• Touch takes hold, but it’s no mouse-killer
  Thanks to Jon Husband for the link. I’m sure that touchscrens on the laptop will be huge! Turn a MacbookAir into a touch screen and let me surf and watch TV.
  (tags: touchscreens touchpads pc scenarios iphone technology)
• Silverback — guerrilla usability testing
  As I’m thinking about usablity just happened to see this. Anyone used it?
  (tags: apple browser css design usability webdesign)

• Gizmo5 Mobile
  Another update to Gizmo’s chat capabilities. I just wonder if channels should be important to who you are calling.
  (tags: gizmo5 voip IM chat)

• Twitter took off from simple to ‘tweet’ success
  Twitter had more than 2million users in May 2008. It will keep growing!
  (tags: twitter lifestreaming usatoday presence)

I learned belatedly that my last upgrade on Wordpress affected my RSS feed. Now I can access my admin panel but the blog doesn’t publish even in the classic. template mode. It’s a worry. Time to go to the forums. Just hoping miraculously that a new post will fix it all…

I’m in India this week. This morning I texted Vodafone India 57456 / iPhone. I’m yet another “Indian” who’s lodged their interest in buying the iPhone the minute it is released. Pretty slick on Vodafone’s part. Instant assessment of demand, no confirmation of the launch date.

Later I walked into Imagine, Apple’s premier reseller in India. While there I overheard a couple of people wanting to register and secure their iPhone for the launch date. Interest is through the roof. The store manager told me…. India will get a special iPhone version 3gb (???) and this will sell for about 8999 rupees and thus hit the $200 pricepoint promised by Steve Jobs at WWDC. The 8GB and 16GB will also be available. I heard 15000 for 8gb and roughly 20000 for 16gb.

He was also promising that the iPhone will have a solar recharger within two years… and said he gets most of his info via MacRumors. So we will see.

I made the observation earlier that India will soon be the largest iPhone market on earth. My guess is the run rate / sale of iPhones will eclipse the US from the day they launch here. I’d also note that the market leader has a big problem with their N-Series. Apple’s pricing is aggressive and going to undercut everything that is comparable…. OUCH!

BTW - my ZiPhoned iPhone works just perfect here! At the restaurant on Sunday I saw two being used by locals on tables next to mine. Big status statement at the moment too.

• 1 - Apple 2.0 Early teardown: iPhone 3G could cost Apple as little as $100
  No surprise here; think I said the same thing myself soon after the 3G version launched.
  (tags: iphone apple)
• 2 - Fring Launches an API
  Not yet clear to me what can be done with the Fring API. Can Fring become a communications platform? Will have to check it out.
  (tags: fring api mobile)
• 3 - 10 million iPhones to ship in Q3
  Seems conservative and plausible. Any predictions for 4th quarter?
  (tags: iphone statistics)
• 4 - Nokia To Acquire Plazes
  I’m not quite sure I see the value here. I’ve been an inactive user though was one of the earliest beta testers. Still Nokia needs to fix their location systems approach. Google maps has a big jump and works better on their phones already.
  (tags: nokia plazes mobility)

• 1 - Google Docs on the Eee PC
  Another step in a new direction for PC manufacturers. Providing Google Docs.. preinstalled. This example shows how Google is driving towards the emerging market where a perceived “free” is the only type of operating system that is going to work.
  (tags: pc