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September 04, 2007

iPhone sells well Down Under

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And if you can't buy one, ask mum to knit one.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald and other Australian news sources this morning, Australians are thumbing their noses at Apple's 2008 launch date for the iPhone, importing the device from the US and hacking it to work on local networks.

Alex Voevodin, general manager of Votech, the exclusive Australian reseller of TurboSIM, a $149 tool that is essential in conducting one of the iPhone unlocking methods, said he had to shut down his online store late last month after being inundated with orders.

He said over 1500 orders were received in four days, many of which remained unfulfilled as Voevodin waited on a new TurboSIM shipment from the manufacturer, Bladox, which is expected to arrive early next week.

Full article: Code crack opens the iPhone floodgates.

Translation in Dutch @ DutchCowboys

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August 31, 2007

A Yellow Submarine iPod?

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Can't wait to buy a new iPod? Wait, cause Apple is about to launch a new family of iPods.

Yesterday Apple has distributed invitations to a September 5 event in San Francisco, but as usual gave no clues as to what it would be about. I got an invitation from Apple Holland to join them to the usual parallel event in London, where the Steve Jobs keynote will be streamed live on a big screen, but pity, I can't make it this time, due to other obligations.

'The product announcement is likely to include a full line-up of revamped iPods with significantly greater functionality at current price points, including the much-anticipated full-screen video iPod', Goldman Sachs said in a note, urging investors to buy Apple shares. Overnight Apple shares rose five percent.

Is is expected that Apple would launch wide screen, multi-touch iPods. It's not so hard to predict to what this will lead inevitably: a cross between an iPhone and a video Ipod, Google Earth and Maps probably pre-installed.

Of course this thing will arrive in the near future, but only Steve Jobs know when. Apple could build the bloody kit right now if they wanted to, but why hurry, when one can sell millions of different sub-versions during the next two or three years?

One more thing, Jobs shall say next Wednesday; we will be selling everything Beatles from now on; music, video's, films, DVDs, and other fab four paraphernalia.

Like a Yellow Submarine iPod maybe.

Translation in Dutch @ DutchCowboys

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August 30, 2007

Coming soon: VWApple iCar?

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According to different sources, like AP this morning, Apple and Volkswagen are discussing the possibility of building an "iCar" that would feature products by the producer of the ubiquitous iPod personal music player.

Several Newspapers and magazines - try to Google iCar on Google News - Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Volkswagen chief Martin Winterkorn have met on several occasions in Cupertino and are planning to meet for further discussions. Said Hans-Gerd Bode, spokesman for Volkswagen.

Translation in Dutch @ DutchCowboys

Bode stated that there are 'scores of ideas', but not too many concrete plans right now.

According to market experts a compact car upgraded with Apple products would be of substantial interest to young target groups.

Apple is already working with VW and other automakers to offer an integrated in-car hookup for iPods.

For instance electronics, satellite navigation machines, cup warmers, dvd, e-mail, inbuild sound systems are an increasingly selling point for automakers. Take Ford Motor, that's soon going to present an in-car communication and entertainment system developed with Microsoft Corp (so let's hope they leave the blue screen of death option out).

This system, called Sync, would allows drivers, using either voice recognition or steering wheel controls, to listen to their digital music players and have text messages on their cell phones read aloud.

Right. My with the black fenders, that I'm enjoying since 1986, started it's life in 1969 in the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg as a standard white 1300. Maybe it's time to deliver Dorus at the painter once again, this time for an all white makeover, including some iPoddery.

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