My mind... is blown.
Yesterday at the MacWorld Expo 2007 in San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced something absolutely ridiculous. And by ridiculous, I mean it is probably the best thing since sliced bread.
A couple months ago, I watched this concept video for iTalk, a fan's rendition of what he envisioned an Apple produced cell phone to be. Check out the clip:
*By the way, the name of the song in this faux advertisement is "In the Waiting Line" by English electronica band Zero 7. Their stuff is downtempo and really chill. I love sleeping to it.*
I knew then that if the real deal was anything like that, it'd be totally awesome... And well today, I found out about the actual real deal...
Coming this June is the new iPhone. Can Apple seriously bring us anything cooler than this? It's a widescreen iPod, an incredibly user-friendly cell phone, and a mini-internet device all rolled into one small, fits-in-the-palm-of-your-hand product.
I watched the entire keynote that Steve Jobs gave yesterday online and my brains are completely splattered along the back of my wall. That is how mind-blowing this new technology is.
Apple has been working hand-in-hand with top companies Cingular, Google, and Yahoo! to bring us this incredible new innovation. The new iPhone is going to be available exclusively with Cingular. I just switched my service provider over from T-Mobile to Cingular today actually before even knowing about this. I'm so glad I did, because once June comes around, this baby is MINE.
Here's a montage of the clips found from the apple site that someone put together up on Google Video.
Steve Jobs is truly a visionary for those of us growing up in this technology/information age. I can't wait to see what he and the rest of the Apple crew come up with. This is the stuff that changes the world as we know it! He mentioned a quote in his keynote that I really liked:
-Wayne Gretzky
That's our generation right there... coming up with new and exciting stuff. It's fun.
Do some more diggin' on your own:
Apple's iPhone Page
http://www.apple.com/iphone
Steve Jobs' Keynote for MacWorld 2007
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/keynote/
TIME Magazine Article
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1575410,00.html
Engadget (with pictures from Jobs' keynote)
http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/the-apple-iphone/
More Engadget pictures of the iPhone
http://www.engadget.com/photos/first-iphone-pics/
