Palm owners complain about defects, cheap construction, Oreos
Sure, the iPhone 3GS may be running hot enough to allegedly nearly melt the white models, but at least its keyboard doesn’t squeak! Ahhh, the joys of a touchscreen…
According to ABC News, owners of the “iPhone killing” Palm Pre (which sold 400,000 units last month, compared to the 1 million iPhone 3GS’ Apple sold its first weekend) are experiencing some hardware glitches, forcing some users to give up completely on the device after their 3rd returns.
“Yeah I will be exchanging mine as well,” writes one Palm owner on the site jkOnTheRun. “It is squeaky when i type on it, and I have found that if you squeeze the pre in a weird way OR slide the screen down a tad to hard my unit just turns off in a blink of an eye…..”
Across the web on Palm Pre enthusiast sites, more and more reports of build defects are surfacing, including an odd type of separation being described as “Oreo Twisting”. Here’s one of many complaints about the Pre’s build quality on the PreCentral forums:
“I’m on my THIRD pre (yellow box). Over the last two weeks, I’ve noticed an increasing amount of play with the screen. I’ve also noticed that on the left side of the device the two sections are separated enough that i can almost see the innards. When I push them together, you can hear squeaking. On top of that, the device came with a loose power button that doesn’t click nearly as firmly as that of other devices.”
… and another…
“On average its 4 slides to get it to turn off. I love getting an email, opening the slider, and seeing the screen go black. Then I have to wait 90 seconds for it to start up (longest OS start-up I have ever seen. Vista boots faster).”
… and another… Read more
Celebrity Mac Chick Sighting Revisited: Shauna Sand
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Celebrity Mac Chick, iPhone
Odds are you remember former Playmate Shauna Sand from the hit 90’s TV show Renegade, starring her then husband, Lorenzo Lamas. Well, actually odds are you don’t, but if you did remember her, then odds are you’d be as excited as me that she has an iPhone.
Renegade is probably the most influential TV show of my life, and is the main reason I grew my hair long, got a motorcycle, and became a bounty hunter – cruising the Southwestern deserts for bad guys. Of course, that was before Xena came along, and I became a warrior princess.
[via TheBlemish]
Redefining “MobileMe”
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, MacBook Pro, video
This is pretty damn cool, but if they stick with the non-removable battery, I doubt it will be able to make the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs.
Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader ishervin for the link!
[via LiveLeak]
NSFW: Finally, an honest “laptop hunters” commercial
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, Humor, Microsoft Bashing, video
Well, I think I know why they let Jake keep the PC he found this time. I pretty much wouldn’t touch ANYTHING he touched… (WARNING: EXTREMELY NOT SAFE FOR WORK unless you have a really cool job).
Free Mimobot of the Week: Vader Unmasked!
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, Free Stuff, contests
[THANK YOU, WE HAVE OUR WINNER! CONGRATS TO FAITHFUL MACENSTEIN READER Johnny C!]
We’ve once again teamed up with our good friends over at Mimoco to bring you a feature we know everyone loves - The Free MIMOBOT of the week contest! In celebration of the release of Mimoco’s Series 4 Star Wars Mimobots, each week we’ll be offering you a chance to win a different 2 GB MIMOBOT from the series.
Which will it be? Pasty Gray Darth or young, tan Darth?
This week we are giving away a super cool Darth Vader Unmasked Mimobot. Featuring a removable helmet, the Vader Unmasked Mimobot comes in 2 flavors, and we have no idea which you’ll get. Will it be the newly scared, young Anakin, or the rarer pasty, old Return of the Jedi Vader? (Odds of pasty gray Darth are 1 in 6). Isn’t that exciting?
To Enter: Remember that big deal everyone made when Samuel L. Jackson (aka Mace Windu) requested a purple Lightsaber from George Lucas in order to appear in the films? No? Well, then you’re cooler than me. Anyway, to enter, simply tell us what color lightsaber YOU would want if you had your choice. Winner will be picked randomly. Contest ends seven days from now and is open to all readers world-wide. Good luck!
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