Thursday, July 17, 2008

Suckers (cont)

Dere's still a long line outside the Apple Store on da Mag Mile...
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7 comments:

Sarge said...

And Fung's irrational fear of Mac continues...

BTW, downloaded a bunch of apps for my phone last night - some of them are amazing...like Jott, Nowlocal and the complete works of Shakespeare the best.

I love opening to a random scene. I've read Antony and Cleopatra, Act IV, Scene 2 ("He thinks, being twenty times of better fortune,/He is twenty men to one." - anybody see some relevance in this?) and Winter's Tale (my favorite), Act III, Scene 3 ("Exit pursued by a bear" and then: "I'll go see if the bear be gone from the gentleman and how much he hat eaten...").

But you know...if Fung wants a different phone, that's totally cool. I'm not threatened by it.

July 17, 2008 at 12:44 PM
Fungster said...

Apps dat are on Fung's phone (which he's had for years, unlike this Johnny-come-lately iPhone crap).

AcctMgr - stores all his logon passwords
Audio Gateway - streams music to his headphones wirelessly
GoogleMaps - but da iPhone has dis
Metro - can map how to get from here to there on dozens of subway systems across the globe
Pocket Quicken - when he's not at home, Fung can manage his finances from da phone

Not to mention a slew of games dat keep him entertained on da bus. Dis he's been doing for years. And you're gonna brag about some apps that JUST became available?

The iPhone is years behind. It just has better marketing dan the Treo. Which is not Apple's fault. Well, it is, but I can't really fault them for marketing better, I can fault Palm for not doing as well. I just don't think the iPhone merits standing in a line for hours. But that may be part of the marketing plan too - only sell it in a few places and only in stores so that you have lines and create buzz. Brilliant marketing.

July 17, 2008 at 1:15 PM
Sarge said...

Kid, your applications sound SO 2002...

July 17, 2008 at 1:17 PM
Smiff said...

I pfink i will have to get an iPhone just because Fung don't like 'em.

July 17, 2008 at 1:18 PM
Fungster said...

You won't go and stand in line for hours, pay hundreds of dollars and get locked into a 2 year contract at like $80 a month or something just to spite me. Besides, then it will turn out that after all that, reception sucks at home.

Oh yes, Sarge, I can use the Treo as a modem for my computer, so I can use the phone's internet connection to surf on the laptop. iPhones can't do dat...

De apps are probably from that far back. So I've been using them for dat long. Tried and tested. Your stuff will crash & burn...

July 17, 2008 at 2:05 PM
Sarge said...

Fung: technosaurus.

July 17, 2008 at 2:20 PM
Fungster said...

Now my boss wants one. Oy. Perhaps I'll be the sucker standing in line...

July 17, 2008 at 4:25 PM

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