Note to Apple: Stop thinking Like a Phone Company
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| But Steve Jobs might be better served here to take his own advice and think
| different. Because, as he has so elegantly demonstrated with the iPhone,
| these devices are finally becoming little computers. So it shouldn’t be a
| surprise that consumers will expect them to act like computers. They will
| want to modify them to their exact, quirky predilections. They will want to
| use them any way they want, as a general-purpose device.
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/note-to-apple-stop-thinking-like-a-phone-company/
Apple starts killing unlocked Iphones
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| Earlier this week, the company announced it was issuing a software patch to
| disable phones owned by people with the temerity to want to choose which
| network they wanted to use, saying that the update would leave the phones
| permanently inoperable.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/09/28/apple-starts-killing-unlocked
Apple is slowly becoming /exactly/ what Free software advocates warned about.
No choice, no hacking allowed. It seems to be even worse than Microsoft now.
Related and recent:
Wozniak hates Open Sauce
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| In an interview with eWeek, Woz said that there are always people who want
| things to be free and the open-source movement starts with those sort of
| people.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/09/25/wozniak-hates-open-sauce
Apple promises to kill unlocked Iphones
http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/09/25/apple-promises-to-kill-unlocked-iphones
iPod Classic Will Be Supported [after Apple attempted sabotage]
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| As recently reported on Slashdot, Apple, in its infinite wisdom, has added a
| checksum to the iPod database apparently to restrict non-iTunes products
| (like Amarok via libgpod) from having the ability to add music.
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http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/496-iPod-Classic-Will-Be-Supported.html
Apple to Brick Modded iPhones, Apple Boycott?
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| While community reaction is generally negative, one blogger suggests sending
| an even stronger message to Apple by boycotting Apple on October 1.
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http://www.osnews.com/story.php/18681/Apple-to-Brick-Modded-iPhones-Apple-Boycott/
New York resident files quixotic suit over iPhone price cut
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| The erratic play of the New York Mets appears to have spurred at least one
| city resident and iPhone owner on a perplexing quest for justice.
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http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9787517-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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