06-23-2010, 11:59 AM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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The Atlantic - The Growing Geek iPhone Backlash
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/...acklash/58283/
The comments section is actually more interesting than the article itself with people from both sides of the coin and a lot of industry people chiming in. I am one of those people who don't like the lack of freedom or unwritten policies resulting in an inabilty to recoup development costs but I totally understand the benefit of having a very tightly controlled, policed, and polished and working system to present to the public as that's honestly what most people want...and it also maintains a very good business model. We've all seen what happens when platforms get overrun with substandard software.
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06-23-2010, 03:07 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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It’s ironic that people decry a lack of freedom on the iPhone, and yet, it was THE mainstream phone that introduced the world to actively seeking out and installing apps on their own.
Prior to the iPhone, how many people did you know who had custom apps loaded on their Blackberry or other smartphone device?
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06-23-2010, 03:12 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sclitheroe
It’s ironic that people decry a lack of freedom on the iPhone, and yet, it was THE mainstream phone that introduced the world to actively seeking out and installing apps on their own.
Prior to the iPhone, how many people did you know who had custom apps loaded on their Blackberry or other smartphone device?
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Red is dead.
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06-23-2010, 03:15 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Virginia
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Apple's American partner (AT&T) is equally or more geek un-friendly for many reasons. Sticking with AT&T as the sole provider, when Verizon is clearly the better network is really giving Android some solid footing in the American market.
A year ago, us people who needed a phone that could actually make phone calls were jealous of the iphone, but would never leave Verizon for AT&T. Now that Android has basically caught up (and then some is some areas) and is much more consumer friendly, there is very little reason to leave Verizon for an iPhone.
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06-23-2010, 03:20 PM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sclitheroe
It’s ironic that people decry a lack of freedom on the iPhone, and yet, it was THE mainstream phone that introduced the world to actively seeking out and installing apps on their own.
Prior to the iPhone, how many people did you know who had custom apps loaded on their Blackberry or other smartphone device?
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You are confusing openess and freedom with accessibility and ease of use. The app store is fantastic and I greatly prefer it to the mess I used to have to go through to buy and download and then transfer apps to my Blackberry. Apple made downloading music and installing approved applications seamless and easy and accessible for everyone through a tightly controlled and highly polished centralized system that could be accessed directly through the device. Freedom would be the ability to put anything on there that you wanted that the hardware was capable of using. It would be the ability to develop any software you wanted and then distribute it widely and openly to anyone you wanted (aside from the 100 people you are limited to under Apple's model before requiring app store approval).
Last edited by Hack&Lube; 06-23-2010 at 03:24 PM.
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06-23-2010, 04:06 PM
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Had an idea!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nfotiu
Apple's American partner (AT&T) is equally or more geek un-friendly for many reasons. Sticking with AT&T as the sole provider, when Verizon is clearly the better network is really giving Android some solid footing in the American market.
A year ago, us people who needed a phone that could actually make phone calls were jealous of the iphone, but would never leave Verizon for AT&T. Now that Android has basically caught up (and then some is some areas) and is much more consumer friendly, there is very little reason to leave Verizon for an iPhone.
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True.
But because the iPhone is still a great phone and a great device, if it does eventually come to Verizon, a lot of people would consider getting it.
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06-23-2010, 04:13 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
You are confusing openess and freedom with accessibility and ease of use. The app store is fantastic and I greatly prefer it to the mess I used to have to go through to buy and download and then transfer apps to my Blackberry. Apple made downloading music and installing approved applications seamless and easy and accessible for everyone through a tightly controlled and highly polished centralized system that could be accessed directly through the device. Freedom would be the ability to put anything on there that you wanted that the hardware was capable of using. It would be the ability to develop any software you wanted and then distribute it widely and openly to anyone you wanted (aside from the 100 people you are limited to under Apple's model before requiring app store approval).
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You are right, I could easily be accused of confusing the two concepts with that post.
HOWEVER
For most non-geek people, the phone is far more of an open platform than anything we’ve had in the past. Prior to the iPhone I don’t recall many phones even allowing you to upgrade your OS without carrier approval.
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06-23-2010, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Flames0910
Red is dead.
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I don’t get it
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06-23-2010, 04:15 PM
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Had an idea!
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Yeah. Think about the Krazr phones, or any old Telus phone that was stuck with the stupidity known as 'Spark.'
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06-23-2010, 05:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
We've all seen what happens when platforms get overrun with substandard software.
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Check this out for the extreme case: http://translate.google.com/translat...es&sl=es&tl=en
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