China Hand

Apple's "Anywhere" iPhone Has Far From Peaked

I live in Hong Kong and bought an original iPhone that was unlocked. Fantastic product. The first night of use, after all data synched, I left it in the cradle, with my MacBook online, and it automatically updated the iTunes software on MacBook , and relocked the iPHone. So Apple obviously is takign the unlocking phenomona seriously.

What I object to is that Apples MacBook doesn't synch with any other Microsoft Mobile PDA or smartphone product, so as a MacBook user, I don't have the ease of use of a portable calendar, notes, contact PDA.. I have to use my HTC Touch, synch with my MacBook's Windows Outlook data!

I can hold off on the phone features, but want a single portable PDA that works with the MacBook!

Further of interest, neither in Taiwan, Hong Kong or China is there an official Apple Store. Several distributors , and they try to service customers, but essentially they still just sell hardware. None has accessories for the iPhone , despite the fact that their customers are growing by leaps and bounds.

I know of one HK mobile phone distributor that is selling 200 iPhones a day unlocked, and sales are growing 25% per week.

Its a great product, and version 2 will I'm sure be even better. Apple - start meeting demand of the customer, instead of pissing them off!