Fate they say is not without a sense of irony
Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus – The Matrix
Strange it may seem, but just after I finished writing this entry and met a few friends for our weekly social gathering, someone walked away with my girlfriend’s bag that had the ‘apple of my ears’. My prized possession, to be sold to some cheap deal hunter over the internet! But in case if any of you come across, it is a white 30 GB iPod with the engraving ‘My girlfriend’s new job paid for this iPod’. ‘Hoping against hope’ I must say!
Anyway, I won’t let that ruin my post.
June 29th – The day which could potentially rewrite history with launch of the much awaited iPhone. After a long wait, a few lucky people in the US get their hands on the most coveted uber-cool gadget in recent times. Luckier are those employees of Apple who get to own an iPhone for free. But the unlucky ones to miss out are people living elsewhere. The scheduled launch for Europe and Asia is anticipated to be in December. A big day not only for gadget freaks, but also for shareholders of Apple, competitors etc. Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Research in Motion, Sony Erricsson etc despite claiming to be relaxed about iPhone’s success primarily because it is a 2.5g phone in comparison with the technologically superior products available in the market, wait with bated breath to see how iPhone performs. Apple, in the meanwhile, has set realistic sights of acquiring 1 % market share by 2008. Skeptics are quick to latch on to iPhone’s features, functionality, security and the expensive pricing, and have been criticising the product ever since it was conceived at Apple labs. Nevertheless, Apple has always thrived on publicity and this publicity is sure to capture consumers’ imagination.