Rob Enderle warns people with iPhones that flashing their phones, or adding “sent from my iPhone” to their email signature may send the wrong message in today’s troubled economy.
“You can walk around and be insane, and people will think you’re just another person with a headset,” Enderle says, revealing a strategy that has worked for him for years. But why is he singling out the iPhone, in the midst of so many other prestige-based handsets? Why not pick on the Blackberry, which appeals to corporate ladder-climbers, or the geek-centered G11? Our crack reporters went undercover and slept for 8 hours2. Then we called him and asked.
“You mac people have it so easy,” he whined. “I mean, every time I even look at an iPhone I get a threatening email from Thurrott reminding me of my duty to be a Windows bigot. So I’m stuck with this crappy Treo running WM6, while all you princesses waltz around with your functional and beautiful technology. And that hurts, man. It hurts bad.”
We suggested that Enderle could stop being such a fawning little Microsoft-boot-licking toady, but he shuddered at the thought. “You don’t know how Ballmer can be when he’s angry. I couldn’t face him. I want to, oh, how I want to, but I…I just don’t have the guts.”
Apple refused to comment, but at the bottom of their refusal email were the words, “Sent from my amazingly functional and beautiful iPhone. Deal with it, you have-not caveman.”
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Ace Deuce on October 23rd, 2008 at 9:15 am says:
Okay. who are these interlopers? I’m trying to make the first comment here, and I don’t need no stinkin’ interlopers crowding me!
Please pardon the double negative.
Sue on October 23rd, 2008 at 6:38 pm says:
I’m confused too. I thought this was OUR comment section. Oh yeah, I guess it is Nate’s blog…..