So I was reading earlier today, cause that’s what I do when I’m all by myself, get over it. While I was reading, I came across an article on Bloomberg.com. Naturally, I was reading it because iPhone was in the headline [I think the editor lives under a rock, cause he definitely let it be spelled 'IPhone' ...asshole] and of course, the fact that it seemed that whoever wrote the headline wasn’t very tech-savvy. But I’m not writing this little piece to scrutinize the crap for brains old folks have when it comes to modern technology. In case you can’t guess from the picture, I’m scrutinizing the amount of time it’s going to take to activate [or 'setup' *snicker*] the iPhone 3G.
According to the article, it’s going to take upwards from 10 minutes to activate the phones.
WOAH!
I know the iPhone 3G is freaking cool and all, and I love Apple just as much as anyone who writes for TUAW [possibly the whole TUAW staff combined] but seriously? 10 minutes? I’m sorry Ron Johnson [Apple's retail chief, for those who don't want to read the article] but I think a monkey could activate an iPhone 3G in less than 10 minutes.
I’m not sure about you all, but when it came time for me to activate my iPhone, [a moment of silence for our dearly departed..*sniffle*] it took me somewhere around 5 minutes, and that’s including rummaging around, looking for my mom’s SS#, and then jailbreaking it. I mean, I know I’m fast when it comes to getting around a computer, but there’s no way I’m THAT fast. Hell, I can barely type 60 wpm. [I forget what my test said it was, but I know I cheated once and got 975 wpm]
I mean, I can understand that Apple wants its employees to make sure that the customers have all their questions answered, but really… 100% [90% to be generous to the moronic parents] of the people that are in line either right now or by friday know all about the iPhone and/or the iPhone 3G. Then again, there will probably be longer waiting due to new AT&T customers in the line. So, for that, I have an idea. Two lines. Yes, you read correctly, two lines. One line for current AT&T customers, another for new AT&T customers, and another for the moronic parents [aka, out the door]. That would probably speed things up by a couple minutes.
Either way, I can’t wait…that’s all I really have to say.
I’m behind on getting ready.
[via bloomberg]
