Friday, July 23, 2010

More Bad News For Apple


Since Apple hasn't gotten good PR in the past few weeks, this setback could have Apple's PR be bad for the rest of the year. Apple released a statement that the white version of the iPhone 4 will not be available until later this year. They really couldn't be more vague on the release date. The reason for this delay was that the process of making a white iPhone was a bit more difficult that expected for Apple.

Since Apple is trying to get rid of the bad press for the antenna problems, their competitors are still rubbing it in. Many manufacturers replied to Steve Jobs' comment that stated that every phone has antenna issues to say that Apple is just trying drag them into the problem as well. Also Samsung has released an ad for is Galaxy S series that pokes fun at Apple's antenna problem. I find this quite funny.

Apparently You Can Get Kicked Off A Plane By Watching 9-11 Footage

Yesterday at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Ontario, a man and his son got kicked off their flight for watching footage of the 9-11 attacks. The two people were on a plane bound for Orlando for Tuesday night before they were kicked off. It was reported that a few passengers were concerned about their safety and that is when the airlines acted to kicked these two people off.

I think it is ridiculous that someone was concerned for their safety when someone was watching a video. It's just a video, what harm can it do? Of course we haven't forgotten the 9-11 attacks but is it still that serious that a video can concerned us about our safety? People were so concerned, everyone apparently deplaned. To these two people who were kicked off, I think that they should give an explanation why but the airlines should give them a reason to be kicked off the flight. They should also give a refund as well. What do you think of this? Did people overreact? What would you have done? Please leave your answers in the comment section.