Spaced: How Apple gives blog writers apoplexy

Just when you think you're in the groove for the new iPhone 3G S, Apple goes and starts changing the game. The 3G S is, figuratively speaking, no more. Apple has quietly been changing all references on it site from 3G S to 3GS. The space between the G and the S has been removed.TidBITS broke the story in a piece aptly titled "Ding, Dong, the iPhone 3GS Space Is Dead". (We too did note the change in a story yesterday.) TUAW reader and personal tech review colleague Joachim Bean found the pair of images you see here. To the right is a cached image from June 15th. To the left is a shot from yesterday, June 22nd. Notice anything? Yes, it's been spacicided.
So will we miss the space? It was, as Engst points out, an awkward construction. But after forcing ourselves into the space habit, it may be a hard one to break.
So let's have a moment of silence for the 3G S space. It is dead, not stunned, and not pining for the fjords. Despite its brief moment in the pop culture sun, the 3G S space has expired and gone to meet its maker. Bereft of life, the space rests in peace. And if we at TUAW may occasionally nail it back into place by accident, be assured that it will be reinterred and pushing up daisies ASAP.
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Just when you think you're in the groove for the new iPhone 3G S, Apple goes and starts changing the game. The 3G S is, figuratively...
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That's odd, I never remember seeing the space! I've been writing it as 3GS all along.
June 26 2009 at 10:29 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySeriously. Don't we have bigger issues here?why once again...was something so caveman like as the ability to save and change alert sounds for text mail etc ignored?were stuck with circus sounds still!it's apple. It's the iPhone!at the very least I was expecting something new and above and beyond. Like differently assigned abilities to each and every text for each of your contacts having a different text alert!something. Anything. Nope. Stuck with status quo. How difficult would that be to make the iPhone shine with the upgrade and new 3g s. And yes I spaced it. Come on. We pay ur salaries by supporting you. Listen to us!we bought the phone. We own it. It's ours. Let us do what we want.
Does anyone know how to hack the alert sounds short of jailbreaking?it's like they want us to jailbreak it!
They havent update the mexican iPhone page! it's still the space is still alive in there! http://www.apple.com/mx/iphone/iphone-3g-s/
June 24 2009 at 10:42 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply3G S is impossible to search for since a lot of 3G results turn up. I'm glad it's changed.
June 24 2009 at 8:07 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThat's the funniest thing you've written in a LONG time, Erica.
Welcome back. (you were gone, weren't you?)
Thanks for the giggle.
Frederico
PS: To whoever made the witty space-only-moved comment, you get a cookie, too. benne grazi
hmmm. is this a sign Steve is be back? it's the kind of small detail he would care about.
June 23 2009 at 6:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHow about 3G[s] or, better 3G[S]
Oh, damn. If the Steve sees this, there goes another 1000 man hours rebranding this sucker AGAIN.
That's a sign and a confirmation that Steve Jobs is back at his desk. ;)
June 23 2009 at 2:38 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI noticed this last night in the press release ( http://bit.ly/uveZu ). I'm a fan of no space. Apple really should have chosen a better name.
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