The iPhone Nano

The new iPhone Nano. Multi-touch, accelerometer, bluetooth, wi-fi, but no camera. Just a wee bit larger than the latest iPod Nano. Talk time: 4 hours on 3G, 10 hours on 2G. Stand by time: up to 240 hours. Internet use: 4 hours on 3G, 5 hours on wi-fi. Video playback: up to 6 hours. Music playback: up to 24 hours. , Just $350 for the 8 GB model and $450 for the 16 GB model. Why is it more expensive than Apple's ubiquitous iPhone? Cos it's unlocked, that's why!!!

Ah, if only all that were true. But if Steve Jobs turns out to be a genie of some sort, this concept would be my first wish (followed by the iCar and the iPlane). FYI, I used Google Sketchup, V-Ray, and Photoshop. Comments are welcomed.

Welcome to the Land of Copycats

Let's say that there's this hypothetical country where most of the people are always in need of entertainment however shallow or unoriginal it may be. Let's further assume that you got hold of a script, a leading man, and several supporting actresses. You also got a budget that's just enough for everything. So you went on to shoot the movie and finished after two weeks of shooting ('cos if it takes longer than that, you'd have to cut back on the editing guys, thus postponing your long awaited vacation to Europe). 

Now all you need is a poster to promote the movie. You've thought of hiring some moderately creative graphic designers, but nah, those guys are always overrated. Thanks to the undemanding and lenient nature of the hypothetical people, that really isn't a big deal. Using all of your wits and creativity, you managed to Google a perfect Hollywood movie poster that's not that widely used. So you decided to steal inspire yourself and copy adopt it as your own. You don't really feel bad about it, as you've done this before for as long as you can remember. 'Cos in this accommodating hypothetical society, you're allowed to do it as long as you want.

Touchstone Pictures, give 'em hell!