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Why I Won't Buy an iPhone
iPhone Makes Me an Apple Believer
Infiltrating the iPhone
Stop the madness: Do we REALLY care if there are 3 new iPhone commercials?
Holt Renfrew Will Not Carry The iPhone In Canada... For Now
Why I Won't Buy an iPhone
BusinessWeek columnist Arik Hesseldahl says:
I don't own an iPhone, and I don't think I ever will. That may come as a surprise to anyone acquainted with my long history of owning and liking Apple products.
It's not that I don't think it's an extraordinary device
Having tried it, I think it represents a fundamental step forward in what a mobile phone can be. And it sure looks like it's going to be imitated six ways to Sunday.
But what I can't take is how Apple is keeping the iPhone from evolving in a manner consistent with its corporate heritage. Over the years I've owned many wireless devices, including a Treo (PALM, three or four BlackBerrys , and tested my share of phones running Microsoft Windows Mobile and the Symbian OS, majority owned by Nokia.
In almost every case, I've had an important option I wouldn't get on the iPhone: installing third-party software.....
...Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs will tell you opening the device could leave the network vulnerable. Carriers such as AT&T (T), Apple's U.S. iPhone provider, "don't want to see their West Coast network go down because some application messed up."
Hogwash, I say...
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http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/08102007/244/won-t-buy-iphone.html
iPhone Makes Me an Apple Believer
RealMoney Silver blogger Doug Kass says:
I have owned various versions of the Treo for about three years (the latest the Treo 750). I have enjoyed most functionalities of it, with the exception of the Web browsing, which was slow and cumbersome.
I am not a typical first adopter, but I was unabashedly influenced by the buzz surrounding iPhone and purchased it on the opening weekend of its introduction.
To sum it up: iPhone is a game changer, and I finally get what Apple bulls have been on to for awhile. That said, with the shares up dramatically both absolutely and relatively, I am late to the party for Apple as a short-term consideration.
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Infiltrating the iPhone
The Rocky Mountain News's Jeff Smith reports:
Just before he went off to college, 17-year-old George Hotz, of New Jersey, successfully unlocked Apple's iPhone so it could be used on wireless networks other than exclusive provider AT&T.
But it's Denverite Erica Sadun - mother of three, software writer and gadget blogger - who could be the iPhone hacker extraordinaire.
Sadun, 43, who has a doctorate in computer science, has created more than a dozen free iPhone applications - including a voice recorder, programs to attach songs and photos to e-mails, and a game to catch butterflies with a net.
She has written or co-written 30 books on subjects ranging from digital photography to the soon-to-be-released Taking your -iPhone to the Max.
She writes for the unofficial Apple Weblog sponsored by AOL at tuaw.com. She calls it a "part-time thing," but in a recent 30-day period she posted 75 blogs.
In the geek world, Sadun is famous. And prolific....
Erica Sadun's newest book, Taking Your iPhone to the Max, published by Apress and due out Dec. 17, features a guide to iPhone basics as well as undocumented tricks, e-mail, voice mail, surfing the Web, using iTunes, games and iBooks, connecting to the TV, ripping DVDs and hacking OS X to run apps.
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Stop the madness: Do we REALLY care if there are 3 new iPhone commercials?
Dr. Macenstein says:
I’ve mentioned before how even as an admitted Apple Fanboy I have become somewhat disgusted by the amount of press coverage the iPhone receives, but this is really just getting silly.
It is now over 4 months since the iPhone’s launch, and the fact that Apple has released 3 new iPhone commercials has somehow made it to the front of almost every Mac news site of note. In fact, ironically they have now made it to the front of Macenstein, thus getting even more press due to the fact that I am annoyed they are any getting press at all.
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http://macenstein.com/default/archives/845
Holt Renfrew Will Not Carry The iPhone In Canada... For Now
Digital Journal's Christopher Hogg reports:
An update for all DJ readers. We have received word from Mario Manza, Executive Director of VIP Services at Holt Renfrew, that they will not be carrying the iPhone for now. He said he confirmed this information with the buyers this morning and apologized for any misinformation on behalf of the company. It sure is a weird scenario.....
You can check it out at:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/236409#c237375
Charles W. Moore
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