I couldn’t let this little “gem” (hehe) of a story go by without commenting on how warm and fuzzy it made me feel inside, what with my general distrust of Apple products and product purchasers. Apparently I’m not the only one who sees them for the status-symbolitians that they really are (ok, I’m having a little fun at their expense here, but you have to admit there is a certain amount of exclusivity built in to the possession of an iPhone.) German software developer Armin Heinrich was so sure that some iPhone purchasers love overpriced shtuff so much that they’ll buy pretty much anything that he wrote a $1,000 application and sold it through Apple’s app store. What does this $1,000 app do, you might ask? Nothing. It does nothing except display a picture of a ruby (which is really the champaigne of stones).
While I can appreciate the snarkitude of such an undertaking, even I was surprised the L.A.
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I’m usually all about the asterisk. But either I never noticed it, or they just added it. Either way, my life is not going to change for the better on July 11th, as I had been planning. I’ve been patient. I’ve wanted the iPhone ever since the beginning. But I knew I needed to hold out for the “next” version, you know, let them work the kinks out…and let the price come down as well. So when version 2.0 was announced with the amazingly low price of $199, I about jumped out of my skin. I can’t imagine anyone NOT getting an iPhone now, I figured. Not realizing that particular anyone not getting an iPhone would end up being me. Turns out it’s all about the asterisk. As I leafed through the Apple site yesterday, in preparation of the big day (they have a “How to Get Ready for Friday” section) I got all my papers lined up, got my blood type and library cards photocopied in triplicate, and thought I’d check out the monthly plan charge I could start to expect, come Friday. 
Apple’s new business-model is likely to become the second attempt by Big Music to get back what illegal downloaders have taken from it, as after the utter failure of DRM (Digital Rights Management) several legit unlimited P2P downloading services have struck deals with major labels. 
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