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Apple Has a Lot In Common With The Rolling Stones (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on from the it's-only-a-smart-phone-but-I-like-it dept.

Tech journalist Ron Miller (not a relative) wrote a piece titled Apple has a lot in common with The Rolling Stones, based on the song It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (But I Like It). In the article, Ron writes: "Much like the Rolling Stones, Apple has to get up on stage again and again and figure out a way to blow the audience away – and it’s not always easy." In fact, Apple's latest iPhone announcement seems to have been greeted with a massive "ho hum" instead of the frenzied interest some of their earlier product announcements have created. In today's video, Ron tells us why he thinks this is, and ruminates briefly about the future of Apple and what kinds of products might help people get excited about Apple again.

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  1. Yup by sexconker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Old, played out, desperate to remain relevant.

    1. Re:Yup by HornWumpus · · Score: 4, Funny

      If Apple were really like the Rolling Stones, after the Ho-hum new announcement they would yet again introduce the Lisa and the crowd would go wild.

      --
      John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
    2. Re:Yup by cayenne8 · · Score: 3, Funny
      You know, for the sake of humanity, we really might need to get DNA samples to sequence from Keith Richards, just so we can figure out how he has survived all these years.

      Apple or any company would do well to survive like that guy has.

      As the old joke goes, "What will be left after a nuclear holocaust?"

      --Cockroaches and Keith Richards

      --
      Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
  2. To paraphrase an old MST3K riff... by MickyTheIdiot · · Score: 3, Funny

    The submitter is a SPAZ

  3. They always say that by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    In fact, Apple's latest iPhone announcement seems to have been greeted with a massive "ho hum" instead of the frenzied interest some of their earlier product announcements have created.

    I've seen the same kind of statements from ALL the releases since the first iPhone. Incremental. Siri was about the only thing that created a 2nd iPhone buzz.....until all the youtube vids of Siri choking badly.

    what kinds of products might help people get excited about Apple again

    iFasterThanLightTravel (iTrek?), iFlyingCar, iCuredCancer, iBrainImplantMacPhone, iEye (captain), iFeelPorn3D, iFedWorld, iGotNerdsDatingNatalie, iGrits, iTwelveInchWanker, iResurrectedSteve, iLinuxCluster, imacs, iLisp, iMortality, iModPoints, iRanOutOfIdeas

    --
    Table-ized A.I.