“I’ve pondered this as I’ve watched people play with their iPhones. The primary reason to get one is for random Web browsing (which iPhone owners generally do to show off the fact that they can browse the Web on their handset) or time-wasting. The latter seems to be the main use of cell phones these days,” Dvorak writes. “I include phone calls in that category. Honestly, how much time does any one person need to yak on the phone? Nearly every time I overhear a phone conversation, the chit-chat is almost always inane, useless, unnecessary.”
MacDailyNews Take: While we, gulp, agree with the bloated gas bag on the last point, he’s obviously not watching experienced iPhone users work, not “play,” with their iPhones.
Dvorak continues, “And when people are not too busy needlessly chattering on the phone, they’re sending messages to all of their friends for no apparent reason.”
MacDailyNews Take: Agreed (even though us agreeing twice with Dvorak in one article means that the Apocalypse is nigh).
Dvorak continues, “When they’re not on the phone or texting, the person is probably goofing around on the phone. In the old days when people were standing in line or otherwise waiting for something, they’d read a book or knit or meditate. Now they fool around on the phone… They play games, sort messages, look for new apps. In other words, they waste time. Really, the iPhone is only the greatest handset around because it has more ways to waste time than any phone, ever.”
MacDailyNews Take: Here are just three examples, each of which has at least 50 other apps in its category:
• Free Books: 23,469 classics for less than a cup of coffee. (See all App Store apps for “books”)
• Knit Counter: A convenient way to store stitch counts and info for multiple knitting projects. (See all App Store apps for “knit”)
• Meditate – Meditation Timer: Elegant and functional meditation timer. (See all App Store apps for “meditate”)
Dvorak continues, “With the economy in the tank, this is probably as good a use of idle time as anything. But let’s face it, this whole phone thing is about wasting time… Cell phones are ruining the country. The economy has tanked in proportion to the growing popularity of the iPhone. This is no coincidence, as far as I’m concerned.”
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Yep. He’s right. I wasted my time reading Dvorak’s drivel on my iPhone. Better get rid of the damn thing.
This is a back-handed compliment to the iPhone’s market penetration and usability – not quite the Microsoft line he usually peddles.
Really, the iPhone is a game changer. It is the uber-conversion device. At first I wanted my cell phone, mp3 player, and pda to merge. But with iPhone and the app store I get so much more. It is also now my handheld game machine, navigation system, compass, level….the list goes on and on, and we are really still in the infancy of development for the device.
So it’s not ruining the country, it’s the next step in information and handheld tool availability.
Dvorak is attempting to blame the iPhone for an individual’s behavior he disagrees with. Sad. I relish the thought
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I relish the thought that Dvorak keeps himself up at night grinding his teeth in anger and frustration at Apple’s success.
“The economy has tanked in proportion to the growing popularity of the iPhone. This is no coincidence, as far as I’m concerned.”
Seriously? He correlates the economic recession with increased iPhone usage? WTH is he talking about?
I agree that the cell phone is the biggest time waster invented yet. People would still be wasting time without one but the cell phone is a way to spend money to waste your time.
You can waste your time all you want but when you waste my time you have gone too far. The cell phone does that as I wait for you to move out of the way while you are so pre-occupied talking with your snot-nosed kid about what kind of pizza mommy should get.
That is one example out of a million similar.
Dvorak is a old has been, who gives a shit about his opinion anyways? Oh, that’s right…PC Users!
Dvorbag writes: “The economy has tanked in proportion to the growing popularity of the iPhone. This is no coincidence, as far as I’m concerned.”
Either he is joking (poorly), or he is actually one of those all too numerous self-proclaimed pundit/experts that can take completely unrelated issues and arbitrarily link then in a lame attempt to support a completely nonsensical supposition.
This is still Dvorbag. Just because he throws out a bone to Mac users once in a while does not mean he is worth your time. He is just attempting to placate us by appealing to our vanity before throwing out the next Apple click-bait zinger.
It used to be somewhat humorous to read Dvorak’s tripe and point fingers at the idiot. It has become a pathetic waste of time. At this point, MDN, it is just page filler for your website. I recommend that you just pretend that he does not exist anymore.
This is what happens when nobody texts you cause you’re a miserable old git…
Oh no! People are interacting with each other! Run for your lives.
Spending time talking or texting is called social interaction. It would seem Dvorak is a very lonely man. Sad.
This just blows my mind: “The economy has tanked in proportion to the growing popularity of the iPhone. This is no coincidence, as far as I’m concerned.”
Yes, the housing crisis was most certainly a direct effect of the release of the iPhone. There are honest, hard-working people in this country who have lost their homes because of this breakdown. Yet, complete fools like this get paid (probably quite well) to crap through their keyboard.
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Nearly every time I read a Dvorak blog, the chit-chat is almost always inane, useless, unnecessary.
Dvorak generally comes across as a moron. But I suspect he says such things on purpose just to be a trouble maker as that’s one way to make money.