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Shanna Calls Kim Out for Her White Love {TMZ}
Jul 24th 2008 5:47PM OMG seriously this is absurd. Kim's response was at least mature. Shanna is just a childish retard. What is/was she on anyway? I only know her for being some freak who actually thinks Travis Barker is somehow appealing and not a freak of nature. Im sure Kim wasnt after that thing, whatever he is. This chick needs to go away. She's still hanging onto texts from a couple years ago? Thats kinda creepy.
iPhone rumor du jour: June 20th release date {Engadget Mobile}
Jun 1st 2007 6:40PM All I know is Apple is really f*&^ing around. This DRM thing is going to kill them. They launch a new service with NO DRM and better quality at a slightly higher price, but oops, they forgot to mention they include your name and email address embedded in that file so if you send it to someone or upload it theres a watermark identifying you. Oh SLIGHT oversight. I mean how did you think Apple was going to get EMI to cast away DRM and sign onto this fraud? Controlling pirating.I dont upload and I dont share. So what, I cant sell my iPod now with all my music on it when I decide to shell out $500 for the latest model? No, I have no idea what that person will do with my library.
And seriously the iPhone was announced in what, 1937? And still no release date. I gave up and bought a pocket PC which I LOVE and it actually has buttons. Any big big release of anything has a highly publicized release date to build up hype for THE DAY (ummmm think blockbuster movies people) . iPhone has nothing. This tells me they aren't ready and rumour has it their manufacturer in Asia is having major issues with getting this product out at projected costs because component costs have gone way up.
So essentially you're all about to have a crappy, thrown together at the last minute, phone with no buttons. Think about it, when you're in your car and have to dial, you do it by feeling with your fingers. Touch screens will not cut it. And there is NO voice dial. Phone rings in the middle of the night, you're groggy, what do you press? Your house is on fire, touch screen? Theres smoke all round and you cant see, but other phones with buttons you could feel to call 911. I for one no longer have a land line, theres no reason to, so this stuff is of major concern. The other concern is price. We've already heard the second generation iPhone rumors. Why shell out the cash now only to have a better model in 6 months? My iPod was out of date 30 seconds after I bought it. Same will happen with iPhone. And Cingular? Remember the transition, way back , a thousand corp purchases ago, they were Omnipoint. The joke of the industry. They approached Verizon first and they declined...why? That is yet to be seen.But surely Verizon had a reason.
Id like to see the paparazzi leave Lindsay Lohan alone for a bit and start photographing Steve Jobs to see which phone he REALLY uses. Also, Cingular/ATT offers GPS directions on a bunch of their phones. The iPhone has Google maps, yet offers no GPS option? Granted you pay $10 a month extra but you'd think if they offer it for a pocket PC it should be a feature for this phone that is supposed to revolutionize the free world. Besides what good is a small 3" map while your driving if the directions aren't called out to you. Just print a Google map, its bigger and safer to read on the road.
This from someone who was salivating over this phone and could not wait to get it. It was like Christmas for me, but they waited too damn long after the initial hype. Essentially they left too much room for bloggers to see it for what it is and report their findings.
Good luck Apple.
