As the iPhone Turns
Thursday September 6, 2007 at 1:37 pm | Filed under Gadgetry, Mac
What drama! Steve Jobs just released an open letter about how he’s received hundreds of emails from sissies who want a refund because they paid for an iPhone in the last 10 weeks. The letter is typical from Jobs. It’s written in words that would come right out of Steve’s mouth, that clearly show his opinion, and gets right to the point about what’s up and how Apple is reacting to these letters. He does a great job of explaining what buying new technology is about:
This is life in the technology lane. If you always wait for the next price cut or to buy the new improved model, you’ll never buy any technology product because there is always something better and less expensive on the horizon. The good news is that if you buy products from companies that support them well, like Apple tries to do, you will receive years of useful and satisfying service from them even as newer models are introduced.
In the end there’s a refund for us poor unfortunates who had no idea what we were getting into when we bought this phone. I mean, obviously we’re entitled to money back, right? Lame.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m gonna take that $100 credit and spend it on more stuff that’s probably overpriced, that’ll teach’em! But come on people, be grown up about this. Apple is trying to take hold of a new market with an amazing device and in order to do that they need to be aggressive. You were among the first to be able to enjoy it. Go use it to call someone who cares.
Yes. It Blends.
Tuesday July 10, 2007 at 6:42 pm | Filed under Gadgetry, On the Web
A blender manufacturer called Blendtec has a great idea on their hands… blend stuff that you wouldn’t normally stick in a blender to demonstrate the power of its product. Their latest victim? The iPhone. Poor thing. Let’s hope it was the 4GB version!
How Many Bars Do You Have In Your Hood?
Wednesday July 4, 2007 at 10:05 pm | Filed under Gadgetry, On the Web, mobile
Tonight I found a cool site that let’s you explore neighborhoods to get the feel of what kind of mobile signal strength you’ll get. Check out SignalMap to see where the good signals or the dead spots are. You can even contribute if you know where your cell strength goes hot or cold. This site is great when shopping for a new phone — you can see the differences in the big wireless companies’ coverage, and the differences between phones on the same network in the same neck of the woods.
Of course, I’m not buying another cell phone for a long time.