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Originally Posted by FanIn80
I said jealousy-inducing, not bug, security-hole and crash inducing.
I used to jail-break my phone all the time, just so I could install "other" apps. Most of them were complete garbage, and caused me more headaches with crashing and creating loopholes and everything else bad they do. The few apps I did like were just eventually built into the OS anyway.
The only time an app doesn't get approved these days, is if it is buggy, creates a security concern, or tries to mimic a native device function. Why would I even want to install those anyway? He'll, even VOiP over 3G has been enabled now.
Oh wait a minute... Unless, when you say "a program not approved by the manufacturer," you really mean to say, "a program I can download illegally and use without paying for it."
If that's the case, then you got me. The iPhone OS is much better at making sure people aren't allowed to steal, than a regular old netbook is. What's really ironic, though, is I probably have access to 80,000 legally free apps in the app store, and not one of them carries any risk of maliciousness at all. I'll take that over the constant threat of viruses in Shareware World any day.
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Off the top of my head, some real things I can and do use on a Real OS can... stream netflix, run flash, sync my phone (non-iphone), stream nhl game day, play online poker AND MULTITASK!
and use my existing 3g usb card, so I don't have to have a data plan for my phone, my laptop and my tablet (and stuck on crappy at&T to boot).