“Everyone thinks that the iPhone is going to be the next major computing platform. Some even hope that it will replace the laptop as the primary PC platform. And what if it does? What are folks going to do when they spill coffee on their iPhones? They’ve already done a lot worse–they drop them into toilets over and over. PodShow’s Adam Curry lamented having this happen to him, as did Leo Laporte on a TWiT podcast,” John C. Dvorak opines for PC Magazine.

“And these devices are poised to become the next desktop replacement platform? Splash. Splash. Splash,” Dvorak writes repetitively.

“What’s worse is that people leave these little devices everywhere,” Dvorak explains. “And, generally speaking, they leave them all over the place unlocked and with limited encryption enabled. The ease with which someone can steal these things and rob the data is a little ridiculous. I cannot tell you how often I’ve shouted the words, ‘Hey, you left your phone!’”

Dvorak bloviates, “And, yes, the kids are all looking for alternative platforms, but what do kids know? Seriously, what do they know?”

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Andy Rooney does the luddite curmudgeon act much better than you, John.

As a soothsayer, John fares even worse:
The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a mouse. There is no evidence that people want to use these things. – John Dvorak, February 1984

I’d advise you to cover your eyes. You’re not going to like what you’ll see.- John Dvorak, advising Apple to “pull the plug on the iPhone,” March 2007

John Dvorak admits to baiting Mac users for hits:

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