It Keeps on Getting Better!

Apple has just announced some last moment news that can only be classified as a shocker. The iPhone will now apparently come to the market with an enhanced battery life of 8 hours, as opposed to the January news announcement of only 5 hours. This is very interesting considering its better than contenders like the Nokia N95, which sports talk time of only 4 hours. Apart from talk time, as you may have already guessed, the enhanced battery life jazzes up all other aspects of phone operation too, including standby and audio playback time.The full press release can be found here.

Update (2007/06/28)

As the world eagerly anticipates the debut of the iPhone, just one day prior to the release, Apple has posted a whole bunch of (obviously) extremely favorable reviews of the iPhone right on their start page.

• The NY Times – The iPhone Matches Most of is Hype
• The Wall Street Journal – The iPhone Is a Breakthrough Handheld Computer
• USA Today – Apple’s iPhone isn’t perfect, but it’s worthy of the hype

US States Renamed For Countries With Similar GDPs

Interesting post in Strange Maps.

Safari on Windows: Let the Browser Wars Begin (Again…)

Apple has just released the public beta of Safari 3 and to everyone’s surprise, there’s a version available for Windows too! The safari beta page is interesting because Apple has all sorts of speed benchmark results glorifying the Safari advantage over IE and FireFox (even Opera wasn’t spared…). I still haven’t personally tested the beta, since I’m stuck with my work laptop running the dinosaur also known as Windows 2000, however, initial public opinion seems to backup the Apple speed claims. However, there’s been some concerns also, suggesting that Safari is a total RAM hog. However, since its still in beta, I’d like to wait and see if the situation improves.

Thundercats Feature Length CGI Movie Coming Soon?

For those of us growing up in the 80’s, few will dispute that the Thundercats was a hallmark 80’s cultural landmark. I can still remember the times I missed out on afternoon play because of Thundercats. According to this new report, Warner Brothers have already began work on the script for what will eventually become a full blown animated CGI movie. IMDB seems to have already set up an entry for the feature length movie here with an anticipated release in 2010!

Thundercats, Ho!