On this WWDC day

[Andy Tarpinian]

On Jun 10, 2008, at 8:51 AM, Tony Scharf wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 12:54 AM, Andy Tarpinian  
> <evildead at nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>> Phone companies up to the old tricks.
>>
>
> And apple, right there with them..supporting this all the way.  It was
> their choice to make the iPhone only available from one provider.
> because , you know, choice is antithetical to the apple business
> model..

Well whether you like it or not control over all aspects usually gives  
you a more reliable product. AT&T provided an controlled testbed to  
bring the platform to market. And while yes I think it should be open  
to all carriers I have never had better service in all my years of  
having a phone with data and voice.

> Yeah, my data + voice plan for my blackberry (which includes tethering
> so that I can use my blackberry as a modem for my laptop when I am out
> of hotspot range) is $60 per month.  Thats with more voice and text
> messages than I will ever use.  Does the iPhone even do tethering?

That sound slightly cheap, but you are also using your servers at work  
(at no charge?) for added functionality also?  Tethering - Not  
officially but I would not really want to use that on edge and have  
very rarely had a phone where the provider supported tethering and if  
they did there was a steep cost for it. Plus it helped that the web  
and email experience(blackberry users at work are always jealous how  
well the iPhone displays attachments) it gave me made me not care so  
much about having my laptop around for those type of things. But also  
lets not forget the iPhone is only now being marketed more as a  
business class phone we shall see what happens.

I have set up and used tons of blackberrys at work - I like them for  
what they are, they are very reliable if hardcore email is the sole  
thing you want them for, but honestly using an iPhone just blows RIM  
out of the water in so many ways in my opinion. Apple is the number 3  
smartphone maker worldwide after just 1 year, and let's not forget  
they are creating new markets.

I think it's obvious RIM is tad bit nervous

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