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Why Global Warming Is Bad for the iPhoneLast night, in chilly Boston, I had to go from one event to another, but didn't know where the second one was. I asked a colleague where to go next. He took out his iPhone and started pecking out the address in the Google Maps app. The following dialogue is guaranteed repeated verbatim: Me: Sorry. I've got one of those. I could do it myself.
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Comments: 7
Kevin [30 November 2007 07:54 AM]
But everybody knows global warming will make the earth colder, because of the melting polar ice caps cooling the oceans, which means that iPhone is going to really take off!
Jimmy Guterman [30 November 2007 09:17 AM]
It is a problem when the facts get in the way of a would-be-funny headline...
Noah Iliinsky [30 November 2007 11:41 AM]
Allow me to propose a new headline, unencumbered by fact checking.
Al Gore's Dilemma: Global Warming Good for the iPhone
Jimmy Guterman [30 November 2007 11:49 AM]
At the very least, it might change Gore's investment strategy now that he's at Kleiner Perkins.
Dan [30 November 2007 12:27 PM]
in warmer climes/times, perhaps botox injections would do the trick?
-Dan
Vincent van Wylick [ 1 December 2007 02:30 AM]
No problem, if the weather gets warmer, Apple will either release air-conditioning on the phone with the freezing-effect as a bonus, or give you a tablet-pen.
Honary [ 1 December 2007 06:29 AM]
That is seriously funny!! I like the matter of fact approach of the iPhone user, having "researched" the topic of "Finger Widthology" in depth.
Cool post.