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September 22, 2008

rectal-fi

I've never embraced the reflex to sheath one's smartphone in hideous, orthopedic-looking defensive garb. I'd rather let my handset take its licks and assume the marks of ownership than squeeze it into the consumer-electronics equivalent of a scoliosis brace. That said, the purported promise of Griffin Technology's Clarifi to marginally rectify the iPhone's egregious photo optics makes me curious about the case, its accursed protectiveness (seriously, it makes the device look like it's wearing kneepads) notwithstanding. I guess I'll keep an eye out for the reviews.

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June 26, 2008

2002 called

Multimedia messaging on the iPhone, finally? About fucking time, if true. In my current experience, when someone sends me a multimedia message from their philistine phone to my messiah phone, AT&T helpfully lets me know via SMS, supplying a link to a web page where I can view the goddamn picture ... after I log in with a randomly generated username and password ... as long as I have Flash installed ... which of course Mobile Safari does not. Which means I have to wait until I'm near a full-blown computer before I can painstakingly type in the alphanumeric URL, by which time that spontaneous shot of the neighbor's dog doing/eating something charming/revolting is as stale as yesterday's biscuits.

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June 09, 2008

ihavetodowhatnow

Apparently the new iPhone will require physical in-store activation. This is a huge retrenchment from the disarmingly simple iTunes-centric activation process Apple pioneered with the original iPhone merely a year ago. It's even a regression from every other cell phone activation I've dealt with over the past decade—during which time I've owned roughly twenty handsets (yeah, I know), all of which have provided the option of activation from home via telephone or the web.

I guess I'll be donning my bolshevik best and waiting in line with the rest of the madding flashmob come July 11th.

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April 14, 2008

iibook

Just plain sick.

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June 29, 2007

isurrender

Yes I love my iPhone and want to merge with it and make cyborg babies.

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June 21, 2007

ican'twait

"To help pass the waiting time, I drew some pictures of me and my future iPhone!!!"

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June 20, 2007

istillwantone

Heh.

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April 02, 2007

only of the week?

Heh.

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February 15, 2007

it's the little things

Seriously, bring it.

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January 11, 2007

yet another iphone post

"Most of the videos I have seen of the iPhone don't show it in action, but this video really gives you an idea of how you interact with this little device. Phil Schiller, Apple's Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing, pulls out all the stops for CBS News and runs the iPhone through its paces."

Posted by R. at 02:27 AM | | Comments (0)

January 09, 2007

icanstopmyself

"Apple went through numerous iterations of the glass surface, trying to find one that’s not too slick or too rough, or that shows grease and fingerprints too much."

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iwant

The iPhone looks slick, sick, sleek and lovely (albeit a bit on the large-ish side in the X and Y sense, which is probably necessitated by the gestural interface and multimedia features). Yeah, I want one.

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apple overload

MacRumorsLive is like crack.

Posted by R. at 09:18 AM | | Comments (0)

January 08, 2007

ihype

Apple had better not release a glorified universal remote tomorrow.

Posted by R. at 11:33 PM | | Comments (0)

February 13, 2006

tripping the light fantastic

This is cool and beautiful.

Posted by R. at 10:11 AM | | Comments (0)

January 12, 2006

intel inside the reality distortion field

"According to Conrad, it was also Apple's idea to make Intel CEO Paul Otellini hop into a bunny suit."

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January 11, 2006

glass ceiling

Good news indeed.

Posted by R. at 02:42 PM | | Comments (0)

January 10, 2006

intelivision

So this is the ad.

I like the concept but it lacks a certain attention to detail. It doesn't go far or deep enough—although perhaps that was an executive decision. It could have been dreamier, more Kubrickian—or even Lucasian, circa THX. You've got sterility. You've got hints of longing. Go there.

I'm too hard on Apple sometimes.

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