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A Crippled iPhone: Very Bad Idea

So, you think LifeInPocket will be useful if you are constantly worrying about running out of data and paying insane rates for out of plan minutes?

Sounds like empty pockets to me.


On May 18 02:03 PM Java User wrote:

> Limited data plan makes sense since you have wifi. You only need
> AT&T network on road road trip.
> Recently participated in LifeInPocket's private beta for iPhone.
> This app needs limited bandwidth while offers every thing you need
> on the road, includes voice activated navigation, business search,
> location msg, etc.
> They are offering it for other phones for free while iPhone private
> beta is by invitation only.

A Crippled iPhone: Very Bad Idea

Right on, felix. I don't think Apple will go for restricted bandwidth since it would essentially put the brakes on it's own App Store. Anybody with a brain has learned that the App Store and the platform development are what makes the iPhone unique and far ahead of the competition. I just don't see Apple ever putting a customer in the situation of having to choose between e-mail or updating an app or buying an application or buying an iTunes music/Video.

Olga Kharif doesn't understand Apple.

Apple May Hear Verizon Now

Any deal Verizon makes with Apple for an iPhone will require a huge change at Verizon.

Verizon cripples most of the features on it's phones and then charges extra to activate them, this is the exact opposite of the iPhone/App store philosophy.

Verizon decides for you what services and capabilities that your phone has, Apple will even let you create your own.

Verizon charges extra for all the basic functions that make the iphone so great - Syncing addressbooks and calendars, photos, videos, notes, documents, e-mail, ringtones etc.

Finally, Verizon's advantage now is it's extensive CDMA network in the US. Apple has stated that they are not going to make a phone with CDMA, especially since it will not work in most places outside the US.

For all the above reasons Verizon will have to go a long way and spend a lot of cash to get there. Will Verizon change the way it does things so dramatically?

The Global Reach of the First Million 3G iPhones

ok, one more time...

Apple never said it would sell 10 million in 2008. They said their goal was to sell 10 million BY THE END of 2008! That was in Sep 2006. Get it right will ya...