Let this be a lesson for fanboys everywhere. Mr. Jobs is gonna pork you every chance he gets! With the announcement of the new 3G iPhone today at WWDC 08, everyone who bought the EDGE models had to get a sick feeling in the pit of their stomachs. The new iPhone is twice the bang at half the bucks. Now, 95% of my iPhone wish list can be checked off. The biggies being 3G (of course), GPS, third-party apps and last but certainly not least, a reasonable $299 price tag for the 16GB model. My arm is hurting from patting myself on the back in congratulations for avoiding the temptation and not buying the 3G’s predecessor for $499 or even worse, $599 when first released. In the interest of full disclosure, I’m an Apple shareholder. It pleases me to see Mr. Jobs maximize profits at the expense of die-hard Mac cultists. I bought AAPL at $68 and haven’t looked back. I sit in amazement as Steve Jobs casts his spells on millions of loyal followers. It’s as if he could direct them to sit up and bark, like a hypnotist performing a Vegas lounge act. Instead of barking, though, he has them reaching for their wallets.
Oh well, I guess its my turn to contribute to the Jobs Retirement Fund. I’ve been anxious for this model and hope AT&T can live up to their end of the bargain. For those of you still on the fence: Just wait a few weeks. Whenever I buy something from Apple, a new model or a significant price drop is iminent!
Joseph Kelley Apple Minutia, iPhone fanboy, iPhone
I listen to a ton of Mac podcasts, read many Mac blogs and visit lots of Mac forums in my quest to become a better Mac user. One of the issues I’ve always had with the Mac, the Menu Bar, is one of the most touchy subjects one can mention when criticizing OS X. Real fanboys look down their noses at those of us who dare question Apple’s wisdom in locking down this most valuable piece of screen real estate. If you’re one of those zealots, read no further, I’m about to commit blasphemy of the highest order.
First, I get it. The whole Mac philosophy revolves around a stable, consistent user experience. To that end, Apple needs to limit the amount of “tweaking” users can do to their systems. I also understand that for reasons of efficiency, it makes sense to have a single, dynamic menu system that changes to display the menu of the focused application. OS X’s menu design saves a ton of screen space when you tend to have many applications open simultaneously. But what about when I don’t need to save space? What about when I’m using a 30″ second monitor and it feels like a half-mile hike to mouse back to my laptop display to use a menu function I can’t remember the keyboard shortcut for? Is it too much to ask for me to be able to move the menu bar to a more handy location? Would it unbalance the space/time continuum were I to resize or auto-hide the thing?
Send your hate-mail to: bikerfunjoe@mac.com
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This is one of two embedded gizmos (the smaller one) you can add to your site to monitor the status of the Apple store. If you’re the type that cares about such things and believes that Apple Store downtime equates to new things afoot, then these doo-dads may be for you. They’re available here in two sizes and seem to work quite well. Clicking one of these takes you to a site that tracks the store’s uptime…sheesh! No true fanboy’s site should be without one!
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