The Angry Drunk

Via Harry Marks:

I’m guess­ing a lot of com­plaints are com­ing from the name alone — iPhone 4S — because appar­ently, in order for it to truly be the next-generation iPhone, it has to have a “5” at the end of it.

Coincidentally, “5” is also the col­lec­tive IQ of the pun­dits I quoted above.

Consider this a quick apéri­tif until I write up my own angry thoughts about today’s idiocy. I will say this now though, the level of whiny enti­tle­tardism from the pun­dits this time was absolutely shame­ful.

I was wor­ried that I was going to have to write some­thing about Amazon’s slew of announce­ments. Thank Satan for Harry Marks at Curious Rat. His thoughts largely echo mine. The key point:

Amazon is clear about its inten­tions — it doesn’t want to get into tablet com­put­ing, it wants its devices to be hubs for media and Amazon’s own ser­vices. Stream movies, read books and lis­ten to music all on your Amazon Kindle Fire using Amazon’s ser­vices. If you’re only inter­ested in read­ing, pick up a new eInk Kindle while you’re also buy­ing a DVD — they’re so cheap, Kindles really are impulse buys now.