Video: Twenty smokin’ hot minutes with the iPhone
posted at 4:03 pm on June 22, 2007 by Allahpundit
Tammy Bruce says it’s not so much that she wants it as that she needs it. I feel about it the way I do about KP — a mixture of admiration, longing, and self-loathing that it’s out of my league. My many, many hints about it have fallen on deaf ears thus far, leading me to suspect that the only way this is going to happen is with a work stoppage. It’s risky, though: the last time someone pulled this on a staunch conservative, it didn’t work out so well.
What do you think? No iPhones, no peace.
Click the image to watch.
Update: It’s just not the same, is it?
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I would love an iPhone but it’s prohibitively expensive – and the fact that AT&T will still charge you $175 for termination their 2-yr contract earlier, even though the phone isn’t subsidized annoys the living crap out of me.
Plus, I have never had a good experience with AT&T. Worst customer service on earth, and they’re a bunch of thieves in general.
Mindcrime on June 22, 2007 at 4:07 PM
Edit to say: $175 for early termination of their 2-yr contract.
English is my native language, really. I just spent too much time in China 0.0
Mindcrime on June 22, 2007 at 4:14 PM
Let’s all chip in and buy AP an iphone.
He only gets out of the house 3 hours a week (by his own admission), so clearly he has no time for panhandling.
The price of a comment is now $1 on hotair.
lorien1973 on June 22, 2007 at 4:18 PM
It’ll be called the iTalk by the time Oracle or whoever gets their lawsuit heard.
Unless crApple is just going to throw money at them until they “lease” the name to them.
Apple is such a lib-supporting company, and all the lefties use Apple products for political reasons, that really, giving them free publicity on Hot Air is a little bit cringe inducing.
I used to not care for Microsoft too until the Clinton administration checked the email on thier imac’s from Steve jobs and decided to try to crush them.
Spassvogel on June 22, 2007 at 4:18 PM
It’s really more like 90 minutes.
Allahpundit on June 22, 2007 at 4:20 PM
Auction off a trip with You, Ace and Karol for the next gay cowboy flick to fund it.
Number 2 on June 22, 2007 at 4:22 PM
This is clearly the best thing ever.
Christoph on June 22, 2007 at 4:22 PM
ROFL
Spirit of 1776 on June 22, 2007 at 4:22 PM
Consider it done. Who wants to watch gay cowboy movies with AP?
Allahpundit on June 22, 2007 at 4:24 PM
Craptastic!
RC2 on June 22, 2007 at 4:25 PM
Less than 1 minute into the iPhone movie, they have a NYT web page. The three headlines:
Fissures grow on eve of Bush speech on Iraq
Fierce fighting erupts in Baghdad
More than 50 die in U.S. strikes in Somalia
That’s it for the news.
C’mon Apple. You couldn’t find some cute fluffy web site that everyone would like? How about a shot of HotAir with KP & MM? You’d cover Left and Right and everyone would be happy (and maybe AP could justify it as a business expense to the boss).
cmay on June 22, 2007 at 4:25 PM
Either there are many bannings, or more votes than comments, or AP is voting for/against himself.
Life’s too short – if you really, really want one – go get it in a few weeks, after the lines die down.
Entelechy on June 22, 2007 at 4:27 PM
I have two tin cans and I connect them with this long, waxed string, and you can talk in one end and the person on the other end can hear you! Does anyone have Steve Jobs’ number? I’ve got to tell him about this.
Halley on June 22, 2007 at 4:30 PM
Movies, plural? I’d cough up my hard-earned money for that.
Esthier on June 22, 2007 at 4:33 PM
You didn’t mention the picture of Ted Kennedy.
yo on June 22, 2007 at 4:33 PM
Depends: do you dress up in character? I took my daughter to see the second Pirate’s movie on opening night. We were the only ones not in “uniform”.
jeffNWV on June 22, 2007 at 4:34 PM
I actually consider that negative advertising. Who can look at that bloated jerk without retching? Maybe Steve Jobs and the brain trust in Cupertino, but most Americans look at him as the poster boy for term limits.
cmay on June 22, 2007 at 4:37 PM
AP, now why in the world would you need an iPhone? You never leave the house! LOL!
TheBigOldDog on June 22, 2007 at 4:40 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA!
Mmmmmm, that’s some good self-deprecation…
Enrique on June 22, 2007 at 4:41 PM
That’s totally true. I’d end up using it maybe once a year. I just … want it.
Allahpundit on June 22, 2007 at 4:44 PM
Good… a new phone that has no new features, but looks pretty.
May it do as well as the Newton
Canadian Imperialist Running Dog on June 22, 2007 at 4:47 PM
My knuckles drag deeper into the dirt every day. The last man in America with rabbit ears on the tv and no cell phone.
Remember you will be able to find me in the fossil record. On second thought conservatives don’t believe in the fossil record. Oblivion awaits those with no iPhone.
Limerick on June 22, 2007 at 4:48 PM
iPhone envy, huh?
I thought you were a bigger man than that.
Retread on June 22, 2007 at 4:49 PM
C’mon, Michelle…Allah deserves an iPhone just for coining the phrase “craptastic”.
flipflop on June 22, 2007 at 4:51 PM
I’m an apple guy and I know the quality of apple products. Not the greatest. $600 for a phone is insane and only using ONE carrier is even more insane. Of course, the Macatrons are wetting their pants at the thought of holding this glorious device in their hands whilst sipping mocha-coca-frappa-lattes in their black turtlenecks, designer chic jeans and hippie sandals as they take advantage of the cafe’s free wi-fi because they can’t afford anything but dial-up because they paid $2,700 for their MacBook Pro.
The young, unshaven man rubs the tiki-God-like sculpture of Steve Jobs hanging around his neck as he waits impatiently for that call from the Apple Store congratulating him on his new part-time job at the gayest store evah!
And he is at peace with himself.
robblefarian on June 22, 2007 at 4:57 PM
Why the hell would anyone pay money to give his Boss the opportunity to harass him 24/7? My boss offered to buy me a cell phone a couple of years ago. I told him the first time he called me while I was fishing, it would be at the bottom of the lake. I still don’t have a cell phone.
RedWinged Blackbird on June 22, 2007 at 4:59 PM
She wouldn’t do that. She’s so busy, we rarely speak.
Allahpundit on June 22, 2007 at 5:01 PM
So what is AP the Boo Radley of the blogosphere?
Drtuddle on June 22, 2007 at 5:04 PM
Heh. That’s cold, man.
Tanya on June 22, 2007 at 5:09 PM
If it works as well as Q-time, you can keep it!
KP? or did you guy’s ever kiss and make up from that last post when you went postal on her? I’m not saying she did not have it coming, but did you ever send her some flowers or somthing AP?
abinitioadinfinitum on June 22, 2007 at 5:12 PM
Awww, I’d buy it for you, AP. I’m a Mac girl so I’m all about all things Apple. ;o)
wherestherum on June 22, 2007 at 5:18 PM
They should have a hawt nekkid babe holding the iPhone and it would sale like hot cakes. That or some guys drinking beer and playing catch with it.
What is with the guy from Cambridge. I have found the perfect cure for those sleepless nights, play a recording of him talking and I am out like a light.
Rode Werk on June 22, 2007 at 5:20 PM
Let ya know how I like it next Friday evening.
Wind Rider on June 22, 2007 at 5:24 PM
I do hate that all the cool phones go through Cingular. I had Cingular back when it was…whatever it was (I forgot!), before it joined ATT and it SUCKED.
wherestherum on June 22, 2007 at 5:26 PM
I bought my first iPod (not including the shuffle) just last week so I think I can hold off a few
days weeks months yearsfor this thing. It is tres chic no doubt.Mojave Mark on June 22, 2007 at 5:27 PM
I remember when the iPod first came out I was the only of 2 people I knew who had one. And now they’re everywhere. I suspect the iPhone will be everywhere, but only due to the hype. I’m betting only the truly nerdy (of which, I am) will really appreciate it.
wherestherum on June 22, 2007 at 5:32 PM
Although honestly, the hype is turning me off to the iPhone. And the Cingular/ATT part.
wherestherum on June 22, 2007 at 5:32 PM
Just meant “out of my league.” Duly edited!
Allahpundit on June 22, 2007 at 5:36 PM
I’ll pay not to.
mesablue on June 22, 2007 at 6:21 PM
I just bought an Apple Newton. Can I sync it with my iPhone? Does it work with my DOS machine? I can’t find the headphone jack on it!
sweetlipsbutterhoney on June 22, 2007 at 6:25 PM
Ironically, Apple first approached Verizon according to USA Today:
There’s more, but it seems that Apple wouldn’t allow Verizon’s other distributors (Wal-Mart, Best Buy, etc.) sell the product, only Apple and the main Verizon stores.
Apple simply wanted ultimate control (including customer service) which Verizon said no to.
Note: You know AP, you could always settle for an OQO.
Darnell Clayton on June 22, 2007 at 6:26 PM
I’m in awe…but will never be able to afford it. JUST bought the 30 gig Video iPod 3 months ago. And THAT was a big deal for me, since I got my 20 gig for free 2 years ago (yes, for FREE…on one of those Free iPod sites!)
tickleddragon on June 22, 2007 at 6:47 PM
If I purchased an iPhone I would be entering a “community” that, personally, I would just rather not be a part of.
mojowire on June 22, 2007 at 6:54 PM
My husband is yacking about getting one but we still have a bit of time to go on Verizon Hawaii.
Catie96706 on June 22, 2007 at 7:05 PM
The touch screen navigation is very cool. Having to “hunt and peck” to type something into a field on the screen is not. Only 8GB for the iPod function will not make me give up my current mp3 player. Touch screen technology is very cool though. I’ll wait for more applications.
Mallard T. Drake on June 22, 2007 at 8:00 PM
iHate phones.
Always bad news, no real news, or asking for things.
Eventually they’ll be implants, and then the accidental unification of silica-based quasi-intelligence by a feedback-loop glitch/mutation (the origin of consciousness in humans?) will take over those so endowed.
No thanks. iThink not.
Telepathy is the future.
No messy fees.
profitsbeard on June 22, 2007 at 9:46 PM
Maybe we can get a half naked KP to jump out of a cake holding the iphone for AP’s birthday?
Me thinks that would be his last moment on earth.
csdeven on June 22, 2007 at 10:09 PM
Here’s a parody for the Microsoft super table. They used the Microsoft promotional video and just re-did the audio.
The gist of it? Does everything an Iphone does, only it costs 10 grand and it’s a table.
Krydor on June 22, 2007 at 11:16 PM
That guy in the Microsoft video sounds so much like Nigel Tufnel it kills me.
[with accent]“As you can see, we’ve taken a regular off-the-shelf laptop and put electronic sensors on the back here. While users used to have to use a mouse to manipulate this photograph…..this one goes to 11.“
PaisleyCow on June 22, 2007 at 11:27 PM
The difference between the iPhone demo and the Microsoft Cambridge demo really does give a hint of truth to those “I’m a PC…and I’m a Mac” ads.
eeyore on June 23, 2007 at 12:03 AM
What they aren’t telling you:
Besides the one carrier problem. It doesn’t do Instant Messaging–well, it has an Apple proprietary version that can only talk to other iPhones–except ATT won’t be carrying that initially.
It doesn’t do MMS messaging either. Or any of the other standard communication features other phones have had for years.
But hey, you can browse the Web sideways! Just like HTC started doing 2 years ago! Wow, Apple is innovative!
Wait for version 2. Version 1 is going to sell on hype at first and drop off when many realize that while some of its features are cool there are simply too many other now-standard features completely missing.
Faith1 on June 23, 2007 at 6:56 AM
Ohyeah, touch screen navigation…another innovation brought to you by HTC. Granted, Apple is doing it better but it is NOT new.
Faith1 on June 23, 2007 at 6:58 AM
Seems like a very efficient way to promote the Darwinian “evolution” of legs on electronic junk. Turn your back on it for a second and its going to grow legs and walk away.
Purple Avenger on June 23, 2007 at 9:56 AM
All these gadgets are great but until they make them have some kind of projector that makes the numbers readable for the .. uh , middle aged set I’m not getting one.
Bradky on June 23, 2007 at 11:30 AM
AP, you could always try ATC, they’re hiring again.
shooter on June 23, 2007 at 12:08 PM
OT alert. It isn’t that conservatives don’t believe in the fossil record, we just reject the baloney that it proves what the priests of secularism claim it proves.
I’m a die-hard gadget freak, but I hate wasting money, so have disciplined myself to a strict code. Never buy the new toy. Wait until it is either 15 months old (most bugs addressed/corrected) or falls in price more than 60% from its initial release.
Freelancer on June 23, 2007 at 5:23 PM