nick’s (n)-line life

Yes indeed, I do get excited by my tech toys. In this case however, I’m far from on my own. The Apple iPhone is perhaps the most beautiful toy to be touted for quite some time. The BBC has a video of CEO Steve Jobs showing off their toy; Apple’s official site also has pretty videos.

Watch the video

The phone runs OSx and has wireless build in (although it’s edge, which is frustrating). Disappointingly, however it won’t include 3g and it will only have an 8GB capacity. The touch controls, in particular seem to have got people excited (but at the cost of the much loved scroll wheel! The lack of physical keys seem to have upset some too.

Yes indeed, I want one of these… not that I’m going to be able to afford it of course at £300 ! (US$599). Some people seem even more excited than me (contrast with this)! Perhaps I will content myself with a Chinese rip-off of the iPhone (or even the curiously named Linknksys iphone!). Apparently Cisco plan to sue Apple for trademark infringement for this, oh dear!

While we’re linking China and Apple an article on exploitation of Chinese workers caught my eye.

So, at the time of writing, just another 140 days, 22 hours, 45 minutes and 4 seconds until you can get your own! :) (this site lets you make your own for free - or the price of a piece of paper!)