Comments on: The iPhone Is Now Doomed

By: Richard Chapman

Richard Chapman — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:39:07 +0000

I don’t think it’s that Apple is making stupid blunders as much as Apple is being proprietary-Apple in an increasingly Open Source world. Ten years ago something like this wouldn’t be very news worthy. Now it’s like General Motors introducing a “Bigger” “Better” Cadillac Escalde completely ignoring rising gas prices. As the Open Source way becomes more and more common, “mistakes” like the one Apple is making in regards to its developers, will become more and more common. At least until Darwinian forces reduce the offending holdouts to a class lesson in BUS101.

By: Alexander Grundner

Alexander Grundner — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:59:39 +0000

Your assessment is spot on and probably the most likely reason people will continue to “jailbreak” their phones to get the apps and functionality not sanctioned by Apple Inc.

By: John Bailey

John Bailey — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:29:49 +0000

Don’t forget the reality distortion field. Apple faithful will be on hand to shout down anybody that dares to say anything negative. The apps will obviously be rejected because they were not good enough, or that they duplicated existing apps, or whatever the standard excuse is. It’s fascinating to watch these people in full flow.

I do agree though, Apple has done a very stupid thing, but this seems to be Apple SOP, so not exactly unexpected. I’ll be interested to watch the Android phones mature, and I would love to see them carve out a nice big market.

By: kb0hae

kb0hae — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:38:59 +0000

The iPhone was doomed from the start, as soon as people realized what a vastly overpriced, cheaply made, poor performing product it really is!. The only reason there were any sales at all is that Apple managed (as it somehow did with the iPod) to get the Iphone to be thought of bya lot of people as some sort of status symbol. I can get a much better engineered and built product for a far lower price than eother the iPod or the iPhone.

Oh and BTW Apple, you do not own the word pod, nor do you own every product name that begins with the letter i.!

By: moburkhardt

moburkhardt — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:41:46 +0000

maybe you should just read that nda, before you start your work, all the info is there, and it is maybe not the most transparent process in the world but it is a clear on none the less

By: zaine_ridling

zaine_ridling — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:55:00 +0000

Obvious question from a simple user/non-dev:
Why would you code for anything that wasn’t open? You’re always at the whim of the corporation, who inevitably changes its mind at the worst times.

All those guys need to come to GNU/Linux and code for that iPhone here.