It is basically a movement to eliminate AT&T's exclusive rights to the IPhone... So Verizon & other companies can also have the I phone on their network.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xWKwoKNyRA
You can sign the petition at http://www.freetheiphone.com/
It may not seem like much.. but look at it this way,
What if computer companies started making computers that only worked with Roadrunner? Or could only access the internet through AT&T's dsl?
Or Tv's that could only work with Direct Tv satalite?
http://www.savetheinternet.com/
The list could go on, but the question really is, should manufactures of products be able to dictate how that product is used once it becomes the propery of the consumer?
2007-08-12 05:02:05 · 4 answers · asked by Kacy H 5 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Other - Electronics
Sure! and free DSL and Wi-fi too! Down with DRM!
End copy protection!
I have a dial up modem... it doesn't work on dsl! ... I've had enough!
My car doesn't run on electricity.... that has to be fixed!
My yahoo mail POP account only works as long as I am subscribed to a yahoo partner... then it becomes web access only! That's horrible!
My Directv antenna doesn't work with Dish!
But seriously... All phones come out with a single service to start.
2007-08-12 06:35:14 · answer #1 · answered by jake cigar™ is retired 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I support the movement to finally stop all the undeserved publicity and hoopla (hysteria) about the iPhone. It is just an interesting piece of hardware, not the solution to global warming or to world peace. I am still puzzled that so many journalists slavenly obeyed Steve Job's orders and wrote long articles of praise setting aside journalistic objectivity.
The Motorola razr was interesting when it came out and people paid hundreds of $$. Now almost every teenager has one and they are almost free with a plan.
Some products were revolutionary (like the Sony Walkman, a portable music player) but others are just one small step in the evolution of a concept.
If you want a good phone, look for reviews in Consumer Reports, look for reviews of the wireless plans, find your price point and be happy. If you want to tinker with a phone, get an unlocked phone, check the operatinf system inside the phone and start programming.
2007-08-12 12:17:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
this just in: http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/36084 LMAO.
who buys these things anyway? no one i know. so no, since i don't care, it's not something that needs my attention. i'll just sit back and watch these fools plug all their money into being cutting edge, and i will laugh.
consider this, in a freemarket society computer companies can make machines that can only access the internet through AT&T dsl. and a small little start-up company can come along and knock their legs out from under them.
iphone is expected to take a 7% market share in the next ten years. on the other hand, ten years may well find these "phones" yesterday's news. remember ten years ago?
steve jobs has always had an ego the size of texas, and a heart about as flat and dry. apple has always had to be all special. they're not that special.
2007-08-12 15:54:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody forces you to buy the iPhone.
When you buy it, you know you have to use AT&T. If you don't like the constrain, don't buy it.
Nokia, Motorola, Blackberry, Samsung and others, do create specific models available to a single provider, so this is not a first time that a phone is exclusive to a wireless service.
2007-08-12 13:50:57 · answer #4 · answered by TV guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋