While I think T-Mobile is doing some interesting things, this guy is out of control. Seriously, his comments are so outrageous I’m linking to Business Insider. Someone needs to take over for this guy on stage.
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Yesterday, Amazon announced its Fire Phone, a 4.7-inch smartphone running the company’s forked version of Android that can be found on its tablet offerings.
The phone is interesting in and of itself. While the industrial design is a little boring, the inclusion of four cameras to power the device’s unique “Dynamic Perspective” technology that takes a 3-D interface and makes it (probably) useful.
The software is just as interesting. The phone comes with an online cloud service. By owning of the whole stack — cloud services, front-end web services and devices — Amazon is sitting at the big-boy table with Apple and Google. I only expect the company to grow these offerings over the coming years.
Scanning Broccoli in to Amazon⇢
This week’s Prompt is a good one:
With summer here, the boys stay cool with topics ranging from Apple’s “new” iMac, Handoff and the Amazon Fire Phone.
Sponsorship opportunities⇢
The best way to advertise on 512 Pixels is via the RSS feed. Exclusive for one week, sponsored posts come with a whole pile of benefits. Lots of openings this summer.
How to turn a G4 into a next-gen Amiga⇢
Benj Edwards:
Long ago, Mac fans and Commodore Amiga fans fought like mortal blood enemies. But we now live in a far more civilized age—one where Macs and Amigas can walk together, hand-in-hand, along the sandy shores of computerburg.
For that we can thank MorphOS 3.5, a free-to-try Amigalike operating system developed by Amiga and PowerPC aficionados. With a simple download and a CD-burn, you can turn an aging G4-era Macintosh into a modern day Amiga-compatible machine.
Jason Snell, on Yosemite⇢
Jason Snell, in his hands-on of OS X Yosemite:
The design changes in Yosemite are noticeable, but the system is still very recognizably OS X. Longtime Mac users’ fears that the Mac was about to collide with iOS in some kind of crazy peanut butter-chocolate disaster have not been borne out. It’s a forward-thinking design that looks better on Retina displays, pointing the way toward a high-resolution future for Mac users.
Making Apple his own⇢
This morning’s New York Times article on Tim Cook is wide-reaching, discussing Cook’s past, his environmental passion, product strategy and more. The piece praises Cook’s decision to launch the iPad mini and outlines how the CEO is trying to fill the role of his predecessor:
Mr. Cook is amassing a creative brain trust, according to Bono, the lead singer of the band U2, who befriended Mr. Jobs and worked closely with him and Apple’s team on developing a U2-branded iPod, as well as on charitable work in Africa. Mr. Cook is not saying “I’m here to replace him,” said Bono, who is a managing director and co-founder of the venture capital firm Elevation Partners. “He’s saying, ‘I’ll try to replace him with five people.’ It explains the acquisition of Beats.”
The legacy of webOS⇢
As a big fan of webOS, I really enjoyed episode 44 of Vector. It not only made me miss my old phone, but Rene Ritchie and Derek Kessler’s thoughts on why something so great could fail so completely are very insightful and well-balanced. Even if you weren’t a Palm fan, it’s hard to ignore the fact that webOS holds a unique place in the history of smartphones.
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Tom Chatfield:
Graphical use interfaces had existed before, but they had never commanded a general affection to match the eagerness of early adopters. Much like a good map, Kare’s designs helped transform this by providing something beyond information: a human elegance echoing the Mac’s intuitive philosophy of design.
What do you like to be known for?⇢
Myke is an excellent podcaster and a better friend. It was an honor to interview him for the 100th episode of his show, CMD+Space.
Koala Consortium⇢
The Prompt turns 52 this week:
This week Stephen leaves Federico and Myke to celebrate The Prompt’s first anniversary on their own. However, they have the help of David Smith to discuss the App Store after WWDC—as well as a whole host of follow-up and fun.
If by “fun,” Myke meant to write “burning Stephen left and right,” this show description is pretty accurate.
The Color Purple⇢
Jeffrey Zeldman:
When my daughter was little, she used to ask me my favorite color. I was a grownup, and could only supply a grownup’s answer: “I love the way light looks in late afternoon,” I might say. Or, “Red and black can make powerful statements in graphic design.” Grownups don’t have favorite colors. But children do.
Rebecca Meyer had a favorite color. It was purple. A color that might be expressed in the hexadecimal language of web design as #663399.