iPhone...joke of the day! Mit out signal...

Fans of high-tech gizmos - and product manufactured by Microscope - stood patienly in a seemingly endless line yesterday that swelled down the bustling street.

Gosh!

The spanking-new Iphone continued to fly off the shelves in the midst of a circus-like atmosphere.

But, within hours it was time to get down to the nitty-gritty.

A handful of die-hard geeks started grumbling about sound quality.

Steve Jobs was quick on the uptake.

"You're not holding the gadget right," he uttered up with a grin on his face.

At this juncture, there was a demonstration n to shed some light on the glitch complained of.

The really "cool" communication device (which is so much more than that, really) was designed with a slim piece of lightweight metal on the perimeter which doubles as the antennae.

In fact, the dialogue inspired the joke of the day.

When one user whined that the signal wavered that when he held it "like that", Jobs allegedly quipped:

"Don't hold it like that," he joked.

Duh!

Maybe those bozos should forget about high-tech telephones and take a page from the past.

Two tin cans and a piece of string should do the trick!

My first cell phone!

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iMac...puts bite in Apple

Steve Jobs has unveiled a polished new Apple...with innovative bells and whistles.

Most notably, the exterior design has gone through a major transformation.

The sleek little devil is fashioned in an aesthetically-pleasing aluminum casing.

Yeah, time for the old heave-ho.

The old plastic facade always reminded me of a kid's sophisticated plaything.

When I was newbie, a scant few years ago, my first computer purchase was an Apple.

After all, it was always the tool of choice for artists, designers, and other creative types.

But, it wasn't long before I pined for a regular desktop PC.

You see, every time I hankered to attach an appliance, or facilitate leading-edge software, the clerk at the computer outlet would shake his head sadly in response when I beamed that I owned, "A Mac, of course".

"Not compatible", he'd shrug, as he walked away to serve another more computer-savvy customer.

But in recent days, Apple has surmounted many of those obstacles.

For starters, there was a switch to intel-based computer chips which have helped boost performance, and subsequently, sales.

In addition, the ilife suite of applications features a host of innovations for photo management and video creation programs.

Iwork productivity software has been upgraded to include a new spreadsheet operation called Numbers.

Steve Jobs expects that Mac users, who generally use Microsoft spreadsheets, will be joyful about this turn of events.

Believe it or not, the snazzy, ultrathin wafer-like model, are a couple of hundred bucks cheaper than the models before them.

Industry analysts and critics are responding well to the unveiling.

"Because this new iMac is so fully-featured, especially compared to other systems on the market, we had to give it an Editor’s Choice,” reported Rich Brown at CNET.

Brown also compliments the redesign of the Apple Keyboard adding that, “key mechanics also have a smooth response that make it a pleasure to type on.“

Bottom line, Brown concludes, “With its super-elegant new design and a strong configuration, Apple’s new iMac competes with the PC desktop market better than perhaps any previous Mac to date.”

Maybe its time to trade my PC in.

Any takers?