I'd like to buy the world an IPhone and keep it company
Engadget's "International Launch Lineblog" reminds me of those hopelessly feel-good early 1970s/80s Coca-Cola commercials where the company would play that "I'd like to buy the world a Coke" song and show scenes of people from all over the world running in fields and smiling at babies. It's a pretty awesome cultural event when you think about it— around the world today, loads of people from all over the world are going to be getting in line to get their own piece of the Apple magic.
On the other hand, it kind of makes me wonder whether it is only through such a consumerist activity that we can have shared cultural events these days. I guess buying stuff has taken over the role of religion and even media as the great cultural shared substrate?
Hmm, well between that and the low battery life, I'm not sure the iPhone 3G is for me...
Comments
tom summit commented, on July 11, 2008 at 11:21 p.m.:
thank you for saying what I wanted to say. I wrote a twit but didn't submit it for fear of being un cool. The stock market just went down 2% today but hey who cares, I am on line to buy an Iphone 3G
Hi, I'm Antonio, living in Boston and working this whole net thing out...
Josh commented, on July 11, 2008 at 10:38 a.m.:
I sell the things you need to be
I'm the smiling face on your TV
I'm the cult of personality