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Briefly: MacBook mod; iPhone poster?

updated 01:25 pm EST, Tue December 12, 2006

MacBook mod, iPhone poster

In brief: One avid MacBook owner seeking an alternative to the limited availability of colors offered by Apple has applied Carbon Graphix -- a vinyl sticker material that looks like real carbon fiber -- to the outside of his notebook.... Another Mac user has posted an image that appears to depict the rumored iPhone with iSync, Address Book, iCal, Mail, and Bluetooth capabilities.... MOTU has released public beta hardware drivers for Windows Vista, allowing owners of its FireWire, PCI, and USB hardware interface products to use the devices with Windows Vista when it ships to the general public.... Intelligent Assistance today released the third of its collections of Pro Apps Tips containing 101 tips for Apple's Final Cut Pro Studio applications originally published in the Pro Apps Hub software.... One Mac user has started the notMac challenge to encourage the development of an easy-to-use replacement for Apple's docMac service, and will match the first $10,000 in contributions.... Scriptingmatters.com today announced that the 10th AppleScript Pro Sessions are to be held in Denver, Colorado for the first time from June 11-15th, 2007 drawing attendees from around the world.

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l008com
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12/12, 01:38pm | report spam | close Reply |
iPhone

isn't that the same iPhone "picture" that we got like years ago? The system preferences icon on the phone's dock looks like its 10.3 or 10.2. Looks like someone is recycling news.

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iPhone is iPhoney

Hey... the dead giveaway is that the text in that ad is the old-style ad text used up until 3 years or so ago, when Apple changed to the Lucida Grande typeface.

Must be a sloooooowwww news day... ;-)

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12/12, 01:51pm | report spam | close Reply |
Old.

That ad comes from a UK Mac publication called "The Mac Book: Your essential guide to iPod, iTunes & iLife '06". At the top of the page, which is conveniently cropped out, it says "What if Apple made..."

At the bottom of the page it says: "The iPhone, iControl, Bluetooth iPods and some other stuff don't exist, we made them up. But we want them. Bad. The Web address www.iphone.org does exist, though, and it takes you to the Apple site, so fingers crossed!"

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12/12, 01:59pm | report spam | close Reply |
Bad Ergonimics too

I don't for a moment (I hope) believe Apple would release a phone with the keys not in a straight row, wrapping them around a scroll wheel at the inconvenience of the phone's dialers.

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12/12, 02:07pm | report spam | close Reply |
Myriad?

The new typeface is Myriad. But yes MacNN should take this erroneous c*** down. Its bad journalism.

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12/12, 02:16pm | report spam | close Reply |
and in small print..

I don't know if any of you were able to make out what it says on the bottom of the poster, but from what i can make out it goes something like "Apple makes great computers. Sony Erickson makes great mobile phones - phones that have set the standard for hassle-free syncing with your Mac." So, even If it weren't from The Mac Books "what if Apple made" section, it would still just be a mock up. Ha, Apple and Sony partnering, gimme a break..

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12/12, 02:32pm | report spam | close Reply |
Say Hello to iPhone

I suspect the iPhone poster is a fake. Apple rarely uses the definite article with these posters. 'Say Hello to *the* iPhone' just doesn't sound right.

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iPhone

And the desktop pic on the phone. Is that the Tiger one? I dont use the default one ever so I dont see it much, but I though the intense line one was tiger and Panther had a more subtle one.

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I knew it was SE!

I knew it was an SE phone. It looks too much like a T6xx-series phone for it to be anything else. The T610/T616 looks like the basis for it, and some very low-skill Photoshopping looks to be used.

discotronic
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the "scroll wheel"

is from the 3G iPod.

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12/12, 03:40pm | report spam | close Reply |
if true

I'm going to give myself a big pat on the back :)

I have been a big fan of Sony Ericsson's phones. Often posting in here that they are the "Apple" of the cell phone market. I even went so far as to say that Apple could make a phone but somebody already does it very very well and they should just create a partnership.

It probably is a fake poster but it still makes great sense. Anybody that has a W series mobile phone will tell you the same.

In fact, there was an interview with a US Sony Ericsson manager on a Mac show and she said that they were hoping they could partner with Apple to bring some technologies to their phone. It was one of the Mac podcasts from June.

Anyway, it's kind of cool if this came true. Sometimes as a Mac user you'd just like to see certain things happen and even like to think you guessed it way back when.

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12/12, 04:18pm | report spam | close Reply |
iCreate

That's the same picture that was on iCreate on an older issue, sometime in the first five issues.

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iPhone poster text

Squinting, here's my best shot at the text from the iPhone poster. Looks good, but I wonder about the quote "this time, Apple didn't reinvent the wheel.." Isn't that what Apple does best, making a better wheel?

Something borrowed Apple makes great computers. Sony Ericsson makes great mobile phones -- phones that have set the standard for syncing with your Mac. That's why you'll find Sony Ericsson technology driving the new iPhone. "This time Apple didn't reinvent the wheel, it just added...

Something Blue. Bluetooth wireless technology is now standard across the whole Apple , built into every desktop, laptop, and even the iPod. This means that while you talk to your family and friends, the iPhone can talk to your computer and automatically sync your contacts.

..on your iPod when someone is trying to get ahold of you, the iPhone can pause your music...

..Apple's new iCommand....wirelessly

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iCreate it is...

This was the back page, entitled "What if Apple Made�" from issue one of iCreate, the UK based Mac magazine for creatives. It also appeared in issue 31 as a "Retro What if Apple Made..." and from there made it into the Mac Book, a collection of the best iCreate features and tutorials. I simply photoshopped an iPod and SE phone, based on rumblings regarding a SE partnership. The typography is Apple Garamond, and was used deliberately as to not cause too much confusion with the current Apple ads, but also because the old ads were just so pretty!

It seems to be gaining quite a following, if I can get the OK from my bosses I might make the original PDF available on www.icreatemagazine.com/forum that way at least you'll all be able to read the text when it next pops up again!

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