It’s just amazing how well the Apple Marketing machine works.  Over the past few years, they’ve managed to generate hype around what would normally be shortcomings in their devices.

1. Apple manages to sell millions of iPhones without MMS capability.

2. Apple manages to sell a phone without multi-tasking

3. Apple manages to sell an Intel PC for twice the price of what the market will bear.

4. Apple manages to treat their customer base like complete and utter shit (and we come back for more).

Now that’s a true talent.  Kudos to Apple!

Apple iPhone

That’s right people! You heard it here first!  I can’t believe it! It’s just revolutionary!!!  Wow!! I just can’t get over it!  They’re going to give the iPhone MMS! Stop the presses!! I gotta tell you, they’re offering something every other Cell Phone on the market has had for 4 years!!!

It’s just incredible!!! Apple innovation!! JUST UN-FRIGGIN-BELIEVABLE!

I was decided I needed to focus on a menial job today so I could release some stress and decided I would work on my MP3 Collection.  Labeling stuff correctly, etc.

I really have to say Midomi and Fixtunes are a lifesaver.

So I just get back from the Apple store at the Bergen Plaza mall in NJ where I asked an employee, “When do you think Apple is going to fix the 3g issue with the iphones?”  He replies to me, “It’s fixed.  They fixed it with 2.0.2″  I replied to him that it made my iphone 3g service worse.  He first tried to blame it on where I live, then on the fact that the next firmware fix on the 28th will fix it, then insists that his 3g iphone is fixed.

So, I asked him if he had his iphone on him.  He says yes.  I asked him, “Do you get twice the speed of an edge connection?”  He replies, “absolutely.”  So I said, “OK.. Let’s see.”  I call my girlfriend over to bring me her edge first gen iphone so we can test.  My girl hands me her iphone and he immediately says, “uhm.. I have to go finish up with this customer.. I’ll be right back.”  So I tell him, “OK.. I’ll be waiting.”

He goes to the other side of the store, jokes around with his friends, etc.  Everything other than what looks to me like he’s helping a customer.  I wait 45 min. and he’s still avoiding me like the plague.

Fucking Apple employees get busted in a lie and then run away.  Ahh yes.. Just reinforces my thoughts about Apple.

Just a few things I’d love to have on my iPhone and what I’d pay for it.

1. VOIP client – I know it’s not allowed, but it would allow me to extend my pbx to wherever I was. $100.00

2. Bluetooth File Transfer and Transfer of Contacts and Such. $20.00

3. Slingplayer $50.00

4. FLASH PLAYER $5.00

5. The ability to invite people in the calendar application $5.00

6. An application that would allow me to manage and send my text messages via a computer $40.00

7. UMA / IMS Functionality $100.00

8. Bluetooth Keyboard / Mouse Support $10.00

9. Infrared Port to turn my iPhone into a more usable device (This should be built in)

10. Call Recording to WAV or MP3 $100.00

11. Ethernet Dongle $40.00

12. The ability to tether a laptop via bluetooth (I’d pay $100.00 for this feature)