Doh: Man with iPhone gets owned on an airplane
Have you seen the commercial in which the pilot talks about avoiding a 3 hour delay thanks to his iPhone? Yeah…we don’t buy it either. But, someone did, and got spanked because of it. Because of weather delays, a guy’s plane gets diverted to a different airport. But, thanks to his trusty iPhone, the man notices the all-clear, and notifies the Flight Attendant. When relayed to the pilot, the pilot responded over the air with:
“If the passenger with the iPhone would be kind enough to use it to check the weather at our alternate, calculate our fuel burn due to being rerouted around the storms, call the dispatcher to arrange our release, and then make a phone call to the nearest Air Traffic Control center to arrange our timely departure amongst the other aircraft carrying passengers with iPhones, then we will be more than happy to depart. Please ring your call button to advise the Flight Attendant and your fellow passengers when you deem it ready and responsible for this multi-million dollar aircraft and its passengers to safely leave.”
You knew this was going to happen sooner rather than later…Just classic!
lysdexia, Pillow biter, Edge speed is outdated…its funny too, because the only carrier in the US that has HSDPA is AT&T and even though the iphone is exclusive to AT&T they didnt even take advantage of it. Even though multi-touch is new, its still touchscreen. The whole concept of touchscreen (multitouch or not) is not practical for people on the move. And since im hating on the iphone right now…if i paid $400-$600 for an iphone, why do I have to hack into it to get it to do what I want it to do? If youre restricted by the manufacturer/carrier on what you can do with “your” phone (ringtones, applications, carrier choice, etc), then is it really your phone?
Its ammusing how people dont question the iphone’s limitations and they just accept what Apple puts out on the market as the latest and greatest. Apple may be a great computer/OS company, but it seems to me theyre better at sheep herding.
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LOL I hate those iPhone commercials!!!
If this is true, the flight attendant gets my idiot of the year award.
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>On Nov 21, 2007 @ 1:29 am, lysdexia Said:
>This Guy, retard, Multitouch is new; and >iPhone’s millions-color depth is as well. Its >battery life outlasts the other smartphones >and PDAs. What are outdatede?
The iPhone is NOT a smartphone. It is not revolutionary either. I would expect the google phone to be more revolutionary than any smartphone out there. HTC+Android will blow everyone else away.
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Hah. Google’s os is just some generic iphone ripoff ui. I’d rather have the bb os or even 1., lol
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