Microsoft has built a Windows Phone 7 simulator in HTML5. It lets you get a feel for it on iPhones and Android phones.
I tried it out, and yes, it would be better if the iOS chrome went away to give you the full experience, but it’s still pretty cool.
I don’t find myself saying this often, but Microsoft did a nice job with WP7.

Jonathan Zitttrain for Havard Law School:

The PC is dead. Rising numbers of mobile, lightweight, cloud-centric devices don’t merely represent a change in form factor. Rather, we’re seeing an unprecedented shift of power from end users and software developers on the one hand, to operating system vendors on the other–and even those who keep their PCs are being swept along. This is a little for the better, and much for the worse.

Hey mister bigtime Harvard guy, being a bit hyperbolic with our title, aren’t we? It’s link bait and I bit, big deal.
I love how the article is just a recap of every step Apple has made in the last 5 years.
And the truck metaphor is more accurate.

It’s bad enough your email application-less tablet is selling so poorly you have to give it multiple price slashes, but then developers jailbreak it and call it Dingleberry.

via Still Life (image source Technabob)

If anyone needs ideas of what to get me for Christmas the Autodromo is a great place to start.
A watch that redlines? Are you serious?!

via Just A Car Guy

via Chromeography

I’ve been in San Francisco the last week and one of the great things about this town is all the classic car porn on the streets. We don’t have a fraction of these classics in New York.
Below is a Dodge Coronet I found and started shooting with my iPhone. The owner saw me from his house, came out to the street, and told me to go inside the car if I wanted.
I wanted.
There’s some great details on the car, like the push button shifter to the left of the steering wheel. The owner also told me about the hidden feature which let you start the car by pushing a button rather than turning the ignition. The idea was this made it easier for women. Oh, times change.