ATT has a 5 YEAR deal ... pretty major. It's posible (my theory) that quite a bit can be upgraded and tweaked with software updates rather than a hardware re-sell. You have to buy a 2 yr contract and it's currently only EDGE capable, but it apparently auto-detects and auto-switches to known wifi when it sees them which is pretty awesome. On 6/27/07, Acadia Secure Networks <acadiasecurenets at aol.com> wrote: > Kevin, > > and it looks like Apple, has, in fact,. "bent the pins", on this device, > moreso than on , say Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0, or 6.0 based devices > (which are in fact quite user extensible, witness the software product > portfolio available at handago) by dis-allowing the user from installing > arbitrary software "apps" on it. > > This product is driven as much by the itunes business model (ipod = high > class razor, tunes = blade) than anything else. ATT and Apple can now > "collaborate" on extending Itunes dominance to other forms of media content. > > I would be interested to know how long ATT is going to have exclusivity > on the Iphone. If it is more than say 6 months, then that will give > iphone competitors time to sell/design/build competing solutions to the > other mobile service providers, which they, are probably already doing. > > > Best Regards, > > > > John Holmblad > > > > Acadia Secure Networks > > > > > ktneely at astroturfgarden.com wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 03:32:24PM -0400, Acadia Secure Networks wrote: > > > >> "Our verdict is that, despite some flaws and feature omissions, the > >> iPhone is, on balance, a beautiful and breakthrough handheld computer. > >> Its software, especially, sets a new bar for the smart-phone industry, > >> > > > > David Pogue on NPR this morning said essentially the same thing. His biggest beef was the fact that it was tied to Cingular. Other than that, a nice and useful phone that is parked about in the middle of the price range for phones these days. > > > > I'd love to get a chance to play with one, but will not be an early adopter this time. > > > > K > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users at maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > -- Jonathan Greene +1.914.750.8740 AIM / iChat - atmasphere gtalk / jabber - jonathangreene at gmail.com Skype / Gizmo - JonathanGreene blogs - http://www.atmasphere.net/wp / http://www.maemoapps.com
