The biggest take away from iFixit's 3g iPhone take apart

The folks at ifixit.com flew to New Zealand to be among the first to get an iPhone 3G, and definitely among the first to tear one apart. Looking over their findings so far, perhaps the biggest surprise is the battery is NOT soldered in the phone. This should make battery swap far easier, although still off limits to the end user.

App store: Initial Impressions

(join us for live video at noon on thedigitallifestyle.tv)
We're looking around the App Store awaiting the "official" firmware 2.0 release. Couple of things stick out as we look around:
1. There aren't quite as many free apps as we had hoped (perhaps 150)
2. There's a tag for "objectionable content" intended for audiences 12 or over. The first app we've seen with this tag allows you to basically see a beer on the screen. That's about it.
3. Some of these titles look amazing. The iPhone should be on its way to truly being a third platform.

Again, join us at noon, when we hope to have live video of the apps.

We'll miss you, iCards...

We send our last iCard ever, to you, dear readers...

The real news in the latest marketshare numbers

When the June Net Applications Marketshare report was released, there was a great deal of discussion in the Apple World about the Mac approaching 8% of operating system share in the world. That wasn't the real news though.

Windows was at #1 with 90.89%, Mac in second with 7.94%, and Linux in third with a surprisingly low .8% Look at number four though. In just one year on the market, the iPhone accounted for .16% of marketshare according to Net Applications measurements. (Net Applications' methods are another discussion, but let's say relatively speaking these numbers are accurate) The iPhone OS, following the 3G phone launch could easily become the third most popular operating system by this time next year, if not sooner.

TDL Live (7/7/08)

Maybe you were too busy catching up on all the iPhone posts around the web. Maybe it was a post 4th of July slump. Maybe you had laundry to do. Whatever the reason, if you missed TDL Live Monday night, here you go: