iPhone Killer 2 - Storm Warning

1649191 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:08:00 GMT

I predicted a few weeks ago in my blog that the G1 from Google wouldn't be the iPK (iPhone Killer). Well, time will tell whether I'm right or not. Well a new week, a new phone and this one (in my opinion) has more chance of winning the clash of the touch titans. The Blackberry Storm (pic below) will be launched this side of Xmas in the UK exclusively through Vodafone with pretty much all the features of the iPhone (and a few more besides). For instance it will be 3G enabled (natch), it has a 3.2 mp camera with video function, GPS capacity, mp3 etc. And one advantage it has over the Google G1 ? This one actually looks the part.

However, the main feature of the Storm is actually the touch screen itself. It apparently has a 'clickable screen'. So what does that mean exactly ? Well, the screen is kind of flexible and responds to how hard you touch it. In theory you will be able to type things much more easily because you know that the click has been registered by the Storm because the screen will depress slightly. Sounds cool right ? (and from experience of the iPhone I know that sometimes your touch commands are not all that easily registered by the unit, so the reassuring analog nature of a kind of soft click sounds funky).

As for price, well expect it to be pitched around the same as the iPhone. And with a legion of Crackberry addicts (me included) waiting impatiently for a touchscreen version of our constant companion I reckon that this little baby may just be the real rival for the iPhone we have been anticipating.

Exploding Voting @ bTWEEN08

2292853 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:59:00 GMT

It looks like much of the heart & soul of the UK digital community is in Manchester, for bTWEEN08, where creative talent is gathered for a two day conference that includes cash prize competitions, and invites the public to vote for what participants come up with.

Kind of the X-Factor for digital types, there’s opportunity here for showcasing ideas, skills and imaginative uses of technology to peers. With presentations being delivered in a ‘Quickfire’ format of fast pitching ideas with minimal Power Point slides, and enthusiasm that hopes to give the audience the WOW factor that might win approval, new ideas are plentiful.

Tonight’s opening launch event at the Manchester Art Gallery included presentations from the winners of the Exploding Narrative category, a challenge that invited submissions for location based mobile games, stories and educational journeys by developing content with the new medium of mscapes. The games make use of GPS-enabled PDAs, and are based on easy to use software developed by HP Labs, who awarded each winner a £1,000 cash prize to deliver their ideas, who included:

Robin Shackford‘s Super Scurry

Ben Minton's The Detective

Ben Dalton's Our Music, Our City

Hazel Grian's With You

Martin Rieser's Riverains

Attendants find out Friday evening who wins additional awards.

I’m here representing my agency Hai Media Group, along with media partner Ecolocate, as finalists in the Branding Talent competition for our Rare Fruits concept.

I’ll try to share some quick peeks from the conference over the next two days about what I see.

-Lisa

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iPhone Killer 2 - Storm Warning

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