Steve Jobs is making a big public announcement today, and it’s expected that Apple will announce that they’re going to do something to fix the problem with the antenna on the iPhone 4G. Personally, I think it would be AWESOME if Apple promised to send each and every iPhone user a big ol’ roll of duct tape, but that’s probably not what’s going to happen.
Also probably not gonna happen: no official endorsement by Steverino of this awesome faux bacon carrying case for your iPhone (via bookofjoe), but I’m betting that Steve himself probably carries his duct-taped iPhone 4G in one of these beauties and shows it off to all the other bajillionaires at his Bajillionaire Club meetings.
Meanwhile, to much less fanfare…Apple has quietly announced that they are beginning a fix-or-repair program for Time Capsules purchased between February and June 2008. You will recall that there has been a well-documented problem with the hard drives inside Time Capsules overheating and failing after about 18 months of use. I’m guessing this isn’t high on Steve’s deck of Powerpoint slides today, either.
So, it turned out that the big announcement was indeed that Apple *is* going to give every iPhone 4G owner a spiffy new case, just not THAT one. More’s the pity.
The reality is that this “problem” exists only for a VERY small number of iPhone users. I’ve never experienced any reception issues, and I LOVE my iPhone 4. While the media is having screaming orgasms over Apple’s alleged intransigence, I’m dumbfounded. What would happen, I’m wondering, if the media devoted this level of scrutiny to our two never-ending wars, Republican obstructionism, or our Third World health care system? Of course, they’d have to find a sexy label and a snappy graphic. After all, “Antennagate” really creates excitement, doesn’t it??
Dude, you totally need to look at the picture of my new kitten again.
That’s a damned cute kitten. What were we all excited about again?