cool: June 2007 Archives

The much vaunted, hyped, publicised, talked about (etc., etc., etc.,) Apple iPhone is now available in the US. Over the next few days you can expect to see more and more reviews, interviews, critiques, whines and blog posts (is there a difference?) about the latest "toy" that every self-respecting gadget freak wants. The Apple Store for the US is selling the devices, but there seems to be a two to four week backlog already! Will I want one? Probably. Will I get one? That depends. I'll wait a while to see how things pan out. It's not exactly clear when the iPhone will be made available in Ireland anyway, so there's no point getting excited about it just yet. Adrian's got a couple of more posts about the new toy that are a good read.

Two online services that are run by Irish operations have been nominated for awards recently. PollDaddy, which is run by Infacta has been nominated for the Webware 100. You can vote for it here. It's up against some stiff competition in that category, so best of luck to them! Aodhan Cullen, the man behind StatCounter, has been nominated for a BusinessWeek Young Entrepreneur Award. There's more info on their blog. On a sidenote, as Adam notes, the blog isn't written by Aodhan. What's that all about?