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Links of Note: June 4, 2007

June 4, 2007 11:22 AM Posted by mac

"Where the iPhone has an advantage over the competition is that it won’t be seen as a phone, but as a device that contains a cellphone. So instead, it’s a widescreen iPod that just happens to be a cellphone. This shift in thinking is the revolutionary bit of the iPhone, and within a few years you’ll see this spread into all sorts of devices such as GPS receivers and digital cameras."

If I had wads of disposable income I'd certainly take a chance on the iPhone, but a two-year service contract and $499 base price is simply too much to pay for a first-generation device. I'm not too keen on switching cell companies, either. For now I'll have to gawk at the latest TV ads and hope iPhone 2.0 dovetails with my future plans.

Newspapers & Convergence:
10 obvious things about the future of newspapers you need to get through your head (Invisible Inkling)
Newspaper folks need to quit moaning about the ills of their industry and get on with it already. Ryan at Invisible Inkling provides a swift slap across the industry's face:

"It’s time to stop handwringing and start training. If your editors are still writing navelgazers about the cataclysmic changes in the business instead of starting training programs to teach some new tricks to you and that guy in the cubicle next door, that’s a problem. Stop whining and move on."

Ryan's other points are also dead-on. Read more.

Web Design:
New CNN.com Design in Public Beta
CNN.com's redesign beta showcases a significant departure from the page view model, writes Todd Zeigler of The Bivings Report.

"The site is pretty Ajaxy, meaning users can access content without reloading pages, thus minimizing page views. This is significant, as it makes CNN one of the first large media properties to embrace new technology and take a baby step away from the page view advertising model."

(Greatest lead story ever)

Let's hope CNN.com's advertising switch has the same industry-wide ripple effect as Wired's 2002 CSS redesign.

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