Geek Swagger.
Archive for June, 2007
iDay + 1
Jun 30th
This will be my last post about the iPhone, I promise.
So now that it's out and people everywhere have had time to play with it, what do they think? Well it seems that the keyboard takes a little time to get used to...I've heard people say that you have to "trust" it. What that means is that you need to just let yourself make mistakes and trust the iPhone's software to correct it for you. The other thing that people seem to dislike is AT&T's Edge data network is slower than most. There's no 3G here, but it runs great off of wifi.
Other than that most reviews seem to be positive, the iPhone delivers on the hype. Check some of the videos after the text to see it in action.
The last thing I have to touch on before I stop talking about the iPhone has to do with my shrinking desire to own one. The best way I can describe it is when I first saw the 2005 Mustang with the old-school grill. I loved the car and thought it was awesome...until I started seeing a lot of them around town. Now it just seems like an average car that I see everywhere so it kind of loses its appeal. I guess I've heard and seen so much about the iPhone in the last month (or more) that I'm OD'ing on information about it. That's not to say that if someone offered me an iPhone I wouldn't take it, but now that it's out I'm sort of "over it."
That's all I have to say really, check out some of the links below if you want to know more.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/30/iphone-first-hands-on-video/
http://www.pcworld.com/video/id,545-page,1-bid,0/video.html
http://daringfireball.net/2007/06/iphone_first_impressions
The biggest consumer electronics launch…ever.
Jun 26th
Move over and , the is coming to town and
About a half an hour ago I was sitting on the couch watching ESPN's and when they came back from the break I noticed that one of the stalwart panelists, , had written a little note about the iPhone on his signature mini-blackboard that always occupies the space behind him. The message read "iWoody Phones Home." Not ten minutes later I caught the introduction to the 6 o'clock news where the anchorwoman announced that tonight's top story was the iPhone and that people are already lining up to get one 3 days in advance.
The iPhone is on our doorstep and it will soon either make history or become an ...but let's be honest, the chances of it failing aren't all that great, and there's one major reason for that: its mass appeal.
I've experienced launches like this before because I'm a gamer, and every time a new game console comes out (Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PS3) all of the gamers go crazy with camping out to be the first to enjoy the next-gen goodness. Massive lines are formed, people camp out for days and days, hysteria ensues. The only difference with the iPhone launch is you don't have to be a gamer to want an iPhone...all you have to be is a human being between the ages of 13 and 70!
The iPhone appeals to the gadget lover inside all of us, literally all of us, so there's no doubt that it will sell out in a flash come Friday night. No one knows just how huge the turnout would be but I'm going to guess it will be unbelievably huge. The only question we have left is will the iPhone continue its success once the initial hype is gone? When people start reviewing the iPhone and revealing its flaws will everyone still want one? Being a gadget-lover I hope so, because the thing is damn cool and I can't wait to get my hands on one.
Here's to the iPhone 2.0.
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Too true.
Jun 20th
When the and were fresh I had spare time to waste on them, but this time around, aside from the passing glance when I first heard about it, I haven't had a whole lot to invest into Bungie's .
It's undoubtedly for the better.
On the one hand I constantly feel like I'm missing out on something and on the other hand...well...it's just advertising, right?
Ocean’s Thirteen
Jun 16th
So I saw this weekend.
Let me first say how letdown I was by the second. The , and the second one was too drama-filled an hokey. I won't spoil anything (although if you haven't seen that movie by now you probably never will) but basically in Oceans 12 they straight up waste a good 45 minutes of your time. They show you a huge heist and then show you why none of what you just watched mattered.
I remember being very excited for 12 and let's just say .
Thirteen improved a lot by getting back to the original's formula. They need to pull of the heist and you see the process from planning to execution. There's some over-the-top bits sure but they don't wander far from the heist itself which is nice. It's also nice that they went back to a casino setting...in the second they had to steal some or whatever which I thought was pretty lame.
Anyways, go check it out if you get a chance. This wasn't a very good review at all but I just wanted to say that it was pretty good. Much better than the second.
NP: (I know...I can't believe it either!)
*edit* - This left-align garbage really needs to go.
