? Or for that matter shoot us an MMS app on our iPhone?
I guess with all of these shortcomings, and the fact that the new Push Notification Server is officially MIA, seeing as though it’s September 2008 release date has come and gone, and gone some more, Apple seems to be dropping the ball a bit. Look, don’t get me wrong, I knew how Apple is, and how Apple lives by this idea that the customer is dumb and we must tell them what to love, but I was hoping that by now, December 2008, we would have some sort of definitive response to our pleas.
With that being said I have made a deadline. If in one year, Apple has not given the people what they want, what they ask for constantly, I will go out and buy a Blackberry Bold (or whatever ridiculous name they have for the next model). I love my iPhone, but I don’t love that my iPhone can’t do what a RAZR can. And the reason I am not at an AT&T store buying a Blackberry Bold now is because of my loyalty to Apple, my curiousity as to what will be in store for the iPhone in 2009, and my current lack of funds. This isn’t a declaration, this isn’t a threat, this is a plea. Please Apple, help a fellow nerd out and show us some update love.
You know I was sitting around today using my iPhone to send out a couple of quick emails and I got to thinking. We love Apple for giving us the iPhone, but do they love us back for using it? I mean, I loved my Blackberry Curve. It was sleek, cool, and very reliable. It did everything I needed it to, a fit just right in my pocket. But my love for Apple made me switch to the iPhone, that and well the phone is so cool.
But what is the price of the iPhone? Well there’s two different prices, the first is the financial price. My AT&T monthly statement looks something like this…
900 Anytime Minutes w/ Rollover…$69.99
Unlimited iPhone Data Plan…$29.99 (increased $5 for 3G)
Unlimited Text Messages…$19.99
Total (with all applicable taxes): about $115 per month
But then there’s the practical price. The 3G iPhone is a great, innovating piece of technology. But for a person who constantly lives on his phone, the battery performance is not what it should be (or what it was). In the few iPhones I have had, I have noticed a major overheating problem with the unit, where it would run really hot after a couple of texts. But to me, those are very minor.
The major problem is that I, we, are all at the mercy of Apple’s whims to get what we want. We all giddily await a software update, hoping that secretly we have something in there that we actually want. We cry out for MMS, but Apple thinks that it is archaic. Ok…I can live with that. But we cry out for copy & paste, a feature that is not only found on Blackberry, but on even the simplest RAZR, and Apple says that “it’s not a priority”. What?
Recently Apple has seeded iPhone 2.2 to beta testers and developers. According to Gizmodo, here is what it will have:
Walking directions, public transport information, Street View, & share location for the Google Maps App
Line-In sound access for developers
Over-the-air podcast updates
Awesome…how about copy and paste? Nope, that’s not a priority, but share location and walking directions is right? Don’t get me wrong, I love Apple. I love the company, I love the products, and I love the people who make them. But as a consumer I am disappointed in that Apple has always abided by the notion that the customer is not always right. I do love my iPhone, I just don’t love the price we as consumers pay for it.
The new Apple Notebooks are out! These things look truly amazing. The glass trackpads, unibody construction and assembly, and the new NVIDIA chipsets make these things a definite threat to Apples competitors. This event delivered everything I expected, plus a nice surprise. Check it out.
Macbook Pro
The new Macbook Pro designs are real nice.
Image Source: Engadget
Heavily inspired by the iMac. Here is a side view…
Image Source: Engadget
The option for the integrated 9400M or a beast 9600M GT Graphics Card is going to make this Macbook Pro a monster for games, and video & photo editing. Mini-DVI, Firewire 800, Superdrive, definitely a slam dunk for Apple. It starts at $1999 with a tricked out model at $2499 with the NVIDIA 9600M GT.
Macbook Air
The Macbook Air is getting a nice bump in space, 120GB HDD or a 128 SSD Drive, the 9400M chipset as I thought it would. It also gets a Mini Display Port. Nice update.
New Apple Cinema Display
I definitely wasn’t expecting this. This thing looks great.
Image Source: Engadget
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24″ Display, built-in iSight, Mini Display Port, $899. Great display
Macbook
Looks like Apple will continue to sell the white Macbook for $999. Nice low price, but not low enough in my opinion. The new Macbook looks great though, it’s a mini Macbook Pro. It’s got great specs and starts at $1299, with a top of the line model at $1599. What an amazing notebook.
Image Source: Engadget
All in all great event. Now if you will excuse me, I am going to go cry about not having enough money to buy one of them. Peace Out! Before I do, if you want to see the entire live blog of the event, check out Engadget. Thanks a lot for the great live blog guys!
Apple has dropped the NDA for iPhone Developers! Here is the official statement from His Steveness’ crack PR Team:
To our developers
We have decided to drop the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for released iPhone software.
We put the NDA in place because the iPhone OS includes many Apple inventions and innovations that we would like to protect, so that others don’t steal our work. It has happened before. While we have filed for hundreds of patents on iPhone technology, the NDA added yet another level of protection. We put it in place as one more way to help protect the iPhone from being ripped off by others.
However, the NDA has created too much of a burden on developers, authors and others interested in helping further the iPhone’s success, so we are dropping it for released software. Developers will receive a new agreement without an NDA covering released software within a week or so. Please note that unreleased software and features will remain under NDA until they are released.
Thanks to everyone who provided us constructive feedback on this matter.
Great job Apple! This is going to free up the developer community from NDA nonsense and fast track great, revolutionary apps for a revolutionary platform. Awesome…
I was writing a great email on my iPhone today. And what would have made it greater is if I could copy and paste it a part of a website in it. I have lived without copy & paste for so long, yet I still yearn for it. It’s like asking me to live life with both arms behind my back. I love my iPhone, I really do. And I am not going to threaten to go to the Blackberry Bold or the T-Mobile G1 (barf) or anything like that. It’s not my style to cut and run. I’ve been with the iPhone from the ground floor up. Now is the time to repay me. You gave us 3G, you gave us GPS, you gave us third party apps. Why not copy & paste? Have we not been faithful? Have we not been loyal?
Please Apple. I beg you, I need my copy & paste now. This is not an angry iPhone user talking, I am not ungrateful. I am just sad, and I figure seeing the economy is bad, and times are rough, you guys could maybe cheer us up with some Copy & Paste. I…along with all the iPhone users of the world, would be fully cheered up. Thank you Your Steveness.
Umm…Hey Steve? Did you guys forget about the notification server? I mean it is September…late September actually, and yet no notification server. I have AIM sitting idly on my iPhone screen waiting to be used. I am not ungrateful or anything, I mean I am just happy my battery last longer and my apps don’t crash but come on now. When you didn’t give us MMS, we grunted but reluctantly accepted the fact that Apple no longer thinks it’s cool to send MMS messages. When you denied us Copy & Paste, I was deeply saddened that I couldn’t copy and paste chuck norris quotes from the internet on to the facebook pages of my friends or select and remove texts. But now look at me Steve…look at us all. If you would have told me back when I was a Blackberry user that I would have a phone with no copy and paste, no apps that can run in the background, and no MMS I might have laughed at you. But I, WE, have followed you blindly through the gates of unchartered territory that is the iPhone. Reward your soldiers. Peace Out.
I give today’s Apple event a resounding yawn. Though some of the upgrades were very nice. The event as a whole was a bit bland. And Phil Schiller playing iPod Soccer was such an obvious time filler. As was Jack Johnson.
The Good
New iPod Nano
Photo Source: Engadget
I like the new nano a lot. I think the fact that the iPhone/iPod Touch’s features are bleeding down to the nano is a great thing. Though the new features are nice in regards to the nano, they are things we have already seen. All in all a decent upgrade for the second littlest iPod.
Photo Source: Engadget
The colors are nice too. I am totally feeling the orange one.
iTunes 8 & Genius
Photo Source: Engadget
I am glad they updated iTunes. They are really pushing this Genius thing pretty hard in my opinion. I have yet to download the new iTunes, but I just hope this isn’t some BS feature that I will soon forget about. I will jump back on later and give you an idea of how Genius feels as soon as I use it. Browsing on iTunes 8 looks real nice, though being someone who has a large amount of music, I would most likely stick to the standard view. That grid view looks like it’ll take forever for me to scroll through…again we’ll see.
Photo Source: Engadget
The Bad
iPod Touch Update
This one is pretty straight forward. New, curved look, cleaner interface, blah blah. Comes preinstalled with the App Store (fortunately they aren’t making you pay for that update again). But I was expecting some price cut and was let down. I mean $399 for 32GB’s is still a bit much IMO. The built in Nike+ is great, however I still think this is hardly worth an upgrade from the original.
iPod Classic Update
OK, this one really has me scratching my head. Apple bumped the 80GB Classic to 120GB and eliminated the 160GB all together. I love the 160GB iPod and honestly have about 40GB of free space on it. Now I have to worry if my iPod breaks, that I will be forced to downgrade to a 120GB. People who buy the classic, buy it because it has the space that the other models lack. I’d love to have an iPod touch, but unfortunately it doesn’t accomodate my needs. In the end, when if my iPod breaks, I’d rather go with a 32GB touch. If I am going to be forced to leave some things out, I’d rather leave some more things out and have a touch. All in all a disappointing move in regards to the Classic line.
iPhone 2.1 Update
Steve was VERY vague about this update. He mention it would fix bugs, issues with dropped calls, and app crashes. That’s It. He didn’t mention anything about the Notification Server being part of it, or even anything about anything else expected. Either we will be dazzled on Friday when the update hits or the update doesn’t contain anything we didn’t expect (Copy & Paste) or anything we did expect (Notification Server). The Apple shroud of secrecy still covers this a bit. I guess time will tell, though it seems with the iPhone it’s always a waiting game. “Here is what you want, it’s ready but we won’t give it to you until the end of the week.” Apple no doubt probably testing to make sure it’ll work.
I really don’t understand this commercial. So Microsoft wants to make computers you can eat? Umm..ok? Microsoft sure knows how to lame up everything. Somewhere, Steve Balmer is surrounded by 12 “yes men” all telling him what a great job he did. But deep down…he is still trying to figure out what this means.
For a price that is. This broke on TUAW today about how there was a rumor coming down the rumor pipe about Apple offering access to half the music library for a flat fee ($129.99) and bundling that with Mobile Me in some way (hoping Mobile Me…you know works when this happens). I think this is a definite step forward down a dead end path. This is obviously some way to appease the RIAA, who is rather perturbed about the .99 cent price points on the iTunes store, and the fact that iTunes sells albums 3 to 5 dollars cheaper than any place that sells CDs. Steve is no doubt on the high horse here. He has a product refresh coming up for his iPod line, and I am willing to be that he is secretly hoping this would fail. Because frankly I think people that use iTunes, audiophiles who not only value the high quality but the ease of use, want to OWN their music. I want my music to be MY MUSIC. I don’t want my music to suddenly end after the subscription up.
Honestly, the failure of this Apple service would be a hug slap in the face to the RIAA. The RIAA needs to wake up and realize that stopping piracy is not about DRM software or strong arming carriers to block large bandwidth download to stop torrents. They will stop piracy when they make their involvement with music end at the point of sale. Price those songs reasonably, price them fairly, give people an a la carte option and completely eliminate DRM. I don’t want to download an mp3 that I can only burn 8 times. People burn a lot of mixes and stuff. Thats unfair. I bought that song and if I want to burn it on 1,000 CDs and litter the streets with them I can. But the RIAA wants to squeeze every single penny out of every single track. Will they learn? Probably not. They will continue fighting this, the consumer will continue to resent them and find new ways of getting all their product out for free and the world will keep turning. Steve Jobs knows this, I wouldn’t put it past the man who has single handedly started one of the most innovative companies on the planet to not know this. But the RIAA is slowly hanging itself. A lot of artists are signing with Indie labels and releasing their stuff at competitive prices (like free…) and are sticking it to the man in their own way. Peace Out.
So here are the random thoughts, ideas, and emotions running through my head.
I think Hillary needs to come to the fact that she lost. Right now she is just making herself look bad by not conceding defeat. I think it’s great that Barack Obama got the nomination. I think it’s a HUGE step in the right direction for this country and for the way we are perceived around the world. Hillary needs to realize what’s best for the country and not draw this out any further and maybe he’ll be less annoyed and consider her for VP.
In a couple of hours it’s going to be 5 days till the 3G iPhone comes out. On the outside, I am calm and collected. On the inside, I can barely contain myself. This is going to be a great product. I admire Steve Jobs. The guy is a business and marketing genius. Apple loves to ride the wave of massive hype all the way to a single moment. And what sets Apple apart from Microsoft, from Dell, from HP, is at the end of it all, whatever they release surpasses the hype that they create. It becomes such a revolutionary product, that it forces the industry to evolve.
My biggest fear in life is not being able to hear God. But I think sometimes, it’s not that God has stopped talking, it’s that I have stopped listening. I have tackled this issue here before, but I think it’s definitely more about being silent. Sometimes, we fill our lives with some many things, we take on so many decisions on our own, thinking we’ll be ok, then one day, when we do need God, we can’t hear Him over all the noise. Trusting God with every facet of your life is SO important. Making a little time to be silent today, will make things clearer for you tomorrow. That being said, trusting God with everything also includes your finances. Since I started working again, I have decided that it’s time my tithe reflected it. So come payday, I will be getting my tithe on.
I think I am over MySpace. I keep it, just basically to say I have it. I don’t get comments on it, I don’t feel like changing the way it looks, and I like to swap the song out once a month. Everyone I know is on Facebook. I like it better actually, it’s more mature. I can see myself being on Facebook forever, I might delete my MySpace after I am 35 or something.
I am totally off on June 9th. I will be sitting in my PJ’s in front of my computer, excited to see exactly how much money I will be handing over to Apple this year. Usually the World Wide Developers Conference is a place where Mac software developers gather to show off their creations. But this year, it’s going to be a bit different. Apple will definitely be releasing a 3G iPhone at the conference along with the 2.0 update. Usually my inner-nerd lies dormant. He only wakes during events such as these, trips to Best Buy, and certain Marvel movies that end with Samuel Jackson recruiting for The Avengers. The wait is totally killing me. We all deal with the waiting in our own ways. I need to pray for a bit more patience sometimes. But in waiting for this iPhone, I have been doing different things to keep busy. I have since improved my golf score, lost 6 pounds jogging, increased my accuracy in Call of Duty 4 by 10%, taken a defensive driving course, and finished painting my room. Oh and I finished all my work for the week, which is why I am writing this blog.
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