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First Photos from Apple iPhone?
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'probably taken through glass' - I am not with you here.
The 903SH is one of the best camera phones out there. Many reviews agree with this.
Its not nearly as high quality as a lot of asian phones (some of those phones look exactly like $300+ digital cameras) but by american standards is way better than the other webcam quality garbage we get. We still have a long way to go before we get perfect color and exposure like the S Koreans and Japanese get from their phones.
OMG PEOPLE, HE'S A MAN FOR GOODNESS SAKE, CAN'T YOU F****KING SEE THE STUBBLE??
HOW MANY WOMAN THAT YOU MET HAVE FACIAL HAIRS ON THEIR FACE? PLENTY?
/rants off
HOW MANY WOMAN THAT YOU MET HAVE FACIAL HAIRS ON THEIR FACE? PLENTY?
/rants off
The EXIF data you posted is indeed interesting (and appreciated), but that (by itself) really proves nothing. A knowledgeable and skilled person could easily change EXIF data, and make it look "authentic" in the process.
That said, there's a lot of evidence to support the concept that the photos could be from the real thing. But cynically thinking, it's hard to imagine a "real" iPhone being allowed to travel (very far) out into the real world and being (publicly) used to snap a couple of impromptu photographs.
However, one thing is certain -- the amount of "free" advertising the iPhone is able to generate is truly amazing!
Yes. The second image is taken at the entrance to the lobby bar of the Alexander's Steak House on Wolfe Road in Cupertino, CA. They age their own beef and the meat locker has a glass wall.
http://www.alexanderssteakhouse.com/
A very nice restaurant BTW, and just one exit down 280 (less than 2 miles) from Apple HQ and about a mile from my house.
So, if the image was taken by an Apple employee with an actual prototype iPhone, the location is certainly very plausible and not straying that far from the farm...
kenaustus has it right. The iPhone might not be THE most complex consumer electroncis device ever brought to market, but it's probably close. And integrating it with Google, Yahoo, Cingular/AT&T, to say nothing of the device's own QA requirements, it's going to require (!) real iPhones travelling out in public.
It's early, and this employee appears tight with Apple. But wait until late May and early June, when Apple has to deploy hundreds (if not thousands) of these things for field testing. There are going to be leaks all over the place.
posted on http://www.mobileguerilla.com/articles/2007/04/28/first-pictures-taken-with-apple-iphone.php
"Apr 29, 2007
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yourmom :
The restaraunt (at least in the second photo) is a steakhouse on Wolfe, at Vallco Mall, called "Alexanders'", in Cupertino, CA. This is about 3 miles from Apple HQ, and since the phone is in testing stage, this adds more credibility. Alexanders' is annoyingly costly, and you walk by the huge cuts of meat on the way to the hostess' podium"
interesting
"Apr 29, 2007
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yourmom :
The restaraunt (at least in the second photo) is a steakhouse on Wolfe, at Vallco Mall, called "Alexanders'", in Cupertino, CA. This is about 3 miles from Apple HQ, and since the phone is in testing stage, this adds more credibility. Alexanders' is annoyingly costly, and you walk by the huge cuts of meat on the way to the hostess' podium"
interesting
The bigger a company gets and the higher it moves toward the top, the more reason that company has to be secretive. Companies usually get bigger and move to the top of the heap because their people work smarter than the competition. It's Darwinism in motion...
Smart corporations usually take great steps to prevent "accidents", before they happen. Unless of course, that's part of the game plan.
That first and larger image does look real good, specialy for a phone.
Looks like it has a nice lens.
Looks like it has a nice lens.
Looks ok and real to me. Probably intentionally posted to keep the rumor mill going.
Oh and, for all the people wondering about the orientation information, my Canon Powershot 630 does that too, I thought every modern camera stored the orientation with the picture so you don't have to correct it yourself later. And since the iPhone has an orientation sensor for cover flow and stuff, it just makes sense to use it for taking pictures too.
Oh and, for all the people wondering about the orientation information, my Canon Powershot 630 does that too, I thought every modern camera stored the orientation with the picture so you don't have to correct it yourself later. And since the iPhone has an orientation sensor for cover flow and stuff, it just makes sense to use it for taking pictures too.
I was tooling around this story and found "food porn". Hey, it's Mac related . . .
http://www.flickr.com/photos/njum/477273868/in/pool-52240578442@N01/
Rocketman
http://www.flickr.com/photos/njum/477273868/in/pool-52240578442@N01/
Rocketman
Sorry!
So it looks as if I'm wrong. Allow me this opportunity to apologize for not being correct in "Guess Where This Is." But I will say that they have a glass meat locker that looks 99% similar to what was photographed in the New York, New York Casino. I'm going to go play me some Command and Conquer 3 now.
So it looks as if I'm wrong. Allow me this opportunity to apologize for not being correct in "Guess Where This Is." But I will say that they have a glass meat locker that looks 99% similar to what was photographed in the New York, New York Casino. I'm going to go play me some Command and Conquer 3 now.