Audi came up with a smart promotional gimmick for it’s latest Audi. The company decided to use the iPhone with it’s huge userbase as their advertising platform to game as much reach as possible.

Audi released “Audi A4 Challenge“, A racing game for the iPhone. The game basically involves you driving around in an Audi and trying to constantly break your personal record. But what’s interesting are the controls. Acceleration is touch screen based and steering is done through the iPhone’s motion sensor. Pretty cool ha?

The game’s is free and is availale from the App Store.

Apple’s been getting some heat from the iPhone developer communities around for it’s NDA policy. Developers are legally banned from sharing code, discussing or exhanging tips on coding through forums or email.

I’m quite sure there are hidden scenes all over the net that Apple’s all seeing eye can’t get to but for the general developers this is a major setback.

The FUCKING NDA site is just one example of developers venting out their frustrations. The site tracks “FUCKING NDA” twits. From the numbers of new twits showing up all the time the message is quite obvious that freedom of choice is not something Apple wanted to hand over to it’s loyal users. Sad but true….

Couple of my pals were asking today about buying the latest iPhone 3G here in Malaysia.

Fortunately a few good business minded souls have popped up around doing just that. The 8GB is going for RM3399 wheres the 16GB model is priced at RM3699 and comes in 2 colors. Black or White.

I would love to get my hands on one but for now the price is way beyond my budget . Guess I’ll have to save up or hope for a kind soul to donate one to me

But wait, there is still hope. According to Irwan iPhones 3G from NZ are legally unlocked so there is no violation of the warranty terms. Also, the price floats around RM2500.

Shot a few mails to my pals over at NZ, let’s see what they say.

Here they are;

1. iWorld - One thing’s for sure, their site is freaking impressive.

2. iMalaysian - Price is even higher. RM 4500

iPhone 3G

This might be old news but ya, Maxis is bringing in the iPhone 3G.

When? Not too sure, hopefully in the next months. How much? This is not confirmed but Maxis is planning to push the iPhone 3G for under RM1000. Most likely for RM999.99.

This is good news for all those who wanted an iPhone but never found the right channels to get one. Now everyone’s on the same playing field. However, current iPhone owners might be slightly pissed since they might loose their mobile uniqueness

Maxis stands to benifit from this big time, I’m quite sure many are going to switch over to Maxis just for the iPhone. Celcom and Dgi will follow but when is the question.

Source: TheEdgeDaily || Delirium

Apple has announced the release of their second generation iPhone. The launch date for the new iPhone 3G is planned for 11th July 2008. Apple will be launching the new phone world wide in stages.

Apple has also slashed the price of the new iPhone. USD199 for the 8GB model and USD299 for the 16GB model. This will surely boost Apple’s market share in the coming months.

iPhone 3G does come with a few goodies under it’s hood. GPS, full 3G support, App Store, support for Microsoft’s exchange server, support for more languages and many other enhancements including a scientific calculator.

I’m still waiting for Google’s Android before making any decision on what my next phone might be.

Source: Apple