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WCD_Thor
11/06/09

In reply to Why You Should Think Twice Before Dating An iPhone User
I have to say, yes, you are a horrible person for breaking up with someone via text message. That's just being a lazy asshole/bitch. I find it quite interesting that someone who is supposedly intelligent enough to work for Gizmodo would do something like that, its incredibly thoughtless. Then again, the quality of Gizmodo posts has been going down. #iphoneuserstudy
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Rosa Golijan
11/06/09

@WCD_Thor: Actually, it was an instant message. Does that make it better?

Oh, but then I took it back. And then I did it by email. And took it back. And then...ah, geez....yes, I'm a terrible arse. #iphoneuserstudy
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shemoanscazrex3
11/08/09

@Rosa Golijan: No only if it were a MMS with a blinkee picture stating the break up and a 10 second voice clip #iphoneuserstudy
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Rosa Golijan
11/09/09

@shemoanscazrex3: *sighs* I failed. #iphoneuserstudy
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shemoanscazrex3
11/10/09

@Rosa Golijan: should've had a V8 #iphoneuserstudy
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Ultraorange
11/05/09

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Wow that sucks, hey grow a pair if you want to dump some one at least give them a call or do it in person.

If you want to be a selfish prick do it to their face.(Selfish as in how you break upi not that you want to break up) #iphoneuserstudy
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Fulgrymm
11/05/09

@Ultraorange: To say it would be rather undesirable for her to grow a pair is an understatement. Trust me, you do NOT want women to grow pairs. Unless it's the good kind. #iphoneuserstudy
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Rosa Golijan
11/05/09

@Fulgrymm: Agreed. I prefer to skip altering my girl parts, thank you. #iphoneuserstudy
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Ultraorange
11/06/09

@Rosa Golijan: I was just waiting for the message to come about the pair, always soo literal. #iphoneuserstudy
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Rosa Golijan
11/06/09

@Ultraorange: I can't help it when you bait me like that... ;) #iphoneuserstudy
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Ultraorange
11/08/09

@Rosa Golijan: LOL I gues I have been the master baiter #iphoneuserstudy
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OCEntertainment
11/05/09

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Eh, breaking up via a text is pretty bad. I'll still give it a one-up over via Facebook status. To be fair, it's scary. You've got to go intentionally pop someone's big ol' hopes-for-the-future bubble. The faces that people get when you have to tell them stuff like that aren't things you wanna see. The decent thing would be to have the guts to do it in person, but you can at least understand why.

That pun, however, Rosa! That is simply inexcusable! That hurts me...deep....in my heart. How could you do this?! After all the witty one-liners and ironic parodies, satire at it's finest! A pun? A pun?! Rosa....oh, Rosa. You are tearing me apart!

;-) #RosaRocks #iphoneuserstudy
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Rosa Golijan
11/06/09

@OCEntertainment: That's what I get for using a real quote...

I'm soooooory! #iphoneuserstudy
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Andrew Dickerson
11/05/09

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I am MMSing dirty pictures to Rosa. #iphoneuserstudy
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Rosa Golijan
11/05/09

@Andrew Dickerson: Please don't. #iphoneuserstudy
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Andrew Dickerson
11/05/09

@Rosa Golijan: haha. I guess I should confirm that I was only joking.

The internet needs a Joking Statement font, along with Sarcasm that would makes things so much easier to read. #iphoneuserstudy
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InsidiousTuna
11/05/09

@Andrew Dickerson: Comic Sans is the default "disregard this entirely" font. #iphoneuserstudy
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Rosa Golijan
11/05/09

@Andrew Dickerson: If you saw my Gizmodo inbox, you wouldn't be so quick to assume that comments like that are a joke... #iphoneuserstudy
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hypnotik_jello
11/05/09

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what about jailbreakers? #iphoneuserstudy
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opanitch
11/05/09

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Idk Rosa, the iPhone users that I know are all pesimistic, stuck up bitches...

you don't seem to come off that way... #iphoneuserstudy
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NorwoodIsMyHero
11/05/09

@opanitch: By night she is thoughtful, nice, intelligent and smart. By day she's all those other things. This would explain why she sleeps so much during the day. A Truly wise woman. #iphoneuserstudy
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Rosa Golijan
11/05/09

@NorwoodIsMyHero: Sleep? During the day? Or ever for that matter? #iphoneuserstudy
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NorwoodIsMyHero
11/05/09

@Rosa Golijan: Well, alright then. Scratch my last two sentences. Sleep is overrated anywa.....

/head hits office desk with loud thud, soft snoring ensues. #iphoneuserstudy
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CAVEperson
11/05/09

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I haven't broken up via email, but I have proposed that way. Probably equally tacky--and it didn't work.

When I broke up with my iPhone, I used it to do the dirty deed (via a call to AT&T) How perverted is that?!
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Dolores Charleston
11/05/09

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Well, Split's a very nice city. #iphoneuserstudy
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Curves
11/05/09

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I wouldnt date a guy just because he had an IPhone, but, if he let me play with it (indulge my gadget lust), it woudl definately be points in his favor that I would get access to his hardware. ;) #iphoneuserstudy
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OpenPotion
11/05/09

@Curves: Would you rather it be in a protective sleeve or not? #iphoneuserstudy
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Curves
11/05/09

@OpenPotion: Skin. On. Screen. #iphoneuserstudy
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dragon:ONE
11/05/09

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"One in three iPhone owners say that, if their partner had out-of-date gadgets, it would be a turnoff."

What if their partner has a better device than them? My G1 just happens to make most iPhone users I know feel like their phone is crap compared to the power of 'droid. And hell - my FUZE when I had it used to impress.

At least a Windows Mobile device (like my FUZE) makes me look more professional and mature than I really am than if I owned, say, a QWERTY dumbphone or an iPhone. #iphoneuserstudy
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-zargon-
11/05/09

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Maybe if you iPhone users could put the stupid phone down for just a minute...
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OMG! Ponies!
11/05/09

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Proper breakup etiquette is an actual phone call to say "We need to talk".

And "we need to talk" means face-to-face. #iphoneuserstudy
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Sticks Calhoun
11/05/09

@OMG! Ponies!: I hate that phrase. No one has ever said "We need to talk," followed by "I baked you a cake! Tell me how you like it!"

People need to use that phrase for fun things and take the edge off it. #iphoneuserstudy
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OMG! Ponies!
11/05/09

@Sticks Calhoun: Well, what good would it do?

What kind of asshole bakes a cake and then asks what kind of cake the other likes?

"We need to talk. I baked you a cake. It's Devil's Food."

"But I have celiac disease. You know I can't eat gluten and can only have flourless cakes."

"That's okay. Angie likes Devil's Food cake."

"No she doesn't. And I should know. I've been best friends with her for years."

"She's been lying to you for years about that."

"That bitch!"

"That's not the only thing she's been lying about."

"Really?"

"Yeah. When she said she wasn't sleeping with me. That's a lie. Hasn't been true since 2003."

"WHAT?!"

"That's what I wanted to talk to you about. We're breaking up. I'm marrying Angie. She's prettier, more fun to be with, and actually likes when I bake cakes for her. Leave the keys in the mailbox. Smell you later."

See?! "We need to talk" can only be used for breakups - not cake-baking. #iphoneuserstudy
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aek8
11/05/09

@OMG! Ponies!: I can't believe smell you later replaced goodbye. #iphoneuserstudy
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Sticks Calhoun
11/05/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Hm, perhaps you're right. Maybe the mere phrase itself is enough to invoke breakups. #iphoneuserstudy
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deltatango
11/05/09

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This is simply not true! iphone users make better lovers because: The practice gained at deftly manipulating the multi-touch interface is a skill that is easily transferred. To the bedroom. I'm not kidding. It's the light touch (in little circles) that does it.

I could go into more detail.... #iphoneuserstudy
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soggy_cheerio
11/05/09

@deltatango: Doubtful. #iphoneuserstudy
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Yeebles
11/05/09

@deltatango: I seriously hope there's NOT an app for that #iphoneuserstudy
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SigmundTheSeaMonster
11/05/09

@soggy_cheerio: Agreed, as carpal tunnel and tendinitis would hamper that "fingering" light touch skill... which should have been learned "on the job" and not with some app. #iphoneuserstudy
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Benguin
11/05/09

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These statistics read to me like a stacked deck. Very few of these sound iPhone specific, owing more to the whole smart phone category. It's just that the iPhone has the largest mindshare of that category. If you care enough to have the latest and greatest gadgets (iPhone or whatever), doesn't it seem likely that you'd use it a lot/think highly of yourself because of it/like other people with similar philosophies on gadgetry? #iphoneuserstudy
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Panzer23
11/05/09

@Benguin: Apart from hating that wretched device(which I do), it sounds like you have a point. as of right now the iPhone (god that "i" pisses me off) is the latest and greatest so it would make sense that people that have this attitude would have one.

What this says about culture is the more disturbing thing. Just the fact that the iPhone sells as much as it does is ridiculous. not just that, but all smartphones. and approximatly what percentage uses it to its full potential? I would venture in the low teens at best. Style over substance, thats the way the world turns. #iphoneuserstudy
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Benguin
11/05/09

@Panzer23: While I have the opposite view of the iPhone (I love mine), I do agree with you on your second point. I really don't think the majority of people who have them actually use them to their proper potential. I thought the same thing about the Blackberry before Apple even entered the market. Most of the smartphone (or whatever Pogue wants to call it) users I see only seem to have that device because it's the phone de jour. That's why I have a certain degree of respect when I see my fellow iPhone 2G users. They had it before it was quite the mainstream fashion accessory it is now (and were willing to pay out the ass for it to boot). #iphoneuserstudy
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Panzer23
11/05/09

@Benguin: I tip my hat to you, because i don't have promoting power. I think the reason I dislike it is because of its fashionista" appeal. #iphoneuserstudy
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signups.michael.d.weaver
11/05/09

@Benguin: I think potential is relative to purpose for owning. I personally under use the MMS and Phone features and lean heavily of the Data features and apps like GoogleVoice, Skype, WebEx and IM+. I rarely use the iPod feature but love Pandora. If your intent on owning the phone is travel and navigation your view of the phones potential is different from someone using it as a media experience and different than someone using it for business.
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travisco_nabisco
11/05/09

@Benguin: I agree that this report is largely because the iPhone is the current Jesus phone; however is it possible that the demographic that is attracted to the iPhone is different than the demographic that is attracted to other smart phones? Maybe I am just being stereotypical and perpetuating the old myth that only hipsters used Apple products, but I'm not sure. #iphoneuserstudy
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The Intern
11/05/09

@Benguin: That's why I have a certain degree of respect when I see my fellow iPhone 2G users. They had it before it was quite the mainstream fashion accessory it is now (and were willing to pay out the ass for it to boot).

And not for the 3GS users who held off on iPhones altogether until it had enough essential features to make it a viable option? We get less credit because you're impetuous? Awesome. #iphoneuserstudy
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Guizzy
11/05/09

@Benguin: Ain't that the truth! I've seen countless iPhone (and iPod Touch) users and I've yet to see one actually use it (and by use, I exclude showing off applications) in a Smartphone capacity for anything more than its default apps or games.

Sure, "there's an app for that", but do you do "that" often enough that cluttering the menu with an app for it is worthwhile? And meanwhile, genuinely useful features, the kind of features that people who actually use their smartphone like a tool rather than like a fashion accessory or status symbol, are not available. Multi-tasking is a VERY BIG DEAL. And it needs to be available on a smartphone; no excuses! Having an app to use as a level is NOT a big deal. Tethering is a VERY BIG DEAL. My legal, unlocked out of the box N95-8G does tethering (no additional fee), and it saved my ass a couple of times when I was on-call for work. A cute zooming mechanism in Google Maps is NOT a big deal; I can press a key for that. #iphoneuserstudy
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Nerval77
11/05/09

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Is this irony or are you fessing up to shallow, petty, egocentricity? #iphoneuserstudy
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Nerval77
11/05/09

@Nerval77: In the mean, I'll reply wiht my own shallow, petty, egocentricity:
WTF Giz? WTF is up with your comments? Coming. Going. Lost. Never existed?
It's really quite shameful. Of course maybe the comment problems will just "go away" like the Malware.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..........

If we don't talk about it, it never happened. #iphoneuserstudy
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Rosa Golijan
11/05/09

@Nerval77: If you notice odd behavior with the comments system, please feel free to report it using the link for bug reports on left hand side.

PS: Yes, I was owning up to being a terrible, terrible person. #iphoneuserstudy
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