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June 29, 2007
iPitiful
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What the hell is the matter with people who are waiting in line for five days to get an iPhone? I am 99% sure there is no way the iPhone lives up to its hype. First of all, it's an Apple, so you can bet there are going to be loads of annoying little features on it that make no sense, not to mention pesky other problems. Second, it's the first of its kind, which means it will have bugs, failures, and other shortfalls. This review says the phone has lots of great features, but can also be frustrating. That's about what I expected.
Then why have the iPhone? Duh, Apple is the best self-promoter since Muhammad Ali. Apple makes some great products - the iPod deserves all the praise it gets - but they aren't wonderdevices either. But Apple has managed to create this image of itself as cool, futuristic and superior - deserved or not, they've done it. If some yahoo (or as another person called them, iDiots) wants to sit in a line for five days to get one of these things, I can't stop him. However, I can certainly make fun of him.
With that in mind, here's another edition of Osgood's 11. This time, it's 11 things the person who is likely to do such things can do to pass time while waiting in line for an iPhone.
11. Practice Klingon-language skills.
10. Figure out what hasn't had an "i" put in front of its name; trademark it. Sample: iCondom.
9. Talk to member of opposite sex. (When laptop/cell phone/iPod battery dies only.)
8. Coordinate costumes with other superfans for next Harry Potter movie.
7. Avoid the terrible bright light of day.
6. Hold gigantic Dungeons & Dragons tournament, loser must make Taco Bell run.
5. Compile list of arcane reasons why Apple is better than PC.
4. Have round table discussion about whether ninjas or pirates would win in a fight.
3. Form angry mob, ransack the nearest Circuit City.
2. Build iCar, complete with touch screen steering wheel, because an actual steering wheel would get in the way.
1. Create a graven image of Steve Jobs, challenge God to smite them.
entry no. 897
Posted by oz115 at June 29, 2007 11:44 AM