Masi Inget donk sama Skifree, game jadul jamannya Windows 3.1 dulu. Sekarang Skifree bisa dimainin di iPhone for FREE!!

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Game ini mungkin bisa dikategorikan sebagai alternate reality game (ARG), bener-bener kreatif developernya bisa bikin concept game kaya ini !!!

Some app developer was smart enough to realize that the iPhone’s speaker pushes air around, and thus, can be used to move a little styrofoam ball around a fake soccer field.It’s 99 cents, and it looks like a lot of fun. It would be even better if there was some kinda camera/judging thing that lets it automatically know when you’ve scored.

What else could you use the iPhone for that actually interacts into real space? Maybe something involving screen brightness and night lights? [iTunes Link]

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source: gizmodo.com

TEMPO Interaktif, Jakarta – Karyawan Microsoft juga manusia biasa. Sebagian mereka juga ada yang tertarik menggunakan iPhone, tapi mereka kini harus sembunyi-sembunyi.

Soalnya, CEO Microsoft Steve Ballmer tak suka karyawannya memakai ponsel selain yang berbasis Windows. Microsoft memang sendiri secara resmi menantang iPhone dengan meluncurkan Windows Phone 7 da menggandeng beberapa produsen.

September lalu sempat kejadian unik. Seorang karyawan Microsoft memotret Ballmer dengan iPhonenya. Ballmer pun meminta ponsel itu lalu dia meletakkan di lantai dan pura-pura menginjaknya.

Aksi teatrikal Ballmer itu membuat karyawan Microsfot kini harus sembunyi-sembunyi bila memakai iPhone. Juru bicara Microsoft tak mau berkomentar soal ini.

Pemakai iPhone di kantor Microsoft tidaklah sedikit. Tahun lalu tercatat ada sekitar 10 ribu iPhone yang mengakses surat elektronik di kantor Microsoft. Di antara mereka adalah para petinggi Microsoft seperti J. Allard yang menciptakan game Microsoft Xbox. Angka 10 ribu itu berarti sekitar 10 persen dari total jumlah karyawan Microsoft di seluruh dunia.

Fenomena itu, mungkin dianggap orang seperti orang di kantor Coca Cola yang minum Pepsi. Aneh, kan?

“Tidak aneh,” kata Andy Lee, vice president Microsoft untuk pengembangan di luar negeri. Menurut dia, para karyawan Microsoft itu memakai produk dari pesaing karena ingin memahami kompetisi.

iPhone di Amerika Serikat saat ini mengungguli Windows Phone 7. Akhir Januari 2009, iPhone menguasai 25,1 persen pasar ponsel pintar. Sedangkan Windows menguasai sekitar 15 ,7 persen. Itu data menurut comScore.

[Tempointeraktif]

You can’t blame them Steve..

Research yang baru-baru ini dilakukan oleh Katy Huberty seorang analis dari Morgan Stanley menyatakan bahwa penjualan iPad akan berpotensi melampaui target penjualan dan iPhone generasi berikutnya akan lebih murah dari model-model sebelumnya. Selain itu ia juga memprediksikan iPhone generasi selanjutnya akan dirilis pada bulan Juni nanti.

Fortune reports on a new research note from prominent Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty citing strong sales of Apple’s iPad and the potential for increased growth in the iPhone segment from new models she predicts will carry lower total cost of ownership as drivers for Apple’s stock price over the next several years.

In a report to clients issued Friday, Morgan Stanley’s Katy Huberty offered one of her patented risk-reward snapshots of Apple (AAPL), this one even more optimistic than the last, thanks to what she sees as two new catalysts:

- The iPad launch in March. Huberty is anticipating unit sales of 6 million in calendar 2010, considerably higher than the Street’s consensus of 3-4 million
- New iPhones in June. She’s expecting new models that offer “both a lower total cost of ownership and new functionality, potentially including gesture-based technology”

Huberty doesn’t appear to have elaborated on the basis for her iPhone prediction or exactly what she means by “gesture-based technology”, and it is unclear whether such cost of ownership savings would primarily come from the cost of the device itself or the much more significant monthly subscription pricing offered through Apple’s partner carriers, as both have been cited as significant barriers to entry for customers.

As part of her analysis, Huberty offers three “bull scenarios” that see Apple’s stock pricing surging to between $325 and $435 by fiscal year 2012 depending on the balance between subsidies paid to Apple by carriers and global market share. Huberty also offers tamer scenarios in which Apple’s iPhone proves to show slower growth, and projecting stock prices in the $180-$250 range.

[Macrumors]