Besides being very fucking cool, it’s yet another example of how HTML 5 is transforming the internet by adding interactivity to your browsing experience, without the need of plugins (like flash). As a web developer (and nerd), I can safely say that the need for plugins like Flash make everything shitty when trying to reach the largest amount of people with your projects.

Watch the video here, but be warned, the site is very processor intensive and it requires an HTML 5 compliant browser such as Chrome or Safari..

You can view some other cool examples of HTML5 at the Chrome Experiments website.

Mobile Powered Tents

Price: varied
What they do: They provide power via wind and solar panels. The fancier versions feature LCD displays, wireless charging pouch, wifi connectivity, heated floors, etc.

The JOOS orange

Price: $99.95 (when available)
What it does: Provides ‘up to 20 times more energy than other solar chargers’. It also has an onboard battery that can be charged via USB power source. The company also claims you can fully recharge up to 4 smart phones with a single hour of sunlight.

SolarPowered iPod Speakers

Price: $199.99
What it does: It uses the sun to power the speakers that playback your iPod/iPhone. Because nothing will prepare you for a survival situation like blasting Destiny’s Child’s ‘I’m a Survivor’.

Power Pump

Price: n/a
What it does: It allows you to pump and store energy without the need of solar power. This would come in handy in those places that have 6 months of night time. Like Iceland.

Kinetic Charger

Price: n/a
What it does: It charges your devices using only your body’s kinetic energy. But that would be taking the whole ‘mobile’ thing just a bit too far.

Then, he starts flashing facts in front of our faces, like: only 0.55% of iPhone users actually called apple care to complain about iPhone 4. Also, return rates are down from the previous iPhone… (idk Steve, perhaps people were waiting to see what you would do with the issue before bitching about it.)

Finally, after blaming everything on everyone else,  he pulls out all the stops to try to rectify the issue. No, really. Starting next week you can apply online for a free case or “bumper”… you can also return the iPhone for a complete refund with no restocking fee. There’s also that thing about the software update that magically fixes hardware issues somehow.

Good times, Steve.

side note: Our tech blog mostly covers apple and adobe. ‘Cause other tech shit is just wayy too nerdy.. Even for me.   Thanks for understanding.

Here are the ones I found interesting:

Multitasking: Double click the HOME button to reveal icons of the currently running applications.

App Folders: Now you can sort apps into folders. To do this, hold down an app until it starts to wiggle, then drag it on top of another app to create a folder containing both items. You can then rename and/or drag additional apps into the folder.

Orientation Lock: If you’re tired of your phone constantly switching between landscape and portrait mode, you can now lock the orientation by double clicking the home button, and clicking on the new “Orientation Lock” button.

5x Digital Zoom: Now your iPhone’s camera has a sucky, pixelated zoom on it. But I guess something is better than nothing.

For more information on the new iOS 4 features, check out Apple’s iPhone software update page.

Some New iPhone Features:

Retina Display – Which basically increases the amount of pixels displayed within a square inch.

Improved Picture Camera – Camera now does 5 MP instead of 3… also, it has a Flash.

Improved Video Camera – 720 P at 30 fps!!!!!  (plus: iMovie for iPhone)

Front Facing Camera - A camera that faces forward, or, a facebook-profile-pic-vanity-cam.

For those too cool to know this, Adobe’s main issue with Apple is that they ‘re excluding Flash from their mobile devices (iPad, iPhone, etc.). Apple’s main issue with Adobe is that Flash sucks balls. Even though I’ve made some pretty decent scratch creating Flash projects, I gotta side with Apple on this one. The only problem with their argument is that, until now, there haven’t been any viable alternatives to Flash technology. Enter: HTML 5, CSS3, and a whole lotta geeky magic.

Apple’s new HTML5 demo-page (Safari required) showcases a few of the things that HTML5 brings to the table.  Video/Audio Embedding, Fancy Fonts, Dynamic Photo Galleries, Web Transitions, even 3D and Virtual Reality. Effectively kicking Flash in the nuts every time. Most importantly, allowing developers to create rich multi-media experiences without the need of an entire suite of clunky Applications that crash… a lot.

“Two of mankind’s greatest inventions, together at last. Note: this is an exploration of what is possible, not necessarily what is practical. Tweet from the street at your own risk!”

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If you listen closely to these images, you can almost hear someone at Apple getting fired, then re-hired, just so he can be fired again. It seems that a next-gen iPhone test unit was misplaced by some poor Apple employee. I could only imagine the plethora of intricate shapes formed by the purple veins on Steve Jobs’ neck as he saw that popular tech blog Gizmodo got their hands on the prototype and dissected it worse than that alien in the black and white video from Roswell.

I’m predicting it will be called the iPhone HD.

Some interesting specs:

- Front facing camera (for mobile video chats)

- Improved rear camera (HD?)

- Improved display (960×640)

- New material on back that improves reception by causing less interference.

Read More @ Gizmodo

Update: Steve Jobs Responds

Fast forward to today – shit has changed a lot. While Apple has been busy cramming computers into the thinnest of flat-screen monitors, laptops, phones, and tablets – some genius named Barry Altman had the “brilliant” idea of recycling backwards-ass 30 year old technology.  Think current laptop technology, except without a monitor!? Like a retarded version of convergence.

Let’s plot out the key moments behind this ill fated business idea:

STEP 1) The Idea: (toke, toke) “Hey dude, I have a totally original idea! Let’s remake an old product, slap the commodore logo on it and then try to buy the rights from whoever ends up suing us for trademark infringement.”

STEP 2) The execution: (sniff, sniff) “Listen bro, this whole Commodore thing is totally doable… People love retro shit.. Besides, I met a guy from Dubai in the bathroom the other day that said he’d totally back this thing… Oil money bitches..”

STEP 3) The Website: “Yeah Dawg, I bought Commodoreusa.net. My cousin Frankie is building us a totally profesh web site. Don’t worry man, people totally trust ‘.nets’… and dudes named Barry. ”

STEP 4) Upcoming Product Launch: “Doh!”

STEP 5) Upcoming Bankruptcy:  ”Maybe making a laptop without a monitor wasn’t the bestests of ideas. But don’t worry, I just got a email from a Nigerian prince… I’m not clear on the details, but if we wire transfer him 15k, we’re gonna be fucking rich!”.

STEP 6) “DOH!”

UPDATE:    Barry RESPONDS!  Because all major computer CEOs totally check out my shitty blog right before they go buy Bentleys.

Ill leave the original comment in the comments, but here it is for dramatic purposes.

Andy,

Very humorous..I loved it. But here are a few corrections for accuracy:

STEP 1) The Idea: (sip, sip) “Hey Venture capitalists, I have a totally UNoriginal idea! Let’s remake an old product, brand it with the commodore logo on it and then buy the rights.

STEP 2) The execution: (  ) “Listen investors, this whole Commodore thing is totally doable… People love retro shit.. Besides, I met a Wall Street group from NY at my club the other day that said they’d totally back this thing… Old money investors..”

STEP 3) The Website: “Yeah Dawg, I bought Commodoreusa.net.(com was taken) We are building a totally profesh web site. Don’t worry man, people totally trust ‘.nets’… and dudes named Barry. “ that IS true!

STEP 4) Upcoming Product Launch: “Yea!” over 2400 units presold @ $1K average

STEP 5) Upcoming Expansion: ”we’re gonna be fucking rich!”.

STEP 6) “DOH!” Where’s the bank? and the nearest Bentley dealer?

Hey Barry, don’t sue us. We assume no one reads this site.