Apple

should i or should i not?

update: i did, and got myself 3000 superpoints while doing so…. (jan , this should answer your question…)

oh, and i’m gonna get the racletteöfeli on the right, so nina won’t be that upset :-)

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it is rumored that the next iteration of the ipod will feature a nice screen with a 3.5"-touchscreen and a digital scrollwheel.

however cool that may be, i was really impressed by that tech-demo from the new york university here: bi-manual, multi-point, and multi-user input on a graphical interaction surface . it shows how one would be able to interact with an OS/GUI with multiple fingers and two hands. wicked!

you can directly grab the demo reel as a 17 mb .mpg-file or 12mb .mp4-file (both linked in the coral-cache -version to save some bandwidth).

this tutorial works , the pweeew-sound it makes when it fades in is just fabulous…

but now i gotta run, ‘cause i’m supposed to meet nina in 10 minutes and should not be late…

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now it’s official, i also need a psp . ‘cause you can get a apple II -emulator for it. (no matter what firmware you’re using…)

(guess who’s bidding here …)

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i guess it’s gonna take some time until the music and the pictures are on it, so i’m off to watch the simpsons now.

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i finally ordered an ipod from apple (jan , don’t flame me, please :-).

now apple sent me a rebate coupon code which i can redeem for my next purchase at the apple store. it’s 45 bucks off a purchase of 449 or more CHF. since i don’t plan to use it (it expires at the 15. september) i put it up for grabs here.

are you interested? then leave a comment and i’ll gladly pass it over to you.

dear apple.

i just spent an hour and a half to layout a book (for a gift) in iphoto. now, that i want to buy it, you inform me, that my credit-card cannot be accepted for this transaction. i double-checked with my credit-card-company, and yes, my card is fully valid and within its limit, so there’s nothing wrong with that. and i’d also love to buy sunny days , but that also doesn’t work.

apple just released the new itunes , now with included podcast-feature .

the ITMS now features a podcast-section, so apple released a directory, where anyone can add their podcast. for a start, you can go to the top 20 of apples podcasts , which will be more than enough to fill all your gadgets with stuff to listen to.

so, you podcaster-guys and -gals, get ready for some massive bandwidth-consumption! (cause apple is only linking to your files, i download them from you…)

ok, i admit, i could also have bought a really long (but marginally less expensive) cable, but i has got me an airport express from ricardo [1].

now i can play all my tunes [2] over my bad-ass stereo with b&o loudspeakers, much better than the puny logitech speakers :-) and if i’d actually had a printer, i could print wireless, but that’s another story. now i just need another wireless enabled gadget to fully use this new one.

‘cause they now come with tetris . i’m now really gonna buy a new one. or shall i wait ’till after wwdc next monday?

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**update: **hm, raph just told me that ipodlinux now comes with tetris (it didn’t in january…), so i might just wait a litlle bit more….

**2nd update: **wow! pt just managed to view videos on an ipod . this leaves for some speculation. see here for more info on this.