Next time we're discussing Apple's amazing superiority at all things technical and I'm getting my face rubbed in it about how Apple simply makes life easy for its users, just refer back to this article about how its AT&T hosted network melted down today, and while they were at it they compromised a lot of people's personal information. I know, some of my friends are Apple addicted little lab monkeys who just sat there hitting "submit," trying to get their fix of Apple Early Adopter Goodness with the release of the new iPhone 4. But the company have turned into the unspeakable bully they mocked in that 1984 commercial, and their tech isn't all that hot, particularly if you know a little about software and like to roll your own, or customize it to fit your interests.
Yep, that's me speaking, the guy who walked into Radio Shack (perhaps the most un-hip store in America) to buy an HTC Hero, a phone that runs on Droid. The only people in the store were me, the clerk, and a guy buying capacitors or something for a homemade alarm system. I waited... oh, not at all. The phone was $49. It works really well. The app store is nice. I'm not at all interested in the iPhone. What's that you say? You can now *edit* the video you take on the iPhone before you post it to Facebook? Really? Well, I'm sure that's worth $400 to me. I'll have to get one immediately...
/sneering
Oh yeah, and that Apple 1984 ad?
26 years on, ironically, the girl in the tight top resembles Droid, and Steve Jobs resembles the guy talking on the screen. Naturally, the hipsters are all wearing similar looking clothes in the audience...
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I interviewed last week w/ a service manager who's first question was "How are you with change?". He proceeded to spew all sorts of theories on how he was going to use the latest tech advances to pull his departments numbers into the stratosphere because he alone knew how to implement all these wonders he was getting. The UPS guy dropped off a package, and he lit up like a X-mas tree. His new i-Pad!. This was the icing on the cake. I asked what auto service apps were available for it, and he said a company he knows of is working on one already and this dealership was going to be a test site. I can see the poor service writers out n the rain and snow trying to write up a car on an i-Pad. And what are the odds of the things not getting legs and walking away? Another invention without a true purpose, but someone will find one for it.
So let me see... the new notepad that is going to revolutionize service writeups, parts ordering and so forth, break new ground, was dropped off by UPS?
That's the company that's been using notepads to keep track of shipping details - including the dropping off of new Apple products - for 10-15 years now, right?
Chortle.
Hater.
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