Comments on: iPhone: my thoughts http://brianrisk.com/iphone-my-thoughts/ Can it be? Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:50:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: guy who keeps changing his name on brian's blog http://brianrisk.com/iphone-my-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-402 guy who keeps changing his name on brian's blog Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:34:53 +0000 http://brianrisk.com/iphone-my-thoughts/#comment-402 The Japanese may like Apple, but they like they like their 3G too, man. If you want to see a grown Japanese man scream like a little girl, try to take his 3G away from him. (I'm not implying Japanese men are any more or less likely to scream like little girls than anyone else. If you wanted bad taste, I could have said, "Try dropping an atomic bomb on him..." But I didn't, because I am tasteful and PC.) As for the "scratching" issues on iPods, talk about taking a step backwards. I gave up my old 45's and 78's for this? "It has a mic, but nothing was mentioned about audio recording. I hope there will be." Steve Jobs: "The iPhone also contains an audio microphone, which is nonfunctional and completely for show and prestige." Brian: "This is the coolest feature I have ever seen in my life!!! I love you, Steve Jobs!!! XOXOXOX" ... "Steve double underlined how much they are protecting their intellectual property with this phone which strongly implies they are going to corner the market as much as they can for their unique features." What if a rip-off artist TRIPLE-UNDERLINES that he is going to rip off the Apple design? I just don't see double-underlining being sufficient commitment. It's a dog-eat-dog world. From time to time I've seen four, five underlines. And this is to say nothing of boldface...or italics! (Or even ALL CAPS with lots of exclamation points!!!!!) As for 3G, it is really a bandwidth issue. There are ways to work around a lack of 3G, but some Japanese and Europeans would probably get divorces from their spouses before they would get divorces from their 3G. I'm just sayin'... We've heard about all this competition from Nokia, Motorola, Palm, RIM... But what about the competition from a <a href="http://food.yahoo.com/recipes/eatingwell/603/no-bake-macaroni-and-cheese" rel="nofollow">No-Bake Macaroni and Cheese Recipe</a>? What about that? That sounds delicious. When Steve promised very sternly to protect features with patents, I bet his eyebrows really slanted in. I can see that working great with a cartoon character of Steve. In summary, I have no idea what is this so called "iPhone" of which you speak, but if it has one of those cool little color LCD screens, I want one, man! The Japanese may like Apple, but they like they like their 3G too, man. If you want to see a grown Japanese man scream like a little girl, try to take his 3G away from him. (I’m not implying Japanese men are any more or less likely to scream like little girls than anyone else. If you wanted bad taste, I could have said, “Try dropping an atomic bomb on him…” But I didn’t, because I am tasteful and PC.)

As for the “scratching” issues on iPods, talk about taking a step backwards. I gave up my old 45′s and 78′s for this?

“It has a mic, but nothing was mentioned about audio recording. I hope there will be.”

Steve Jobs: “The iPhone also contains an audio microphone, which is nonfunctional and completely for show and prestige.”

Brian: “This is the coolest feature I have ever seen in my life!!! I love you, Steve Jobs!!! XOXOXOX”

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“Steve double underlined how much they are protecting their intellectual property with this phone which strongly implies they are going to corner the market as much as they can for their unique features.”

What if a rip-off artist TRIPLE-UNDERLINES that he is going to rip off the Apple design? I just don’t see double-underlining being sufficient commitment. It’s a dog-eat-dog world. From time to time I’ve seen four, five underlines. And this is to say nothing of boldface…or italics! (Or even ALL CAPS with lots of exclamation points!!!!!)

As for 3G, it is really a bandwidth issue. There are ways to work around a lack of 3G, but some Japanese and Europeans would probably get divorces from their spouses before they would get divorces from their 3G. I’m just sayin’…

We’ve heard about all this competition from Nokia, Motorola, Palm, RIM… But what about the competition from a No-Bake Macaroni and Cheese Recipe? What about that? That sounds delicious.

When Steve promised very sternly to protect features with patents, I bet his eyebrows really slanted in. I can see that working great with a cartoon character of Steve.

In summary, I have no idea what is this so called “iPhone” of which you speak, but if it has one of those cool little color LCD screens, I want one, man!

]]> By: Lance http://brianrisk.com/iphone-my-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-395 Lance Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:10:11 +0000 http://brianrisk.com/iphone-my-thoughts/#comment-395 You're all like "I can't imagine how it could be better!" and then you go on to describe how it can be better. Comedy gold! Engadget had some ideas too: * No 3G. We know you know, but still, it hurts man. * No over the air iTunes Store downloads or WiFi syncing to your host machine. * No expandable memory. * No removable battery. * No Exchange or Office support. You’re all like “I can’t imagine how it could be better!” and then you go on to describe how it can be better. Comedy gold!

Engadget had some ideas too:

* No 3G. We know you know, but still, it hurts man.
* No over the air iTunes Store downloads or WiFi syncing to your host machine.
* No expandable memory.
* No removable battery.
* No Exchange or Office support.

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