Comments on: Flighty Whitey http://www.theangrydrunk.com/2010/07/23/flighty-whitey/ Delivering Enlightenment to the Masses, One Blunt Force Trauma at a Time. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andy Lee http://www.theangrydrunk.com/2010/07/23/flighty-whitey/comment-page-1/#comment-2993 Andy Lee Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:00:00 +0000 http://www.theangrydrunk.com/?p=2641#comment-2993 <p>I was more pissed when Jobs told us they had a super-terrific app development solution for the iPhone that we were all gonna love, and guess what, it was... wait for it... drum roll... web apps!</p> <p>I think web apps are terrific. They are also not what the developer community meant when they wanted dev tools for the iPhone. That pissed me off because it was insulting.</p> I was more pissed when Jobs told us they had a super-terrific app development solution for the iPhone that we were all gonna love, and guess what, it was… wait for it… drum roll… web apps!

I think web apps are terrific. They are also not what the developer community meant when they wanted dev tools for the iPhone. That pissed me off because it was insulting.

]]> By: Andy Lee http://www.theangrydrunk.com/2010/07/23/flighty-whitey/comment-page-1/#comment-2994 Andy Lee Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:57:00 +0000 http://www.theangrydrunk.com/?p=2641#comment-2994 <p>Yup. And you'd think to balance the stupidity they'd be singing Apple's praises for finding a problem and having the integrity to delay shipping the product, because God forbid there's something off about the white and they have to issue a recall.</p> Yup. And you’d think to balance the stupidity they’d be singing Apple’s praises for finding a problem and having the integrity to delay shipping the product, because God forbid there’s something off about the white and they have to issue a recall.

]]> By: Andy Lee http://www.theangrydrunk.com/2010/07/23/flighty-whitey/comment-page-1/#comment-2995 Andy Lee Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:53:00 +0000 http://www.theangrydrunk.com/?p=2641#comment-2995 <p>And it's not just "[a]nnouncing a product and not being able to ship it for upwards of six months"; it's announcing the same damn product they just sold 3 million of, except in a different color.</p> And it’s not just “[a]nnouncing a product and not being able to ship it for upwards of six months”; it’s announcing the same damn product they just sold 3 million of, except in a different color.

]]> By: Andy Lee http://www.theangrydrunk.com/2010/07/23/flighty-whitey/comment-page-1/#comment-2915 Andy Lee Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:00:34 +0000 http://www.theangrydrunk.com/?p=2641#comment-2915 <p>I was more pissed when Jobs told us they had a super-terrific app development solution for the iPhone that we were all gonna love, and guess what, it was... wait for it... drum roll... web apps!<br><br>I think web apps are terrific. They are also not what the developer community meant when they wanted dev tools for the iPhone. That pissed me off because it was insulting.</p> I was more pissed when Jobs told us they had a super-terrific app development solution for the iPhone that we were all gonna love, and guess what, it was… wait for it… drum roll… web apps!

I think web apps are terrific. They are also not what the developer community meant when they wanted dev tools for the iPhone. That pissed me off because it was insulting.

]]> By: Andy Lee http://www.theangrydrunk.com/2010/07/23/flighty-whitey/comment-page-1/#comment-2916 Andy Lee Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:57:06 +0000 http://www.theangrydrunk.com/?p=2641#comment-2916 <p>Yup. And you'd think to balance the stupidity they'd be singing Apple's praises for finding a problem and having the integrity to delay shipping the product, because God forbid there's something off about the white and they have to issue a recall.</p> Yup. And you’d think to balance the stupidity they’d be singing Apple’s praises for finding a problem and having the integrity to delay shipping the product, because God forbid there’s something off about the white and they have to issue a recall.

]]> By: Andy Lee http://www.theangrydrunk.com/2010/07/23/flighty-whitey/comment-page-1/#comment-2914 Andy Lee Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:53:33 +0000 http://www.theangrydrunk.com/?p=2641#comment-2914 <p>And it's not just "[a]nnouncing a product and not being able to ship it for upwards of six months"; it's announcing the same damn product they just sold 3 million of, except in a different color.</p> And it’s not just “[a]nnouncing a product and not being able to ship it for upwards of six months”; it’s announcing the same damn product they just sold 3 million of, except in a different color.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.theangrydrunk.com/2010/07/23/flighty-whitey/comment-page-1/#comment-2996 Anonymous Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:17:00 +0000 http://www.theangrydrunk.com/?p=2641#comment-2996 <p>Going off what Mangochutney says, and Gruber's assertion (which I believe) that <I>everyone</i> has a problem making white phones, it sounds like Apple's only problem with the White iPhone 4 was <I>announcing that they'd make one in the first place</i>.</p> Going off what Mangochutney says, and Gruber’s assertion (which I believe) that everyone has a problem making white phones, it sounds like Apple’s only problem with the White iPhone 4 was announcing that they’d make one in the first place.

]]> By: Sigivald http://www.theangrydrunk.com/2010/07/23/flighty-whitey/comment-page-1/#comment-2913 Sigivald Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:17:19 +0000 http://www.theangrydrunk.com/?p=2641#comment-2913 <p>Going off what Mangochutney says, and Gruber's assertion (which I believe) that <I>everyone</i> has a problem making white phones, it sounds like Apple's only problem with the White iPhone 4 was <I>announcing that they'd make one in the first place</i>.</I></p> Going off what Mangochutney says, and Gruber’s assertion (which I believe) that everyone has a problem making white phones, it sounds like Apple’s only problem with the White iPhone 4 was announcing that they’d make one in the first place.

]]> By: cthellis http://www.theangrydrunk.com/2010/07/23/flighty-whitey/comment-page-1/#comment-2912 cthellis Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:30:08 +0000 http://www.theangrydrunk.com/?p=2641#comment-2912 <p>Good idea. I hear Droid X screens display ONLY white!</p> Good idea. I hear Droid X screens display ONLY white!

]]> By: mangochutney http://www.theangrydrunk.com/2010/07/23/flighty-whitey/comment-page-1/#comment-2911 mangochutney Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:20:31 +0000 http://www.theangrydrunk.com/?p=2641#comment-2911 <p>Hey, I like the hockey puck!<br><br>But I agree with you on the white iPhone 4. I just bought the black 32GB iPhone 4 at full price in the UK and I'm willing to sell it and pay for the white iPhone 4 in full again, once it's out, were it not for this bad gut feeling (I feel so very Gibbs-ish right now).<br><br>I've had the white iPhone 3G and constantly had problems with the micro fractures in the polycarbonate back panel. After four exchanges by Apple, I've had it with the device and they gave me a black 3GS.<br><br>Believing the rumour posted on Engadget a few days ago for a second (<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/18/white-iphone-4-delay-the-challenges-faced-by-apples-glass-supp/%29:" rel="nofollow">http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/18/white-iphone...</a><br>Will I have problems with the white one, too? Will the components shine through? Should I get a melon, how often will I have to send it back before I get a faultless one.</p> Hey, I like the hockey puck!

But I agree with you on the white iPhone 4. I just bought the black 32GB iPhone 4 at full price in the UK and I’m willing to sell it and pay for the white iPhone 4 in full again, once it’s out, were it not for this bad gut feeling (I feel so very Gibbs-ish right now).

I’ve had the white iPhone 3G and constantly had problems with the micro fractures in the polycarbonate back panel. After four exchanges by Apple, I’ve had it with the device and they gave me a black 3GS.

Believing the rumour posted on Engadget a few days ago for a second (http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/18/white-iphone…
Will I have problems with the white one, too? Will the components shine through? Should I get a melon, how often will I have to send it back before I get a faultless one.

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