I saw this on a post by a colleague of mine (Nick King) based in Seattle, Check out this video below!

An iPhone 3G seconds before its demise in a blender, Marketing genius it is not, but watching a bloke killing a brand spanking iPhone in a blender really is quite entertaining.

American company Blendtec runs a series of videos on its website that show various items being thrashed to death in its Total Blend product.

The carnage ranges from unopened cans of beans to Nintendo Wii remotes and even a copy of videogame nasty Grand Theft Auto IV.

It's far from being intelligently-scripted content, but the series has proven hugely popular. A large selection of Will It Blend instalments is available on the site.

"Tom uses his new iPhone 3G to stay organised," reads the blurb. "Watch what happens when he tries to blend his old iPhone."

See if you can guess what - in true American comedic tradition - happens next.

Check out this wanton destruction of desirable gadgets here.

 

Influential US blog Techcrunch is calling New Zealand "Land of LotR and high-priced data plans" after today's iPhone pricing announcements from Vodafone.

Oh my god! Are they insane? The Vodafone New Zealand site is choking right nowback up, and this appears to be the most god-awful money-grabbing exercise opportunity to manage supply and demand through fair pricing…  It' certainly highlights the value of Windows Mobile and storing applications on the device rather than in the cloud…IMHO..

Local users appear to be similarly discontented and the NZ Geekzone forums are rife!

Nick.

Hi All, 

I had a few discussions yesterday with a colleague of mine who is based in Auckland, and we came to the conclusion that with the uptake in mobile devices that have browser functionality, the likes of Windows Mobile, IPhone etc, this opens up a real opportunity for developers and businesses to look differently at how they do business. In the example of an IPhone, you pretty much need to be connected over the wire all the time if you want to utilise the applications in the cloud, Windows Mobile is a little different from the perspective that applications are predominately stored locally on the device. As technology advances, people are becoming less patient in terms of wanting to wait – therefore if you have a device that is ‘cool’, that is always connected, and you can achieve what you need to when you want to do it, why wouldn’t you – Enter developers – I would expect to see an upward trend for companies needing and wanting to develop websites for hand held devices to cater for this demand. The world for businesses and consumers has dramatically changed over the years by consumer driven demand. The challenge at the moment in New Zealand is the cost of data over cellular networks – Given the limited competition in the market; I’m not sure how quickly this will change.

Nick.

Introducing iPhone 3G. With 3G wireless technology, GPS mapping, support for enterprise features like Microsoft Exchange, and the new App Store, iPhone 3G puts even more features at your fingertips. And like the original iPhone, it combines three products in one — a phone, a widescreen iPod, and a Internet device with HTML email and a web browser. iPhone 3G.  

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Keynote - Watch Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveil iPhone 3G, the App Store, MobileMe, and more in his Worldwide Developers Conference keynote address from San Francisco's Moscone West.

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Nick.

Clockwise: Artist's impression of the the new Sydney Apple Store; the blue "barricade" now blocking views inside the store; Apple's Ron Johnson; and inside the Apple Store on New York's Fifth Avenue.
Main photo: Reuters

Ron Johnson, the head of Apple's retail division, speaks about the new $15 million Sydney Apple Store - the company's first in the southern hemisphere.