Word: wifi
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...orange sphere resembling the old “ball on fire” trick that made the antiquated “NBA Jams” video game such a classic) finds the bottom of the net. I’ve even resorted to listening to online radio broadcasts inside WiFi cafés in Buenos Aires, frightening other (normal) patrons with random fist-pumps or involuntary gasps at plays like Ron Lewis’ three-pointer to send Ohio St. and Xavier into overtime.Throughout this year’s NCAA Tournament, I’ve felt entirely cut off from...
...think Café Flore in Paris would lose its charm because it served automated café au lait? Je pense que no friggin' way. Sit down in Starbucks and enjoy a cup and some conversation? Sure, if you can manage to snag a seat from the WiFi squatters who have set up an office for the price of a latte. (Here's a suggestion: Set up joint outlets with Kinkos, and get these freeloaders out of your stores. What shall we call it? Starkos? Buckos? Stinkos...
...reliance for the convenience of being able to Skype our roommate abroad and watch Scrubs on the same handheld device. The iPhone will become more than the latest accessory of the de facto Ivy League uniform; It will become a requisite for our existence in our world, just as WiFi Internet is now. It will dramatically reshape and speed up society—especially Harvard society, where list-servers, text messaging, and online lectures already govern our hours. Soon, we will live in a Harvard that seems possible only because of the iPhone and its unified marvels...
...Into that iPod they stuffed a working version of Apple's operating system, OS X, so the phone could handle real, non-toy applications like Web browsers and e-mail clients. They put in a cell antenna, plus two more antennas for WiFi and Bluetooth; plus a bunch of sensors, so the phone knows how bright its screen should be, and whether it should display vertically or horizontally, and when it should turn off the touchscreen so you don't accidentally operate it with your...
...Weaknesses? Absolutely. You can't download songs directly onto it from the iTunes store, you have to export them from a computer. And even though it's got WiFi and Bluetooth on it, you can't sync iPhone with a computer wirelessly. And there should be games on it. And you're required to use it as a phone-you can't use it without signing up for cellular service...