Archive for November, 2008

Is the “G” in 3G really for “genitalia”?

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Okay, this technically isn’t an “Apple sucks” story. Actually, it’s more about how Apple users can suck.

According to an article in today’s issue of the British newspaper The Sun, the wife of an iPhone user apparently went sniffing around on her husband’s phone and, in his Sent Items folder, found some interesting photos of her husband “pleasuring himself.” (Not that there’s anything wrong with that, as Jerry Seinfeld would say.)

While the husband couldn’t deny that he took the photo, he did deny having sent it … and blamed the iPhone instead. “He claims that he went to the Genius Bar at the local Apple store,” said the unnamed and soon-to-be-ex-wife. “They told him that it is an iPhone glitch: that photos sometimes automatically attach themselves to an e-mail address and appear in the sent folder, even though no e-mail was ever sent.”

The woman then checked Apple’s support forums, only to find that — surprise! — nobody had ever heard of such a thing.

Dude, don’t blame Apple for your lack of self-control. Besides, everyone knows you should clean out your Sent Items folder routinely!

I’m LOSING TRACK!

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

Less is not always more: Apple removing the trackpad button is one more MacBook Pro “improvement” that sucks. I don’t care that the new trackpad is a smooth glass surface. I don’t care that they’ve considered sensitivity and audio feedback. (Yes, how the click sounds is actually listed as a selling point!)

I don’t care! I think this change SUCKS! It limits my ability and control the cursor and click and drag! Try using this trackpad with greasy potato chip fingers! IT’S IMPOSSIBLE!

Apple has offered sucky trackpad gestures that allow for clicking and dragging. Maybe the only decent thing is at least it has also allowed me to opt out of these options and stick with old faithful: the always dependable, trackpad button.

I feel as if i’ve lost a longtime friend. JOBS, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!?!? Now I have to carry my mouse everywhere.

It’s NOT a sucky Mighty Mouse, either. I hate that thing … but that’s for another post.