And this just in: http://newsreleases.sprint.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=127149&p=irol-newsArticle _newsroom&ID=1289761 Quote: "offered exclusively from Sprint."
________________________________ From: Mayo, Bill Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 11:51 AM To: 'NT System Admin Issues' Subject: RE: iPhone and battery life Eric didn't make up the Sprint exclusivity thing, witness http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/02/palm-pre-exclus/ (and googling will show you even more). I am not refuting that it may not be the case "before to long", but there are plenty of reports backing this comment. ________________________________ From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 11:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: iPhone and battery life >>Sprint exclusivity??? Yeah right. This thing is confirmed be in Canada 2H 2009, perhaps VZW in 6 months, GSM models have been confirmed, and I'm guessing all over the world before to long. Palm never does exclusivity. >>And speaking of Web OS, that was iPhone 1.0 and Apple got loudly criticized for it. Palm has been doing this for YEARS and YEARS; consider WebOS the OSX of Mac OSes. OSX was totally redesigned, re-coded from the ground up; and they did a great job at it. Was it a 1.x release? No, it was a well deserved 10.x release. Palm has been making phones and interfaces for years, this is not a 1.x release, and THAT is why they are not being criticized for it. Also, It's long long list of default features of all Palm devices fill all the holes of what Apple missed the mark on with the first iPhone. Basic, simple features that Palm probably didn't even think twice about if they should or should not be included in a smartphone. -Sam ________________________________ From: Eric E Eskam [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 7:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: iPhone and battery life "Sam Cayze" <[email protected]> wrote on 05/18/2009 03:46:06 PM: > The simple fact is that they are alienating the developer > community (for many reasons), and they are getting sick of it. Really? Have you looked at the Android app store? Or even the Blackberry app store? No comparison! > They can, and may, freely go elsewhere and develop. There are > many in the Apple Dev Community that are desperate to quit > writing for Apple and support the new WEB OS platform. Sure, but they aren't going to make money like they can on the Apple App store. I'm sure the remaining developers in the Apple App store will miss them :) And speaking of Web OS, that was iPhone 1.0 and Apple got loudly criticized for it. I find it amusing that now that it's Palm doing it (really, anyone other then Apple) the concept is suddenly the greatest thing since sliced bread. And ATT exclusivity is a fatal problem for the iPhone but Sprint exclusivity isn't a fatal problem for the Pre? People are funny... I guess time will tell, but most of the fussing is just that, fussing. Now, I do agree with those who criticize Apple for the inconsistency in their approval process. At almost a year into the process I would sincerely hope they would be further along, but I think they are past overwhelmed with developer response to the iPhone. As others have pointed out, it looks like they are taking steps (like parental controls) to address some of the current issues. This is where Apples traditional secrecy drives me crazy - at least give people a heads up that you not only acknowledge the issue but have a solution coming for it. Oh well.... Eric Eskam =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The contents of this message are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government "The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it." - P. B. Medawar ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
