Archive for the ‘iPhone’ Category

Yeah Yeah Yeahs Rock Motorola Droid Launch in NYC

November 7, 2009

Don’t get us wrong: we love Mac. In fact, we’re typing this post from our beloved G5 right now. But anyone who argues that the keyboard on their iPhone is “sleek” or even remotely usable is a bullshit artist.

“I don’t mind not having a flash!”

Lies.

Motorola has tapped into these glitches by creating the Droid, their new, virally-campaigned, interchangeable-batteried, touchscreen-with-full-keyboard “anti-iPhone” with five-megapixel camera and flash, which came out Friday exclusively through Verizon Wireless.

So you can imagine our excitement when we were invited to their launch party Friday night at New York’s Angel Orensanz Foundation! Especially when we found out Yeah Yeah Yeahs were playing!!!

It was our first time seeing the YYYs, and Karen O absolutely killed it. The frontlady rocked “Shame and Fortune,” “Gold Lion,” “Soft Shock,” “Black Tongue” and tons of other songs, while cryptic “DROID DOES” signs flickered in the background.

Check out a glimpse of the magic (which includes Karen performing in the audience and eating her microphone), below.

iPhone App Lets You Play Sully

March 24, 2009

If you’ve ever wanted to try your hand at landing a crashing plane, this is your lucky day?

A new iPhone application allows you to simulate landing the crashing US Airways Flight 1549 that Chelsey “Sully” Sullenberger successfully landed back in January.
The app actually shows a plane suffering engine failure after a bird strike, and features the actual air traffic control communication.
Kind of morbid and awesome at the same time!