Why I Waited 8h for the iPhone 4
On Friday morning I got in line outside my local Apple Store at 5 in the morning. I don’t want to tell you how many hours I waited in line that day, but it was a lot. However, I walked out with an iPhone 4.
I’ve had a lot of people ask me why I did that. I don’t need it. My 3GS was functional, albeit a bit buggy lately. There are the famed antenna issues with the new iPhone (which I can reproduce, by the way, but which don’t cause any problems for me). And there are probably better ways I could have spent that money.
I did it because I wanted to. Because I was passionate about it, and it’s important, I think, to follow your passions. Gadgets and the like are something I do feel passionate about, about how they can make our lives better, easier and richer.
I think it’s important to follow your passions, and not to apologize for them, no matter what they may be. Maybe it’s great food, maybe it’s stamps, maybe it’s base jumping. But the more passionate things you do, the better you’ll feel.
So that’s why I waited in line for the iPhone 4 and what got me out of bed at 4:30 in the morning.
What would get you out of bed at 4:30 in the morning?
So your luxury smartphone—literally, the best that money can buy—has a minor problem if you hold it a certain way. Okay then. Move your finger and go back to worrying about something important, like the oil-spill that has literally destroyed the entire Gulf of Mexico. Seriously? This is front page, half-hour-block-of-television important? Excuse me, but go fuck yourself. You don’t have to own this phone. Oh what, you would rather use the iPhone 4 than any other device? Then shut up about the antenna and continue to go about your every day life. This is, without a doubt, the most infuriating thing about the whole “Antennagate” situation.
So…Steve Jobs is Darth Vader now?
The best video you will see today.
Apple does press conference, everybody speculates
Apple is doing a press conference at 1pm EST today. This is odd, as Apple doesn’t do this too often. The rumor is they will be addressing the iPhone 4 reception issues that have made all the headlines in the States. The hope, among us Canucks, is for an international release date.
I’d be surprised to see a full recall, but I think we will see some kind of acknowledgment. I suspect a soft recall, inviting those who are having reception issues (as it’s not everyone) to exchange their phones, as Apple will say they think they’ve solved it with a new batch of iPhones.
John Gruber, of Daring Fireball, said his Spidey Sense was tingling that there was something bigger afoot. I’d like to believe he’s right, but I don’t know what that would be. Could be they will begin selling it unlocked through their stores, allow people to get around AT&T easier in the States, as they have here. Doesn’t make that big a difference, since AT&T’s network is the only one that can run it in the States.
Come on Apple, hurry up with that international release! I’m eager for that HD camera!
Either way, we’ll see around 1pm today.
Apple, Mad Men and The Emotion of Ads
Piece about Face Time, Apple’s new iPhone video chat system, relating it to a classic scene from Mad Men
iPad as Business Tool
Not really the examples I’d have chosen, but a solid foundation of how it can be used. Remote work is the bigger possibility for me.
Smoking Apples
You ever come across a site and think “How was I not already reading this?” This site, Smoking Apples, gave me that feeling. Beautifully designed, talking about Apple tech and design. Already sent several of the articles off it to Instapaper. Which, coincidentally, I plan to write about soon.
