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This was the photo that popped up in a Google news search for the newly-announced iPhone earlier today. As you can see, it’s a classic image from the hilarious trial of Saddam Hussein. Apple quickly spun into damage control mode, inviting “singer” John Mayer onstage to assure the crowd of Apple’s patriotism and give the single douchiest quote of the year (so far):
11:05 a.m. PST: Singer John Mayer arrives. “Steve Jobs and Apple Inc. make life more fun. It’s the exact opposite of terrorism,” says Mayer.
That’s right, iPhones are the opposite of terrorism. You remember that next time you’re detonating a carbomb.
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Hello, I'm a Mac...
...and I'm an Improvised Explosive Device.
If terrorists want my iPhone, they'll have to pry it from my cold, dead hands.
How did Apple quickly spin into damage control mode?... If John Mayer had been the invited guest for what I'd presume to be quite a few days or months.
There is no quick spinning.
Furthermore Saddam's trial image has very little to do with terrorism.
Does the iPhone come with back-dated stock options?
More consumer ca-ca.
During the presentation he demonstrated Google maps on iPhone by prank calling the nearest Starbucks and ordering 4000 lattes. You can't get more patriotic than that.
During the presentation he demonstrated the google maps-to-iPhone feature by prank calling a Starbucks and ordering 4000 lattes. You can't get more patriotic than that.
The only way terrorists will get my iPhone is by prying it from my cold, dead hands.
During the presentation he demonstrated the google-maps-to-iPhone feature by prank calling a Starbucks and ordering 4000 lattes. You can't get more patriotic than that.
During the presentation he demonstrated the google-maps-to-phone feature by prank calling a Starbucks and ordering 4000 lattes. You can't get more patriotic than that.
(Is anyone else having trouble getting their comments on today? Or does Wonkette just hate me?)
I lol'd at that one, nojo.
Expat, not only are you cloning your comments, you left open an italics set on the Tim Johnson post below. Knock it off!
During the presentation Jobs used his iPhone to dial another iPhone phone that was wired to function as the triggering device for a bomb that had been planted in a Redmond, Wash. Starbucks frequented by Microsoft enineers, killing 40 of them. You can't get more patriotic than that... in Baghdad anyway.
The only way I'll get one of these is be prying it from the cold, dead hands of a terrorist.
Of course, I'm slightly more likely to become a serial suicide bomber than to return to Cingular's clutches. So perhaps something implausible could be worked out...
Um, it was necessary to link the iPhone to Patriotism(tm).
You did notice that it has not been approved by the FCC, right? No quicker way to fast-track something as to make it ubiquitous in the War on Terror(tm).
I'll get one when they're down to about a hundred bucks. My current iPod will probably be on its last legs by then, as well as my current cellphone. I'm thinking 2 - 3 years.
The only way I'll get one is if I can pry it from the cold, dead hands of Bono.
My music, meanwhile, may make you want to suicide-bomb something.
Jobs has only himself and his crappy, scruffy beard to blame for this innocent mistake on Google's part.
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