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Interview: The Man Who Named the iMac and Wrote Think Different

Meet Ken Segall — the man who dreamed up the name “iMac” and wrote the famous Think Different campaign.
Segall is a veteran creative director who worked at Apple’s agency, TBWA\Chiat\Day, back in the day.
“I’ve put in 14 years working with Steve Jobs on both Apple and NeXT,” says Segall. “I’m the author of the Think [...]

How To: Jailbreak and Unlock Your iPhone / iPod Touch Using Blackra1n

George Hotz a.k.a GeoHot has released blackra1n RC3, which is an update to a 1-click jailbreak that adds activation options and an add-on blacksn0w, which unlocks latest iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS baseband version 05.11.07. To use blacksn0w, make sure you have this new baseband (check under Settings –> General –> About –> Modem Firmware) [...]

Blacksn0w Add-on For blackra1n Unlocks Any iPhone 3G / 3GS, Enables Tethering

GeoHot, creator of the famous blackra1n jailbreak tool has now released blacksn0w. Blacksn0w is a full fledged software unlock solution for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS, having baseband version 05.11.07 found in firmware version 3.1.2. Unlocking the phone enables you to use it with any carrier in the world.
This means if you have older firmware, [...]

Cult of Mac Contest: Name Mystery Apple Object, Win T-shirt

The fourth in a series of five t-shirt giveaways, correctly name this mystery Apple item and you could win a T-shirt.
Not just any T-shirt: choose from the Apple-inspired designs at might tees, which include the I Love Lisa we wrote about, a retro-style logo and Steve Jobs in typeface.

The tees are made with water-based eco [...]

iPhone 2.0 Mockup From Japan

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The maestro of mockups Isamu Sanada is at it again. Here’s his fab mockup of the second-generation iPhone. Note the forward-facing camera for videoconferencing.

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20 comments

    This makes the real iPhone look like an outdated, fat, 1980s design.
    Oh, wait — it always looked like a 1980s design. Shiny rounded chrome? What was Jony Ive thinking of?
    Maybe it was deliberate, like car design — outdated quickly to make us upgrade?

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    Dear goodness this thing is sexy. Lets hope the real iPhone2 is as good looking or better =)

    I’d be (very) happy with that (and buy it).

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    So, where’s the handgrip?

    Not that I can’t find it for myself, but shouldn’t you at least be providing a link to this person’s page? One of my biggest problems with this high-quality blog is that I can’t follow up on the stories and images used.

    ok, so make it twice as wide, and twice as tall, call it at tablet, and I’ll but three of them.

    [...] maestro de las imágenes creativas Isamu Sanada nos ofrece su versión de lo que el próximo iPhone 2.0. [...]

    [...] ser un fake, pero la verdad es que merecía la pena hacerse eco de éste post, en el que enseñan unas cuantas fotos de lo que puede ser el iPhone 2ª generación. La verdad a [...]

    [...] Koncepcinis iPhone 2.0 dizainas iš Japonijos (via Cult of Mac) [...]

    Damn that is hot.

    Finally iPhone Nano!
    Seriously now…
    That man HAS talent!