The fact is, the Consumer Reports “lab” reveals that the iPhone 4, even with the “attenuation” problem, is still the best smart phone one can purchase today. It was only when the people at Consumer Reports came out of the lab and decided, based on PR reasons, they should override the lab guys and make a recommendation based more on (take your pick) business reasons, trying to play both sides of the issue, not seeming stupid.
For me, there is no feeling of admiration or no excitement whatsoever. It’s disgusting. On trains, the number of those people doing that strange masturbation-like gesture is multiplying.
exolife for iPhone 4
One of the nicer battery and case combinations for the iPhone 4. Probably worth snatching one up if you find the iPhone 4 batter depleting sooner than expected. Would not want to be on a trip taking pictures and video with the iPhone 4 just for it to all of a sudden run out of battery half-way through the festivities.
This “hah” usage chart rocks and is spot on methinks. (via giannii)
'Hollywood Accounting' Losing In The Courts
Not surprisingly, your average juror is having trouble coming to grips with the idea that a movie or television show can bring in hundreds of millions and still “lose” money. This week, the big case involved a TV show, rather than a movie, with the famed gameshow Who Wants To Be A Millionaire suddenly becoming “Who Wants To Hide Millions In Profits.” A jury found the whole “Hollywood Accounting” discussion preposterous and awarded Celador $270 million in damages from Disney, after the jury believed that Disney used these kinds of tricks to cook the books and avoid having to pay Celador over the gameshow, as per their agreement.
Looks like the times are finally catching up to the entertainment industry. These types of tricks cant be pulled forever, and at some point the house of cards will most definitely come falling down.
iPhone 4 Home Screen
iPhone 4 Screen 2 - Frequented Apps
iPhone 4 Screen 3 - Folderized Apps
iPhone Screen 4 - Frequent Games
iPhone Screen 5 - Less Frequent Games
Rather than merely sharing my iPhone 4 home screen I thought I would share all five screen of iPhone application goodness installed on my little handheld. I just completed rearranging my apps, moving a folder off the home screen cause I despise how fugly they are. Once Apple sexifies the folder icons I will reconsider.
What do your iPhone screens look like?
Damn cool beach scene. Would you consider living there? (via sealust)
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
The Instinctive Drowning Response – so named by Francesco A. Pia, Ph.D., is what people do to avoid actual or perceived suffocation in the water. And it does not look like most people expect. There is very little splashing, no waving, and no yelling or calls for help of any kind. To get an idea of just how quiet and undramatic from the surface drowning can be, consider this: It is the number two cause of accidental death in children, age 15 and under (just behind vehicle accidents) – of the approximately 750 children who will drown next year, about 375 of them will do so within 25 yards of a parent or other adult. In ten percent of those drownings, the adult will actually watch them do it, having no idea it is happening (source: CDC). Drowning does not look like drowning.
Holy. Fucking. Shit. That is one of the scariest articles I have ever ready.
Our Stupid Puppies HD is a video I shot so I could geta feel for the iPhone 4’s HD video camera and iMovie for iOS 4. It appears that even if you use iMovie on the iPhone to export the movie to HD (720p) and then “share” said movie to YouTube that it only uploads a 360p version.
I chose to upload the HD version to Vimeo because there is apparently no way to “replace” an existing video on YouTube. I would rather have “replaced” the existing 320p version with the 720p HD version, but alas that is not possible. At least insofar as I can tell.
Anyhow, all this is kinda lame if you ask me, but I’m sure someone will come along and fix that stupidity with a nifty app.
Can I help? (via scrivs)
Max be Chillin. Playing around with the camera on the new iPhone 4. The shutter speed is hella faster than the 3G, facilitating easier capturing of fast moving objects and those not normally stationary like dogs.
Do NOT feed the elephants! (via shawnblog)
Darth Vader’s first choice for a mask was not the one he wears every day.
The Wire illustrations are pretty damn wicked. All major characters are covered in this series by artist Blake Hicks.
