Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 24th Jul 2008 00:09 UTC
There are no less than five apps to turn my iPhone into a flashlight, yet I can't turn it into a 3G-powered Wi-Fi hotspot. Why? Because the SDK has more restrictions than Guantanamo-devs can't integrate with the OS and have to steer way, way clear of copyright and trademark issues-so the most innovative, game-changing apps might not ever make it to your squeaky clean iPhone." An editorial by Gizmodo. Many kinds of apps (from multi-IM apps running on the background, to copy/paste) require the level of system integration that either is not possible via the existing official API, or that Apple artificially limits via lawyers.
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2006-07-26
You're missing the point entirely. The 3G Wifi Hotspot was a perfect example.
All you apple fan boys love paying for shit twice don't you? You pay AT&T $30 a month for an unlimited data plan so you can have lightning fast internet access anywhere in the US. Then you go and pay your ISP another monthly fee to get it on your computer in your house? Are you mental?
You guys love doing it with music too.
See http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/ringtones.html
"99 cents + 99 cents = ringtone bliss"
Wait a second, you mean I get to pay you twice for the same shit? Sign me up!
What the hell is wrong with you people? If you paid for an iPod, you just paid for what Apple keeps saying "runs the same OSX as a mac". You have a computer in your pocket you dumbass!
On your overpriced shiny mac with a 1 button mouse...would you accept it if apple charged you $0.99 to change your wallpaper?
No?...then why the f--k do you accept the fact that they charge you $0.99 to take a full song that you paid for and cut it up and make it a ring tone?
Why do you accept that when you buy an iMac, after 4 years when you want a new computer your nice 20" monitor is useless because Apple conveniently left out an input jack?
Why do you accept the fact that they don't let you use your unlimited AT&T data plan to bring internet to the rest of your house?
Why do you accept the fact that they won't let you develop a VOIP app for iPhone?
You have unlimited data, yet you have limited text, and minutes?...does that make sense?
Sheep!...you're all Sheep!
Disclaimer: I own Apple stock. Not as part of a mutual fund...I outright own pure Apple stock. Keep doing what you're doing. Keep paying for the same stuff over and over again...please.