America has reached fever pitch (another blog to describe where this term came from - personally not sure if it has to do with sickness or an angle of tilt) on how best to spend $500.
To buy an Apple or buy a lot of Apples. To feed the family in the latter case.
Apple the world's largest company by market cap is set to release information on a new mobile phone to the world tomorrow at an invitee event in San Francisco. This has generated lot of reaction from the devotees and the sundry (such as myself who find a new topic to blog on) as to what to do once the phone is available in stores or online.
Well - I for one am going to watch the circus. Cost zero dollars. For those inclined to dip their proverbial toes in the water it could mean a lifelong commitment (At least two year commitment) to own the best in mobile technology that money can buy (or so it would appear from the hype).
Also by earlier reference to fever pitch I also mean that some financial pundits have argued that the whole iphone release itself and the pent up demand will add a lot of dollars to the US economy (no doubt) to the point that it will shift the nation's Gross Domestic Product or GDP up by a third of a percentage point. People are actually going to spend their paycheck on the phone instead of investing in the fruit (edible kind). Unless they borrowed to pay for the phone which they cannot or may not.
If they indeed divert their monies from buying the fruit or the fruit of the loom or other mundane essentials then I am not sure that the GDP actually moves..it just means the spend categories change - from underwear to Call Me Baby! Maybe?
Regardless it would be interesting to see what eventually happens to all these older phones since it already appears everywhere I look (except my own pocket) there are people with smart phones. Perhaps talking to yourself might take on a whole new meaning? I actually saw a Hindi flick recently where the plot was something like that - the delusional protagonist keeps calling himself .. needs medical help at the end..uh oh!
On an informal mission to read one book a week as long as the eyes allow for such ambition. Fiction or non is not important as long as it entertains and /or educates. To that end the past few weeks have brought a bounty in the form of some wonderful and then not so engaging literature. Among the notables are - Non fiction category: 1. Good arguments by Bo Seo (how to handle a dispute or debate the most efficient way possible) 2. Genesis by Eric Schmidt (and former US Secy of State Henry Kissinger, who recently passed) - how AI might affect our lives as we know it 3. One in a billion - Zarna Garg (an autobiographical look at an Indian born American woman with a bindi narrated in a standup format - yes it is at times cliched but still funny) Fiction: 1. Personal by Lee Child (a vigilante story with Jack Reacher the giant, nomad protagonist of Child's novels goes hunting for a sniper) 2. Ramayana unraveled by Ami Ganatra (she might disagree about it being a work of fiction but oh wel...
I will be forced to revise my theory for reviving the world economy from Build more malls to grow more apples, it looks like. 'Fruity' prospect!
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