Adding up the cost of all the parts that Apple is expected to use in the device suggests it will cost about $230 to build the 4GB version that will sell for $499 and about $265 to build the 8GB version that will sell for $599.The single most expensive part will be the 3.5-inch touch-sensitive [...]
Entries from January 2007
January 16, 2007
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in India
“To other countries I may go as a tourist,” he declared on touching down at Delhi airport, “but to India I come as a pilgrim.” Today is Martin Luther King Day in the United States – a day that commemorates not only Dr. King’s birth but his ideals of peace, social justice and racial and [...]
January 13, 2007
Book Reading: Sacred Games, by Vikram Chandra
On Friday, Jan 12th, 2007 I attended a book reading at Books Inc by Vikram Chandra, a Bay Area author & UC Berkeley lecturer. Vikram was there to discuss his new epic novel “Sacred Games“. Sacred Games, is a 928 page turner about friendship, betreyal, love and violence, set in a magnificently complex city Mumbai [...]
January 4, 2007
The Ardh Kumbh Mela, Allahabad 2007
The largest human gathering ever has been photographed from space by a high resolution imaging satellite. Over 70 million people are expected to attend a Hindu spiritual event in northern India called the Maha Kumbh Mela. The pilgrims gather at a sacred location on the Ganges River, 15 kilometres from Allahabad, for more than a [...]
January 1, 2007
Happy 2007 :)
Ever wonder what happened on the 1st of January though out the ages. Here is a brief account: 45 BC – The Julian calendar first takes effect. 404 – The last known gladiator competition in Rome takes place. 1673 – Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston. 1772 – The first traveller’s cheques, [...]
