APPLE PRETENDS TO INVENT: Multitasking, books, icons, lists etc
Apple held another stunning press event earlier today, in which Steve Jobs decided to pretend he invented the following technical features:
- Multitasking
- Setting pictures as wallpaper
- Listening to music while going on the internet
- The literature of children’s author A. A. Milne
- Internet advertising
- Online gaming
- Putting files into folders
Here’s a photo which would be very easy to hilariously edit to read “Fail” if you’re into that sort of thing:
Read the full and astonishing retro-invention claims over on Engadget’s live blog of the iPhone 4.0 OS unveiling. The bit where he enthuses about being able to change the background wallpaper is the best.
filed in ACTUAL PRODUCTS on Apr.08, 2010
April 9th, 2010 on 9:21 am
But Steve has been saying for years we don’t need multitasking on our phones!
April 9th, 2010 on 10:37 am
Can’t believe he had the bare-faced cheek to say this:
The old devices will get the update, but they’ll miss some of these features like multitasking. If that’s an incentive for them to upgrade to a new device… terrific.
So, standard Apple upgrade path then, huh? Chuck it out and buy a new one…terrific (for Apple)
Grrr, I’m angry enough already this morning without reading any more of that so I’m leaving that there.
April 9th, 2010 on 12:17 pm
They purposefully release gadgets with many features missing so they can keep upgrading them. And the public, being largely made up of brain dead, coffee house scummers lap it up.
One update last year was the introduction of copying and pasting text. I’m surprised the touch screen was enabled on the first models of iphone.
April 9th, 2010 on 9:04 pm
I thought Disney already reinvented – sorry, invented the literature of children’s author A. A. Milne. That’s a lawsuit waiting to happen.
Dammit, I’m rambling about pointless shit on the internet. Must be pissed again. Laptop, check. Beer, check. About to buy some useless product on eBay, check. Yep, drunk.
PS, Zorg, got some crazy NYC Sonic stuff I’ll try and send if I’m sober any time soon.
April 11th, 2010 on 8:28 pm
Took the liberty of creating the image: http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/8171/iphoneos4fail.jpg
April 12th, 2010 on 12:06 am
courtster, Steve Jobs is Disney’s largest shareholder … so probably no worries there.
April 12th, 2010 on 6:49 am
That’s a bloody big piece of kit. Why oh why didn’t they show a photo of the product without SJ standing in front of it?