Comments on: Video: iPhone backlash officially begins

By: Captain Scarlet

Captain Scarlet — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:50:08 +0000

Oh yeah. Nice Twilight Zone reference. I think that episode is called “The Last Man on Earth.”

The Race Card

Actually, the episode (my all-time #1 fave Zone) was called “Time Enough At Last” http://tzone.the-croc.com/tzeplist/time.html It’s taken from a line Henry Bemis (Burgess Meredith) speaks when he finishes stacking up all the books he hopes to get to read undisturbed by his wife or pesky boss…or the rest of humanity for that matter.

By: Sensei Ern

Sensei Ern — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:41:01 +0000

I dunno , what kind of person buys a $500 toy just to break it?
In the driveway no less.

bbz123 on July 1, 2007 at 11:14 AM

THe same kind of people who spend $2500 for a PS3, instead of waiting six months to buy one from a pawn shop for $250.

By: taznar

taznar — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:23:55 +0000

I had a lump in my throat watching that.

I did …at first.

Then I was amazed out how much abuse they had to inflict, even necessitating the use of two people, to deliver a blow that actually broke it!

And might I suggest getting something like a Dremmel tool with a cutting disk next time to cut it open? There are much better ways if the goal is to see what’s inside and how its made. But then given the “skill” with which they weilded the tools they were using, maybe that isn’t such a good idea.

By: right2bright

right2bright — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:36:20 +0000

Reminds me of all the other things that are so “hip”. In six months you’ll be able to buy it for 1/2, another six months and it will be a $99 special incentive. You’ll pull out your iPhone and your buddy pulls out the new iTurboPhone.

By: James

James — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:54:54 +0000

It’s not just an anti-Apple thing, so put your self-righteous indignation back on the shelf. People did the same with the X-Box 360 and the PS3 when they came out, too. Where these guys went wrong was not doing it in front of the crowds still waiting in line for theirs, as has become the tradition.

Side note…I heard on the radio this morning that my prediction was accurate. iPhone owners are calling each other to pat each other on the back for being so hip and trendy. Meanwhile, my sweet new LG phone came with a hefty military discount, plus a discount on all my monthly bills. Thanks, Verizon!

By: American8298

American8298 — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 07:18:30 +0000

why would any one pay 500 to 600 for a POS phone that locks you into AT&T?

By: infidelpride

infidelpride — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 07:04:20 +0000

Oops, make that 192.168.2.1

By: infidelpride

infidelpride — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 07:03:29 +0000

Yeah, disable SSID broadcast, give yourself a 128-bit key (go to your browser and type 192.158.2.1), click on ‘Security’ under the wireless section, select 128-bit WEP and give yourself a password that long. Then on your laptop, or i-phone (if you’ve gone for that), enter that key wherever it’s asked for, and keep it permanent. That way, your laptop accesses only your network that ain’t getting broadcast, while your neighbors don’t get to see your network.

By: infidelpride

infidelpride — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 06:58:21 +0000

I’m guessing that Allah has a wife who’ll chew his head off if he dares dunk $500 into this toy. Hence Michelle has to be the one to buy it for him. ;-)

AP, chill! It’s only a phone! Okay, some I-Tunes & Web browsing capability, but what’s there that ain’t already there on your laptop?

By: NewsWonk

NewsWonk — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 04:59:11 +0000

Meanwhile, Steve Jobs is laughing all the way to Fort Knox

By: frost

frost — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 04:39:35 +0000

Also, disable SSID broadcast and enable WEP.

Ooh, WEP is old school and easily broken. You’re router probably does something better, go with that. If it doesn’t, download an update and it will. On the other hand, your neighbors probably aren’t hackers, just cheap, and if you can’t tell that they’re using your line, then it probably doesn’t matter if they are. :)

By: BacaDog

BacaDog — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 03:00:42 +0000

Do any of you computer wiz’s know how I can find out if my neighbors are piggy backing my wireless signal?

Like Iblis said. Also, disable SSID broadcast and enable WEP.

By: Coronagold

Coronagold — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:41:44 +0000

Still wanna buy a $600 plastic phone now that you know it’s filled with tinfoil and air?

By: csdeven

csdeven — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:50:36 +0000

Iblis on July 1, 2007 at 8:47 PM

thanks!

By: Iblis

Iblis — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:47:55 +0000

O/T

Do any of you computer wiz’s know how I can find out if my neighbors are piggy backing my wireless signal?

Check your router logs. And put security on your wireless.

On/T
Well somebody had $600 to flush.

By: csdeven

csdeven — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:25:31 +0000

O/T

Do any of you computer wiz’s know how I can find out if my neighbors are piggy backing my wireless signal?

By: pedestrian

pedestrian — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 22:47:13 +0000

To the average corporate serf, smashing an iPhone is like carelessly letting a bit of gruel spill from your cup while other starving people look on. To a player, it’s just the quickest way to find out which devices on on there so you can make serious money by being the first to write unauthorized software to get around Apple’s ridiculous restrictions. That clip will launch that guys career in geekdom like the video of Paris’s hotel room romp did for her perfume, jewelry, and show biz career.

By: Misha I

Misha I — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:56:09 +0000

Watching a couple of guys smashing an overpriced gadget — ho hum…

Watching iTards go positively ballistic with indignation that a Most Holy Object of the Almighty Jobs got desecrated, on the other hand — PRICELESS!

By: liquidflorian

liquidflorian — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:41:25 +0000

This is actually pretty interesting. If Apple had taken technology from another phone, like an HTC Touch or O2 xda, and given it to their Chinese factory to knock off, that would explain why they couldn’t find any branded chips on the main board inside the device.

This also illustrates the impossibility to change providers, and apparently batteries.

By: infidel4life

infidel4life — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:40:05 +0000

I was hoping that idiot would slice his wrist open and bleed to death.

By: BacaDog

BacaDog — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:09:38 +0000

It’s the Twilight Zone episode Burgess Meredith never got to make.

Heh. I remember that one. All those books to read, and broke his glasses.

Whatever happened to that show?

By: BacaDog

BacaDog — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:06:10 +0000

Then instead of going to the golf course, I am going to come home and smash the hell out of the head to see what is inside of it.

I did that. Fixed my slice.

AP. Put a Paypal button on the thread. We’ll all chip in a couple of bucks to get your phone for you.

Speak truth to power!! On an IPhone!

By: RightWinged

RightWinged — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 19:43:57 +0000

iPhone = lame
smashing an iPhone that you could have sold = the lamest

By: nottakingsides

nottakingsides — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 19:18:04 +0000

The iPhone is for newbies. There are way too many limitations and flaws to mention here. Smartphone veterans see it as a toy. If it was $149 or less with a 2-year plan, it wouldn’t come out of “toy” status, but it would at least make sense in some way.

By: Mazztek

Mazztek — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 19:17:46 +0000

A comprehensive review of the iPhone. Waste. Can't even use it with apple products. Oh? And the dumbarses smashing the iPhone? You are out $600.00, and accomplished NOTHING.