We all know someone, or “someone who knows someone” that wants an iPhone, but refuses to willingly get in bed with the telecom company currently enjoying a monogamous US relationship with said object of desire. (Apparently this thing is shaking it down with someone new in every town.)
The upshot thus far has been successful attempts to get the iPhone to stray from its domestic partner, to “explore” unknown pleasures with “others”, if you will. The Pwnage that has led to this telecommunication cuckoldry has not fully sated the desires of those who lust after the iPhone’s many 3G charms. Instead, this wicked jealousy has given rise to plots and schemes that would spirit the iPhone from its cramped, loveless quarters with promises of adventure and full-on sexy times.
With that in mind, I came across a quote, but I cannot remember the source at this moment, and I’m too lazy to look it up, that suggested T-Mobile lease some of Sprint’s 3G 1900/2100 MHz spectrum to make the iPhone fully functional on its network. If Sprint actually has 3G spectrum in that bandwidth, and this scheme could actually work, that would be absolutely wonderful! (I like T-Mobile.) This would enable Apple and T-Mobile to gain some important intelligence on the viability of officially running the iPhone on T-Mob’s network. They could gauge the iPhone’s use on its network with full 3G capabilities enabled through an on-going examination of their own parameters, as well as “listening” to the blogsphere and the mainstream media (which would eventually get round to writing articles based on select blog posts).
Judging by the backlash against That Other Telecom Co. through searches on Google and Twitter, there is substantial dissatisfaction and pent-up demand in the U.S. for the world’s greatest daily-use electronic device. And judging by the number of unlocked iPhones all ready in use on T-Mob’s network (and no, I don’t have any verifiable data, just a hunch), there are a lot of people in this country with telecommunication itches that are just not being scratched.
The time has come for the iPhone to find a new partner, maybe try an open relationship or just go balls-deep in a 3G telecommunications orgy and let every able-bodied carrier have a go…
“Yer h0nor, the jury has reached a verdict: We the jury find Gmail Tasks Guilty of being like buttah! We ask, if it please the court, that Gmail be punished with excessive use given its flagrant act of deliciousness by enabling SMS in GTalk during the same week it drops the long-awaited and much-anticipated incorpration of a ToDo list in its supa-fwine email client.”
This screen shot from Congresswoman Elanor Holmes Norton’s webpage tells the tale about the hottest ticket in DC – Inauguration Tickets. Just a day after it was announced that the best way for schmucks to get Inauguration Tickets was to contact the Inauguration Committee or your congress person, and politely request to have your name added to the list of potential recipients, Congresswoman Norton’s office was absolutely swamped with requests.
The demand for the hottest ticket in town (which hasn’t even been released yet!) was so great that this is what I found when I pulled up Congresswoman Norton’s site: “Inauguration Tickets Not Available. Please do not call or email.”
DC is going to be filled to the brim for this Inauguration. I’ve been here for a few events, including Clinton’s first inauguration and the Million Man March. The whispered word going around town points to Obama’s first inauguration drawing a very large crowd indeed. Judging by the listings on Craigslist for housing during Inauguration week, like this $10,000/week condo in Kalorama this should be some party! With my house near U Street, maybe I should consider engaging in a little opportunisitc capitalism myself. Things that make you go “Hmmm” indeed!
Gizmodo, my go-to site when I’m trying to kill time while simultaneously staying abreast of what’s new and happening in the world of electronic gadgetry, gave me a pre-Christmas present tonight: an old video of Bjork explaining how TV operates. How it can put her into all kinds of weird situations. In a word: Awesome! I totally <3 Bjork. I could talk to her for hours and hours and cover so many topics that my head would spin from the rush of exploratory joy this would bring.
Remember kids, watch out for those Icelandic poets and don’t let them lie to you.
This photo is just all kinds of delicious. It is simply chocked full of David Tennant-ey and Catherine Tate-ish yumminess all inside the Tardis! That’s a win-win-win, nerds! Mmmm!
Nevertheless, I haz teh sadz, or at the very least, a smidge of melancholy. Our beloved Dr. Who is to regenerate within a year’s time, and as confirmed by the Internet, David Tennant will be missed. Now, truth be told, I’ve yet to meet a Dr. Who I didn’t come to like, but David Tennant’s portrayal of the time-space continuum’s kookiest Time Lord has been my favorite, closely followed by Tom Baker’s mad portrayal. Christopher Eccleston’s portrayal was brilliant and memorable, but he was for too short a time in the role. Hm. Pity.
Anywho, the 2009 season will be Tennant’s final regular appearance in the iconic role, but far from the Dr.’s demise. As such, the question that has crept into everyone’s mind is when the Dr. regenarates, whose face will we see?
