Posts Tagged ‘iphone’

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iDon’tThink

by Derek on December 22nd, 2011
iDon’tThink

I was killing some time at the Union Square Best Buy when this happened as I was looking at the iPhones. A girl who must’ve either been in her teens or early 20s comes over to the iPhone display and disconnects the charging cable and hooks it to her own iPhone. Then she starts spazzing out “OH NO! OH NO! Did my iPhone go to iPhone heaven? I think my iPhone went to iPhone heaven!!” Then she reaches for the phone I was playing with and used its charging cable. “Did my iPhone go to iPhone heaven? Oh phew, my iPhone is okay.”

Then she asks me if I’m going to be there for a while, to which I said “No.” She then asks if I’ll be there for 2-3 minutes and I say “I don’t think so.” But was this really happening?? Did she not only think that she could get an appreciable charge on her iPhone in 2-3 minutes and trust a complete and total stranger to watch after it? Did I transport myself from NYC to some Best Buy in the land of trusting people?

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iPhone For Now

by Derek on October 5th, 2011
iPhone For Now

I think the takeaway from the Apple iPhone 4S keynote is that every two years Apple fanboys will be very disappointed that their iPhone didn’t receive a complete overhaul. I wonder if any of the people who left disappointed would’ve been more satisfied if it was the same phone as the 4S but they just called it the iPhone 5.

Maybe some of them, and they could justify their expectations by saying that the iPhone 6 will be so much more amazing than even they thought the iPhone 5 was going to be. I saw a graphic that showed the state of Apple’s stock during the keynote speech. The places it went down were when Steve Jobs wasn’t the one presenting, the software features being shown and directly after they revealed that the iPhone 4S was the only thing they were showing.

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Who Cares if There’s an App for That?

by Derek on October 20th, 2010
Who Cares if There’s an App for That?

There’re so many tip calculators out there for every smartphone, but even though I downloaded one when I got my phone I still just use the calculator on my phone. Most of the time I’m with just Anna or with friends and we’re probably splitting the bill evenly so no major calculations have to be made. I think the only situation where things get sticky is if someone isn’t drinking alcohol or didn’t have much to eat. I wonder how many people out there even know how to calculate percentages?

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iPhone 4

by Derek on June 10th, 2010
iPhone 4

I meant to do this sooner but for some reason I decided to do the iPad comic first. It’s funny how I’ll complain about having no ideas and when an event presents an instant comic for me I’ll forget to do it. So yeah, new iPhone is out, it’s sexy and cool. But I’m good with my phone now, and maybe someday I’ll experience all this iPhone stuff with an iPad, but not any time soon. I’ll wait until 2nd generation iPad at least.

For more Steve Jobs humor you have to look at yesterday’s Penny Arcade strip. I wish I possessed the artistic talent to make someone laugh with just a drawing because it’s impossible for me to not laugh when I look at this strip. Warning: Extreme violence.

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iPhone 4G Leak

by Derek on April 22nd, 2010
iPhone 4G Leak

I’m a bit late to this story, but thought this idea was funny. Imagine if Apple was actually like 1984 that would be the ultimate irony. After hearing about the iPhone 4G leak story I think everyone following the story has a theory about what was done to the person who leaked it. My theory being that Steve Jobs has a new punching bag which oddly enough cries after being hit.

I’ve resisted the iPhone for its entire lifespan, but the next generation one might be when I cave even if it’s not offered for Verizon (though that would seal the deal). I blame it partly on Anna getting an android smartphone and watching her download new apps for it.

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Mac Bizarro World

by Derek on April 7th, 2010
Mac Bizarro World

I already touched on this subject recently, but it seems to come up fairly often. In college I was the Apple guy. I think all PC users have had encounters with people or friends who are Apple people to the core. Two of my friends from college were computer science majors and were PC through and through, but not long after Apple switched to intel chips they both got new Apple computers and they both own iPhones now.

My friend A.M. in particular seems particularly distressed with the fact that he is now more of an Apple person than I am. His Apple hardware is all more current and he’s on top of current Apple news more than I am. It’s kind of true because I have my 7 year old G5, my regular non-smart phone and my iPod Classic which I only bought after several years of owning a 3rd generation iPod. I even stopped reading Apple news sites a few years ago because I realized all I really cared about were the announcements at keynotes and all major news sources are on top of that.

Basically I’ve singlehandedly forced my friend A.M. into the bizarro world where he’s the Mac zealot and I’m not. It’s really messing with his mind and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t take a degree of pleasure from it :P

I think maybe it’s also because I have more experience being an Apple zealot so it’s not as important for me or it doesn’t affect me as much. I’m also the person who says “that iPad doesn’t have everything I need, I’m fine waiting until it does.” For me the iPhone doesn’t have enough memory to truly replace my iPod which I use as a hard drive all the time so I’m fine waiting until it comes out with more storage and then maybe even so far that the amount of storage I want has already gone through a price drop.

So yeah, sorry A.M. it could be a while before I have an iPhone in my hands that I call my own.

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Over the Shoulder Tetris

by Derek on August 27th, 2008
Over the Shoulder Tetris

Yesterday was when “Tris” was pulled from the iTunes app store and it was also when this woman on the subway was playing it next to me on the subway. The controls are: tap for rotate and drag with your finger to move the piece. I know I’ve done a comic about watching someone play Tetris badly before but SHE WOULDN’T DRAG DOWN!!! Seriously, as a real Tetris lover (one of the few games I consider myself somewhat an expert on) it’s excruciating to watch someone play Tetris this slowly. Of course she also never tried for a Tetris, because that would defeat the whole point of playing Tetris that badly.


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iPhone Features

by Derek on June 29th, 2007
iPhone Features

Still don’t want an iPhone. Storage capacity too small, my phone plan now is fine and $60/month for the minimum plan? No thanks. Well, let me amend my first sentence. If I could get one for free then hook me the hell up, but I’m not tempted to buy one just yet.


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Apple iPhone

by Derek on January 10th, 2007
Apple iPhone

So Apple announced their iPhone and it’s possibly even better than anyone’s wildest dreams. I spent last night watching the demo movies on their website and also the keynote speech where Steve Jobs manipulates the emotions of tech geeks out there like no one else can. Yes, it’s dead sexy. Like, really really really sexy. The touch interface with the scrolling, the zooming in and out that borderlines on Minority Report interface coolness and the trademark OS X gratuitously smoothly animated transitions that make even Star Trek computer motion graphics look like nothing special.

But yes, $500 for only 4GB and $600 for 8GB plus it only works with Cingular. If the storage was higher and it was capable of working with whatever carrier you’d want I think I’d have a much more difficult time saying no to this thing (oh yeah, and if it was cheaper). But as it stands I don’t see myself seriously ever considering purchasing something like this. Right now I will settle for playing with it in the Apple store and pissing off the people behind me waiting for their turn. My desire for Star Trek-like gadgets will have to be sated by my Nintendo DS which is still doing a very good job as long as people make games with smooth animation and pleasing sounds for when you press the buttons with your stylus.


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