Apple iPhone 3G revealed!

This phone needs no introduction. Just less than a year ago, Steve Jobs introduced a phone to the whole world that immediately becomes the icon of mobile technology. Less than 24 hours ago, Steve Jobs reintroduced this brilliant little machine - now with 3G connectivity. This news was very expected from Apple, which was one of the lackluster of the iPhone. That, along with GPS and a new white colour variant, iPhone 3G is set to make top sales once again. To my disappointment with many others agreed, this new iPhone did not come with a front-facing camera that makes a necessary tool for video calls, which happens to be a common feature on many other 3G mobile phones out there. Despite the criticism, the iPhone is the phone that revolutionized mobile technology and already becomes the unofficial industry benchmark of mobile phones these days. In fact, the iconic presence of iPhone is so huge, the mobile phone practically rebranded to this Apple innovation - the same way how iPod is the icon for MP3 players. Indeed, Apple did it again

Besides those addition, everything else are pretty much the same. However those features are not what grabs immediate attention from me. It’s their marketing strategy. It was speculated but I had not really expected it. In the advent of iPhone, touchscreens become an instant hit to mobile technology and some took an extra effort to include multi-touch technology to their product, a technology first popularized by the same iPhone. Samsung, LG and Blackberry are among the few that are following what iPhone are best known for (the touchscreen) and soon many other mobile phone manufacturers will or surely will do the same. The only setback for iPhone is the expensive price tag. And in the mark of brilliance of marketing strategy that I lauded Apple for just now is the new price of the new iPhone, which is only US$199. That equals to RM640 (minus the insanely huge tax and import duty) or SG$290. Better still, the new iPhone will soon available in 70 countries and hopefully Apple would add up to this number. Sadly, Malaysia is not included in the list but our neighbours do. Singapore and the Phillipines are confirmed to be shipped with iPhone 3G soon, though it won’t be available on the same day of its release date on 11th July. To the least, I can get the iPhone at the nearby Singapore at a cheaper price. Having said that, there might be iPhones “specially brought” to Malaysia directly from China that are available in the market but I don’t trust my money in that. Besides, no warranty.

After all those unnecessary important details, now I dare to say this: introducing the new iPhone 3G.

The announcement (and this debut TV ad) came together with the first day of World Wide Development Conference (WWDC). Besides the iPhone 3G, another big news announced on that day is the upcoming OS X that soon to replace the still-new OS X Leopard. Ironically, it is called OS X Snow Leopard. The name is reasonable, considering that it is just a small upgrade from the “world’s most advanced OS”. Regardless of anything, the prospect of this OS however, is huge. A hint to this is the supporting ability of the OS up to 16TB of RAM in the near future of computing.

I didn’t know what the red button is for….

Here’s an update from ANN. According to the official statement released on the official website, the video leak is caused by human error or should I say, more of a technical complication. Bandai Channel, the network responsible for online distribution of the entire show, was testing for a new system that was supposed to prevent unauthorized video post of the show but instead accidentally uploaded the video of the last 6 minutes of episode 3 onto the internet. Despite the error caused, the episode 3 will be aired as usual at its usual time slot on Sunday.

“I don’t know what the button is for but it sure will do something.”

I’m glad that there won’t be any immediate changes to the show for now though after watching the video leak, it’s pretty much that I know the shockers of the next episode. Even so, that does not mean that there won’t be any changes of the future plot of the story. That will remain disclosed for now.

Despite of what the official announcement stated, I still do believe that the culprit responsible for this is none other than Zero. After what would happen in the last 6 minutes of episode 3, I bet Lelouch commanded the staff to leak the video so that the plot can be changed and his arse is saved. But then again, there’s the Emperor of Britannia need to worry about.

There is a leak in the House of Britannia

Just before I could post up my review on episode 2 (I know I’m late, so STFU), apparently some imbeciles from Sunrise decided to hit it big by leaking out the last 6 minutes of episode 3 for Code Geass R2. Actually it’s 5 minutes and 51 seconds to be exact. I’ve just got the news today from Max. If not for him, I won’t know about it - not until the next 30 minutes after enjoying my weekly leisure with American Idol. If you think it is unbelievable, the video had already been posted on YouTube though this was immediately removed by Sunrise. But don’t worry, there are other sources as well. I know everyone is psyched about it, some may feel disappointed but here are some spoilers of the story. In case you don’t want to know the spoilers, you better stop reading now.