“Apple is clearly planning a massive international roll-out of the next-generation iPhone, with key indicators suggesting the product will see introduction across all global markets this year,” Jonny Evans reports for Macworld UK.
“Vodafone today confirmed it has secured distribution rights for the device in ten countries, including hugely populous India and Australia,” Evans reports.
“T-Mobile has confirmed its intent to introduce the next-gen device in Austria, while launch plans for Italy have also been confirmed. Plans to introduce the iPhone in Japan, Mexico and Latin America and Russia have also emerged in recent weeks,” Evans reports. “China seems to be the next target market.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Adam” for the heads up.]
Ahh… the Commonwealth countries. Ghandi… and … uh… er… hmm… the Crocodile Hunter? MW: far!
To lamdj, and others
‘Creative writing’ concerns telling stories, fiction, poetry, etc
What we’re talking about here is fairly standard 8th Grade English Composition
If you’re going to use a modifier – adjective/adverb – in conjunction with a conjunction – and/or – then you need to put the modifier in proper position to indicate which noun/subject is being modified
Now, if you were writing it in Spanish/French/Latin/etc – then the position wouldn’t matter because the ‘endings’ of the words involved will change according to which words are connected. So you could put the words anywhere and although the sentence may not be elegant, it will at least be logically correct
And for the record, I am not an English Teacher, but I have studied the subject most of my life to learn how to talk and write in a fashion that won’t reveal my head is totally up my ass
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Thanks, BC
Bring it on! Damn, I wish I bought more AAPL a few month back when in was below $120.
Easy to say now I guess.
Why oh Why do I see it coming….. AGAIN???
There is the big build up for Apple events (this time in June).
iPhone will be KING.
More Mac sales,
etc, etc etc
Everyone gets on the band wagon. Stock prices climb big and then after some really great things (but still no Anti-gravity or iPhone light saber) Apple stock takes a hit.
Me, I am taking the month off and going somewhere away from technology fevor.
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The problem with the phrase ‘hugely populous’ is that it is a tautology; ‘populous’ means heavily populated, so to add ‘hugely’ is redundant.
Of course, by putting ‘and’ between India and Australia, he had joined them together in their hugely populous-ness.
Its the conjunction ‘and’ that screws the meaning, and the redundant ‘hugely’ that starts the collapse of the sentence.
He was massively and hugely excited, of course, thats why his words tumbled out that way.
English teachers, for the record, NEVER get excited.
….how about ….underpopulated Australia and over-populated India?
@Grand vizier…English teachers never get excited…. THAT explains a few things
If you subtract Dell support centers, India and Australia are about equal.
@Ampar…damn that was funny
@Ampar
bing
Bing?
what the……….
BingO
India has huge population ( 1 billion ++) as well as huge mobile usage. For us incoming, SMS are free of charge and minimum prepaid monthly charge is Rs 10 ( 20 cents). So, every tom, dick and harry owns a phone in India. Every 6 months, people buy a new cell phone ( used cell phones business is big) and iphone will be a success for sure. I can’t wait to buy one.
“English teachers never get excited…. THAT explains a few things”
It certainly explains the dwindling number of English teachers.
BING!
I wonder if they’ll add more RAM to the new iPhone. Its my understanding that a the lack memory causes crashes when listening to music and using Safari simultaneously.
@BC Kelly
I have studied the subject most of my life to learn how to talk and write in a fashion that won’t reveal my head is totally up my ass
That should be, “won’t reveal that my head is totally up my ass.
P.S.
In Spanish the order also matters.
In light of our current discussion about adjectives and the like, I feel that this quote from Clue (1985) is just too perfect not to post…
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Mrs. White: … a lunatic! He actually didn’t seem to like me very much; he had threatened to kill me in public.
Miss Scarlet: Why would he want to kill you in public?
Wadsworth: I think she meant he threatened, in public, to kill her.
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This is the kind of linguistic nit-picking up with which I will not put!
To nanisani:
Nice!
Let’s try to eschew obfuscation, shall we?
“hugely populous India and Australia”
20 million Australians, about the same as hugely populous Madagascar.
@The Muffin Man, u would be right if there was a comma after India, but Evans clearly separates India and Australia from the “smaller” countries like Egypt 75 million, Turkey 70 M, Italy 60 Million, SA 47 M etc)
it’s a mistake u can’t deny it.
Comment from: El Guapo
@BC Kelly
“I have studied the subject most of my life to learn how to talk and write in a fashion that won’t reveal my head is totally up my ass
That should be, “won’t reveal that my head is totally up my ass.
P.S.
In Spanish the order also matters.”
El Gaupo – although I’d have to look it all up to remember exactly – merely meant to infer that the Romance Languages, as compared to the English/Germanic, are ‘inflective’, or vice versa.
Also – perhaps it would have been more grammatically correct for me to have said, ” … write in a fashion WHICH won’t reveal my head is totally up my ass.”
Thanks, BC
P.S. – how I’d fix the original sentence:
… hugely populous India, and Australia.
That comma can make all the difference.
@ Crabapple
HI there! Just stopping by for a quick appearance. Too much work for me to keep up on my internets like I used ta’ could.
So, maybe Australia is just louder than India?
Oi! Oi! Oi!
(j/k)
@ BC Kelly
“That comma can make all the difference.”
Sometimes you’re so comma’n
@ MizuinOZ
“Cheers… (also the highest consumption of beer per capita in the world)…”
Sorry old chap, Wiki has the Aussies as #4. Unless you have been doing some MAJOR drinking per capita since these #s came out in ’04.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_beer_consumption_per_capita
Our puns used to amuse my girlfriend.
But I’m afraid our India jokes ‘Noida.