Absolutely amazing!

You heard right, folks — according to the Wall Street Journal, Apple is currently "developing a new iPhone to debut this summer," and as if that weren’t enough, it’s also "working on another model for US mobile phone operator Verizon Wireless." As of this moment, details about the break are nowhere to be found, but it’s not like either tidbit is shocking. This summer will mark the one-year anniversary of the iPhone 3GS, and if the Cupertino-based company keeps with its historical refresh pattern, we’re just a few months out from seeing the latest and greatest iPhone. There’s also been no shortage of iPhone-to-Verizon rumors over the years, with the latest of ‘em happening during the run-up to the iPad’s launch.

Update: We’re now learning that the "next iPhone is being manufactured by Taiwanese contract manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry," which just so happens to be the same outfit responsible for crafting all prior iPhones. That’s according to "people briefed on the matter" and sourced by the WSJ. It’s also stated that the world’s first CDMA iPhone will be manufactured by Pegatron Technology, which we caught just last week dabbling in some of NVIDIA’s Tegra 2-based wares. If all goes well, Pegatron could begin mass production of the CDMA iPhone (exact model not disclosed) this September, so it’s hard to say if Sprint or Verizon would have access before the all-too-lucrative holiday season. As for quotes on the matter? Most everyone involved wouldn’t say a word, but an AT&T spokesman did utter the following: "There has been lots of incorrect speculation on CDMA iPhones for a long time. We haven’t seen one yet and only Apple knows when that might occur."

On a week that couldn’t possibly get any bigger for Apple, that’s exactly what just happened. Everyone suspected that a fourth-generation iPhone was in the works, but having an outlet like the WSJ confirm it just makes the summer that much harder to wait for. There’s also the possibility that 2010 will be the final year that AT&T retains its death-grip on the iPhone, but by the sound of this report, it still seems as if the nation’s largest GSM carrier may nab exclusive rights on the latest iPhone. We also can’t help but wonder about the future of a true 4G iPhone — will Sprint manage to grab a WiMAX-enabled version? Will Verizon get its grubby paws on an LTE model? We figured only Jobs would know, but now… there might just be someone else out there willing to spill the beans.

Update 2: Soon after the news broke, we were informed that the next-generation iPhone would be announced on June 22nd (a Tuesday, naturally) and would be dubbed the iPhone HD (a name that has been tossed around before). That certainly makes sense given that Apple almost certainly has to up the pixel count in order to rival the EVO 4G, HD2 and all of those other high-res handsets, but we’re still reserving judgment until we see that fateful media invite hit our inbox.

Taken from Engadget

Why doesn’t Photoshop have an autosave feature?!

I just spent a good hour and a half working on a piece only for Photoshop to freeze up and lose all my work.

Damn damn damn damn!

(I still love Photoshop, regardless)

£39.7 Million. The total won by one lucky Brit on Fridays’ Euromillions Lottery draw. How amazing would that be? There would be virtually no boundary on what you could do or where you could go. Very little would be unaffordable.
This has got me thinking about what I would buy to make my life more enjoyable should I ever win such a huge amount. In no particular order are my choices:

1. Large luxury home
2. Luxury car
3. Top of the range Entertainment System
4. New State-of-the-art Laptop with artist software and hardware
5. Travel abroad in pure comfort
6. Helicopter lessons
7. Black Pick-Up Truck
8. Cash gifts for close family to spend wisely.
9. The rest would be invested and I’d live off the interest unless I needed something big… Like a Boeing 767!

What would you treat yourself to?

Fire at my apartment block!!!
Or not.
It was incence burning.
Not mine.
Those firemen were pretty pissed…

I saw this unbelievable story today. It boggles the mind!

Apparently it happened in January and Police are now investigating. No one was hurt.

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Sometimes the stats for my Blog amuse me.

It would seem that ‘Bananaman’ (a cheap British cartoon & Beano comic strip from the 80’s) is popular in China?!

Call me presumptuous but I reckon that the person who was directed to my site was more than likely an English teacher working in China… but imagine if they weren’t!

Proof

Allow me to introduce you to possibly the most frightening piece of technology to emerge from the Cold War.

This is an Ekranoplan. It was designed by the USSR as a vehicle that had both land, sea capabilities. The idea behind it was that the huge engines created a cushion of air below it (similar to a Hovercraft but without the skirt) which it could then use to move around at tremendous speeds.

Luckily the Russian government decided not to back it due to cost.

Mentioned recently in the James Bond novel ‘Devil May Care’ when an Ekranoplan is used as part of an attempted terrorist attack on the Soviet Union. The Ekranoplan is destroyed by RAF Vulcan Bombers.

Wikipedia

BBC (James May)

Devil May Care – Wikipedia

Wow. Just wow.

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Sony just announced the first of its 3D TV’s to go on sale in Japan. Their new Monolithic styled Bravia is mouth-wateringly beautiful. Of course the $6,444 price tag is also eye-wateringly expensive and the 3D glasses (which work with shutter technology over an IR connection) are an extra $133, while the IR transmitter itself is $55. Meanwhile sitting too close to the TV will prompt a warning to sit back, and looking away for a long period of time will cause the TV to automatically dim itself, thus saving power. Clever use of face-tracking.

As beautiful as it is though, I may wait a while for the prices to drop!

Video after the break

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