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The Untold Story: How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless Industry Wired in a surprisingly detailed overview of the iPhone development.

To ensure the iPhone's tiny antenna could do its job effectively, Apple spent millions buying and assembling special robot-equipped testing rooms. To make sure the iPhone didn't generate too much radiation, Apple built models of human heads — complete with goo to simulate brain density — and measured the effects. To predict the iPhone's performance on a network, Apple engineers bought nearly a dozen server-sized radio-frequency simulators for millions of dollars apiece. Even Apple's experience designing screens for iPods didn't help the company design the iPhone screen, as Jobs discovered while toting a prototype in his pocket: To minimize scratching, the touchscreen needed to be made of glass, not hard plastic like on the iPod. One insider estimates that Apple spent roughly $150 million building the iPhone.

It's this level of dedication that sets Apple apart – now if only they officially released it here in Australia...

Warner Bros. Picks Blu-Ray Over HD-DVD The final nail in the coffin for HD-DVD? See also HD DVD group cancels CES press conference in wake of Warner announcement for a running commentary at the CES conference…

An Apple TV With a Blu-ray Player? NY Times speculates on the release of a new Apple TV with Blu-ray.

Imagine, however, if Apple introduced this product, say for $399: It plays Blu-ray disks. It lets you buy or rent movies and TV programs from the Internet. It automatically downloads and plays free video (and audio) podcasts. And it brings your iTunes music collection to your living room.

I have been considering buying a PS3 for a while now, but as I'm not really into gaming, this might be a strong contender if the price is right (yes, even if I've already forked out the cash for the "first" AppleTV)...

TRENDWATCHING.COM Newsletter | Global Consumer and Marketing Trends | March 2005 Just because I want to come back and read this later...

TypeWorks™ Blogging (erm, Publishing) system from us Aussies. I like Wordpress and all, but the interface... May be enough to drag me over...

The New York Times >New York iPod: Entangled by Ear Buds, and Other Musical Mishaps "I felt like it was the equivalent of asking a stranger to lick your face in the middle of a bar," said Ms. Kolodny, 26, who politely declined, partly because she feared the woman's iPod would be stocked with Olivia Newton-John.

The Mac Media Center Project - Turning Mac Mini into a Media Center Something I'll definitely be paying close attention to...

Macworld walkabout by ars technica - an entertaining read...

AppleTalk Australia Finally found a decent Australian based Mac site. If only those rumours about opening the Australian iTunes store were true...