The rich play with Android. iPhone's success on the surface LOOKS
like a lot of money is being spent on hardware, but there are
more 3G units out there (which run around $99) than 3GS units. AT&T
is making their money in the data plans. Acer just announced their
Ferrari endorsed and themed smartphones last week. Android OS.
iPhone 4 is a divorce lawyer's dream come true. Video calls have to
go through a hub somewhere. And gee, I wonder if said hub will be
able to keep a record of video phone sex between two AT&T
subscribers?
This is cool and all, but part of my love for the Apple brand is the
idea that as users, we're a small band of rebels. that's not the
case with the iPhones. Everybody's gonna have one of these, and not
use most of the improvements. Also, I don't like what Apple's
doing in relationship to the iPad. If you can do all this for the
phone, why not just wait until you can scale it for the iPad
and have a fully functioning tablet computer? It's like the old
Toyota scam, where they make their best improvements in the Avalon,
put it out on the low, then charge $20,000 more for the same car with
a Lexus logo on it.
And finally, I'm tired of not being able to personalize my
hardware the way I want. I don't want better iPhone skins, I want
to be able to design ad install steampunk-inspired boxes with
brass and glass without voiding my AppleCare. I want m-flo or
D'Banj ringtones without buying entire songs through the iTunes store.
What I really want from Apple is a better iPad. I want all of this
functionality and attention to detail put into something I'm
really going to use. I don't want a mini-Tricorder...I want a bloody
Tricorder. Give me a lightmeter and two cameras on a touchscreen
computer. I'll install Skype and everything will be fine.
On Jun 8, 2010, at 6:57 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:
Frankly, Mr Worf, color me UNDERwhelmed. Another toy for the rich
to play with.
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 1:18 AM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com>
wrote:
iPhone 4. This changes everything. Again. Arriving June 24. Learn
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