We’re hearing a lot of buzz about the capabilities of the new iPhone.  I think it was fun that Steve Jobs, in his public release announcement, said, “stop me if you heard this…” in reference to the Gizmodo fiasco where Giz revealed the secrets of Job’s new toy before he was allowed to. But I was “wowed” by Job’s next announcement – that Gizmodo DIDN’T find one new revolutionary feature that Job’s did announce – FaceTime Video Chat. Job has big plans for the iphone video chat software, and will be shipping millions of the new iphones soon.

Since the 1930s and Dick Tracy‘s cool video wrist-phone, we’ve all waited for a portable live video phone that we could interact with friends and family and see them while they can watch us. We saw them on the Jetsons cartoons, Star Trek and an actual living example was revealed in the 1964 World’s Fair – but, alas, its glory was short-lived. Read the rest of this entry »

I just found this post on Gizmodo that I thought I’d share with you before the weekend. In one of those rare shots of Michael Jackson as “just an ordinary guy”, he’s checking out the camcorders at an interview in Ireland. First the Sony F900 Sony then the HVR-Z1U.

Read the story and watch the footage here:

http://gizmodo.com/5303026/michael-jackson-gets-his-geek-on

Happy Weekend