Dave Letterman's got an iPad 2

• iPhone 4: Letterman's Top 10

  Apple's antenna woes have descended to the level of late night comedy

  It's hard to say which is more insulting, a top Microsoft (MSFT) executive comparing the iPhone 4 to Windows Vista or David Letterman using Apple's (AAPL) new phone as the launching pad for one of his Top 10 schticks.

  But you can decide for yourself which is funnier.

  Here's the Microsoft joke, delivered by COO Kevin Turner in his keynote to MORE

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jul 14, 2010 6:28 PM ET
  Posted in: Apple, David Letterman, Death Grip, iPhone, iPhone 4, Microsoft, Top 10, Vista

• Letterman's Top 10: Excuses for the guy who lost Apple's top secret iPhone

  The tale of the lost prototype is now a late-night comedy joke -- and not a very funny one

  David Letterman, with great reluctance, used the story of Apple's (AAPL) misplaced iPhone as fodder for his top 10 list Wednesday night.

  "Frankly I'm a little sick -- fed up -- with the Apple people," he begins. "Because, first of all, nobody's got any money. And second of all, would we need it MORE

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 22, 2010 9:54 AM ET
  Posted in: Apple, David Letterman, iPhone, iPhone 4G, Prototype

• Steve Jobs' misunderstood monologuist

  The agony and the ecstasy of a storyteller who bleeds in six colors

  "If you are a tech journalist writing about 'The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,' " begins Thursday's entry in Mike Daisey's long-running blog (first entry: August, 2001):

  My last name is spelled Daisey.
  I will not be playing the "role" of Steve Jobs. The monologue concerns Steve Jobs' rise and fall and rise, Apple, industrial design, and the MORE

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Mar 5, 2010 7:05 AM ET
  Posted in: 21 Days, Apple, David Letterman, Mike Daisey, Steve Jobs, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs