The Macalope , Macworld
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As sure as hammers fall into a bag of stupidity, you knew that some member of the collection of animatronic clown shoes that Forbes calls its contributor network would be coming along to tell us how disappointing the new iPhones are.
Yes, last Friday the exclamation-point-loving Adam Hartung banged on his keyboard to tell us “Why Apple Investors Should Worry” (no link, but tip o’ the antlers to Tay Bass).
Apple announced the new iPhones recently. And mostly, nobody cared.
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The Macalope , Macworld
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Just seconds after Apple announced on Monday that it had sold a whopping 9 million iPhones (comprising both the iPhone 5c and 5s), a number of funny folks on Twitter were outdoing themselves trying to come up with fake headlines about how that would be bad for the company.
Little did they know, truth is dumber than fiction.
Yes, congratulations to Sandy Cannold who, writing for ABC News, tells us “Why Record iPhone Sales Might be Rotten for Apple” (tip o’ the antlers to Michael deAgonia).
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Well, it’s iPhone-day-plus-one (Unboxing Day, if you will), so the Macalope hopes you’re all enjoying your new iPhones as much as he’s enjoying his! Which, uh, he doesn’t actually have yet. He’s sure it’s magical, though.
But not knowing much about the new iPhones hasn’t stopped these pundits! First we’ll hear some startling and disturbing news: Apple doesn’t innovate anymore! Then we’ll check in on an old friend (actual friendship not included) with a very serious concern about iOS 7 and we’ll wrap up the week up by hearing about what a loser the iPhone 5s’s fingerprint scanner is, even if the people talking about it know next to nothing about it.
Innovation dysfunction disorder
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The Macalope , Macworld
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Once again Apple has failed to impress so … let the Monday-morning quarterbacking begin!
“How Tim Cook can save himself (and Apple)” (tip o’ the antlers to Teng Monteyro).
Check that URL, too. “Tim-Cook-Apple-Advice.” Isn’t that nice? Just trying to help out.
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The Macalope , Macworld
In addition to being a mythical beast, the Macalope is not an employee of Macworld. As a result, the Macalope is always free to criticize any media organization. Even ours.
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Apple introduced new phones last week. So, naturally, that reflects badly on Tim Cook.
The San Jose Mercury News’s Troy Wolverton writes “Apple turning timid under new CEO” (tip o’ the antlers to JohnyIveParody).
Because Steve Jobs never would have yadda yadda yadda.
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