Aug 3, 2013 · The “Touching is Believing” ad reveals yet another technology-wrought tension that the Apple mythology tries to resolve. The proliferation of digital screens has diminished human engagement with tactility.

Sep 1, 2013 · Jobs played to that spiritual notion with a teaser ad with the slogan, “Touching is believing.” The reference, of course, is to the disciple Thomas’ statement that he would have to see the...

Aug 11, 2013 · The phrase “Touching is believing” evokes the biblical account of the apostle Thomas, who refused to believe Christ had risen from the dead until he could touch the wounds of Jesus’...

Jun 6, 2019 · It's super small with a 4-inch screen, and so light you won't really feel it in your pocket with your AirPods. It's a lot of fun, but people with iPhones and iPads don't really need …

ads for the iPod nano and iPhone depict uncannily disembodied hands emerging from darkness, cradling and caressing the divine devices. An American version for the first-generation iPhone bluntly touts: "Touching is Believing." THE EMPEROR'S NEW MEDIA Heidi Rae Cooley is among the early scholars to engage the cellular screen as

Acknowledgments -- Introduction: media technology and cultural change -- Macintosh myths -- Allegories for the information age -- iPod devotion -- Acoustic ecstasy and altered states -- iPhone worship -- "Touching is believing" -- Technology and religion -- Where the physical and metaphysical meet -- Conclusion: the paradox of technological ...

Sep 19, 2008 · The design improvements are minimal, the hardware remains largely the same and many of the software advances are the work of other companies, yet Apple’s new iPod touch represents a giant...

Aug 8, 2013 · Touching is believing (2007 iPhone) Small is huge (2009 Mac mini) The iPhone 5 launch in September 2012 announced “The biggest thing to happen to iPhone since iPhone” and “So much more than...

Introduction : media technology and cultural change -- Macintosh myths : allegories for the information age -- iPod devotion : acoustic ecstasy and altered states -- iPhone worship : "touching is believing" -- Technology and religion : where the physical and metaphysical meet -- Conclusion : the paradox of technological belief

Jul 13, 2007 · The ad features a guy’s a finger touching the iPhone with a slogan “Touching is believing.” Check out the full ad from the August 2007 issue of Details Magazine after the jump. [Via: MacDailyNews]