http://techland.time.com/2009/05/01/the-iphone-bringing-back-the-art-of-the-pickpocket/ News and reviews from the world of gadgets, gear, apps and the web Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://techland.time.com/2009/05/01/the-iphone-bringing-back-the-art-of-the-pickpocket/comment-page-1/#comment-8975 Thu, 27 May 2010 14:14:58 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=1490#comment-8975 [...] got a new iPhone about ten months ago. (My last one got stolen.) I dicked around with the settings. I set up e-mail, threw some apps on there, as one does. I [...]

]]> http://techland.time.com/2009/05/01/the-iphone-bringing-back-the-art-of-the-pickpocket/comment-page-1/#comment-981 Wed, 06 May 2009 17:43:30 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=1490#comment-981 @tyrantking – Yeah, but if you’re wearing a jacket (as Lev obviously was) the belt case gives you the security of the pants pocket with the accesability of the jacket pocket.

]]> http://techland.time.com/2009/05/01/the-iphone-bringing-back-the-art-of-the-pickpocket/comment-page-1/#comment-939 Mon, 04 May 2009 21:54:20 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=1490#comment-939 I just think the belt case screams “mug me”. Obviously the jacket pocket was a horrible decision (always go with front pants pockets), but getting pick-pocketed beats getting mugged every time.

]]> http://techland.time.com/2009/05/01/the-iphone-bringing-back-the-art-of-the-pickpocket/comment-page-1/#comment-928 Sun, 03 May 2009 22:13:09 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=1490#comment-928 Quick! Sound off! Belt case versus pocket! Go!

]]> http://techland.time.com/2009/05/01/the-iphone-bringing-back-the-art-of-the-pickpocket/comment-page-1/#comment-918 Fri, 01 May 2009 22:57:26 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=1490#comment-918 @tyrantking: The frak? Why the belt case hate?

]]> http://techland.time.com/2009/05/01/the-iphone-bringing-back-the-art-of-the-pickpocket/comment-page-1/#comment-917 Fri, 01 May 2009 19:53:45 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=1490#comment-917 @kemper I should have gone all rhyming slang on him!

]]> http://techland.time.com/2009/05/01/the-iphone-bringing-back-the-art-of-the-pickpocket/comment-page-1/#comment-916 Fri, 01 May 2009 19:44:52 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=1490#comment-916 I don’t even know what to say about the belt case comment. Wow.

]]> http://techland.time.com/2009/05/01/the-iphone-bringing-back-the-art-of-the-pickpocket/comment-page-1/#comment-915 Fri, 01 May 2009 19:17:00 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=1490#comment-915 Some thieves have no taste. They should at least steal a decent mobile that can record video and such.

]]> http://techland.time.com/2009/05/01/the-iphone-bringing-back-the-art-of-the-pickpocket/comment-page-1/#comment-914 Fri, 01 May 2009 19:05:22 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=1490#comment-914 If a recoverable iPhone crash made a man of you, then this experience should make you an orc or something.

]]> http://techland.time.com/2009/05/01/the-iphone-bringing-back-the-art-of-the-pickpocket/comment-page-1/#comment-913 Fri, 01 May 2009 18:50:31 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=1490#comment-913 Did the thief have a cockney accent when you talked to him since you think he was part of an Olvier Twist type gang?
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” ‘ello, guvner. I’ve gone and pinched your shiny phone, ‘aven’t I?”
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Because that would have almost made it worth it.

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