Of Updates & iPhones

Its time again to sink my thoughts to technical matters into an appropriate venue, and so i fire up the blog again.

Im in possession of a small wad of cash, which i intend to use to get my Cisco Certified Network Associate certification. I have been trying to get a job uneventfuly for some time, and it seems that my biggest stumbling point is the lack of prior experience or some other proof of competency. Thus i have reached out, grabbed hold of some cash, and im going for the goal. Crunch time and ill have to knuckle down and lock in all the stuff i studied this year at uni. Ill have a formal qualification should I be successful, and with a formal qualification, ill stand a much better chance of getting a job despite my lack of experience.

Now, i said iPhone... I love it... Its everything i want in a phone from the look of it. Now with that said, small nag, 8gb is not very big, support for a memory card would have been nice, for movies especialy so... But with that i have to say that if apple are intending to only release this phone under 2 year contracts AND such a high price... theyre likely to hurt its adoption rate. Theres a market for such a high tech phone, i know because i had one untill it broke and i want one again to replace it. But tying the phone to a 24 month contract is something that gives me pause... Id happily sign a 12 month contract for the iPhone but by going with a 24 month contract theyre going to cut out a lot of people that arent confident in being able to commit to such a long contract due to any number of things. This isnt a clear step ahead for the iPod, its an odd twist. Its good to finaly see this technology they patented emerge and prove its working. But now it should be capitalised on.

an 80gb (or 60gb) Widescreen touch interface iPod would be good...

The natural pinacle of this haptic interface patent they have (thats the multi touch input touch screen btw) is a tablet. 12-14 inch, wifi, bluetooth, usb & firewire. Stripping out all the usual components of a laptop and moving them to peripherals. No Keyboard, No optical drive, no crap. Just a tablet. All the different peripherals can be moved out into either a docking station or to usb & firewire, and leaving it as slim and lightweight as possible so its the most comfortable tablet possible.

A powerful idea... and one im sure apple can make fly... question is... will they. The OSX interface is nearly perfect for such a touch tablet. But only time will tell wether it happens or not.