At the end of January every year, Apple holds its much-anticipated Macworld convention where many loyal fans and gather to express their fruity devotion to Apple and its products. Fans not only gather to celebrate Apple’s success but also to test out new products and ideas floating about. Macworld convention 2011 was no different, as it kicked off celebrations this January 25th in none other than the fruitiest city in America—San Francisco.
Fans were very excited this year because they were anticipating a lot of innovations at the convention. As we all know, Apple has introduced quite a number a products to the market over the past year, and each product has tremendous potential. For instance, Apple’s iPad has been the biggest success from last year’s convention, despite some early concerns that it was a “rotten” idea. Last year, many hated the thought of buying a more expensive, oversized iPhone that lacks the capability to send texts or make calls. After all, you could basically buy four iPhones and duct tape them together to create your own iPad for relatively the same price. Not to mention, your homemade iPad would also have the capability to make four outgoing calls simultaneously. (This could be an extremely useful feature for all you playas out there who have to call all four of your girlfriends on the same night. Why not just save some time and kill two birds with one iPad?)
Despite the lack of the same features as an iPhone, the iPad has still been quite popular though. It still has much room for improvement, but fortunately, Apple announced that it is currently working on the next generation iPad that sounds promising. They revealed only minimal details about it, but the second-generation iPad should be released in the upcoming months.
Not only was there hype about the iPad, but also perhaps the biggest hype at the convention was about Verizon’s release of the iPhone in February. Apple expects a great increase in iPhone sales after introducing its product to America’s leading cellular phone carrier. With this expected increase in sales, however, also comes the need for new apps, and the convention introduced a handful of them as well. One app that was particularly well-done was the iGrill app. It actually tells you when your steak is done via text message. This rare app received medium ratings as to its everyday utility, but another app in particular exploded onto the scene—the iShit app, also commonly referred to as the crap app or “crapp” for short.
This crapp informs you when it’s time to poop. Many fans ran faster than diarrhea runs in your jeans to check out this new crapp. The new iShit app has many different features. You begin by downloading the crapp onto your iPhone and setting your shitting frequency. The shitting frequencies vary anywhere from once hourly, to once daily, to once weekly (for all you McDonald’s lovers out there). Once you set the frequency, you can then choose your type of bowel movement: regular, runny, or brick. Finally, you can choose your health status: “healthy,” “feeling a little shitty,” or “feeling really shitty.” After informing the iPhone of your colorectal status, you then can shit back and relax and wait for your iPhone to text you when it’s time to defecate. One example text sent to anonymous crapp holder said, “Good morning friend. It’s time to poop, and it will most likely be bloody. You better get your ass moving and make sure you have extra toilet paper.”
Crapp turned out to be very popular, as it received a “shitload” of downloads on the first day of its release. Now, it appears to be seeping into everyone’s vocabulary, as it has become an important agenda setter for many people especially in the corporate world. With crapp’s recent explosion onto the scene, Apple is also considering making an “iNeedaPad” app made especially for women. This app (not to be confused with the actual iPad) would not only inform women everywhere when to pop a midol, but it will also tell all of her co-workers to steer clear of her during that time of the month. This app hasn’t been released yet, but it has received the go-ahead from R&D at Apple headquarters.
These were just a few of the core ideas released at Macworld convention 2011. For more reviews, you can search “Macworld Convention” online for the latest information about iPads and iPhones. An Apple search shouldn’t land you too far from the tree either.