Comments on: The New iPhone http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/23/the-new-iphone/ Where science collides with life, slams into culture, crashes with politics, and gets totaled. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Brian D http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/23/the-new-iphone/#comment-18165 Brian D Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:29:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/23/the-new-iphone/#comment-18165 Erasmussimo: True, but opening an iPhone and jailbreaking it are different technical processes. I can buy that argument for closing the phone (and in fact agree completely with your depiction of it), but that doesn't explain why we have to jailbreak it to get it to do half of the things it's capable of doing instead of having Apple cash in on the obvious demand for these things. For instance: Shaking Head: The iPhone can capture video (fairly decently for a phone, too). However, Apple's default software won't let you; you have to jailbreak it to use this function. Everyone using the iPhone for video is now using free software like Cycorder, rather than an app or plugin that gives Apple money each time it's downloaded. This would be the "go to a friend's house" in my original analogy. Erasmussimo: True, but opening an iPhone and jailbreaking it are different technical processes. I can buy that argument for closing the phone (and in fact agree completely with your depiction of it), but that doesn’t explain why we have to jailbreak it to get it to do half of the things it’s capable of doing instead of having Apple cash in on the obvious demand for these things. For instance:

Shaking Head: The iPhone can capture video (fairly decently for a phone, too). However, Apple’s default software won’t let you; you have to jailbreak it to use this function. Everyone using the iPhone for video is now using free software like Cycorder, rather than an app or plugin that gives Apple money each time it’s downloaded. This would be the “go to a friend’s house” in my original analogy.

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]]> By: shaking head http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/23/the-new-iphone/#comment-17680 shaking head Sun, 24 May 2009 23:03:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/23/the-new-iphone/#comment-17680 Will this model have a video camera? i was pretty P.O. when i bought the last one and i cant even catch an amazing moment on film. even the shittest phones have vid cam.... apple should get on it.. Will this model have a video camera? i was pretty P.O. when i bought the last one and i cant even catch an amazing moment on film. even the shittest phones have vid cam…. apple should get on it..

]]> By: Erasmussimo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/23/the-new-iphone/#comment-17669 Erasmussimo Sun, 24 May 2009 15:12:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/23/the-new-iphone/#comment-17669 BrianD, I agree that closing the iPhone reduces its utility. However, that decision was part of an overall strategy that includes pricing decisions. Apple was able to make more money on the iPhone by closing it. Had they opened it up, they would have had to generate that revenue by some other means, such as raising the price. This is all a matter of "six of one, half a dozen of the other". BrianD, I agree that closing the iPhone reduces its utility. However, that decision was part of an overall strategy that includes pricing decisions. Apple was able to make more money on the iPhone by closing it. Had they opened it up, they would have had to generate that revenue by some other means, such as raising the price. This is all a matter of “six of one, half a dozen of the other”.

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]]> By: coupon fan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/23/the-new-iphone/#comment-17661 coupon fan Sun, 24 May 2009 10:14:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/23/the-new-iphone/#comment-17661 wow it looks really thin, for something that takes a lot of the bulk of your money.:-P wow it looks really thin, for something that takes a lot of the bulk of your money.:-P

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]]> By: The New iPhone | The Intersection | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/23/the-new-iphone/#comment-17654 The New iPhone | The Intersection | Discover Magazine Sun, 24 May 2009 04:32:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/23/the-new-iphone/#comment-17654 [...] Read more from the original source:  The New iPhone | The Intersection | Discover Magazine [...] [...] Read more from the original source:  The New iPhone | The Intersection | Discover Magazine [...]

]]> By: Meet The New iPhone | The Intersection | Discover Magazine | myiphones.co.cc http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/23/the-new-iphone/#comment-17652 Meet The New iPhone | The Intersection | Discover Magazine | myiphones.co.cc Sun, 24 May 2009 04:21:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/23/the-new-iphone/#comment-17652 [...] post: Meet The New iPhone | The Intersection | Discover Magazine iPhones conservatives environment global-warming iphone podcast politics republican [...] [...] post: Meet The New iPhone | The Intersection | Discover Magazine iPhones conservatives environment global-warming iphone podcast politics republican [...]

]]> By: Left_Wing_Fox http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/23/the-new-iphone/#comment-17648 Left_Wing_Fox Sun, 24 May 2009 03:35:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/05/23/the-new-iphone/#comment-17648 <i>People seem content at giving them a free pass at it because the tech looks nice — are we so easily swayed by shiny things that we seem to miss this?</i> Frankly, if the demand for such activities were as high as you assume, Google's open-source Android would have eaten the iPhone's lunch by now. For most people, the quality, polish and yes, attractiveness of Apples products more than make up for the downsides compared to the downsides of Microsoft/Zune and Linux/Android options. People seem content at giving them a free pass at it because the tech looks nice — are we so easily swayed by shiny things that we seem to miss this?

Frankly, if the demand for such activities were as high as you assume, Google’s open-source Android would have eaten the iPhone’s lunch by now. For most people, the quality, polish and yes, attractiveness of Apples products more than make up for the downsides compared to the downsides of Microsoft/Zune and Linux/Android options.

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