BBC NEWS | Technology | Apple iPhone warning proves true

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Le 1 oct. 07 ? 18:02, Andrew Robinson a ?crit :

> The real problem here is that the mobile phone market is built on  
> an insane
> and obviously doomed pricing model.
?
> It's an unavoidable fact that VOIP will eventually turn mobile  
> access into a
> broadband-like commodity, the question is just when it will happen.

soon

> I see it like this: Apple gets a kickback from the phone companies  
> which
> includes a percentce of call revenue. Why? To bribe Apple not to  
> install the
> inevitable iVOIP app that will kill the phone companies stone dead,  
> and to
> give Apple has an incentive to stop anyone else porting Skype /  
> unlocking
> etc.
>
> So, Apple didn't go out of their way to make v1.1.1 of the iPhone  
> software
> compatible with third party firmware alterations. Surprise  
> surprise! If I'd
> hacked the firmware in my MacPro, I'd hardly expect Leopard to work  
> out of
> the box with it, so why are people expecting iPhone to be different?
>
> It's significant to note that the US iPhone has a 2 year fixed  
> contract and
> the European ones (released about 6 months later) have an 18 month  
> contract.
> I'm guessing Apple has iVOIP and cross network compatibility ready  
> to turn
> on  in 19 months, once they have the a big enough market share to be
> unstoppable, and both sides know this.

The ipod touch needs only the software (works already, needs a hack)  
and a mic and up you go.

> I'll have an unlocked iPhone in 19 months, if not sooner. I'll put  
> up with a
> locked one for a bit to get there.

+1 on everything


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