I'm not sure what episode of Star Trek some critics were hoping would be re-enacted at the iPhone 5 launch yesterday, but ever since the launch I keep reading the baby-like whining from some techno journalists about how the phone doesn't have teleportation, or an invisibility cloak, a holographic keyboard, or the ability to render Siri into a real living person to feed your cat when you are at work. In some areas it seems that some people were expecting a little much from Apple.
Another gripe I've been reading about this morning is the one about the new connector that Apple call Lightning. It's smaller, faster, better etc, and yet people are whining about it. "What am I going to do with my old cables and accessories?" they ask with a quiver in their lower lip.
I'll tell you what to do, throw them in fucking garbage along with your VCR, Razr, eight track, and CRT monitor.
Seriously, we really want Apple never to innovate again, because we've gotten used to a certain type of cable? Should we still be using analog data cables because we didn't want to change to HDMI? Should we demand that Apple never changes the screen size because our eyes have gotten used to the old one?
Technology is always about change. It's like the people that always whine when Facebook gets refreshed, and some losers start a page demanding it be rolled back to the old version. If you don't like new technology don't buy it. Go get a nice book, and read it over and over. It won't change shape or size or require some new connector that makes you mad. The fonts won't get smaller or bigger, and the color will only change slightly over many years as the paper decays.
What I want to ask these so-called journalists though, is why they choose to write about technology if they get so angry when it evolves and improves. Just seems strange.
Anyway, rant over, time to decide to stay with AT&T or move to Verizon for my iPhone 5 order.
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