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WORTH READING more on All hail the new iPhone - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:10:28 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: "William S. Duncanson" <caesar () starkreality com> Date: January 12, 2007 7:06:30 PM EST To: dave () farber netSubject: RE: [IP] more on All hail the new iPhone - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
My guess is that the subsidy to get the price down to $599 is pretty large. Remember that all the prices we've seen are the 2-year-contract subsidized prices. Cingular probably demanded an exclusive deal in return for a big
enough subsidy to make the iPhone (I really hope Cisco wins) appear even remotely attractive price-wise. I would guess, judging by the subsidies other phones get, that theunsubsidized price of the iPhone is probably well north of the $1000 range.
For a phone that is, for all practical purposes, only innovative in it's interface. A brief list of the problems I have with it:Price - $600 WITH contract?!? Oh, and don't forget that you can't just buy phone service, you have to get a data plan too. Figure a $50 voice plan, plus the $20 data plan, over 24 months, and the phone winds up costing you
almost $2500.Technology - EDGE? Hello? There's this thing called 3G, and parts of the world are already pushing to 4G! 802.11 is nice, but notice that there's no
VOIP support...Carrier Lock (Apple/Cingular are already calling the people who will unlock
their phones "bad guys." Even though the LoC appears to disagree, withtheir recent DMCA exemption for unlocking cell phones..) Want to use your phone in Europe or Asia? Tough. Cingular states quite clearly one their
support pages that they will not unlock a phone. To "protect customer security" of course.No 3rd party apps (This is huge. There's a huge market for 3rd party apps for Palm, Windows Mobile, and Symbian devices, that allow you to increase your phone's functionality virtually infinitely. Apple is having none of
this, claiming they "have to protect the network from the phone.")Apple had the chance to knock some sense into the cell phone companies by
providing an unlocked, uncrippled, open platform with cutting edgetechnologies. Instead, they crawled into bed with Cingular, and delivered a
device that is overpriced, intentionally crippled, and technologically inferior to products already on the market. Sure, it's got a pretty interface, and the orientation sensor/touch screen thingy are nice, but they're nothing more than eye candy. -----Original Message----- From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net] Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 15:33 To: ip () v2 listbox com Subject: re: [IP] more on All hail the new iPhone - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Begin forwarded message: From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> Date: January 12, 2007 4:00:52 PM EST To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>Subject: [Dewayne-Net] re: [IP] more on All hail the new iPhone - Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review Reply-To: dewayne () warpspeed com [Note: This comment comes from reader Thomas Leavitt. DLH] From: Thomas Leavitt <thomas () thomasleavitt org> Date: January 11, 2007 9:40:44 PM PST To: dewayne () warpspeed com Subject: Re: [Dewayne-Net] [IP] more on All hail the new iPhone - Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewI'm utterly baffled as to why Steve Jobs would tie the success of the launch
of this product to a single vendor... unless follow on phones might bereleased in editions exclusive to other providers, or other versions of the
product might be available on multiple platforms. In fact, if it is his attention to capture 1% of the WORLD cellphone market, that seems almost mandatory... ------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: Archives: http://archives.listbox.com/247/
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