We are so addicted to buying new iPods every year, on top of the Macs that he kept changing every other year. We are starting to believe, we have developed some obsessive compulsive (Apple) buying behavior.

Ben Koe wrote about his thoughts about Apple and its brand promise, while he believes that he is objective when it comes to technoloy, I am totally bias when it comes to Apple. Since I was 17 and started using Macs, I’ve not found any Apple products that I really dislike.

Check out our iPods (the missing one is the mini that’s currently with my brother) from old bulky one to the latest new sleek one.

Remember those first generation iPod? It didn’t know how to work with Windows, and was FireWire-only at first.

Recently, I have been searching on mobile related topics – it’s a growing market (the whole bringing online content and social networking into mobile phones)! I was speaking with Jason Coates, Senior Comms Manager of Yahoo! SEA, and he was telling me about the explosive growth and opportunities in mobile development (especially in the Asia markets), usage and what users can now do on their phones nowadays. In August issue of Marketing Magazine, it also mentions that the global mobile advertising market will rise to S$17.13billion in 2011.

With Steve Job’s recent announcement on iPhone, new iPod touch, the mobile market is going to explode into alot of opportunities for marketers and users. Again, I am not going to go into details into the mobile research.

What I am highlighting today is six amazing FUTURE PHONES (that are not exactly phones) – developed by product design students at the University of Dundee’s College of Art, Science and Engineering. The brief was to create “Phones to support intimacy and sensuality.” Got the lead to this from Kevin Roberts’ latest post. Thought they are pretty cool.

The above is called the m:ssage handset, built to send soothing massage at anytime, to a loved one, anywhere in the world.

The Aware is created to allow communication between people on their personalised network. When someone on your network is nearby, the leds will pulse and send tingling down the users spine from the vibrators down to the back. (targeted at teens).

1) Steve Rubel thinks Geek Marketers are the next BIG thing! And I can see that happening, even in the little island here in Singapore. I know of a few such people here who fit the role Steve described, perfectly.

2) Next, I read with interest, the news of Kit Chan (yes, our local songbird/ celebrity) joining global PR agency, Hill & Knowlton as campaign strategist. It is an interesting move for Kit (am not sure of her experience in marketing/ public relations) and some wonder if it’s just a publicity stunt of H&K. However, as I mentioned in my last post, it could be a case of having someone who might not have all the necessary experience in a job but has great creativity and definitely – INFLUENCE. Again, interesting move for both!

3) Well, this is not interesting – this is GORGEOUS AND BRILLIANT! Apple’s “The Beat Goes On” event, announcing the new and coolest Apple products like a brand new iPod nano with video *gasp* and the iPod touch *double gasp*.