Look at that. She looks like she’s trying to take a photo of herself with her iSight webcam… or perhaps she was chatting with someone on an instant messenger. Absolutely a stunner, can you imagine what would happen to the person on the other end of the chat?

This is one of the very rare times when I don’t even give a glimpse of the MAC.

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Other than iPhone.org, other iPhone related domain names owned by Apple include iPhone.com and iPhone.net, both redirect to http://www.apple.com/iphone.

Now, of course there has been numerous interesting iPhone developments since 1999. But worry not, iPhone Gold has come up with a cool timeline of these developments starting from that first 1999 event up until the recent 3G iPhone release.

Click here for the larger view of the above timeline. Thanks to iPhone Gold.

Let’s check out the most important iPhone developments.

• December 15 1999 - Apple registers iPhone.org and redirects it to Apple.com.
• January 9 2007 - Apple iPhone is officially launched by Steve Jobs at Macworld 07.
• June 29 2007 - First generation iPhone sales begins.
• March 6 2008 - Apple announces a third party software SDK.
• June 9 2008 - Steve Jobs announces the 3G iPhone.
• July 11 2008 - iPhone 3G hits the streets starting with 22 countries.

These tie up 99% of the browser market but that doesn’t mean you have to be restricted to only these applications. There are a number of very viable alternatives, some built on the Trident or Gecko rendering engines and others from scratch.

Of the Mac browser alternatives I have recently discovered two recently which impressed me the most:

Shiira

Shiira is a Japanese based browser with the goal “to create a browser that is better and more useful than Safari” (not too difficult in my opinion).

Keeping that in mind, Shiira is very similar to Safari in basic functionality and offers a lot of the same features but also offers a lot of enhanced functions and general usability improvements. Like Firefox, Shiira is open source and has been built upon WebKit (an open source application framework that provides a foundation upon which to build a web browser) and with Cocoa (Apple Inc.’s native object-oriented application program environment for the Mac OS X operating system) and runs on Mac OSX 10.4 and higher.

Comparisons of speed, stability and performance between Safari and Shiira are about equal, I’m not sure how it compares to recent updates to Safari but the general impression I get is it’s hard to tell. The last update for Shiira was in January this year.

Shiira shines when you get to appearance customizations as it comes with two themes (Aqua and Metal) and plenty of options for tabs, appearance, icons and moving the interface layout around.

If you use Safari already I can’t see one reason not to use this instead, but I guess it’s all just personal preference. Definitely worth a look anyway.

Camino

A little more well known, Camino is built upon the powerful web-browsing capabilities of the Gecko rendering engine, which is also used by Mozilla Firefox. As such Camino can benefit also from developments such as the recent release of Mozilla Firefox 3.0. The advantage of using Gecko is quite significant compared to other browser’s such as Shiira which are developed by a very small number of people. Mozilla has a community of thousands of developers all helping to build a much greater browser.

Interestingly one of the Camino founder developers was later employed by Apple to work on Safari and it was his influence maybe which gave Camino an early reputation of rapid page loading and speedy browsing. Its other founder was hired by Google and now works on the Google Firefox team but also develops Camino in his 20% time.

In my opinion, Camino can make a very good browser as a Safari or even Opera replacement. On the other hand, Firefox 3.0 boasts better OS integration but for real integration Camino does a fair better job.

It will be interesting to see where these browser go in the future, they still have plenty of opportunities as Firefox managed to gain amazing success in a market dominated by Internet Explorer with 90% or so market share.

Oh boy, so many error messages and even the much dreaded blue screen of death! Haha, thank God this is merely a parody and is not really a Microsoft iPhone.

Anyway, many Zune fans have been hoping to see Microsoft making a phone that is as cool as the Apple iPhone and take on the later head to head. Lately, there seems to be a lot of talk going around at the moment about whether a ZunePhone is in the making. I bet a lot of people are assuming that its just a matter of time given the success that Apple have had turning the iPod into iPhone.

While Bill Gates himself seemed to deny such rumors, but this hasn’t stop ZunePhone parody to amuse us.

Microsoft ZunePhone vs Apple iPod.

For comparison, we’ve lined up the top-of-the-line MacBook Air and Portégé side by side:

As you can see, you’re getting a smaller package, both lighter and smaller, but giving a bit of processing power. For many the on-board DVD drive will be a big selling point, as it can be really inconvenient to either carry around an optical drive, or go without.

HP, not wanting to be left out of this race, has acquired performance computing company Voodoo. Due out this summer is the Voodoo Envy 133, which was debuted along with the Voodoo Omen in Berlin (watch video coverage below). It will feature an all carbon-fibre 0.7″ thick body, Splashtop Instant-On environment (which allows surfing the web and making Skype calls within 10 seconds of booting), and a removable battery. The non-removable battery is one of the most-often heard complaints about the Air, making it an interesting feature. The price is expected to be $2099.

If you’re in the market for a new laptop, and the ultra-portable form factor suits you, 2008 is going to be an interesting year!

Besides 3G support, the new iPhone also sports the following features:

• Lighter weight
• Available in Black and a few other colors
• Focus on Multimedia with video recording
• Video conferencing features
• GPS capable

There are also unconfirmed rumors that Apple is going to eliminate the US$399 8GB iPhone, keep the US$499 16GB and add a US$699 32GB model. However, alongside these, a low end iPhone that costs no more than US$200 might be available as Kevin Rose heard. Kevin Rose was the co-host of The Screen Savers on Tech TV and later founded Digg.com.

Watch Kevin Rose’s predictions:

In anticipation of the new 3G iPhone launching next week and of getting a new one, now might be a good time to dump your old phone. In case you want to go to your mobile phone retailer nearby, don’t do that just yet… at least after reading this tutorial on how to sell your iPhone safely, and get the best price.

You’re not the only one who’s thinking about this. On the run-up to WWDC more and more iPhones are going to be hitting the market which will likely dilute prices somewhat. Balance that against selling your iPhone now, and the risk of new one’s not being released on June 9th. A few weeks after the announcement, expect prices to re-stabilize, as the sudden flood of upgrader phones diminishes.

Check out the comprehensive guide, on how to decide when to sell, to tips like how to avoid getting scammed and how to auction it on eBay.

FM transmitters or also known as FM modulators are useful for cars without other forms of audio-in. The device works the same way as other iTrip products do for the iPods. You just plug in your iPhone to the 30-pin connector, and hook up the other end into the cigarette lighter in your car. The device broadcasts the iPhone’s audio to an open FM station through a built-in FM transmitter, which you can tune in to on your car stereo.

Personally, I’ve never been a great fan of FM transmitters… the last one and the only one I tried doesn’t produce very crispy sound after a while… but this one looks as slick as the Apple iPhone itself! Another reason to get the upcoming 3G iPhone.

Let’s see what she has to say about Apple and Mac products.

“I’m a sucker for that slick ‘clean’ design,” says Jenn. “Apple has successfully kept my attention with years of reinventing and adding new technology that makes me want to keep up to date. They have seriously hooked me with the iPod nano and probably added years to my life by keeping me motivated on that treadmill. I can also thank Apple for keeping me entertained on those long plane rides where I want to injure the person who is snoring in the seat next to me.”

Her favorite apple gear is not surprising the iPod where she have it with her 99% of the time.

Beautiful and hot chick eh?

Haha… anyway, as some Flickr commenters pointed out Steve Ballmer didn’t actually use the MacBook for his presentation. The picture was real and authentic, and that was also his presentation slide which was most likely driven by another computer. That MacBook in the picture was left behind by some other people, perhaps the conference organizers or a previous presenter.

Too bad, I actually hoped that was his MacBook!

On another thought, even if he was using a MacBook for his presentation, there is nothing too surprising, right? Macs run Windows just like any other laptops, and also PowerPoint for Mac OS X. So, as long as he’s still using Microsoft Windows, there isn’t anything to shout about.

In the comparison video two Apple iPhones open up the same web page side-by-side.

The 3G iPhone is demonstrated by using a WIFI connection, sharing the internet connection of an iMac which was connected to the internet via HSDPA (Huawei E172 HSPDA modem).

Not surprisingly, the winner was the “3G iPhone” which took 16 seconds to load the web page while the EDGE iPhone took nearly twice as long! This comparison test is merely a likely experience of 3G/HSDPA surfing on a future real 3G iPhone.