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Re: MWSF 2007 Keynote and Comments - weapon - 01-09-2007
store is up
Re: MWSF 2007 Keynote and Comments - weapon - 01-09-2007
quicktime of the phone is not
Re: MWSF 2007 Keynote and Comments - Seacrest - 01-09-2007
The iPhone is great and all, but geez, what a letdown.
I'm guessing there will be another Special Event soon for more Mac announcements.
iTV is a non-item for me.
Re: MWSF 2007 Keynote and Comments - Sam3 - 01-09-2007
[quote GeneL][quote Sam3]I'm out.
A nice device, but phone service provider lock-in and the price killed it for me.
Apple could have really been an innovator to the American market and sold an unlocked, provider-neutral phone. I'm disappointed.
Different providers use different systems. Could one phone work universally across all?
While the iPhone wouldn't be a universal system, if unlocked and sold separately, it at least could run on any GSM-based network, like Cingular, T-Mobile. Most all of Europe uses GSM, there people buy the phone at any store and get the SIM card, that is tied to the provider, separately.
Two year exclusivity is an awfully long time in current technology lifespans.