Is the iPhone 5 really boring?

Page not found – Curious Rat by Harry Marks (curiousrat.com)

No. The fact is most “consumer” gadget blogs are written by nerds, for nerds. Does the average person give a shit what the inside of an iPhone looks like six months before it’s announced? Do they care that the Lightning cable may or may not have transfer speeds comparable to USB 3? In the immortal word of Jim Dalrymple, “Nope.”

I am frustrated by tech press and their self-inflicted blinders that only let them see the “feeds and speeds”. I am sick to death about hearing about the latest, greatest Android or Nokia phones and its octo-core Z-boost 3.6 GHz processor with wireless-P draft spec, 2 USB ports, HDMI, PS/2 and Centronics parallel port and how this one… THIS ONE… will be the one that outsells all others. 6 months later, nobody can remember the name of that device and it didn’t even put a scratch in the market.

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CES 2012: The Power2U AC/USB Wall Outlet Is The Next Best Home Upgrade For Your Digital Family
Casey Tschida, appadvice.com

At this year’s Con­sumer Elec­tron­ics Show, Newer Tech­nol­o­gy decid­ed to show off one of their more unique prod­ucts, the Power2U AC/USB wall out­let. This com­bi­na­tion power out­let is the per­fect way to keep all of those mobile gad­gets…

I’ve had something like this in my home for a year. What’s the big deal?