What the iPhone 2.0 Will Do - link

In article <0001HW.C3F8D30A00605DC1B01AD9AF@news.individual.n et>, MrMac
<mrmac@invalid.mail> wrote:

> On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 21:51:22 +0100, Larry wrote
> (in article <Xns9A5BA20FD857Bnoonehomecom@208.49.80.253>):
>
> > anon <anon@anon.com> wrote in news:anon-875E16.14013608032008
> > @news.giganews.com:
> >
> >> They will be
> >> hosted by Apple at the "store" for no charge to the developer.
> >>
> >
> > I'll believe that when I see it.....
> >
>
> You better start believing it since it has been explicitly told.

Unfortunately what is "explicity told" today can easily be changed
tomorrow ... "Mac.com address free for life" springs immediately to
mind, but nobody said it was for the very short life of "Mac.com"
itself which they killed and changed it to ".Mac" so they could charge
for it. :-(

In article <090320081216009007%anybody@anywhere-anytime.com>,
Anybody <anybody@anywhere-anytime.com> wrote:

> "Mac.com address free for life" springs immediately to
> mind, but nobody said it was for the very short life of "Mac.com"
> itself which they killed and changed it to ".Mac" so they could charge
> for it. :-(

No, your address is in fact free for life.

I still have my mac.com address from years ago. I don't subscribe to
..mac, but the address is still there. I use it in iChat.

Your address from those days is still valid, too.

Free for life. Fact.

Anybody <anybody@anywhere-anytime.com> wrote in news:090320081025554035%
anybody@anywhere-anytime.com:

> There will of course be LOTS of "unofficial" stuff on the Internet as
> well (there already is). Apple's website will simply have what they
> consider is the best, just like their website already does with icons,
> Dashboard widgets, etc.
>
>

You're NOT gonna download any old freeware into an uncracked iPhone from
"stuff off the internet"! The ONLY way to get it to the phone is App STORE
and for that you must FIRST pay Jobs $99 just to apply.

I'm talking about software the iPhone RUNS, not some WebTV app that's
already running for the browser to call.

"Todd Allcock" <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in
news:NQEAj.1671$Gd7.1505@fe115.usenetserver.com:

> So? Do you think your setup is different? Sure, your tablet is
> ""uncrippled," but what happens on the day when Alltel decides $25 is
> too cheap to allow tethered devices because of some "abusers" like
> yourself, and goes to a Sprint/Verizon like pricing structure and
> starts whacking customers $25 extra for tethering? The "openness" of
> the device becomes immaterial at that point- the "network" still makes
> the rules.
>
>

I didn't compare it to the tablets because there is no comparison. The
tablets are NOT controlled by a Sellphone company. Alltel has no control
over my Linux tablet, whatsoever. I'm free to BT that tablet to any phone
on any system. Of course, most of the time the tablet is on wifi, where
the bandwidth is. The tablet ISN'T "uncrippled" because there's no
Sellphone carrier involved in the first place. Apples to oranges....er,
ah, let me rephrase that....(c;

As it's NOT part of "the network", it cares less what network it's on. It
only connects to Alltel via BT to the MotoROKR Z6m as a last resort,
usually for streaming and maemo mapper mosaics on the road.

In article <Xns9A5BCFC771B14noonehomecom@208.49.80.253>,
Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:

> I didn't compare it to the tablets because there is no comparison. The
> tablets are NOT controlled by a Sellphone company. Alltel has no control
> over my Linux tablet, whatsoever. I'm free to BT that tablet to any phone
> on any system.

That was Todd's point. Whatever system you BT the tablet to still makes
the network rules. Your tablet is a lump of coal at that point.

Your tablet is still controlled by the cellular provider.



> Of course, most of the time the tablet is on wifi, where
> the bandwidth is.

Waffle House has free wifi? Wow, that'll come as a surprise to Waffle
House...



> The tablet ISN'T "uncrippled" because there's no
> Sellphone carrier involved in the first place.

The tablet itself isn't crippled, but when you need a cellular broadband
connection your entire system is crippled to whatever degree the
cellular provider wants.

And if Alltel wants to **** you, they will.

Maybe one day we'll quit hearing about Alltel and Knology. One can only
hope.