@octasquid: by that same logic, seatbelts and motorcycle helmets are also redundant: just be careful and don't crash.

@octasquid: wow - way to go off on a tangent. The point I was making was that dropping any phone from a regular height is something which should not permanently disable it. If it breaks after two drops, maybe they shouldn't have made an all glass phone, don't ya think?

@Standish: until the moment he stepped outside! Gotcha!

@Arggh! there goes a...snake a snake!: It's a promo for their company which fixes these devices...

@mr_mr: I wouldn't consider dropping a phone to be an unexpected event, and hence it's something worth testing.

@octasquid: it stopped working after 2 drops, and was completely destroyed after 4. Isn't that worth knowing? I couldn't count the number of times my fiance has dropped her sony ericsson (on cement, bitumen, down stairs), but it keeps plugging away...

@meatbag_pussrocket: From Apple's privacy policy: "To make purchases ... you must use an SSL-enabled browser such as Safari, Netscape Navigator 3.0 or later, or Internet Explorer". *Netscape Navigator 3.0*? Released 1996. Wow.

@That_was_totally_Batman: additional to what @jdale said, the point made in the article is that Jobs is saying that ads on a page are "annoying" and a "visual distraction" worthy of Apple removing them, while at the same time launching an unblockable ad platform which somehow isn't annoying or a visual distraction.