Several times over the past month or so, Cho and I have been in the middle of discussing a topic, requiring directions, or wondering the answer to some miscellaneous question. A pause ensues, and she says, "You know what we need right now?" I'll think, coming to my usual conclusions of: 1. laptop 2. alcohol. Both seem too easy, so I'll say, "What?"
She always replies: "An iPhone!"
I've never seen her so crazy for "hot" technology...perhaps the Church of Hype can save her soul yet?
Now, Cho and I and all the other late (or poor) adopters can send up a cheer, since Apple lowered the iPhone prices by $200! Which means that I can now buy the top of the line iPhone for less because I had patience. This is a lesson which I usually learn the hard way, but not this time -- HA!
So I told The Prof, "For Christmas, first, an iPhone...second, a Breville"... (because the way those things chop almonds is in-sane.) I think he might have been too preoccupied watching the preview of Tim Gunn's Guide To Style to hear me, but we'll see come December 25.
The entire iPod line received a little lunchtime lift in fact, and for the most part, have never looked better. Of course, any moron who'd buy the iPod Touch when s/he could get an iPhone for only $100 more should come to me for a swift, reprimanding smack.
There's a bunch of media coverage surrounding the iPods' update, but I'll sum up::
iPod Shuffle= unpredictable and small, like your grade school crush
iPod Classic= mid-size, sturdy, and reliable, takes you out for pizza after the movie date
iPod Touch= Buy an iPhone, dill
iPod Nano= choad
There are a lot of people who would want the iPhone's advanced music features but who are unwilling to switch phone carriers to get them, and now Apple has made this possible. So I have to respectfully disagree about iPod touch vs. iPhone.
Posted by: Some Assembly Required | Monday, 10 September 2007 at 01:23 PM
I did hear about that $100 reimbursement on the radio this morning. I thought that was a very cool move by the Steve.
Also, I'm sorry to hear about your friend DQ, that must have been horrible.
Posted by: the polish princess | Friday, 07 September 2007 at 03:08 PM
DO NOT GET AN IPHONE!!! SERIOUSLY! YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT!!! Remember my friend who was brutally raped and murdered in April and called the police from the trunk of the murderers car??? Her life could have been saved if her phone had GPS on it. Apparently if you call 911 from the iPhone, they use some triangulation tactic from the cell towers to track an approximate location but its not nearly as precise or fast as a GPS system and, frankly, I still check the locks on my apt door every night about 4 or 5 times before I can go to sleep so I am not spending a dime on a phone without being 100% confident that it has full-fledged GPS. Rumors are swirling that iPhone 2.0 will have it though... I'm willing to wait if there's a chance it could save my life.
Posted by: dairy queen | Thursday, 06 September 2007 at 09:50 PM
I want to know what is happening RIGHT NOW, and those left field scores are known to lag. Anyhow, did you guys see Apple is giving $100 credit to all us early adopters? ALL HAIL THE STEVE!
Posted by: Dutch | Thursday, 06 September 2007 at 07:04 PM
I want to know what is happening RIGHT NOW, and those left field scores are known to lag. Anyhow, did you guys see Apple is giving $100 credit to all us early adopters? ALL HAIL THE STEVE!
Posted by: Dutch | Thursday, 06 September 2007 at 07:04 PM