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Unfortunately iWear is a figment of the overactive but quite funny imagination of Scoopertino. But I’m pretty sure there are at least a couple of Steve Jobs fans out there that would’ve considered buying it, if it was sold in stores. Be sure to read the label in the image above! :)

Nothing is as funny as an advert that pokes fun at the competition. Those “I’m a Mac” commercials are probably more popular than some TV shows. Microsoft naturally counterattacked multiple times. Sony and Microsoft have their own little duel. It’s becoming even more obvious now that Sony’s team can’t help but comment on how “flawed” the Kinect is. Amazon chose to poke some fun at the iPad when it released a commercial in which the Kindle owner could tan and read books while sitting in the sun whereas the iPad owner couldn’t read the screen if his life depended on it.

I won’t mention all the “anti-iPhone” commercials various companies released right after the Antennagate. I’ll just stick to a recently released one from T-Mobile that’s meant to showcase the new myTouch 4G phone. The thing is, while it’s showcasing the new handset, the ad also mocks the iPhone 4 and competing carrier AT&T that holds exclusivity rights over Apple's smartphone. To sum it up, the myTouch 4G can be used to make video calls through 4G and WiFi. iPhone owners, however, will have to go to a location where there’s WiFi. Doesn’t matter that they’re holding a phone which naturally works through a mobile network. No WiFi, no FaceTime. Be sure to watch the ad, it’s definitely worth your 30 seconds.

via Ubergizmo

Somehow I doubt that a huge number of people will keep enough money around to get tired from counting it all. Some people are so fond of credit cards they might not even know what cash looks like. In any case, it’s easy to see the appeal of this concept simply because it can be implemented in banking and replace the bulky and clunky money counting machines. Small businesses will find this extremely useful as well. Designers Wei Hansen, Li Shaochen, Xu Jinrui, Qi Yibin & Zhao Ying came up with this small Counting Ring which is basically a simplified money counting machine.

On the top side of the ring you’ll get a LED display. Just slip it on your thumb and flip through the money as if you were flipping through book pages. The veins on the ring will ensure that every sheet passes and an IR scanner will record how many notes have passed. You’ll see the number of notes on the LED display and manage to count your money effectively. Some people may even think it looks good.

via Yanko

For some odd reason Sony simply can’t stop talking about Microsoft’s new Kinect for Xbox. Initially, the Playstation maker went on and on about how its Move controller has buttons and the Kinect doesn’t. Users obviously need a ton of buttons. Otherwise they can’t fully enjoy gaming, right? Well, some of us users would sure like it more if Sony put more time and effort into its own devices rather that constantly peeking over the fence and commenting on what competing companies are doing. Now that they’ve passed that moment in time, the people at Sony chose to attack Microsoft again, claiming that the Kinect is a pretty cumbersome device.

Richard Marks, Sony’s research and development exec who contributed to the creation of titles such as EyePet and the EyeToy did show some form of appreciation for the different experience Microsoft’s Kinect would deliver for Xbox 360 owners. “I totally agree that there is this magical feeling with using your hands to select something,” he said. Still, he thinks that the experience would prove tiresome at one point and users will want to return to more conservative types of gaming. We’ll find out whether he’s right or not in a couple of days when the Kinect will finally be released on the market and owners will start commenting, or in the worst scenario complaining about it.

But somehow, I wouldn’t be so sure that the Kinect will become tiresome. What’s really, really fishy is Sony’s concern for the Kinect. It sounds as if they’re trying to convince people, indirectly, that their Move for Sony is much better. Maybe they feel a bit threatened by Microsoft’s sales expectations? The Redmond-based company has mentioned previously that the Kinect will completely surpass the launches of Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii and perhaps even its own Xbox 360 as scale and sales. We’ll be able to compare more objectively once the Kinect shows up in stores.

via Softpedia