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Apr 10, 08 - 10:42 am Comment from: ron

Welcome to the social--- Really this time.

stalktastic

Will the iPhone squirt to my Zune?

Do you have other stupid questions?

Apr 10, 08 - 10:58 am Comment from: kirkgray

"it could expand to Google’s Android platform and grow from there"

Because there are just so many Android-based phones out there.

Do you have a sense of humor?

That could mean social diseases specific to the iPhone.

Who will be the first to come out with iCondoms?

could be a godsend for Ampar. Might help him get out a bit more arf arf!

Interesting idea. A similar service is already up in some US cities through any type of phone. (Check out http://www.dodgeball.com/) The triangulation for the iPhone would mean the iPhone Social Net would not be confined to set cities, but on the other hand it also means that it might be hard to find other people on the network.

Apr 10, 08 - 11:21 am Comment from: ChrissyOne

Why do I care about Android again..? That's like saying that iPod accessory makers could really benefit if their devices were also compatible with the Zune. Who TF Cares?

"They’re passionate and elitist, and will like the idea of being in an iPhone-only club."

How true that is...

Are there not already enough exclusive clubs for rich people? Country club? Yacht club? Oh, I'm sorry. This would be the Yacht club for cool, young, rich people!

Apr 10, 08 - 11:27 am Comment from: ChrissyOne

You're right, Jordan. Maybe someone will start a club for mendicant bums who live in boxes. Sounds like a winning business idea to me.

If you think you need to be 'rich' to own an iPhone, then you better go check the engine block of your Trans Am. I think your Steak-umm is burning.

First, put the camera on the face of the unit, then combine mobile texting with landline MySpace and Facebook social networking and the power of IM, all in one super mobile intuitive device. Therz gold in them ther hilz, folks.

Apr 10, 08 - 11:28 am Comment from: Cubert

The iPhone social network currently consists of lots of hot chicks surrounding any guy with an iPhone.

Damn, I need to get me an iPhone!

Is there something I'm missing here? I've never used facebook, never logged onto MySpace, and see no reason to have virtual friends and to "know what they are thinking or what they are up to". I just don't get it. I have plenty of real friends, plenty of love for technology and especially Apple stuff, but why is this social network thing so popular? All I see are privacy issues.

Isn't it funny how we rail against the government for "Big Brother" privacy issues and then go on reality shows by the same name or Jerry Springer or "Moment of Truth" type shows to reveal every deep dark secret about ourselves anyway! This Facebook and My Space thing baffles me. What am I missing? Someone please enlighten me.

Apr 10, 08 - 11:30 am Comment from: Metryq

Script the iPhone to comment like Twiki, "Biddi-biddi-biddi, what a babe!"

Those who think an iSight won't fit on the face of an iPhone, just look at the Macbook iSight. 15 fps would be nice.

@ChrissyOne

Ok, ok. Maybe rich wasn't accurate. Snob? Self-absorbed? Fan-boy? Smug! That's what word I wanted. They could call it the Smug Club!

Oh, and since you mentioned it, a late model Firebird would be a nice upgrade!

Apr 10, 08 - 11:36 am Comment from: Cubert

Hey C1, have you ever seen the Seattle treehouse guy ("squirrelman")?

That story has been all over the news.

Apr 10, 08 - 11:38 am Comment from: ChrissyOne

@ Jordan

Smug works. I'll take smug any day.

Firebirds are great. Stay away from Camaros. They're no good. Not enough surface area on the headers for a whole steak.

As if iPhone users aren't elitist enough...

Apr 10, 08 - 11:46 am Comment from: 7over

@ChrissyOne
"go check the engine block of your Trans Am. I think your Steak-umm is burning."


Laughed out loud at that one. Priceless!

Apr 10, 08 - 11:46 am Comment from: Thorin

I can see the Japanese going ape over this.

Apr 10, 08 - 11:48 am Comment from: ChrissyOne

@ Cubert

That guy is my goddamn hero, and the pigs ran him off his perch like the shit eating swine they are. I haven't seen the treehouse in person, I'm not even sure if they've torn it down yet. But I applaud anyone who is will to give the finger to Civilization right in the middle of it. Come to think of it, it's only a mile or so away from my current location. As a matter of fact, I can almost see it from the lovely offices of Adobe Systems. Maybe I should pay the guy a visit.

Apr 10, 08 - 11:59 am Comment from: Cubert

C1,
I had a friend who lived up on Telluride mountain in a lean-to for over a year - winter cold with 6 feet of snow and all. He refused use money and would grow vegetables and "herbs" (cough, cough) on the mountain and would bring them down into town to trade for food and other items. I know him as Brian but the people of Telluride knew him as the "Mountain Man".

Apr 10, 08 - 12:01 pm Comment from: Cubert

Forgot to say that I knew him from high school. Now, he is one of the biggest coke dealers in Boulder and drives a $60,000 car. Such a change..

I want to be elitist so much I can almost taste it!!!!

When are we going to get the IPhone in Canada?????? Motorola just screwed us over by deleting Mac interfacing on their top model cell phone. I had to spend $500 to learn this!! - the rotten swine!!

But I'm not bitter!!!

I'm feeling too elitist to particiate in anything this "common". I mean with iPhones selling for $299, almost anyone can steal enough money to buy one. I'm just to jaded, and need to find another more elitist platform that no one has yet. I'll keep everyonne posted.

Apr 10, 08 - 12:26 pm Comment from: ChrissyOne

@ Gone Nuts

Relax! I hear there is a GoldVish owners group starting up in Dubai.

Money = Taste. At least that's what they tell me.

Apr 10, 08 - 12:52 pm Comment from: Macromancer

People will have to have more in common than just being iPhone owners. I for one prefer to go to parties where I'm the only one with an iPhone. It's a great conversation starter.

Apr 10, 08 - 12:54 pm Comment from: DRM sucks

Yet another social network not to join.


PS The assumption that anyone that owns an iPhone is "smug" is stupid.

Is this liked blackberry messenger thatd be sick

Am i just smug or is getting and giving constant attention through these social networks alienating ? I don't believe knowing my friend is eating an egg salad sandwich for lunch is somehow fundamental to our relationship, I think it's spooky that I'd really want to know, or he'd bother to text me that. I think people are too self-absorbed when they feel others want to know their every move. People are losing their 'people skills' by not forming reality based interpersonal relationships. When I realized everyone on my myspace page wanted to be friends virtually, but not in real life, I stopped calling them friends and removed them, and I've seen people with hundreds of 'myspace friends', almost like they were collecting stamps. Social networking is only good for advertisers for the most part, everyone else could use IM, or the phone. Unfortunatey, this crap will probably infect the iphone with its irrelevance, but I wish people would stop living a virtual life and live a real one.

Mace not included.

Apr 10, 08 - 02:11 pm Comment from: Crabs

@Skippy

Sometimes it's not just about virtual friends. Personally, all of my MySpace friends are people I really know and knew before MySpace. I use MySpace to keep connected with friends I have no other contact with. I have some friends who live in other countries, and MySpace is great for keeping in touch with them.

Through MySpace, I found a bunch of old school friends that I otherwise probably never would have seen before. That's the only reason I still have my MySpace. Because I loathe the concept of "virtual friends," these people you've never met and probably never will, and who knows, the women could be men and the men could be women.

I think Las Vegas just found their killer app for the iPhone.

-jcr