Apple pulls those deflection videos from their site
As noted by Tech Crunch, Apple has pulled all those beautifully shot “But their phones do it too!” comparison videos Apple was using to show how common the iPhone 4’s drop in reception is when held “in a certain way”.
I don’t know why, but I decided to go over to the Canadian Apple site and grab all the videos before they disappear from that site too. I guess since they are being pulled they feel more special, like collectors items – sort of like how Michael Jackson’s album sales soared after he died. Maybe I’ll sell a DVD of them on eBay and retire.
Guess what I’m humming?
Filed under: Apple Bashing, Apple Fanboyism, Humor, iPhone
Yes, even I, the king of the iPhone 4 bitching, must admit to getting a bit burned out on bashing Apple over the iPhone reception issue. In fact, I was more than willing to put on my happy fanboy mask, pretend the iPhone works as advertised, and call it a lesson learned. But when I see someone put forth actual effort into an iPhone 4-bashing song, especially one with a catchy chorus, then I feel I just have to share. So here is faithful Macenstein reader Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff’s opus, “The Antennagate Song “. Enjoy.
We’re giving away 25 iANGLE’s!
Filed under: Awesomeness, Free Stuff, contests, iPhone, iPod Touch
THANK YOU, WE HAVE OUR WINNERS. THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.
Up for grabs today are 25 iANGLE’s from the good folks over at… iANGLE. That’s right. TWENTY-FIVE. That means each and every one of my 23 readers can win one, and I’d STILL have two to play with!
So, what IS an iANGLE, you might ask? Well, quite frankly, it’s a double-threat. It’s a combination iPod touch/iPhone 2G/3G/3G S stand AND a handy, tangle-free place to store your earbuds, and if you have have an iPod touch or iPhone (as long as it’s not an iPhone 4) you need one! (And so do 24 of your friends, so spread the word).
To Enter: If you’re anything like me, odds are you’ve bought an embarrassing number of Apple products over the years, and could probably use all 25 of these things. So to enter, leave a comment telling us How many Apple devices with Dock Connectors do you own? This goes all the way back to the original iPod, the mini, the nano, the touch, the iPhone, and the iPad. Open to US and Canadian readers only, 25 winners will be picked randomly. Contest ends 7 days from now. Good luck!
Seriously, I just noticed this
Yeah, I don’t RTFM, so sue me. And if you don’t either, then maybe you didn’t notice you could do this in iOS 4 either.
One of the things I was missing most in iOS 4 is that in the “old days” or iOS 3 is that you could double click the HOME button on the iPhone to bring up the iPod’s music players controller when inside another app. This was a nice time saver and a necessity before iOS4’s multi-tasking allowed you to pick up (more or less) where you left off in an app. However, while double-tapping the Home Button in iOS 4 brings up the list of recently used apps, including the iPod, having to click on the iPod, then skip a track or fast forward or such, then switch back to the app was still a step back from the ease of use I had before.
However, I just finally realized this trick today, and figured I’d share it at the risk of everyone telling me they’ve know about it forever. That’s right, I’m willing to take the geek ego hit if it helps just one of you.
So here it is. Say you’re inside an app, listening to a podcast or something, and you want to skip an ad, but don’t want to exit the game. Just double tap the HOME button to bring up the list of running/paused/whatever they call them apps…
Now you can pause, or skip, or hold down and fast forward through a commercial without leaving your game. When done, just tap back anywhere in the game to resume. It’s pretty sweet, and I wish someone told me about it a few weeks ago.
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Geez guys, let me have it why don’t you.
Well, I still say there will be SOMEONE who didn’t know about this – probably an 80 year old former librarian or something who wins an iPhone 4 in a church raffle. And to her I say, “You’re welcome, Edna. ”
- The Doc
Darth Vader vs AppleCare
Filed under: Apple Bashing, Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, Humor, iPhone
We all know Darth Vader invented the original iPod, so it’s no wonder that he’s an iPhone 4 owner as well.
Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Jeff for the link!
via tuaw
Poll: Who should be Apple’s new enemy?
Following Apple’s latest earnings report, CNN Money’s David Goldman wrote a post comparing Apple’s Market Cap and quarterly earnings to that of Microsoft. A few months back Apple surpassed Microsoft in Market Cap for the first time, and with Microsoft about to report its own quarterly earnings tomorrow, most analysts are suspecting Apple will actually have surpassed its long time rival in quarterly revenue for the first time as well. But Goldman brings up a very good point when he asks, should Microsoft care?
It’s no longer 1997, and now that Apple makes the majority of its money from consumer electronics versus its software, is Microsoft even Apple’s rival anymore? Sure, its fun to see Apple beat Microsoft given their history, but one could make the argument that the two companies currently do not really compete the way they used to, and newer threats have reared their multi-colored logoed head.
Now, we all know a large part of being a fanboy is not only sharing a common love of a company, but a common hatred of competing companies. So to that end, we’re putting out a poll: Who should we, as Apple fans, focus our outrage, hatred, and biting blog posts on? Who can we burn in virtual effigy?
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While I appreciate the “Band Aid” metaphor Antenna Aid used, I think the “End Call” decal might be the best take on the Antennagate thing so far.
via The Daily What via Gizmodo
HURRY! Get unlimited iPhone tethering for just 99¢!
If you missed out on Netshare, the first and only tethering app to make it to the iTunes store (before being pulled 24 hours later) now is your chance to snag Handy Light, a 99¢ tethering app that is currently masquerading as a “Flash Light” app. Appshopper has posted instructions on how to get it working, but since it is likely going to be just a matter of seconds before Apple pulls it, I would suggest you head over to iTunes and grab it first, THEN go see how to use it. 99¢ sure beats an unliited monthly data plan plus the tethering package.
via Macrumors
Reality distortion field remains strong with Steve Jobs after antennagate
Filed under: Apple Bashing, Apple Fanboyism, Glitch, Humor, iPhone
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, the Chinese just have better “dramatic reenactments” than we do.
And for the record, I would have posted this even if I loved the iPhone 4. It’s just great.
Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Matt for the link!
Apple is awesome and can do no wrong
Happy? It’s even a double rainbow.
