I got an iPhone. I love it. This thing is geek crack. But it has its share of problems, not the least of which is its “helpful” auto-type feature. Now, for the most part, it does a fairly good job of guessing what you’re starting to type and offers up a suggestion for the word which you can then tap and the iPhone will drop it into your email for you. However, it also “corrects” words automatically for you after you’ve typed them and that doesn’t always go so well.

Case in point, the Mrs. loves Starbucks’ frappuccinos. Have one every day if you let her. (And, word to the wise, it’s not a good idea to attempt to prevent her from doing so.) She’ll often ask me to bring her a frap on my home from work, or I’ll ask her if she needs one. Thing is, if I type into my iPhone, “Do I need to bring you a frap?” the phone will take it upon itself to change it to “Do I need to bring you a feap?” I have no idea what a “feap” is. Never heard of it. Neither has Miriam Webster’s. In fact, I checked four different dictionaries and none of them have an entry for “feap.” So the iPhone is automatically changing a word I meant to type into a nonsensical word that doesn’t, technically, exist.

Guess the iPhone is just thinking differently.