Hello Mike: " As far as I'm concerned I feel the same today as I did the day it launched. Cool interface, but won't touch it with a ten foot pool due to the way they're locked it down, lock you to a carrier and are keeping third party apps locked out. Also I've heard a few complaints on battery life and the touch screen going flakey. Too many new components, maybe consider the next generation. That is if it isn't so locked down and after all the squabbling is over. Nah, wait for an OpenMoko phone. "
Well said! "....... and are keeping third party apps locked out" -- is the only point that has convinced me from not getting one... unless someone comes up with a way to do it! Cheers! Reza. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Ashton To: [email protected] >> "Asterisk Group (E-mail)" Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 11:07 PM Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Freedom to explore and modify the cell phone world Duane wrote: Ian Darwin wrote: I agree, but this is exactly what Apple/AT&T are trying to prevent you from doing with the iPhone, by attaching a binding entity called a "contract" to every iPhone that is sold. The whole apple/att/iphone situation never made any sense to me, if they were serious about this they would have signed you up for an AT&T contract at the same time. The only way it makes sense to me, is if you think Apple, which bound by contracts etc to AT&T still wants to make money selling devices and the whole bricking thing is just them doing "something" to appear to care. Right now in the US the only way to buy an iPhone is in conjunction with an AT&T contract (2yr min). Apple has done this since they are both selling the phone for a premium (well non subsidized) and receiving an ongoing share in the revenue AT&T receives from these contracts, since there was no cost recover required. My understanding is that Apple got a very sweet deal from AT&T, and in return AT&T got a 5 year exclusive deal. The debate in the US is multi facited. One issue is the unlocking, which is technically legal under the Digital Millinium Act, but by doing it does not relieve you of your obligations to the 2 year contract even if you don't use it. Secondly is that as soon as you do it, you have breached the conditions of the contract under which the phone was aquired, and thereby voiding your warrantee and any support. The bricking is occurring to people who, have unlocked thier phone but not turned off the software updating, which under the terms of the contract Apple/AT&T are to do to keep your phone up to date and patched. The sneaky bit though is them causing the bricking. The other squable is that no third party apps are to be installed on the phone, since Apple wants to control the delivery of content and ensure htey and ATT are not cut out of the loop. Now, this is no different then buying any other phone from say a Bell, where you have to buy your ringtones, etc from them. It's just getting alot more press due to the bricking. As far as I'm concerned I feel the same today as I did the day it launched. Cool interface, but won't touch it with a ten foot pool due to the way they're locked it down, lock you to a carrier and are keeping third party apps locked out. Also I've heard a few complaints on battery life and the touch screen going flakey. Too many new components, maybe consider the next generation. That is if it isn't so locked down and after all the squabbling is over. Nah, wait for an OpenMoko phone. My 2 cents I guess this sort of thing worked for MS in the past, allow everyone to copy your OS until it owns 90+ % of the market then go sue everyone into compliance, cept apple won't get that kind of market share with all the heavy weights already in place, and all the non-sense restrictions they have in place. It's too surreal to be even bizarre, does Apple have a clue about the phone market or even a grasp on the world/reality beyond the ipod? Then there was the whole price drop thing ticking off the early adopters, you'd have to think twice about lining up for another Apple product ever again and Apple should really send something special to make up for it to those people. -- Mike Ashton Quality Track Intl Ph: 647-722-2092 x 301 Cell: 416-527-4995 Fax: 416-352-6043 QTI CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION The contents of this material are confidential and proprietary to Quality Track International, Inc. and may not be reproduced, disclosed, distributed or used without the express permission of an authorized representative of QTI. Use for any purpose or in any manner other than that expressly authorized is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately delete it and all copies, and promptly notify the sender. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
