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June 30th, 2007, 08:03 PM
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Re: Introducing the iPhone...
The question is, is the Iphone for you? After do consideration I would have to say that I, feel that I do not need an Iphone. Especially when any of the content sent over the Iphone, ie text, pictures, voice, video, etc will belong by definition of the TOS to the Iphone service provider. Much like your IM conversations belong to AOL, MSN, Google, and so on. NO THANK YOU. I will be sticking with what I have.
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June 30th, 2007, 11:43 PM
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Re: Introducing the iPhone...
Hell, give me a free one and jack the price up $20 a month for the two year contract and it's still cheaper than having to buy the phone itself.
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July 2nd, 2007, 11:17 PM
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Re: Introducing the iPhone...
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The question is, is the Iphone for you? After do consideration I would have to say that I, feel that I do not need an Iphone. Especially when any of the content sent over the Iphone, ie text, pictures, voice, video, etc will belong by definition of the TOS to the Iphone service provider. Much like your IM conversations belong to AOL, MSN, Google, and so on. NO THANK YOU. I will be sticking with what I have.
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There's a good reason to not get one.
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July 3rd, 2007, 10:41 AM
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Re: Introducing the iPhone...
A touch screen keyboarding is certainly not a compelling feature (though I didn't try this one, maybe it's not so bad). But a bigger screen and multi-touch certainly are.
About the intellectual property problem, the question is: what can you do? I think refusing it will just make you extinct, you have to try to change the thing from the inside...
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July 3rd, 2007, 12:12 PM
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Re: Introducing the iPhone...
At least this should force competitors into trying to match/beat it, which should push the tech along.
I'll get one eventually I'm sure, maybe not iPhone though.
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July 3rd, 2007, 04:06 PM
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Re: Introducing the iPhone...
Samsung (IIRC) has a similar large touch screen phone/device, but I forget if its coming out now or soon. They started working on it around the same time that Apple started the iPhone dev, so its definitely not a "copycat."
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July 4th, 2007, 12:00 AM
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Re: Introducing the iPhone...
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About the intellectual property problem, the question is: what can you do? I think refusing it will just make you extinct, you have to try to change the thing from the inside...
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I'm pretty sure that's more of a legal liability thing from the carrier. If you look into your ISP agreement, it probably has similar language. Same with email providers, forums, etc. Basically it covers them when they "reproduce" your messages, etc. so you can't sue for copyright infringement. The language is purposefully vague to cover many possible transmission modes; so for cell phones, it's transmission from the phone to the tower, and then down normal phone lines to its destination, or converted to digital and sent via IP down a fiber-optic cable, or relayed wirelessly to another tower, or some technology that hasn't been thought up yet, etc.
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July 4th, 2007, 01:02 AM
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Re: Introducing the iPhone...
I really don't like Steve Job's. And I laugh that Bill Gates is now number 2. HA HA HA
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July 4th, 2007, 09:39 AM
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Re: Introducing the iPhone...
Yea, him and his billions are a lot to laugh at  |
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