Stephen Fry on iPhone killers
Stephen Fry says it better, of course:
What, Apple’s a bigger company than Sony? Got more muscle? What muscle it has got, it got from daring to be better.
It’s a long screed about the good and the bad in the iPhone Killer industry. The very fact that these are “iPhone Killers” a few months after the iPhone’s release should tell us something.
Hat tip to Daring Fireball.
In response to Apple’s new Music Store ringtone policy: I had started to consider purchasing digital downloads instead of CDs, but because download restrictions change too easily CDs remain a far better choice for me.
- Device and Desires
- “All the big guns want an iPhone killer. Even I, mad for all things Apple as I am, want an iPhone killer. I want smart digital devices to be as good as mankind’s ingenuity can make them. I want us eternally to strive to improve and surprise.”
- Daring Fireball: John Gruber
- I’ve added John Gruber’s Daring Fireball to the blogroll for the technology section of Mimsy. He provides a running commentary on usability for computers and the web, and other technology issues, with a heavy Apple focus.
More Apple
- Apple’s FiVe Minute Crush
- Between 1984 and 2024, Apple’s advertising has gone from ridiculing 1984 to being 1984.
- Apple’s spinning mirror: exploiting children for dictatorships
- Apple has decided on “child porn” as the root password to disable privacy on their phones. But the system they’re using appears to be mostly worthless at detecting the exploitation of children, and very useful for detecting dissent from authoritarian governments.
- How does Apple’s supposed anti-conservative bias matter?
- If you think Apple has a bias against conservatives or Christians, you definitely don’t want Apple to build a tool its employees can use to help guess an iPhone’s password.
- We have met the enemy, and he is our carrier
- If you want a phone that works as well as your Macintosh, you need a network that works as well as the Internet.
- The Ringtone Racket
- John Gruber adds his 99 cents to the iTunes ringtone debate, and comes to the same conclusion: Apple is losing its battle for the hearts and minds of consumers. It might make more money in the short-term, but it faces a significant chance of becoming just another company in the long-term.
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More cell phones
- Miracle and Wonder: The Pioneer 3200/3300BT
- “These are the days of miracle and wonder. This is a long-distance call.” I’ve been using the Pioneer 3200BT bluetooth-enabled stereo in my car for a year now. It really is amazing what we can do nowadays.
- Sprint wants me to buy an iPhone
- It shouldn’t be easier to switch to a new carrier than it is to get information from your current carrier.
- We have met the enemy, and he is our carrier
- If you want a phone that works as well as your Macintosh, you need a network that works as well as the Internet.
- The Ringtone Racket
- John Gruber adds his 99 cents to the iTunes ringtone debate, and comes to the same conclusion: Apple is losing its battle for the hearts and minds of consumers. It might make more money in the short-term, but it faces a significant chance of becoming just another company in the long-term.
- Apple’s new Music Store ringtone policy
- I had started to consider purchasing digital downloads instead of CDs, but because download restrictions change too easily CDs remain a far better choice for me.
- 10 more pages with the topic cell phones, and other related pages
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