Pretty slick looking. When they get you to touch it, they draw you into it, and when they draw you into it, they trigger your impulse buy mechanism, and when they’ve done that, they’ve succeeded.
Showcasing nearly all the features of the iPhone, including interface, maps, SMS text messages and message conversations, video, photos, iPod and music, weather, and much more, the Apple iPhone guided tour shows it all.
Check out Apple’s official site to see this slick video presentation.
Watch how this guy modified the skins of Windows CE to make it look and function nearly identical to the iPhone’s interface. Watch until the very end, where he even has the “flicking” through songs down to a tee.
Within the next little while, as we have seen in the past, individuals and companies will start immitating Apple’s great interface. Microsoft did it with OS X, numerous mp3 player manufacturers did it with the iPod, and it will happen again with the iPhone. Competition is always a good thing, however, as it drives prices down. We know that Apple will always release the highest quality product.
If you were like me and watched the oscars, you might have seen a sexy little compilation of some very famous people all picking up a phone and saying “hello.” This was Apple’s first television ad for their upcoming iPhone.
The video for this amazing ad is on the official Apple iPhone site.
A Macrumors forum user put together a list of the actors seen in the short clips, and I use this as reference for my list of actors together with still frames from the ad and of course from the original movies and shows they were taken from.
Lucille Ball
Jackie Gleason
Humphrey Bogart
Marlon Brando
Jerry Lewis
Marilyn Monroe
Clark Gable
Peter Sellers
Steve McQueen
Richard Dreyfuss
Burt Reynolds
Betty Rubble
Robert Redford
Michael J. Fox
Harrison Ford
John Cusack
Audrey Tautou
Kevin Spacey
William H. Macy
Dustin Hoffman
Will Ferrell
Sarah Jessica Parker
Jeff Bridges
Billy Crystal
Cameron Diaz
Samuel L. Jackson
John Travolta
Robert DeNiro
Ben Stiller
Michael Douglas
Mr. Incredible
Hello
This was quite an amazing ad and I’m really looking forward to the forthcoming ad campaign as we get closer to the launch of the Apple iPhone!
The iPhone is a lot of things, including:
This package of features will retail for $499 (4GB) and $599 (8GB) USD and be available in June in the US.
Now let’s switch gears and talk about another touch-sensitive device. The Nintendo DS.
The Nintendo DS is currently the most popular hand held gaming device on the planet. Because of its’ widespread popularity, it also has a massive fan following. Part and parcel nowadays with a fan following, is a modifications following; a group of individuals who seek to unleash the DS for all that it can be. Some of these modifications and newfound abilities the DS has come across make the Nintendo DS:
Here’s a video of the iPod homebrew program running on a DS Lite:
Something of note here, is that in order to be more than just a regular Nintendo DS, one would need to purchase a Nintendo DS storage device. One such storage device is the R4DS which requires no actual modding of the Nintendo DS in order to run homebrew programs.
The Nintendo DS retails for $129.99 USD. The R4DS retails for $44.95, and a 4GB micro SD card with USB adapter for the R4DS retails for $118.99.
The grand totals:
Apple iPhone:
$499 USD (4GB) and $599 USD (8GB).
Nintendo DS Lite + R4DS + 4GB Micro SD card storage:
$293.93 USD.
Of course, the iPhone is made by Apple, and many of the homebrew applications for the DS are made by any regular Joe, so they definitely won’t be as pretty. All told, however, if you don’t absolutely need a new cell phone, and want to save a few bucks, the Nintendo DS is the clear winner for features and price.
Some excellent close up shots here, probably one of the best iPhone videos there is right now.
