There’s a Taiwanese outlet that, to better illustrate news, recreates events using a technology pretty similar to The Sims game. Problem is, they’re pretty “creative” with the way they see events - let’s just say things didn’t exactly go that way.
I mean, Steve Jobs cutting fingers off customers to eliminate the Death Grip? Yeah.
What happens when you combine the latest internet meme with Apple’s CEO words on stage? A Steve Jobs-commented Double Rainbow.
I don’t know why, but it’s awesome. Please check it out after the break.
Following RIM, Nokia and HTC, here’s the first official Samsung statement about reception problems shown by Steve Jobs on stage at last Friday’s special iPhone conference.
Cody wrote about the Manfrotto pocket tripod before. It was some sort of a stand that allowed you to attach a SLR lens to your iPhone to, well, taking better pictures, I guess. I don’t know if someone actually managed to take any picture with it, but still. It was cool - but this one’s certainly better and more “useful”.
We covered iChatr two weeks ago. It was a simple application for the iPhone 4 that, just like Chatroulette on desktop computers, allowed you to video chat with random strangers - all the time. You have no contacts, no friends, you just see the face of another user and click next.
Well, when you see the face you must be lucky. Problem is, being Chatroulette completely anonymous, people started to inappropriately expose themselves. The same happened to iChatr.
He’s the same guy of the Antenna Song, the one Apple played before the special iPhone 4 conference two days ago. Now we must be happy for the popularity he gained, and recorded a new song - only for Steve Jobs.
I wonder if Steve is going to listen to this every morning on Youtube.
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Andy Ihnatko, over at his personal blog:
- Does Consumer Reports understand the nature of the problem? They claim to have tested the antenna scientifically but haven’t (as far as I can tell) broken any new ground beyond “If you bridge the gap, you lose bars.” Is it a hardware issue? A software issue? A mere ergonomic issue?
- It’s a repeatable, reliable demo. But are iPhone users likely to encounter an actual problem? I did a 20-minute phone interview with PBS this afternoon and I did it on an uncased iPhone 4. I didn’t even think twice about it.
- Assuming that a specific consumer regarded the antenna problem as a dealbreaker: if there were a way around the problem, would the iPhone then be worthwhile? I say yes, absolutely. Take away “there’s a slightly greater chance that it might drop a call” and you’re left with a phone with a huge laundry list of advantages over every previous iPhone and most other phones. Including, might I point out, better reception than the iPhone 3GS.
- Is there a way around the problem? Yes. Put it in a case, which is something lots of people (myself included) were going to do anyway.
On that basis, I think Consumer Reports’ stance is extreme. Though in their defense, there’s a difference between “we’re not recommending it” and “we’re recommending that people not buy it.”
Reading their followup coverage, it appears that they can’t evaluate how well “iPhone with a case” works until they develop a separate test protocol; their standard test policy is to test the phone as-shipped by the manufacturer.
This is why I have occasional problems with Consumer Reports reviews. I think this is another instance in which the magazine is showing more loyalty to their standardized test procedures than to their readers.
Exactly what I thought all along when reading Consumer Reports’ motivations for the non-recommendation. Also, make sure to read Ihnatko’s take on yesterday’s conference at SunTimes.
Oh yeah people, get ready for every cellphone maker that was mentioned by Apple yesterday to respond with an official statement.
Of course first is RIM. You know, those behind Blackberry. They’re saying that Apple’s attempt to show a common issue is unacceptable, that RIM is a global leader in antenna design and that Blackberry users don’t need to wear protections on their phones.
Check out the full statement below.
