Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: Apple, Handgun, iPhone, Bullet, Shoot | Themes: Smartphones
Well that's one way of skipping the queue.
iPhones can be really, really frustrating. For two years I insisted they were the work of the devil. Then I sort of wanted one (yes, turncoat, I know) and a few months later I bought one. Now? Two months later and I want a Blackberry or something with a battery that doesn't depend on my turning off 3G and WiFi to last the day. That said, no matter how frustrated I get, I have never come close to threatening to give it a once over with a 9mm.
Donald Goodrich entered the Kenwood Mall Apple store in Cincinnati and demanded someone fix his iPhone, declaring, "I'm so mad I could pop a 9mm at it!" When the employee told Goodrich there was no need for that, Goodrich said, "Look, I'll do it right now!" and showed her the black 9mm handgun inside his jacket.
WCPO reports that the girl walked Goodrich over to a technician and then notified her manager who called the police. While Goorich had a concealed weapon permit, he is charged with aggravated menacing and according to WCPO, faces a carrying concealed weapons charge for failing to inform the deputy he had a gun.
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Let the man go free, He just wanted his Apple iPhone fixed.
should have bought a proper phone...
wow. It's people like that that give a bad name to everything. Now anti-gun people will be up in arms about how this is what happens when you let people carry. And now Apple will be up in arms decreeing that the phone must have been stolen because no apple owner would ever pull a gun on a product devised by god jobs. It's against the 11th commandment for pete sake.
I know how he feel, although, I would never pull a gun. But, I would love to throw this phone at Steve Jobs.
as far as battery life goes.... disable email fetching. my first few days of ownership, my battery was not lasting a day without a charge.
Now though, I usually only charge every 3-4 days and that is with lots of email checking and moderate itunes usage.
NOW... the guy didn't actually pull out the gun.... he just threatened to. I wonder if he just got his concealed license and was feeling cocky..> And felons can't own guns? but idiots like this guy can? lol
Next...the Police is going to charge him with carrying a grenade and an additional count of aggravated menacing using an iGrenade.
I know its not following the rules to a tee but it would seem to me that if the police were called on your for having a concealed weapon you wouldn't think you would need to tell them you had a concealed weapon.
I'm not condoning what this man did it just seems pretty silly to add that on there.
The 2nd charge seems bogus, but the dude really shouldn't toy with guns. Having a gun bears responsibility, and he abused it when displaying it.
Shoulda Whipped out the BFG =D
Not the type of person I want to have a concealed carry permit. Sounds like he's just compensating for something.
Its jacka553s like this that give responsible CCW holders a bad name. He needs his permit revoked and maybe some anger management counsleing.
point is, you should not have to disable anything to get more than a days use from any phone device.
I would have shot that iPhone like it was a criminal.
There's an app for that too.
Personally, I believe that taking the action to open your coat and draw another persons attention your gun is no different than pulling it out and waving it in front of someone nose to get their attention with it.
Depending on the state, just saying I have a gun and I'll use it may involve a minimum amount of jail time due to provisions for using a gun in the course of a crime.
On the other issue, I really do not understand the battery complaints for the iPhone. I've never owned one but I do use a Samsung Omnia as my personal phone and have had a couple other smartphone for work, Blackberry Storm and an LG model, and not one of them has ever lasted the whole day on one charge if you are actually using the phone to do allot of email, surf the web etc. Just making a few calls of 15 minutes or less and having push email or 10min email auto-check running and viewing/replying to emails as they arrive saps the batteries on all these phones to the point of needing to have a car charger, USB cable to charge from laptop and extra ac chargers (home and office) for normal business use.
Forget actually trying to do things like watch a movie which will zap a battery from full charge by the time one 2 hr movie plays.
forget about the gun. He handed the tech an igrenade. I would think that constitutes jail time.
well, it is ohio. and, ohio sucks.
Friggin jerkoff. It's idiots like this who give gun owners a bad rep.
So he had a 9mm and an iPhone
hmm...
Guns AND explosives
So he had a 9mm and an iPhonehmm...Guns AND explosives
Damn, you beat me to it...but like people usually do (and in spite of the fact that it usually annoys me when others run a joke into the ground), I'm going to say practically the same joke, because its apple, and I can't resist.
Lady at store: "No! Don't shoot it! It'll splode!"
I am surprised somebody threatened an iPhone, of all things. Why not an iMac? I've had to use an iMac over the sumer and have, at times, felt like giving "it a once over with a 9mm."
Obviously I am not a huge fan of Apple, but I do like their iPod Touches
Don't buy apple/mac instead. Ever. Problem solved.
That was really a stupid thing to do, I mean what did the man expect would happen when he pulled out a gun?
There really should be psych evals for people to get guns. I'd rather not have some hot head lunatic carrying a gun around.
Wow not that's scary. He should have his license taken and knowing the laws for a concealed weapons permit the odds are very good it will happen. You cannot under any circumstance flash you gun like he did even if you do have a concealed weapons permit. This guy should not have one imho. Hey have gotten pretty upset with some inanimate objects before too, but don't around with gun thinking about blowing a hole through it. Okay, there have been times I have, with my bare hands, destroyed a game controller, but that's a far cry from this. Well hope he learns a lesson, don't by Apple.
This will be on CNN with anti-gun all over it in 3. 2. 1...
Is anyone else surprised to see a Tom's writer actually dis an iPhone? I'm sorry you fell for the hype Jane, but I'm glad you came to your senses. Maybe you can try beating some into the people who review the product.
just buy the extended battery for the iphone, i can go 2 days without having to recharge
mophie extended battery*
It's so amusing, as a 20 year Windows user (currently Vista 64) that is has become so fashionable to flame Apple products and their OS's on the desktop and mobile.
I will state without fear of exaggeration that anyone that has used any version of windows and installed programs on it, changed hardware, played games, updated drivers or in anyway useful had their computer turned on for more than a few months has at some point thought likewise about shooting it also.
I have no problem saying that without a doubt anyone that says they have never had a problem that has gotten them angry and frustrated on Windows or Windows Mobile is without a doubt a complete liar. And I wouldn't care if you were worked for MS and were the lead programmer of the windows platform you still at some point ran into some problem that caused a BSOD, caused you to reinstall or restore, uninstall and reinstall drivers etc. Period.
There's an app for that too.
That would be a "killer app"
and Jobs might like it and just say:
"Now for those who feel deceived, for 10$ more you can have a chance to shoot the phone as many times as you'd like to"
Oh please. He flashed his gun. Hell I carry a gun on me. Its not like he pulled it out and threw it and the iphone straight to the clerks face. Yeah he probably shouldn't have flashed it lol, but he was just joking around. Its not like he was actually going to do it.