Dear Steve Jobs: Leftys Also Use Technology

Leftys totally get the shaft - Lots of times I've given up and learned to do things with my right hand because I don't want to deal with trying to do it lefty. For instance, there are never left handed scissors, bowling balls or golf clubs when you need them. Granted I don't bowl with my left hand - I just end up being uncomfortable using a right handed ball (we're talking about 10 pin bowling of course, as there are no holes in candle pin ones).

The latest lefty injustice is the new iPhone4 - apparently when held in the left hand it you lose the signal and calls drop. Check out this Engadget article to see what happens and why.

Actually this fault in the iPhone4 would probably suck for rightys who hold the phone in their left hand and navigate with their right one while using the internet. I guess you could just adjust - or get a case for the phone, which a lot of people do - but like my friend says it takes away from the aesthetics of the phone and makes it bulkier.

So I guess these are the "work arounds" for this problem:

1. Don't upgrade to the new iPhone
2. Get some kind of superfly case to make up for the fact that you have to put the iPhone in the case (and maybe reconsider getting the albino version if your case coves a lot of the phone)
3. Always hold you phone in the right hand - which means learning to navigate with the left hand or your right thumb (yay opposable thumbs!)
4. Hold your iPhone4 in your left hand, but in the same manner that you would hold a teacup so your palm won't touch the left corner - however you might be more likely to drop it if handling the phone this way, and apparently the gorilla glass doesn't work super well either...

Hooray Technology FAILS!

~emy