# "Sent From My iPhone" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 3, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/645955 "2013-01-03T15:51:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/645955/21 "2013-01-04T09:48:34Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > Yep. I came in here to add this. A friend of mine has changed theirs to basically say “Written on my phone, please excuse the brevity.” I like this and have just updated mine to match! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/645955/22 "2013-01-04T14:10:51Z")
It has a practical purpose, not a huge one, but I’ll give it a pass. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/645955/23 "2013-01-04T17:25:11Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > I usually delete it if I’m in a situation where it could appear pretentious or whatever. But if not it’s a handy reminder that I’m typing on a touchscreen and some of the words might not be the wards I intestine to hype. Good call, because it _does_ make you look like a pretentious Apple snob. Very annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/645955/24 "2013-01-04T17:42:34Z")
> [@sandra\_nz](#): > > I like this and have just updated mine to match! 🙂 I hope you used two sentences. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/645955/25 "2013-01-04T20:33:20Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I hope you used two sentences. Or a semicolon. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/645955/26 "2013-01-04T20:46:25Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Anyway, “Sent from my iPhone” could hardly be construed as bragging, these days. Yep. It was annoying maybe for a few months in 2007 when the iPhone was first released, but I grew quickly accustomed to it, and actually like knowing which emails were written on-the-go. I turned off the automatic sig on my first iPhone, but have left it on ever since. I’d be fine with a generic “sent from my mobile phone,” but I appreciate knowing if a message is sent from a mobile device. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/645955/27 "2013-01-05T02:03:39Z")
I feel like changing mine to “Sent from my Toaster” -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/645955/28 "2013-01-05T02:16:02Z")
Would any of you mind telling those of us who don’t know already just how you shut that off? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/645955/29 "2013-01-05T02:44:06Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > Would any of you mind telling those of us who don’t know already just how you shut that off? Settings \> Mail Contact Calendars \> Signature ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/645955/30 "2013-01-05T02:49:13Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > Good call, because it _does_ make you look like a pretentious Apple snob. Very annoying. Yeah, because no other devices ever have done this. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/645955/31 "2013-01-05T03:51:36Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Yeah, because no other devices ever have done this. Yeah, looking through my emails, the first instance of this I’ve seen is with Blackberries. I have messages from January 2006 tagged “Sent wirelessly via BlackBerry from T-Mobile.” I really have to wonder about people who are annoyed with automatic device signatures in 20-fricking-12. ---
**Author:** ![troubledwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@troubledwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troubledwater)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/645955/32 "2013-01-05T06:49:52Z")
Yeah, that is _so_ last year. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/645955/33 "2013-01-05T07:42:58Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > I feel like changing mine to “Sent from my Toaster” A few months ago I changed mine to, “Đã gửi từ máy may của tôi” (_sent from my sewing machine_)–but I forgot about it until the Assistant Superintendent finally wanted to me to confirm that I wasn’t in Vietnam for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/645955/34 "2013-01-05T13:42:37Z")
I hear the original version of this sig line was “I either have never seen what one of my messages looks like when received, or could not figure out how to change it, or possibly am really into promoting brands that are not my own after having paid for the privilege”. And, that they decided to change it because it is too long this way. Sorry, I forget the cite. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/645955/35 "2013-01-05T15:15:33Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > I hear the original version of this sig line was “I either have never seen what one of my messages looks like when received, or could not figure out how to change it, or possibly am really into promoting brands that are not my own after having paid for the privilege”. And, that they decided to change it because it is too long this way. > > Sorry, I forget the cite. It shows up when you are composing the email, so the first point is no excuse 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/645955/36 "2013-01-05T16:06:20Z")
I use a “please excuse typos” version so that people, well, excuse my typos. \* \*Posted via Kayaker’s Lexus-450 cerebral implant. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/645955/37 "2013-01-05T22:11:48Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Settings \> Mail Contact Calendars \> Signature Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/645955/38 "2013-01-11T21:57:12Z")
My ipad puts: – Sent from an utterly insignificant little blue green planet orbiting a small unregarded yellow sun in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Milky Way Galaxy. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/645955/39 "2013-01-11T22:15:41Z")
Sometimes I don’t have to see the signature to know it was sent from an iPhone. The AutoCorrect feature has a habit of turning messages into gibberish if the sender isn’t paying close attention. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/645955/40 "2013-01-11T22:22:29Z")
Blackberry did start the trend. I didn’t want to be a mobile advertisement for my cellphone provider, so I cut out their name. When I got an iPad I was going back and forth between devices. I thought it seemed terribly pretentious to have both alternating as I moved around during the day. So I changed it to “sent from my Atari,” on all of them, a tradition I continue to this date! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/645955.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/645955.md?page=3)