T ‘was the night before Christmas, and all through the house, Not a gadget was stirring, not even Magic Mouse. The iPhones were plugged into the computer with care, In hopes that new firmware soon would be there. The children were nestled, all snug in their beds, While visions of new iPods danced in their […]
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An iPhone Christmas Poem

Dec 24th 2009 by

T ‘was the night before Christmas, and all through the house,

Not a gadget was stirring, not even Magic Mouse.

The iPhones were plugged into the computer with care,

In hopes that new firmware soon would be there.

The children were nestled, all snug in their beds,

While visions of new iPods danced in their heads,

And with thoughts of perhaps scoring a brand new iMac,

I had just settled down for a long winter ‘s nap.

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,

I went to check the webcam to see what was the matter.

Away to the computer I flew like a flash,

(But forgot the URL in my curious dash.)

When what on the widescreen monitor should appear,

But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer.

With a little old driver, which caused me to think,

That earlier that evening I ‘d too much to drink.

His eyes, how they twinkled, his dimples, how merry!

He then took from his pocket neither Droid nor Blackberry,

But a brand new iPhone, (a 3GS, in black),

And he brought up an App that inventoried his sack.

Then he looked, and he stared, and with obvious travail,

He closed out that App and logged in to Gmail.

And he read, then sadly his phone he put down,

‘I ‘m sorry, ‘ he said, with bowed head and a frown,

I ‘d arranged with Apple for your gift, an update,

For the iPhone (and we both know that it ‘s quite late)

But the oddest of things has occurred, it would seem,

The update was denied by the App approval team. ‘

And then, on the screen, another figure did appear,

But this one bereft of a sleigh or reindeer;

His black turtleneck distinguished him from the mobs,

And I knew in a moment it must be Steve Jobs.

He whipped out his iPhone, his eyes all aflame,

And he rallied his departments; he called them by name,

‘Now Coding! Now QA! Now Testing, and Web Team!

A huge mistake we ‘ve made! (it certainly would seem)

Let ‘s roll out those updates!  I ‘m making that call!

Now upload them, upload them, upload them all! ‘

Then he looked at us both, myself and St. Nick,

And said, ‘Gentlemen, that should do the trick;

I know that approval in this case fell flat,

But I ‘ve fixed it; as it turns out, we ‘ve got an App for that! ‘

Then they took to the sleigh, as they went o ‘er the horizon,

He exclaimed, ‘Merry Christmas, now I ‘m off to Verizon! ‘

 

Happy Holidays from the Just Another iPhone Blog Team:

Patrick, Thomas, Brandon S, Joe T, Josh, Alicia, Michael, Milo, Gabe, Brad, Diego, Shane, Joe P, Felix, Brandon K, and Jay

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