Rejected Story Links

[Mike Overbo]

iphone to sell like hotcakes.

individual users will drive the iPhone in the enterprise.

brief quote from Steven White, who has been coding for the DOOM and NES ports.

looks like this link was bought, or they look to establish a european community. Also, it's slashdot.

 

[Mike Overbo]

iPhone style PSD file. Though it pleases me, I don't know how many front page readers care about photoshop templates.

 

[Mike Overbo]

put a piece of vinyl on the screen so you can play NES roms on your iPhone.

texterity web magazine reader free on the iphone

 

[Mike Overbo]

six somewhat humorous iphone wallpapers available here, likely made with those PSD files from above. joshhelfferich @ flickr

 

[Mike Overbo]

NBC decides against iTunes contract renewal. Usually this just means that they want more money or something out of the deal. The contract doesn't expire until December.

 

[Mike Overbo]

It's just a bill at the moment, and I have a hard time believing that the wireless carriers won't shoot it down, or that Bush won't veto it. Also, Klobuchar has her offices right across from Garrison Keillor's bookstore. I'll continue following this story in the event that it blossoms.

 

[Iceman6]

That bill makes too much sense, so it will never happen.

 

[Mike Overbo]

another hacking method for free ringtones. Looks like this one is ridiculously easy and works with pretty much any AAC file, but requires use of the Terminal. It's just one line, though...

 

[Mike Overbo]

ipod touch features guide (pdf link). mentions new keyboard layouts, all of which are likely to find their way into the iphone -- it costs money to maintain extensive separate codebases, it stands to reason that ipod touch features will find their way into the iphone. ditto, as kent p has opined in our forums, with mirrored icons in the bottom 4 base of the iphone. one of these tuesdays, we're going to see a big update.

 

[Mike Overbo]

brief interview with mitch davis of orba squara and how his music was used for the iPhone commercials. Orba Squara is apparently a one-man band, though he's putting together a 4 piece for touring. He's done other music projects, but they're apparently secret.

 

[Mike Overbo]

It's just a bill at the moment, and I have a hard time believing that the wireless carriers won't shoot it down, or that Bush won't veto it. Also, Klobuchar has her offices right across from Garrison Keillor's bookstore. I'll continue following this story in the event that it blossoms.

That bill makes too much sense, so it will never happen.

following up: the bill has been supported by two consumer advocacy groups (consumers union and consumer federation of America) and lambasted, perhaps unsurprisingly, by CTIA. story at reuters, via consumerist

from the article:

It has been criticized by the wireless industry's main trade group, CTIA, as an unnecessary interference in a competitive industry. Consumers can avoid the fees by signing up for prepaid wireless phone plans, the industry argues.

aaand the money quote:

Last week, the chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said the agency should look into possible restrictions on early termination fees charged by wireless carriers and other service providers.

I'm tempted to turn this one front page, but I don't think that "should look into possible restrictions" is action language. It sounds more like "form an exploratory committee." Still, I wonder if we'll soon see FCC action that preempts the bill... it's a lot easier to fight FCC rules and regulation than it is to fight congressional law.

 

[Mike Overbo]

wallpaper site. it's an okay site.

 

[Mike Overbo]

folks griping about the UK plan with O2, and that it doesn't have more for less.

 

[Mike Overbo]

ask slashdot: what do you want in iphone 2.0?

• pony
• unicorn
• hovercar

If discussion was interesting, I'd post it to the front page. It's unfortunately just a re-hash of stuff already discussed in our forums (3G with no regard to battery life, cut and paste, GPS, native AIM) with the usual slashdot angle (GPL everything, openmoko, native SSH, VOIP). The best idea I see in there is a voice modulator.

 

[Mike Overbo]

marcel marceau died. he was a famous mime. Someone turned him into iphone wallpaper which is almost story worthy just based on the weirdness. almost being the key word here.

 

[Mike Overbo]

iphone cost comparison chart. might be useful for anyone who's thinking about moving to a different country because the iPhone phone and data plans might be less expensive there? Or if you're just curious.

 

[Mike Overbo]

interview with some guys regarding what they like about the iphone. It's a good interview, but I don't think it's front-page worthy either.

 

[Mike Overbo]

fear not, if your iphone is dead, we'll sell you a new one. I still believe that Fake Steve lost his magic once his forbes shill identity became known, but this article is pretty funny.

 

[Mike Overbo]

apple/at&t not honoring at&t 90 day unlock policy. I'll probably work this link in to a front page story soon, but not today. Here it is for you in the meantime.

 

[Mike Overbo]

interview with the CEO of bose who has some interesting things to say. could be good for music-centered people, but he doesn't really get into much, just how he likes classical music, and is excited about acoustic algorithms that you can apply in digital that aren't possible with analog.