iPhone – uPhone?
Some thoughts – days after others have posted theirs; better late than never I say.
The phone is stylish but also incorporates a well engineered package of technologies never before seen in one unit. It has proven appeal. As with most of the Apple products, though, expect: a. Reductions in price within the year, once all the iDisciples have worshipped at the altar of Steve and acquired their version 1 phones. b. Substantial improvements in specification for lower purchase cost. c. Technical faults prompting ‘told you so’ headlines / product recalls / debates in Parliament etc etc. d. A whingefest from the Chosen Ones when a & b happen. e. Availability on other networks. Sometime around 2009 I’ll be logging onto ebay to buy mine for about ten quid to use with pay as you go. At that time the new models will be small enough to clip onto a convenient nipple, thinner than Victoria Beckham’s Open University course note folder, available in several fashionable colours and preloaded with the entire back catalogue of every movie, piece of music and edition of Countdown known to podkind.
Mark my words.
Old (Etonian) Lags
Jobs for the old boys.
David Cameron – Tory Leader, hander out of Tory jobs, old Etonian. Jonathan Aitken – ex Tory cabinet minister, convicted criminal, recipient of new Tory job, old Etonian. Jeffrey Archer – ex Deputy Chairman of the Tory Party, convicted criminal, expelled from Tory Party, non old Etonian.