Linked List: June 22, 2009

Monday, 22 June 2009

‘Find My iPhone’ in Action 

Funny story, but don’t try this at home: guy tracks down iPhone thief with Find My iPhone.

Apple Sells Over One Million iPhone 3GS Models 

Apple:

Apple today announced that it has sold over one million iPhone 3GS models through Sunday, June 21, the third day after its launch. In addition, six million customers have downloaded the new iPhone 3.0 software in the first five days since its release.

“Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “With over 50,000 applications available from Apple’s revolutionary App Store, iPhone momentum is stronger than ever.”

Three notes:

  1. That’s a lot of iPhones. (And it doesn’t count the $99 3G.)
  2. Now they’re spelling it “3GS”, with no space?
  3. Steve Jobs? Pretty sure he hasn’t been quoted since his medical leave began.
Adobe on HTML 5 

Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, in response to a question about whether HTML 5 is a threat to Flash:

I think the challenge for HTML 5 will continue to be how do you get a consistent display of HTML 5 across browsers. And when you think about when the rollout plans that are currently being talked about, they feel like it might be a decade before HTML 5 sees standardization across the number of browsers that are going to be out there.

Translation into plain English: We’re not worried about HTML 5 because we know IE will never support it.

Apple: Which iPhone 3.0 Software Features Does My iPhone Support? 

Definitive chart from Apple.

Sebastiaan de With on the Details of iPhone OS 3.0 

Nice look at some of the small touches. (I really like the design of the Voice Memos app — it echoes the UI of the Phone app’s visual voicemail for managing existing memos, and the recording interface is simply gorgeous.)

More Example Photos From the 3GS Camera  

Nice photos from Dave Shea.