Open letter to Apple

Dear Apple

I have been a long time PC user. Used to (and still do) love any Nokia phone. My phone history dates back to the Nokia 3110, N-gage, N-gage QD, N70 and N82. I always used to think that apple products are “cool” and that they just work. I was contemplating migrating to the mac for my day to day computing but the overinflated product prices always kept me at bay. I’m now an owner of Alienware M15x (a bit pricey but well worth it). My att contract expired in November and I was contemplating switching to Verizon. People kept telling me to wait for the new iPhone. I did…

iPhone4 Reception issue

Fast forward to June 2010. I thought I’d buy the iPhone4 after seeing “the best iPhone ever” with the “most wonderful engineering ever”. The pre-order process was a pretty huge clusterf*#k. I finally got through the system the next day. I get the phone about 3 weeks later. In the meanwhile, reports surface that your device is really not that revolutionary. Your engineers did not anticipate the antenna reception issues. After a lot of media reports, you acknowledge that the problem is real but have the audacity to tell users “Don’t hold it that way”. The next thing we know apply would also tell us how to procreate correctly.

Then you say that your engineers miscalculated the formula to display signal strength (blame it on att’s signals). FYI, I’ve had my nokia phones (N70 and N82) for the last 2 years in the same reception area and always had full bars. By your definition, even nokia (and I’m pretty sure) other cell phone manufacturers also had it wrong because they should not be showing full bars. Right! Bulls*@%t. Consumer reports has confirmed that there is a design flaw. Own up to it already.

I received my iPhone in the mail yesterday. I too have the reception issue (regardless of whether I hold it in my left hand or right hand). I’m disappointed in apple. You just lost a customer. I’ll probably not return my iPhone because I find the medical applications handy for my day to day work but I’m not buying any more apple products. My request to you, own up to your mistakes. You make a lot of money, this is just a small bump in your long term finances. If you don’t this might just turn up into a big PR fiasco

yours sincerely
(never to become an apple customer again)

I’ve got my vacation coming up in 2 weeks. Sweet hard earned 3 paid weeks off work. Never thought I’d be looking forward soo much to a vacation – at least not until I realized that life is screwed up when you live in the middle of nowhere in a small university town… haha. So what are my big plans for vacation?

Go to Philadelphia and continue my research at Temple.

What! yeah, you heard it right. I’d be working even during my vacation but this time doing something that I absolutely love. Data, statistics and building my CV towards a career in GI. I thought I’d be taking a direct flight but thanks to the airlines 1 bag policy I wouldn’t be able to take my music gear along with me. Then it dawned, If I did the math correctly, even if I take a flight from Chicago to Philly, I would have to start early in the day and it would take about 8 hrs from start in Champain to reach my destination in Philly. Instead, I’m making a road trip – a full 800 miles, 12 hrs and 150 bucks. Unfortunately, a better half of the trip would be spent in the fugly mid-west plains but once I’m in Pennsylvania, it’s a beautiful last 250 miles of the journey (can’t vouch the same for the return trip).  I’ll be taking pics along the way at my pit-stops and upload them on the blog. Planning for a reunion show for dFusion (my band) or a tleast jam along for 3 weeks.

Cheers to the trip. If anyone is interested and wishes to hop in during any leg of the journey, leave a comment. I’m sure I can work out something.

My M15x is finally here. Cannot wait to load it up with some games and crush the competition. It looks amazing and is a big power workhorse. A full review will come later when I have the time to write it up. I thought I’d share the images with everyone