Apple iPhone Knows About White Supremecy but not Roadside Assistance?
by Drake Hess on July 31, 2007
The iPhone is smart, and it guesses what you are trying to type. So why does it know about the KKK and not the roadside assistance organization AAA?
I received a message from my girl at work asking me to bring a few things home with me on my way. I was about to sarcastically respond by saying “k” as in “ok” several times in a row. I started to type “kkkkk” when suddenly the iPhone asked me if i meant to type “KKK”!
I thought, “Let’s see if it does that for other repetitive three letter organizations. How about AAA? The phone doubles as a navigation system, so surely it will recognize AAA?”
Negative. While the iPhone recognizes the letters “KKK”, it doesn’t seem to know the organization known as “AAA”. This brings me to the question: What exactly has Apple been teaching its little bundle of joy?
Want to see for yourself? Type kkk or kjk or even lkk and your happy little iPhone will ask you if you mean the KKK.
I’m not calling Apple racist, but I just think it’s funny. After all, how often do you need to text someone “KKK” over “AAA”? Which is more likely to be the subject of a text message: “My KKK meeting is running a little late” or “I have to call AAA to change my flat tire”?
I am willing to bet that this will be fixed when Apple releases their first firmware update. Just a hunch.
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on July 31, 2007 8:15 pm
Very interesting!
Sort of reminds me about when Microsoft was accused of hiding racist messages in their “Wingdings” font.
http://www.snopes.com/rumors/wingdings.asp
on July 31, 2007 8:37 pm
What if the KKK has to use AAA on there iPhone
on July 31, 2007 9:25 pm
steve jobs was in the klux back in the 70’s.. duh
on July 31, 2007 11:24 pm
wow just tried it u werent kidding lol its kinda funny hope apple does correct it in firmware update
on October 30, 2007 8:32 am
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