Briefly: iPhone parts store, Shuffle parody
updated 02:20 am EDT, Fri August 3, 2007
Game development contest
In brief: An iPhone parts store launches, Micronet debuts a 48-Port Gigabit Web Smart Switch, a game development contest is underway, and a parody demonstrating the "iPhone Shuffle" has been posted ... iFixit has launched an iPhone Parts Store that sells every part needed to repair your iPhone including batteries, displays, case components, logic boards, and more. There is also a free guide that features clear pictures and detailed instructions for replacing any part in the iPhone. Installation instructions are tailored to allow the removal and replacement of any component, including the rear panel, headphone jack, battery, logic board, and display assembly. The guide also shows you how to secure your iPhone by removing the internal camera, important because many secure facilities do not allow cameraphones.
iPhone Shuffle parody
A group of users has put together an Apple parody depicting a fictional product dubbed the "iPhone Shuffle." It resembles an iPod Shuffle, and has only one button that shuffles your contacts then calls a random person in your call list. Three way calls, voicemail and random Web site connection capabilities are all included.
48-Port Gigabit Web Smart Switch
Micronet has launched a 48-Port Gigabit Web Smart Switch that delivers true non-blocking and wire-speed Gigabit performance for service providers and enterprises. It offers advanced features, such as tag-based VLAN, port trunk, L2/L3/L4 traffic prioritization, bandwidth control, and ACL to optimize the network. The product also has wire-speed performance at a jumbo packet size of 16K bytes with traffic optimization using various class of service options and 4 hardware priority queues. Micronet's new SP6148WS is available in the market through Ace Microelectonics and Intratech. Pricing information was not available.
Game development contest underway
Unity Game Development is holding a "Top DOG" contest to find the best developer of online games. "If you think you're the Top DOG then prove it by entering our contest, you could walk away with a free copy of Unity 2.0 and $2,000 in cash." Unity is a game development tool that provides a physics simulation engine (PhysX by Ageia), graphics and rendering effects on par with the newest games on the market, an extremely fast implementation of JavaScript, flexible and fast character animation support, and dynamic game worlds where every single object and texture is modifiable on the fly.
