Sunday, June 22, 2008

The Internet. Short for Idiots with Keyboards

Steve Jobs had me at hello. I'm not kidding. I've been infatuated with the iphone since it was announced, and now that its price point is dropping, its service is getting better, and our Verizon contract is just about up, I'm very seriously considering getting one (er, a couple).
Here's the thing; they're coming out in less than a month, and its almost impossible to get info directly from Apple or AT&T... you know, important stuff like how much will a plan cost, can you get a family plan, ect. I don't particularly like AT&T but I'm willing to sacrifice my dislike for a snazzy iphone. I still can't abide their website though, with 3ish weeks to go until release they should provide plenty more info.
So what do I do? I go to the tech sites (my fav Engadget, or gizmodo) to see if they have any insight to my not so pressing questions.
What annoys most about having to do this though is the comments that are involved... half of the posters HATE Apple, and the other half have filed papers to be adopted by Jobs. They're fighting is annoying and petty; its beyond reproach and I'm disgusted that I bother to read it.
But then again, why do I bother to read it? As always, the lesson is that the internet is full of good information, bad information, but mostly a bunch of idiots. Ugh. And I just want to know how much text messaging will cost.

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