Comments on: Rotten at the Core

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:15:56 +0000

Even I, admitted apple fangirl, said “I think I’ll wait for gen 2, or gen 3 iPhones. Looks brilliant though.

Of course, I have a razr that I adore, so… maybe that had something to do with it.

By: rochelle

rochelle — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:12:28 +0000

I’m still suffering buyer’s remorse from purchasing my Pocket PC this past summer. http://www2.sprint.com/mr/news_dtl.do?id=8280
I got it when I was thinking that there was not a laptop in my immediate future. But, at least it’s customizable with tons of apps. None of which I can see any need for. My husband keeps trying to tell me that I can use it for a remote control for the TV. A damn fine, expensive remote control.

By: maire

maire — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:23:03 +0000

I’m with you. IMO, the worst thing they did was lock it down to Cingular/AT&T/who ever else they buy/get bought by.

I also agree, that white it’s a neat device, people will want to make it their own. Locking the software/os may end up killing it more than the carrier.

Thanks for the post!

By: walt

walt — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:31:36 +0000

Of course not (that is, you’re not the only one). But I saw little point in saying that the iPhone (a trademark of Cisco, not used by permission) wasn’t going to change my mind about either cell phones for me, or extreme multipurpose appliances in general. I don’t use a cell phone; this won’t change that. We own one, which my wife uses very infrequently–and she’s not ready to move up to the “real Cingular network” (we signed up with AT&T, and of course it’s back to AT&T), because she’s not ready to give up her sleek little Motorola clamshell–which doesn’t take pictures, doesn’t play music, doesn’t do email, but is great for phone calls.

And, of course, I’m a Windows user who doesn’t own an iPod because I don’t feel the need for any portable MP3 player. But why bother to blog about it?

Good post. I wouldn’t have said it that well in any case.