paginate Mr. Godwin . Mr. Godwin , please come to the white courtesy iPhone .
Yes , this week it ’s more engineering industriousness pundits running off the rails about the Apple tablet and the iPhone . But do n’t worry , the Macalope ’s baffle the Twitter pop for when learned person get you down .
Tablet derangement syndrome
Apparently PC World has Michael Scalisi on the Apple beat full - sentence , which they imagine requires a lot of insurance coverage of a equipment that , as far as anyone sleep with , does n’t exist . But let ’s clear up something from Scalisi’smost recent missive .
Well , Michael , the Macalope ca n’t speak for each of the many , many citizenry who sure as shooting criticise your premature post , buthewasn’t criticizing it because he assumes the equipment will be popular ( although your strawman is quite adorable , if extremely inflammable ) . He has n’t catch the twist , so he really ca n’t say .
No , he was criticizing it for making huge assumptions about something no one has seen . If , as you get into , Apple does release a tablet machine that makesexactlythe same mistake as , oh , all the other tab machine , then yes , that machine will believably miscarry . See ? Reasonable people can correspond on some things . It ’s just that , give Apple ’s good track record of previous , that just seems potential .
As for your raw competition that the App Store could sully the still - fictitious pill , well , could be . There ’s no denying the App Store has its issues , but does the average drug user consider the departure of a few specialised apps that much of a drawback over the public lavatory and incessant fire - sale prices ? intelligibly some developers are not well-chosen with the situation , but how unhappy is your modal iPhone substance abuser ? None of these App Store shenanigansseem to be hurting sales yet .
Well , as barmy as Scalisi is , at least he did n’t propose perhaps the worst Apple tablet idea ever . No , that particular plumage belong in the snappy hat of ZDNet ’s Larry Dignan , who suggestedApple name the tablet the Newton(tip o ’ the antler toGrant Hutchinson ) .
Hopefully Larry was just cracking overbold , but if he was really evoke this , someone at ZDNet should take his gondola key out from him .
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Not having Google Voice is just like the gulags!
Apple fans , was someone having some fun on Monster.com ? Because PC World ’s David Coursey isapparently trying to audition for John Dvorak ’s jobwhen it is n’t even subject .
Decades of resentment against Apple ’s high - laterality and condescension seem to be coming to the aerofoil …
Projecting much , David ?
… as media outlets jam on the company with a furiousness never see before .
Oh , please . sure members of the media loved to kick Apple when it was down and now they ’re just trying to kick it when it ’s up . Coursey tries to prove the point himself by calling Steve Jobs “ vicious ” and Apple “ Stalinist . ” David , please ! This is America : We set aside those epithets for our measured treatment on administration - run wellness - concern insurance programs .
This is get down to be a regular thing with him . In ordering to prove that “ iPhone drug user are in rebellion ” he links to — surprise!—a piece he wroteabout how iPhone substance abuser are in revolt ! Well , QED !
Does that piece quote any iPhone user ? advert any statistic about mass turning their iPhones in for the Pre or Android - based phones ? Uh , no .
It ’s honest that there is a contingent of iPhone owners who have very vocally registered their complaints , but again , it ’s notaverageusers . As the pointy one has noted , most of the complaints have get from developer and the techno - elite — sales have persist unassailable .
By the way , how ’s the insurrection of the intelligentsia working out ? Well , of two of the most noted people to take a walk on the wild side , one has trade back(tip o ’ the antlers toDaring Fireball ) and the other is wonderingif he ’s only hurting himself . Turns out it ’s unvoiced to give the iPhone because , despite some warts , it ’s still the practiced phone around . It ’s barely like life on the Palm Pre is all sunshine and roses .
The Macalope look forwards to your Palm rant soon , David .
Despite Coursey ’s laughable flirting withGodwin ’s Law , there is grounds that Apple is listening . Apple elderly VP of merchandising Phil Schiller has emailed notonebuttwobloggers to demand for forbearance and to let the great unwashed know Apple moot the App Store a oeuvre in progress . Fair enough .
Just because Apple ’s ruffled some high - profile feathers does n’t intend it ’s rain down in Mongolia .
Yet .
But if you feel like I do, I got the antidote
If you ’re tired of reading all this Apple bashing , you might likeRick Webb ’s Twitter feed(tip oxygen ’ the antlers toJason Kottke ) .
Webb handilysticks it to iPhone complainer :
They made a nomadic web internet browser promiscuous age better than any late internet browser & you readily took it for granted & beef about it lacking Flash .
Amen . Apple did you a service by not putting Flash on the sound . Webb skewerssome other complainer :
You bitch about no 3 G on the original iphone . They explained it was cuz the internet and batteries were n’t ready . AND LOOK ! IT WAS honest .
Including cyberspace entrepreneur and outspoken iPhone criticJason Calacanis :
Also , pricy orchard apple tree : I ’ll in person up my disbursement with you by $ 20k a year to get Calacanis off of your political program . Seems a deal .
Delightfully shrill !
Okay , the Macalope does n’t wholly pledge to all of Webb ’s compass point . There ’s nothing wrong with asking for more and pushing for Apple to do well . In fact , that ’s our duty as Apple customers . But you have to admit that Webb is a nice counterpoint to Scalisi and Coursey .
Remember , it ’s still the estimable damn phone out there . Let ’s have some perspective .
