umm, colorware?

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i got a Sharpie

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That is amazing! Apple, hire this guy and make the second-gen iPhone like this!

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This is wayyy better than colorware, the finish on their paint sucks. This would be cooler if they let you selectively choose which parts you wanted painted rather than having to use the whole thing. Colorware has this problem too. For example I don't like the all black one. I just want the apple on the back black. What's really cool about this is it's the first time that you can change the color while keeping the original finish. Imagine when they start doing it to LAPTOPS. So long as i can choose just one part to paint....i'm in. I want Black apple logos on alll my stuff. I love the black on aluminum look.

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Very badass, but does it hinder cell or wifi reception, or heat dissipation? iPod Jonny picks his materials for a reason. :)

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The interesting part is that the user didn't just do it for himself, he has obvisouly gone through all the hard work to do it for others: http://www.gigapascal.com/ - they are going to sell the modificaton for iPod touch, iPod 3G and iPhone. Check out the gold edition of iPhone - talk about bling :)

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An optical microscope & an electron microscope are very different things. While it may be cool to say an electron microscope was used, it is simply not the reality. He correctly states in his posting that he used an optical microscope. This is backed-up by the full-colour images provided. An electron microscope could not, by limitations of its nature, provide such images. Electron microscopes, in their numerous varieties, are wonderful tools for many applications; it just so happens one wasn't used in this case.

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I hated the chrome so much I took a fine grit sanding sponge on Day 1 and "brushed" my iPhone. (Taped up all other surfaces and proceeded really carefully...) Looks great.

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I would be more worried about the durability of the components inside of the case due to dropping the phone. I believe that a sleeve would be better at absorbing some of the energy from a collision upon dropping your iphone.
Maybe a sleeve could have holes spread throughout in order to absorb collision energy, but allow more heat transfer at the holes. Of course, you would need to couple the hole idea w/ an aesthecially pleasing pattern of holes since that is a paramount priority to apple customers. I think that you could design a cool pattern of holes.

A sleeve might cause heat dissapation issues if there are heat transfer issues related to the case. This coating might cause some heat transfer problems if there are any.

You also might think about the heat expansion coefficient and elasticity of the covering.

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I just picked up one of these sweet cases from Incase on Saturday, and so far, it's the best iPhone case I've used to date. Gives the phone the appearance of an all black finish, very slim and sweet. The fit is very tight.

http://www.goincase.com/products/detail/slider-case-cl59031

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link to the electron microscope images:
http://www.genmay.com/showpost.php?p=22304502&postcount=24

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Anyone else think "Oh, they've encased him in carbonite! He should be very well protected, if he survived the freezing process that is." as they were reading this?

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I emailed them straight away after reading the writeup on this process, asking about pricing. Haven't heard back.

I also asked if there would be any effect on the phone's cell or Wifi signal reception. Anyone? They aren't coating the black antenna portion of the phone, but could this process still hinder the performance in any way?

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How does this compare to Colorware's modded iPhones?

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FYI anyone with Websence at work genmay.com is a filtered site for "Adult Content"

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