Story: Why Apple's iPhone is like a 1981 IBM PC
Rushed to market
The iPhone was obviously rushed to market before Apple had a chance to do any longterm thinking about third party apps, security, etc. You can watch Apple wing it, each time Jobs changes his mind about how much control to keep... from no apps, to web apps, to limited native apps. I think the hackers forced his hand. With perhaps half of all users jailbreaking their phones, Apple was losing the abilty to guide the phone's future.
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Story: Why Apple's iPhone is like a 1981 IBM PC
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I agree...there's a conspiracy hardmanb -
Ah, but is it a smartphone? disposableidentity
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Google's Android platform far more flexible than i... 1000030281
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What? No background apps? Hurry-Switch to MS/Andro... CannotBelieveIAmResponding
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Stability 48798
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Horses for courses 349031
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Other approach: Openmoko 1000227526
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Rushed to market kdarling
