Apple Is Just A Plain Cool Company

Besides building computers and digital music players that not only work consistently and securely, they build products and software that inspire as well. I mean, just take a look. . .

A woman who has plenty of experience baking unique and fantastic cakes, created this iPod Shuffle dessert:

Then there is the guy who created trading cards showcasing the talent behind the Mac OS X Tiger development team.

(Okay, I'll grant that this is more "creepy" than "inspired". But still, is anyone making trading cards for the guys working on Longhorn? I didn't think so.)

Finally, this last bit isn't about people being inspired by Apple, but rather what Apple might be building to inspire us in the future. It was reported recently that Apple has licensed a chipset from a British manufacturer (Alphamosaic) that is capable of not only music and video, but 3D graphics and image capturing with resolutions up to 8-megapixel. Plus it could be integrated with other chips from the same company to provide wireless communication. Apple could be getting ready to build the ultimate video/gaming/cell phone/camera/music device or they could be looking to add video to the next generation of iPods. I guess we just wait and see.

Here's hoping it's the ultimate Apple handheld, possibly looking like this:

(image taken from Gizmodo)

I'd love to get a Sony P2P, that thing is wicked. But if I could get the same thing built by Apple with their impeccable sense of style and usability, I'd wait for the ultimate Apple handheld.

Oh, and by the way, Apple OS X 10.4 Tiger officially hits the stores on Friday, April 29th. It looks smokin' hot.