Apple iPhone
It also comes with George Castanza's handIf you have been listening to 2CC, googling your own name, writing a transcript for your Persiflage or manipulating images to show people what your vision was like before getting spectacles, you may have missed a big announcement today. The Apple iPhone.
Apple bigwig Steve Jobs, unveiled a product that is going to make Apple billions of $ in the years to come. For the last year, rumours have been wild about an iPhone and a true video iPod. I just bought a 5th generation iPod for fucks sake...and just finished paying for it.
In Jobs' keynote speech at Macword 2007, he also unveiled Apple TV. A product that will let you wirelessly stream audio and video content from your Mac to you widescreen TV (if you have one). Whatever. It is no good in Australia as we can't purchase movies or TV shows from the iTunes store here yet.
Those not familiar with a keynote from Steve Jobs (who wears jeans, no belt, white runners and a black shirt tucked in), it involves Jobs unveiling the latest and greatest from Apple with rapturous applause from the audience, minute-by-minute updates on the web, The Red Hot Chili Peppers opening and John Mayer closing the keynote, Jobs telling investors how rich they will get and slagging off Microsoft with a few jokes here and there.
However, the Apple TV only took up about 15 mins of the two hours speech. The rest was devoted to the hybrid iPhone. A lot of people are disappointed that he did not unveil Apple's new OS Leopard, iWork 07, 8 core Power Mac, tablet notebook or an Apple duel-core mini. Good. Suffer. What the fuck do you expect. Slow the fuck down cunts and just breath. Appreciate Apple's current products for while before you spend you hard earned $ on new shit.
Not only is the new product a mobile phone. It is also a wide screen iPod with touch controls and on screen keyboard that disappears and reappears when desired. It runs Mac OS X and is a full HTML web browser. Meaning that the web you see on the phone is exactly the same as you see on your PC. It also has Google Maps and various other gems.
During the keynote demonstration, Jobs did a satellite search for Starbucks. The iPhone brought up a map and he touched the screen for the Starbucks store he wanted and the phone number popped up. He dialed (pressed the screen) and ordered 4000 lattes (for the audience). He said to the girl on the other end of the phone, "only joking...sorry wrong number."
The technology behind the iPhone is unbelievable and revolutionary. We should be amazed and awestruck. I think people forget just how far technology has come over the last ten years. Appreciate it mother fuckers. I predict that we will look back on 2007 as the dawn of a new era in hand held technology. It's freaky man.
I am not going to go into all the specs of the iPhone. I will leave that to the pigeons. Suffice to say it is far ahead of anything on the market at the moment. No visible buttons, wide screen video, camera, phone, full internet , POP email and it looks beautiful. Unlike all the new mobile phones that are around, the iPhone makes it easy to do what it is meant to do; dial a number and send a text. It does this without all the other peripheral bullshit that takes you ages to work out how to use...and probably never use.
Luckily for my bank balance, they are not due here until early 2008. By then my cheap Nokia will be 4 years old and I will get at least a year out of my current 5th generation iPod. As the artist formally known as Wonko The Sane so famously said over at SGS, "The geeks shall inherit the earth." (as well as the investors in their products)
This is Chuck A. Spear signing off for John Stanley and 2CA.
Cop: And what was in the briefcase, sir?
Dude: Papers... business papers... my business papers...
Cop: And what is your occupation?
Dude: (hauling on recliner chair mechanism) I'm unemployed.
This looks great man. My main concern with purchasing this phone-pod, and I have to check this with my accountant, is that it might bump me into the next ahhh... oh, I see you've already made out my check...
This is impressive stuff. Problem is, I am just too lazy to change the operating system on this ibook and start to learn how to use it. I just am too listless. And I need to get new stuff on my ipod and I can't cos I'm too illiterate. I think will drop a Dear John and share with Kairnberra.
What about the Ishmael apology? What a softcock. I think Samuel has serious anger issues... savage outbursts followed lengthy screeds of contrition and backpedalling. If he gets it so wrong so often, then how come he is so savage on anyone else in public life.
At least here we hate everyone equally and make no pretence about presenting a measured, balanced view. How boring is that?*
* If you are bored, please seek help at Lifeline. Call 131332.
You must change your OS. Not hard. Just insert the DVD and press go. I learnt that from my Linux showbag.
I am glad I trumped SGS with the iPhone garb. Got my copy out before his. Surely I will get the job as the 2CC weather boy or get closer in line for a graveyard shift.
"he isn’t the stark raving mad lunatic I portrayed him as"
I am glad Samuel's emails to the summernats dude, Chic Henry, and the Australian Federal Police, were followed by the letter, addressing the majority of his concerns.
Does Samuel actually believe what he has written? Or is he trying to impress folks like Ishmael and any other talk back caller who reads his site.
"Occasionally I get emails from people who want to send things to me via the post, and with the exception of a select few people who I actually know, I have had to turn them down as I did not feel like giving out my home address."
Don't give them your address then Mr rockstar parking officer.
I think I will go and call lifeline now Baron after this outburst.
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