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Filed under: Culture , Apple Of course, it all seems so obvious now! How did we not interpret El Jobso's true meaning of the iPhone kill-switch -- it actually kills you. We have noted iPhone expert Stephen Colbert to thank not just for this brilliant deduction, but also for sticking up for the lot of us and giving the iPhone 3G a cold staredown -- but not before declaring, "I knew I should have gotten a Zune! They can't kill me... or do anything else." Zing! Clip after the break (iPhone at 5:45). [Thanks, Matt] Continue reading Colbert's top threat of the week: killer iPhones. Solution: buy a Zune. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: Culture , Verizon Wireless , Misc , Apple If you've been scouring the dictionary for sour grapes, chances are you'll find Ivan Seidenberg 's picture. Verizon Communications' chairman and chief executive recently sat down for an interview with Financial Times , and while he spent the vast majority of his time boasting of just how amazing Verizon is, he did stop to remark about Cupertino ever so briefly. Granted, he did start off by admitting that Apple was a "great company," but that didn't stop him from pillorying the iPhone as well as Dear Leader himself. He actually accused the interviewer of "declaring [Apple] a winner before it had earned it on the field," suggesting that the iPhone wouldn't become a mass-market handset simply because the next iteration will be subsidized. He also stated that "Mr. Jobs had no monopoly on innovation," and took the conversation even further off track by blurting that "Steve Jobs eventually will get old." At least Keystone knows where to find its next bitter beer face, right? [Via The Inquirer , image courtesy of Pace , thanks Frank] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: Culture , O2 , GSM , EDGE , Apple , OS X The UK's O2 has apparently given six employees the boot and are investigating another 20 after it came to light they were using their 20 percent staff discount to buy iPhones and sell them on eBay. While no exact number was given, apparently they bought "noticeable quantities" of everybody's favorite -- and now discontinued -- set, to help pad their retirement fund. Of course, with handset sales likely stagnating while everybody waits on the iPhone 3G, you'd think O2 might have given them a break for clearing out all that old stock . [Via RCRNews ] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: Culture , Misc , Apple Apple's no stranger to having its wares ganked ( a lot ), but this one really has us scratching our noggins some kind of fierce. Apparently a couple of meddlesome 20-somethings working at a Salem, New Hampshire Apple store managed to scoot away with somewhere between 330 and 700 iPhones. After somehow stuffing that many handsets into a panel van / pickup truck / privately owned C-130, they seemingly sweet talked a single high-roller into snatching up their entire stash for upwards of $138,000 -- which could be a bargain (or not) depending on the actual quantity included in the deal, internal capacity, etc. Minutiae aside, both individuals are currently residing under the strong arm of the law, but curiously, nothing is mentioned about the buyer who didn't find spending over a hundred large with a couple of average joes (who just happened to have an inordinately large amount of iPhones for sale) the least bit odd. [Thanks, Scott] Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Filed under: Culture , Handsets , Software , ATT , GSM , EDGE , Apple , OS X digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/ACU_dishing_out_iPhone_iPod_touch_to_all_incoming_freshmen'; Never heard of Abilene Christian University? We're guessing a wide majority of the general public hasn't either, but the institution is definitely getting its name out there by promising each incoming freshman this fall an iPhone or iPod touch. Granted, these aren't being explicitly marked as "free," but similar to Duke's efforts in years past , ACU plans on using these devices for educational enrichment. Reportedly, the handhelds will enable students to "receive homework alerts, answer in-class surveys and quizzes, get directions to their professors' offices, and check their meal and account balances" -- and that's just for starters. Interestingly, we aren't told whether or not the folks already enrolled will be left out -- nor what determines which Apple you get -- but we do know that the entity is hoping to "expand the program in the future." [Thanks, Byzil] Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

It’s official the iPhone is truck proof. Actually it isn’t official at all so don’t go looking for your nearest 18 wheeler to throw your iPhone under. Even so, for one lucky/unlucky iPhone owner (depending on how you look at it), an impromptu brush with some tarmac and a very heavy vehicle has left his device [...]