アップルの有名なCM、「1984」が最初に流れてからちょうど20年が経ちました

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Whether you are a Mac-o-phile or not, you may have heard of the famous TV advertisement for the first Macintosh titled the "1984". It was directed by the famous film director Ridley Scott.

Most of you may think it aired first for the Superbowl in 1984 but it actually aired first twenty years ago today (in Japan time): December 15, 1983 (1am to be precise).

I first read about it in John Sculley's book "Odyssey." But you can also read bout it in Owen Linzmayer's "Apple Confidential"; I happened to be the co-translator of that book here in Japan.

If you don't have that book yet, here you can read the excerpt:

http://www.isd.net/cmcalone/cine/1984.html

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A week and half has past with my V801SA and I am quite happy with it except for one thing: battery life.

My V801SA has never survived the second day witout recharging; it is same with my FOMA P2102V phone, but V801SA is worse.

One good news though is I can recharge it with my USB cable that came with "Keitai-bannou" software package for FOMA phones (and Windows OS :-( )

As for SIM-swapping, hiroshiy is right, V801SA is SIM-locked and you can't use SIM cards from other vendors. As a matter of fact, I know there are two Japanese SIM cards that works outside of Japan, FOMA Card and VGS Card, but I have never heard of any SIM Card that would work in Japan. Are there any?

I doesn't necessary mean there is no SIM-swappable 3G phones; NOKIA Japan has W-CDMA+GSM (2-bands so far) but at least in Japan, it seems to work with VGS Card only.

I wonder when and who would ever support the roaming of foreign carriers. I am very sure vodafone is working on it.

V801 SAを使い始めて１週間半ほど絶ちますが、とりあえずは１点を除いて満足しています。問題点はバッテリーライフです。

12/22から期間限定のMac情報サイト、GN Macがオープンします。
一部業界関係者（携帯＆Mac業界？）から人気のWebサイト、GadgetNaviのMac専用版で、MACWORLD EXPO/SAN FRANCISCO開催にあわせた期間限定のオープンとなります。サイトの閲覧は有料になっていますが、文字中心の原稿の他、ムービーやQuicKTime VRなど、さまざまなコンテンツが掲載される予定で、私も記事を寄稿することになっています。
URLはこちら：
http://mac.expo.jp/

plusminus zero is a joint project between Takara, the toy manufacturer, and Naoto Fukazawa, one of the most established industrial designer in Japan recently known as the principal desinger of INFOBAR cellular phone.

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Here is an excerpt from March 1994 press kit by Apple, I just found in my drawer.

Q1.Who recorded the 'boot beep' on the 'new' Power Macintosh computers?

Q2.What famous Nobel prize-winning scientist shares a March 14 birthday with Power Macintosh?

Q3.What 1984-vintage software was shown at the 1993 Apple Developers conference to demonstrate the Power Macintosh line's compatibility with 680x0 processor-based applications?

Q4.What was the code-name for the Power Macintosh team?

Q5.What other products resulted from research and development for Power Macintosh?

引き出しの中から見つけた'94年３月、Power Macintosh発表時の報道者向け資料から抜粋です。

Q1．（新しい）Power Macintoshの起動音をレコーディングしたのは誰でしょう？

Q2．Power Macintoshと同じ３月14日生まれのノーベル賞受賞者は？

Q3．1993年のアップル開発者会議で、Power Macと680x0用アプリケーションの互換性を示すために1984年製のビンテージアプリケーションは？

Q4．Power Macintosh開発チームのコード名は？

Q5．Power Macintoshの研究開発プロジェクトから派生した製品は？