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Good point, must of helped Google sell another dozen of them. Thats what makes this whole thing creepy, how many iPhones did this scheme sell for Apple - I imagine a non-trivial number.
The right thing is that people who replaced their deliberately slowed down iPhones with new iPhones because of their ignorance about what Apple had done, should have an appropriate remedy not contained in this "we're sorry if you didn't understand that we care a lot about you" press release. It doesn't matter anyway, even though millions of similar batteries in Android phones apparently didn't require a similar secret performance degradation, we are still a long way from reaching the depths that Apple can go to before Apple fans will seriously consider an alternative.
This is about trading carrier lockin for apple lockin, that's all.
No wonder their stuff is so messed up, it's all fear all the time.
The author is right. No one wants to hold their computer for extended use. The phablet is the right compromise, it does everything a tablet does and more while still being light, small and always with you. Also, having 1 device is much less expensive and cumbersome than having 2.
Channels suck right, so is this supposed to be good news?
DF is an evangelist for the Apple religion, so he reliably brings out the true believers. This stuff might be entertaining but it's certainly not informative. BTW, this is part of the diabolical genius of Apple - it is not a consumer choice, it is belief system.
It makes sense for the legal system to guard against copying. If people buying Android phones actually thought they were buying iPhones - that's a problem. But if Apple can convince the government that they had a truly original idea and that no one can use that idea regardless of how they came up with it - that's absurd.
People who tend to accumulate lot's of money tend to be sociopaths and should be closely monitored and controlled.
These mostly absurd laws are intended to protect consumers not corps. Feeling protected yet? And why is the ITC deciding what devices we can use? Who are these people accountable too?
Gruber fundamentally doesn't want to remember Jobs saying that iPhone runs "real OSX": http://www.tuaw.com/2007/06/04/steve-jobs-iphone-runs-real-o...
He of course suffers from a very severe case of Cupertino Syndrome: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome
When you decide to develop for a platform, you are dependent on the platform provider's goodwill if they are not open source.
Why would anyone who has paid any attention to Apple, depend on their goodwill?
Everyone knows the "App" in "App Store" is short for "Apple".
iPad's post-pc experience: holding your computer get's old fast, touch is frustratingly imprecise, copy/paste and the web suck. SJ talks about how it's not a computer and then points out how great it is for creating content and for business. He is P.T. Barnum and the suckers are lapping it up.