Re: Apple are the anti-google.

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

well, 'not sure I'd go that far, but they do do some pretty silly
things, not infrequently ... and you, you, have persuaded me that
'Windows isn't all bad ... 'XP, anyway ... which view has been
somewhat reinforced by my dips into the Windows XP Inside Out I
bought a few weeks ago ... there is at least some rationality to it !

still, the iPhone, as Mark said, does seem to be not a bad first-
foray ... even if we might have to wait for the next edition to get
3G & proper PDA functionality ...

'thought David's link to the Stephen Fry 'blog was worth the
visit ... Psion, Palm, etc, etc ...

Chris


On 26 Sep 2007, at 22:37, Ian Lowe wrote:

>
> Google's famous motto, "don't be evil" doesn't apply to
Apple, does
> it.
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> "IPhone owners who have unlocked their handsets so they could use
> carriers other than AT&T may end up with a phone that doesn't work
> after the company's next software update, Apple Inc. warned
Monday"
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> It seems just like when they released a firmware update for the
> Powerbooks and iMacs which turned any mac using third party RAM into
> a doorstop - out of pure greed, of course - and the fanboys *still*
> leapt to their defence...
>
> What will happen when the early adopters who dared to try to use
> their iphone on another network, or installed a third party app onto
> it have their shiny new phone turned into an expensive paperweight by
> Apple's Department of Evil?
>
> My guess is that they will, unfortunately, turn around and
> say "please steve, can we have some more? We deserve to be
punished!".
>
> Bloody apple. Evil, I tell you, EVIL.
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> :P
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