What is the Curse of Apple?
From iPods to 3G iPhones, the answer hasn't changed very much since Britannia's Creature first shook its stony little head in bemusement at the vast and mysterious appeal of the company's range of tombstones consumer products, nearly five years ago:
Shite batteries.
And this time they're not even bothering to hide it...
http://www.applegazette.com/iphone/iphone-3g-reviews-pop-up-in-usa-today-wsj-and-ny-times/
Edit: Via laughsquidfeen, more iPhone doom...
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/11/itunes-activation-servers-go-down-iphone-3g-customers-being-sen/
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On Wednesday (http://sensaes.livejournal.com/557018.html) I jumped on the bandwaggon, and pointed out Google's attempt to muscle in on Second Life (virtual) territory with Lively. Well, The Inquisitr (don't get me started on the spelling, but I've added their feed to LJ anyway: inquisitr_rss) has an interesting take on where the frenzied empire-builders might strike next...
http://www.inquisitr.com/1576/prediction-google-auto-music-up-next/
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If you're considering escaping from all this digital mayhem, and getting your butt off "The Grid" entirely*, the last thing in the world (even, say, some dodgy black market outlet in Korea who'll let an unlocked version go under the counter for a few hundred Won) you're going to want is a new iPhone. Here are seven tips for making the most of your disappearing act...
http://www.off-grid.net/2008/07/09/seven-ways-to-drop-off-the-grid/
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Someone else about to vanish from view - permanently - is convicted murderer (and sorcerer) Ahmad Suradji, sentenced to death in Northern Sumatra for killing a total of forty two women "to increase his magical powers"...
http://news.uk.msn.com/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=8853816 (More about the case here: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-ahmad-suradji-080711-ht,0,7984048.story - cheers to sott_rss.)
Yeah. Magic your way out of that, Ahmad.
Would you like to 'phone a friend? Too late.
*A bit like that annoying squit from the Terminator films, but without a morphing killer robot on your tail, behaving like a cross between a LiveJournal stalker and an IRS agent. Yes, I mean you.
Shite batteries.
And this time they're not even bothering to hide it...
http://www.applegazette.com/iphone/iphone-3g-reviews-pop-up-in-usa-today-wsj-and-ny-times/
Edit: Via laughsquidfeen, more iPhone doom...
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/11/itunes-activation-servers-go-down-iphone-3g-customers-being-sen/
_____________________________
On Wednesday (http://sensaes.livejournal.com/557018.html) I jumped on the bandwaggon, and pointed out Google's attempt to muscle in on Second Life (virtual) territory with Lively. Well, The Inquisitr (don't get me started on the spelling, but I've added their feed to LJ anyway: inquisitr_rss) has an interesting take on where the frenzied empire-builders might strike next...
http://www.inquisitr.com/1576/prediction-google-auto-music-up-next/
_____________________________
If you're considering escaping from all this digital mayhem, and getting your butt off "The Grid" entirely*, the last thing in the world (even, say, some dodgy black market outlet in Korea who'll let an unlocked version go under the counter for a few hundred Won) you're going to want is a new iPhone. Here are seven tips for making the most of your disappearing act...
http://www.off-grid.net/2008/07/09/seven-ways-to-drop-off-the-grid/
_____________________________
Someone else about to vanish from view - permanently - is convicted murderer (and sorcerer) Ahmad Suradji, sentenced to death in Northern Sumatra for killing a total of forty two women "to increase his magical powers"...
http://news.uk.msn.com/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=8853816 (More about the case here: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-ahmad-suradji-080711-ht,0,7984048.story - cheers to sott_rss.)
Yeah. Magic your way out of that, Ahmad.
Would you like to 'phone a friend? Too late.
*A bit like that annoying squit from the Terminator films, but without a morphing killer robot on your tail, behaving like a cross between a LiveJournal stalker and an IRS agent. Yes, I mean you.