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Spaced: How Apple gives blog writers apoplexy
Just when you think you're in the groove for the new iPhone 3G S, Apple goes and starts changing the game. The 3G S is, figuratively speaking, no more. Apple has quietly been changing all references on it site from 3G S to 3GS. The space between the G and the S has been removed. TidBITS broke the story in a piece aptly titled "Ding, Dong, the iPhone 3GS Space Is Dead". (We too did note the change in a story yesterday.) TUAW reader and personal tech review colleague Joachim Bean found the pair of images you see here. To the right is a cached image from June 15th. To the left is a shot from yesterday, June 22nd. Notice anything? Yes, it's been spacicided. So will we miss the space? It was, as Engst points out, an awkward construction. But after forcing ourselves into the space habit, it may be a hard one to break. So let's have a moment of silence for the 3G S space. It is dead, not stunned, and not pining for the fjords. Despite its brief moment in the pop culture sun, the 3G S space has expired and gone to meet its maker. Bereft of life, the space rests in peace. And if we at TUAW may occasionally nail it back into place by accident, be assured that it will be reinterred and pushing up daisies ASAP.
Japanese hardware sales, 9 October - 15 October: Oscar acceptance speech edition
The DS Lite! (deafening applause) Oh, I couldn't possibly ... take the stage, me? No, no, no ... please ... well, if you insist .... What can I say to you lovely people that I haven't already said before? But you know, being up on this stage for the thirty-seventh time is really something significant; I mean, I'll remember this one for sure. We here at Nintendo have always pushed the boundaries, daring to do what no one else in the industry would ... we supported the first elvish video game character, you know, and we even backed the gay population with everyone's favorite character, Tingle. (scattered chuckling) And of course, I'd like to thank ... what the hell? PSP, get off the stage! You can't tell me what do to ... I mean ... to dooooo .... Are you drunk? Heavens, man. I deserve the award, me! I have the leet warez, and an arrowww ... a green one, you know? Yours is red, they hate you, they hate you .... Security? Can I get a little help here? Long live the PSPPPPPPPPP! Hey! Put some pants on, man! - DS Lite: 104,487 19,650 (15.83%)- PS2: 24,727 3,537 (12.51%)- PSP: 21,603 553 (2.63%)- GBA SP: 2,299767 (50.07%)- Xbox 360: 1,743 358 (17.04%)- Game Boy Micro: 1,714 441 (34.64%)- Gamecube: 653 165 (33.81%)- DS Phat: 273 13 (5.00%)- GBA: 37 25 (208.33%)- Xbox: 3 5 (62.5%) [Source: Media Create] [A special thanks to Zoolander for the inspiration.]
