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So we all know by now that I have an iPod Touch and I have done a few things to it to make it my own. One thing that I haven’t done but that has happened is the scratches on the metallic part of the Touch.

I am not pleased about this at all. I did what any Apple supporter would do, I went to the Apple shop yesterday and I asked them if they had any iPod Touch covers/protectors. Low and behold, they didn’t.

What they did have was the iPhone cover/protector. Let me ask a question: Why do they sell iPhone covers if there is no iPhone in SA?

Then, my next and most obvious issues is that if you can get iPhone covers in to SA then why, OH WHY, can’t you get iPod Touch covers in to SA?

And lastly I have a suggestion for Apple for their next range of iPhones/Touches: The front of the Touch is made out of a “scratch proof” glass substance, why not make the entire iPhone/Touch out if this substance. Maybe keep the metallic back part but cover it in a thin layer of the “scratch proof” glass?

I think the IPhone is hot. So does everyone else. I have yet to read a post from any blogger talking about the basic functionality of this groundbreaking phone.

Can this phone send a text message? Can I make a call and will it be crystal clear? If it can’t do these two basic things properly then I don’t want it.

I mean that. I want to be able to do the basics incredibly easily with an almost 100% success rate before I know that I can teleport myself to planet Zookefrokenbakc and back with the IPhone.

So I ask again, has anyone made a call or sent a text message using the IPhone?

I admire Apple on so many levels for so many different reasons. Lately It has been thanks to my MacBookPro that I admire Apple (I am converted).

However right now it is the Iphone “IFrenzy” as I have coined it, that has me intrigued. Apple makes announcements but there is no need for them to. They simply need to fart and people like the aroma. The Iphone is set for release in the states very soon and this information has people in a tizz. Bloggers are blogging about it, techies are teching about it and laymen are wishing they knew what it could do.

Here is a video to give you a bit of insight:

Wow. But with a price tag of around $499 I think I’ll give it a skip. In fact, I wont need to as it is unavailable in SA for the next, um, ever just about.

Back to my fascination with Apple. I am sure they have had their ups and down as a company. Hell with Microsoft capturing a large majority of the industry Apple have done a sterling job but not without their fair share of stuff ups.

What absolutely amazes me is that they cannot go wrong at the moment (last 3 or 4 years). They simply “let something leak” to the press and they are sitting pretty and riding the wave of rumours that extend throughout the blogging community world wide. Let’s just be serious for a second here, they are so good at what they do that as a South African blogger with almost no access to the IPhone I am blogging about it and posting video footage about it. That is incredible.

As a young businessman I am definitely trying to take a page out of the Apple book and learn from their unbelievable ability to whip up a media frenzy on a whim.

For those of you who managed to watch the Oscars last night good on you. Helen, Forest, Martin and others walked away with a golden statue of a naked man missing the good bits.

If you were awake and did not miss a single ad break (and if DSTV/Mnet didn’t make the ads local) you could possibly have seen the very first iPhone advert! The commercial is over 18Mb to download so if you don’t have a worthy connection (not sure what I am talking about “worthy” pah) don’t bother.

The commercial features a collection of scenes from television and film with stars saying “Hello” on a telephone. Nice idea and there is even an awesome Back to the Future scene.