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February 18, 2007
A new phone...
My old mobile (Sony Ericsson) is just about dead. It has been a good phone but I need to replace it because the buttons don't work most of the time - you sort of have to press the battery on the back at the same time as pressing the 'yes'/'no' buttons before they will register.
Obviously I should try and hold out until the iPhone is available....
Or then again, maybe not. Telstra (the national carrier and most likely candidate for Apple to use for Australian coverage) has dissed the iPhone. Idiots. I can guess the reaction from Steve - let Australia go hang itself.....
Fortunately there was a better reaction from (Fake) Steve Jobs:
Telstra to Apple: Stick to your knitting
Some dude from Telstra says we're making a mistake building the iPhone and we should "stick to our knitting." See here. Now, I don't know who this guy is. And I don't see why some refrigerator manufacturer in New Zealand should be telling us how to run our business. But the iPhone is a perfectly natural next step for us. Second, we go into any business we want. And we win. If we want to make Apple iToasters, we will. And you know what? They'll rock. And they'll cost a fortune. And people will line up to buy them. Or watch out, Telstra man. Maybe we'll start making refrigerators, and put you guys right out of business. Put that on the barbie and grill it.
Maybe we are still in with a chance.... where do I put that duct-tape to hold my phone together....
Posted by Ozguru at February 18, 2007 12:00 PM
