The mystery behind why the new iPhone is so cheap may be solved, with market researcher iSuppli saying it costs just US$173 to make.

Full story here...

A new British band, you just might like...

'Standing Next To Me'


Get more of the Last Shadow Puppets here.

The native iPhone app is called "band" and created by the developer MooCowMusic.



Need I say more?

Youtube link here for visitors on iPhones.

When a grain of salt won't do it.

I love industry websites like fiercewireless.com and theregister.co.uk. They keep us up to date with the goings on across wide swaths of the telecom and technology industries. However, I am rarely impressed with the accompanying analysis of many tech bloggers/writers. It seems that more and more the tech media lacks the broad technical expertise required to see much past press releases and industry hype. Often, some products are so over hyped that they have credibility bestowed upon them that they have not earned (i.e.: WiMax).  In other instances, truly ground breaking and industry shifting products get labeled as over hyped, as is the case with the iPhone.

I am a strong believer in the Apple way of doing business. I make no secret of that and after a spending a good deal of time researching it has become clear to me that the new additions to the Apple SDK to include support for rapid iPhone development is a death blow to the rest of the Smartphone industry, but it appears that it is not as obvious to my friends and colleagues why.

FTW is a common internet abbreviation of "For The Win" and it best describes what the iPhone SDK means for Apple.

The title of this engadget post is "DIYer builds fully-functional NES controller coffee table, earns mad respect". But what was most entertaining about this quick hit comes after watching the video in the comments section.

My favorite is comment #9 by Irritant. "This video is clearly fake. The geek appears to have a girlfriend."



Enjoy...

Here is the original engadget post with all the comments

Walt Mossberg speaks up about Internet TV...
But who's listening?
Worth the 7mins.



As a person who has not owned a TV in over 5 years, partly cause I have an unusually negative physical reaction to both advertising and the 5 o'clock NEWS, but strangely, I enjoy NPR, HBO and PBS, go figure. Mossberg's comments on the idiocy of forcing users to watch irrelevant TV ads for product they will never purchase resonated deeply with me.

March 15th, 2008:
At 5:11pm Sarah gave birth to our son Lucas Marcos Lara. Baby and Mother are both doing great. The baby is 6lbs 1oz and 20 inches long and the most content and happy little thing anyone could hope for.

Update March 16th, 2008:
Day 2 in the Hospital, Sarah gave birth in one of Ulster Hospitals new water birth suites here in N.Ireland. Water birth is an all natural delivery and Sara received no drugs, injections or assistance during the birth, other than constant monitoring, my supporting hand and Gas/Air. It was a truly amazing event to witness someone give birth all by them selfs then reach down and pick up their baby. That proves it, women are stronger than men. I am in awe of her fortitude and inner strength. Sarah is my little Warrior! Sarah's mother Pamela also gets big praise for her help and constant support.

And here he is, for your viewing pleasure may I introduce to you, Lucas Marcos Lara.

A quick hit for you.

From Gizmodo.com:
"The beta 2.0 firmware that comes with the iPhone SDK has been modified to unlock the iPhone and run any application. Part of the Pwnage Project, the hacked firmware will allow you to do anything you want, including the installation of both official and unofficial apps, and even patches. We got the exclusive details directly from the DevTeam, including the fact that it is going to be extremely hard for Cupertino to close this new hole:"

Relevant Links:
http://gizmodo.com/366751/iphone-20-unlocked-runs-all-apps
http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9892315-37.html?tag=recentPosts

There is a great quote that sums up George Bush the 1st's presidency. "It's all about the economy dummy".

Well, here we are at the end of another cycle in this business I fondly, and jokingly call the "InterWeb". the Web 2.0, as with the last phase, has hit a saturation point and it is time to let your 2.0 freak flag fly. If you have a facebook or a twitter account, you're already 2.0 enabled and may have not even known it. It's ok, that is why I am here, to share things like this excellent website that uses 2.0 features to create calendar goodness.

So on to the next phase (read more).