Subway Cell Nightmare Coming "Soon"

abalk — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:00:59 EDT

Good news for crazed narcissists who think the world should be able to reach them AT ALL TIMES because they're just that important: The MTA is set to announce a deal to wire all 277 subway stations over the next six years. Sadly, your cellphone will only work in the stations, but hey, at least that time you spend sweating on the platform waiting for a 6 train that never comes will now be scored to a soundtrack of, "So then I was all, 'Why won't you tell your friends we're dating?' and he was like, 'Let's not cheapen it with labels,' which kind of makes sense?" Even better, the terrorists will only be able to remote-detonate their bombs in the station, so you can kick back and relax while you're cruising through the tunnels at 3 miles per hour.

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Busy Journalist Way Too Popular For iPhone

abalk — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:23:15 EDT

In my career, fast personal networking is as important as fast computer networking. I've set up my BlackBerry with a hot button to jump to my contacts in midcall or mid-email. The iPhone's home screen, on the other hand, includes YouTube and Stocks but not the Contacts app. When you do find it, you can't do a quick search—you can only browse your contacts by last name. This looks fantastic if you have 24 contacts but falls apart when you've got 240 and aren't good at remembering people's last names. Really, anything beats having to scroll through 300 names with my finger.

That's Paul Boutin in Slate, ostensibly comparing the iPhone to the BlackBerry. But the real lesson here is that Paul Boutin is much, much, much more important than you. And don't you forget it.

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Subway Cell Nightmare Coming "Soon"

Busy Journalist Way Too Popular For iPhone