# Sent from my iphone. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 30, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406 "2011-06-30T17:54:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/41 "2011-07-01T03:16:52Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I changed my Outlook signature to read “sent from my iPhone” just so people would think I was really good at phone-typing. I just changed my iPad’s to read “sent from my Atari.” Should make for good conversation! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/42 "2011-07-01T03:20:35Z")
Excellent! -sent from my abacus ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/43 "2011-07-01T04:11:06Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Excellent! > > -sent from my abacus 01000101 01111000 01100011 01100101 01101100 01101100 01100101 01101110 01110100 00100001 00001101 00001010 Sent from my Turing Machine ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/44 "2011-07-01T04:36:07Z")
It’s pretentious on the part of Steve Jobs, not the user. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/45 "2011-07-01T04:45:28Z")
Huh. This is something people care about. Well, now that I know that…yeah, I’m still not bothering to change it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/46 "2011-07-01T04:59:23Z")
I don’t like it, changed it as soon as I realized the auto-sig was set up that way. I like making people aware of the reasons for typos and short answers, though, so I changed it to: Sent from teeny-tiny mobile keyboard. Been that way for a couple of years now. ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/47 "2011-07-01T07:02:43Z")
I’m now tempted to change mine to read, “Sent from my iPhone. Suck it, Freetards, Windoze Fanboi, and other assorted techno-shitheads!” But that’s just my contrary nature speaking. My lazy sensibilities are saying, “Yeah, dude, but why bother.” Sent from my colon, straight to your nostrils. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/48 "2011-07-01T14:39:16Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Yes. Trust the autocorrect, it knows what it’s doing. Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/49 "2011-07-01T14:48:35Z")
> [@Sleel](#): > > Sent from my colon, straight to your nostrils. Shouldn’t that be ‘Scent from…’? ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/50 "2011-07-01T15:14:33Z")
I know firsthand of a pretty popular actor/comedian who changed his iPhone signature to “Sent from Vin Diesel’s Living Room.” ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/51 "2011-07-01T15:26:06Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I changed my Outlook signature to read “sent from my iPhone” just so people would think I was really good at phone-typing. I changed my Outlook font/sig to the same as my smart phone so no one can tell when I’m at my desk and when I’m mobile. Sent from my brain. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/52 "2011-07-01T16:26:23Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > I changed my Outlook font/sig to the same as my smart phone so no one can tell when I’m at my desk and when I’m mobile. > > Sent from my brain. How does one figure out what their phone’s font is? I’m curious now! ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/53 "2011-07-01T18:22:26Z")
My boss and several of his associates have a Blackberry signature that reads “this email was typed by thumb, please excuse any typos”. He used to respond to sales inquiries with it. :smack: I hate it. My smartphone email signature is identical to my outlook signature because I don’t think with the advent of automated spellcheckers and auto-completers that poor spelling is any more acceptable from a smart phone than it is from a computer. I also don’t really want my customers to get used to assuming I’ll answer their emails when I’m not in the office. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/54 "2011-07-01T20:44:06Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > How does one figure out what their phone’s font is? I’m curious now! Send yourself an email from your smart phone. When you open the email in Outlook, select a bit of the “sent from…” text. It should tell you what font is selected. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/55 "2011-07-01T21:45:18Z")
I leave it in there, only because I like my clients to know when I’m emailing them from the road, and can’t take the time to compose a full email. I suppose I could change it to “sent from my mobile device”, but meh… I don’t give a shit. I own an iPhone… so it’s not untrue, nor pretentious. ---
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/56 "2011-07-01T22:03:00Z")
I didn’t even realize mine was adding it (Palm Pre in my case, not iPhone) until I saw it in some responses. The sig line on the Palm mail app is in small, light grey letters, easy to miss. – Messages sent from an iPhone get sad and depressed when displayed on lesser phones. ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/57 "2011-07-01T23:34:32Z")
> [@Staggerlee](#): > > Shouldn’t that be ‘Scent from…’? Good call. ---
**Author:** ![bigdfrombigd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bigdfrombigd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bigdfrombigd)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/58 "2011-07-02T21:57:58Z")
Sent from my colon, straight to your nostrils. :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/59 "2011-07-02T22:16:19Z")
I took mine off. I did get an email once with the sig \*\*Sent from my shoe phone. \*\* I liked that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406/60 "2011-07-02T22:17:19Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > Slightly pretentious. It’s easy to take off, but a lot don’t. It can be taken as “bragging.” I think you’ve got it backwards. I left my default signature alone by way of saying “please forgive any typos or other errors that can happen when operating a small device like this, particularly if the error results in a misunderstanding.” It also lets the other person know that you are (a) away from your computer, (b) possibly multitasking and unable to devote full attention to their question or issue, and (c) that you probably don’t want to receive a very long message or large attachment right now. To the OP, are you asking about iPhones specifically? I think all smartphones do this by default. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406.md?page=4)