Apple Day

So the morning today brought two interesting news. My MBP reported it was ready to install Safari 4 (though it asked for a restart, I don't know why Apple is suffering from Microsoftobia in this regard). Installed, restarted and it was worth it! I was happy last week for trying out the Google Chrome 'Danger' build, which more or less was working OK, but Safari turned out to be a jump-jack for me.

In the mobile wars, Palm came out with their Pre a couple days ago, claiming a "would be" success with some of their trademark features. Wasn't very exciting for some reason. iPhone 3Gs got announced today (or yesterday?), and my eyes read every word of a usually spammy email from Apple announcing new products. This device has a video recorder (finally), with a 3 MP auto focus camera. Well, ok, its all a matter of being late in time for Apple it seems. Compass, Voice Control are other new features, the email says. Its kind of funny that compass, a simple app built on top of the accelerometer (I dont think GPS is required) and voice control that the first Nokia phones with those monochromatic displays had 10 years ago are being termed as features in 2009.

Apple will sell planes full of this device, no doubt. Agreeably, their design is pretty slick and usability stupid-simple. But in terms of features, I am still not convinced they've done the best job. Its not that I want a particular feature on their device, but I would expect Apple to show me what else I can do with a handheld device.