Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Technology in the hands of those without need often seems either excessive, or miraculous.

The title is completely irrelevant to the post.  I was going to close that line with "However, in the hands of those with need, it seems to all-to-frequently fail."
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The iPhone is a perfect example of that title statement.  If you haven't ever seen an iPhone before... well, get the hell out of your house, or at least get your house some internet access, and stop magically reading this blog.  However, the point still stands.  For someone who has never seen the iPhone before, it is a piece of total sorcery.  How is my finger interacting with this glowing platter of mystical excellence?  That's what an iPhone-virgin would ask.

The only thing I ask about it is, why the hell would you make a phone that sucks at making calls?

Seriously, the iPhone does perfectly just about every single thing you could possibly imagine, except being a phone.  If you are in a moving vehicle (Get off the phone while you're driving, by the way.  That's a whole different blog topic), you cannot make calls on this device.  If you are in a building with any number of floors, you cannot make calls on this device.  If you climb a cell tower and put your whole body on one of the antennas (do not do this), you still cannot make calls on this device.

Obviously, I'm exaggerating; the problem is, I'm not exaggerating all that much.

And why does every iPhone case make the headphone port so damned small?

1 comment:

  1. That's why I won't get it even if someone would offer it to me

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