We spent 30 mins in the Apple store in NYC between meetings and it was packed with tourists, mostly European tourists and I saw people buying half-a-dozen of iPhones, I guess it is cheap because of the weak US dollars. iPhone is hot, VC John Doerr said the iPhone could be “bigger than the personal computer,” and here’s why he’d say that. One of the most popular features of the iPhone is that it gives owners an Internet connection wherever they go. New data from the Pew Internet and American Life project shows that’s increasingly important to mobile phone owners. 58% of Americans have used a mobile phone for a purpose other than a phone call, such as surfing the Web, checking email or sending a text message. Furthermore, Pew found that 21% of people who use the Internet go online from someplace other than their home or office at least a couple of times a week.
Now iPhone goes 2.0. Imagine you could virtually build, imagine, share, and play with LEGOs right on your iPhone or iPod Touch? Love that idea. PlayNYC's LEGO-touch application concept has been dreamed up just in time for Apple's SDK. The functional usage of touch technology reflects the building essence of the Lego brick. You can build, share, challenge others, create characters, personalization and more. The interactivity of Lego-touch is quite the lucrative creative experience on a smart phone for all ages. It's a great example of the types of apps we might expect to see in the near future, with the newly unveiled SDK. "Lego Touch" aims to bridge the creativity of Lego with the portability of Mobile. In his demo, Panas proposes being able to "touch and build while on the move, moving from finger to brick to creation." Users can also save, share and challenge friends to Build-offs. Looks like great fun, and perhaps an indication that we're at the cusp of a wave of creativity and innovation that's going to be possible through the new iPhone SDK. Expect more cool things for the iPod.
