iPhones are glitchy
You would think Apple had everything all figured out by now, but no. Users are now reporting a new glitch: The phones have a tendency to attach naked pictures to emails in the Sent Items folder.
The phone does this. All by itself. It finds a naked picture of the owner, then digs through the sent mail folder and attaches the photo. That's a serious glitch! It's terribly embarrassing for the user who obviously did not intend to send the picture.
Other glitches recently reported by iPhone users:
- Sometimes iPhones create random text messages and spontaneously send those messages to attractive young women in the user's address book.
- A consistent problem with the iPhone occurs after 2am. The phone dials numbers in the address book and plays weird audio during the call. The audio sounds an awful lot like slurred drunken speech.
- One user reported that his iPhone jumped out of his pocket and smacked itself on a girl's ass.
- The internet browser on the iPhone has been known to start up on its own and open hardcore porn websites. This usually occurs when the user is riding public transportation.
- Often, when a user receives an unexpected call on his iPhone from an angry spouse or girlfriend , the phone suddenly disconnects. In these cases, the phone might be disabled for hours before the user can receive calls again.
- The iPhone address book seems to have a mind of its own, adding phone numbers of the user's female coworkers and friends. The phone sometimes adds notes to these entries such as "hot" or "brunette".
Have you noticed any other glitches?
My new cell phone is ruining my life
Is there a 12-step program for cell phone addiction? Because I'm obsessed with my T-Mobile Dash.
The thing has Windows Mobile, so it syncs with my Outlook email and calendar. I've also hooked it up to my 3 active gmail accounts. And this phone has the worst of all evils - Bubble Breaker.
So not only does the thing buzz every time I get a phone call - It also goes off every time I get a personal email, a work email, or a meeting reminder. I carry it everywhere I go. I email from my car. I surf the internet in the elevator. I play Bubble Breaker at band practice.
Even when I'm in a room with other people, I've got my face buried in this little screen interacting with the outside world. I'm so connected that I may never have to have a face to face conversation ever again.
(Pic borrowed from Ubergizmo)
Viral Marketing – The Sprint Ambassador Program
Sprint is kissing my pasty white ass and I love it.
A couple of weeks ago, Guy Kawasaki posted a "how to" guide for building positive PR by brown-nosing bloggers. My mind started racing. I want the CEO of a large corporation to wipe my ass, suck the toe jam from my feet, give me a bunch of free shit, and then pay me. I bookmarked Guy's post and figured I'd come back to it...
Then out of the blue - through sheer coincidence - Sprint came a knockin'!
Hi JJ,
The Sprint Ambassador Team recently visited TheChurning.com and wants to invite you to participate in our Ambassador Program.
The Sprint Ambassador Program is all about exploring our latest products and services and allows you to give direct feedback to Sprint. We recently launched the Sprint Power Vision (SM) Network and want to provide you with the full experience, at no charge. Sprint Power Vision Network enables customers to download data at faster speeds and experience new data products.
So what’s the deal?
As a qualified participant, we will send you one Sprint Power Vision phone and provide you with six months of all-access service (at no charge). You’ll have access to the Sprint Music Store(SM) live TV broadcasts, gaming and more. Yes, you will also have unlimited free calling and data service. It’s a pretty good deal and all we ask for in return is your candid feedback (you decide how much and how often).
We look forward to receiving your registration!
The Sprint Ambassador Team
I thought, "Scam scam, scammy scam scammsters!" But I was wrong. I checked out the Ambassador website, read the terms of service, and Googled it to see if any other bloggers had been roped in. Sure enough, dozens of other bloggers had already signed up.
Sprint decided to use bored, geeky, rambling blog dorks to its advantage. You gotta figure that if you send a tech-nerd a badass cell phone and free service for six months, he's gonna write about that shit online. Viral marketing, bitches!
So I got my phone. It looks like this:
My first impression: This is way more than just a fucking phone. This thing is an mp3 player, a digital camera, a camcorder, a TV, a web browser, a gaming system... the features are endless.
I've already downloaded the Texas Hold 'Em game, an episode of The Daily Show, some standup comedy, a couple of episodes of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, some CNN clips, a little ESPN action, some Franz Ferdinand mp3's and a couple of Morrissey songs.
For the next six months of free cell phone bliss, I will not suffer a single moment of boredom. And for that, Sprint, I love you.
Outdated Terms We Still Use
Every once in a while, I'll use a term that's way outdated.
For example, when I buy a new CD, I'll say, "Hey, I bought that new Morrissey record." Yeah, I know I should probably downplay the fact that I listen to Morrissey, but that's not the point. The point is - I still refer to CDs as "records" or even "albums." I do have a record player, but I rarely buy records. It seems like a lot of people don't even buy CDs anymore. Record schmecord. CD schmee-dee.
Here are a few others:
- Tape
example: "Did you tape that show you wanted to watch?"
Does anyone even have VHS anymore? It's all about TiVo or DVR these days. - Rent a video
example: "Have you seen The Aristocrats?" "Yeah, I rented the video. I was bored out of my fucking mind."
This goes back to the VHS thing. Does anyone rent videos? I should say, "I Netflixed that shit, bitch." - Turn the channel
example: "Why'd you turn the channel? You know I'm watching the Gator game!"
You kids out there might not believe it, but TVs used to have a dial on them for changing the channel. You'd literally have to "turn" the channel. - Dial the phone
Again with the dials! What was with all the fucking dials? Remember rotary phones? That's why commercials say "Dial 1-800-FUCK-YOUR-MOTHER" or whatever - you get the point. There's no need to say "dial" when referring to a phone number - because there's no "dial" on a modern phone. Just say "call" instead.
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