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June 23, 2009

So, I had to pleasure of getting my 4th IPhone is about 1/4 the number of days this evening, because of a bizarre software bug. Anytime you tried to use any text input from the message list -- e.g. searching, replying to emails, composing emails -- you wouldn't get the keyboard. I was commenting to someone it's a shame Apple doesn't dump a crash report so they (and I) can look at it. As it turns out they do, it's in ~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter. Anyway, I have no clue where my first two phones went; on Saturday we tested durability in a very controlled environment. Beginning to see how many strikes in would take to make a whole in different areas -- e.g. the top, middle, bottom. These numbers varied from around 15 to 25. So, quite durable. We then proceeded to to see how many times (granted, with a few holes in them) it would take to basically be turned into rubbish after being hurled against a brick wall. That number was close to 1.
Back to the matter at hand, I've put together a little history of my life with this device. So, at first I was thinking I'd show the boxes for the first three, because I must've thrown away the first two (and, yes, they were completely unsalvageable before their demise) and the third was taken by Apple tonight, but, no; these are their coffins...yeah, that's much better. And each is accompanied by a spokes model (or two).
At the beginning there was Number 1, as she is seen with the Nuns, which was a gift from South America.
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A good phone, it slipped from Ben's hands as rushed to catch the A after a great show by The National at BAM in Brooklyn. Even though battered, she still worked at would make an appearance later on.
So, I stood two days from the release of the 3Gs -- no, I didn't get the normal 3G -- so I went phoneless until that Sunday and picked up Number 3, claimed by R2potatoo.. Not a chance I was going on the release day, Friday, not exactly sure I didn't go on Saturday, then Sunday got it. And, like Number 1 didn't -- and as far as I know, hasn't -- died, but she did suffer from a very serious malady; you could compose or reply to emails, or search the email. So, she's in rehab at the 5th Ave store, probably heading to Cupertino soon.
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Then came Number 2, being levitated by M-Vader, which proved to dislike the water, and ended up going by a death of water damage; don't know when, don't know how, but she's gone. After going is when Number 1 came back in the picture, and kept going until last Wednesday when, while exposed to about 5 seconds of a downpour while in my pocket, she underwent the same death.
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Finally, today, as Trick or Tater holds her, is Number 4. So far so good, we'll see. . .
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Posted by jeff at June 23, 2009 02:55 AM